MARKETING AND BUSINESS UPDATES
Innovations episode with Luxcore set to air on FOX Business
The Innovations TV episode featuring Luxcore is set to air on FOX Business on Saturday, January 26 at 5:00 pm EST. The episode originally aired on the History Channel on December 12, 2018. It features Luxcore CEO John McAfee and other members of the Lux team discussing the future of blockchain, and our role in helping to shape it. The 5pm time slot on FOX Business ensures the Lux brand will be showcased on front of a nationwide audience of 2.6 Million viewers.
Luxcore.io multi-language platform ready
As part of Luxcore's effort to expand into foreign markets, the luxcore.io multi-language platform is now ready to populate the site with various international translations. The first language into which the website has been fully translated and released was German: https://www.luxcore.io/de. We are at approximately the 80% completion mark on the next language for the website: Korean. This initiative also creates an opportunity for translation bounties. If you are interested in helping to translate luxcore.io into a foreign language, please contact us on Discord.
New products available at Luxcore Store
Luxcore rang in 2019 by adding some sexy new merchandise at https://store.luxcore.io/. New items for this season include kidswear, hats, wall art,and more!
Lux at North American Bitcoin Conference in Miami
Luxcore will be in sunny Miami from January 16 to 18 for the North American Bitcoin Conference. If you're attending TNABC 2019, make sure to swing on by and say hello to Luxcore COO Guillaume H. (Arsonic) and Marketing Manager Robert P. (robertp).
DEVELOPMENT UPDATES
Decentralized File Storage System on PMN network:
- Finish implementing ProcessStorageMessage
- Finish implementing "dfsannonce" message handler
- Implementing GetBestProposals API
- Implementing handshake interaction
- Implementing "Replica" function
- Adding some test for DFS
- Implementing RPC command to announce file via DFS
- Implementing "send file" feature
- Fix OpenSSL 1.1 compatibility
- Fix race condition on "proposal agent"
QT wallet and Core development:
- Fix PoS exploit issue
- Fix miner fork when SC is being executed
- Apply BTC 0.17 into Lux blockchain
- Implemented internal QT block explorer
- Improve wallet speed and memory usage
- Fix block relay issue
- Fix tinyformat exception
- Fix wallet lag on sync
- Fix wallet hang during request shutdown
- Fix "Insufficient funds" issue
- Improve locking mechanism
- Important notice to users:
"We intend to have a fork at block 580000, which is estimated to occur on January 22. A new mandatory wallet will be released on Monday, January 14. Please update the wallet right away. Otherwise, you will have been on an incorrect chain."
LuxGate development:
- Integrating LuxGate code with the latest Luxcore blockchain code
- However, it is not stable yet and we are stablizing it
- Adding "drag and drop" feature for LuxGate QT UI.
Web wallet development:
- Added mechanism to prevent CSRF attacks
- Balance, staking balance and spendable balance are each now shown in the web wallet
Explorer development:
- World map on network and masternode tab is now interactive via mouseover
- Fix bug related to "Search" feature on Chrome
Mobile App development:
- Improve and fix some bugs on Android app
- iOS app is now also ready for beta testing
https://twitter.com/Ars0nic/status/1083488641647812609
- Ars0nic
Sneak peak at the #Luxcore Staking Mobile Wallet. 😱 $lux #posmobilewallet pic.twitter.com/r6KxFL4Q1A
-- Arsonic (@Ars0nic) January 10, 2019