17 Oct Symbol blockchain news update – 17/10/21
Hey everyone, hope that you have had a good weekend! It is a late post today but I thought I should get something written up as otherwise it will be Tuesday before you hear from me again! Life is busy (and exhausting) at the moment, nothing like a 18 month old with a bad cold to keep you on your toes, it looks like he is finally asleep🤞 and as soon as I have finished writing this post it’s feet up on the sofa and relax for a couple of hours – bliss..
NFT-Drive
Ooh, it looks like NFT-Drive has its own official Twitter account! If you are not following them already then please do. This will be the place to keep up to date with the project and any follow any new updates or announcements. Obviously I will keep you posted too at Symbol Blog as soon as I hear anything new, I am excited about NFT-Drive and it will be interesting to see how the project progresses.
If you are not familiar with NFT-Drive then you can read more about what it is and how it works here (scroll down and it is in English below the Japanese text). You can also see how I got on in the beta testing here. As we reported last month there is a roadmap and it looks like the next 12 months will be an exciting time!
Oh, you may have also noticed the new logo – I think that this is the official design chosen for the project from the competition entries, I could be wrong though, please correct me if I am!
Everything you wanted to know about NFTs but were afraid to ask
I came across this NEMTUS tweet over the weekend and wanted to share. They have published a presentation on NFTs and the slides are in English! 🥳 The presentation starts with the basics of what NFTs are and discusses their applications. It then goes on to compare NFT implementations on different blockchains (Symbol, Ethereum and Solana) and talk about some of the challenges and opportunities for the future. NFT-Drive is also covered in later slides.
You can check out the presentation slides here. This is “part 1” so hopefully there will be future presentations made available in English too!
Testnet nodes
This tweet has prompted me to set up a testnet node when I can find some time next week. We should be striving to maintain a strong testnet network, I know that there are no financial rewards for this and it costs money to run a node but we need to be providing this infrastructure for developers and for testing new Symbol server releases. Anyway, thanks @mikunNEM and @olivermuldoon for publicising this. Hopefully others will help out and start a testnet node too.
Exchange listings
It seems that @RadioRa26841511 may have uncovered some news here in this tweet. Details are scarce but it looks as if @GokuMarket may have a XYM listing coming soon(?). The CEO of the Goku Market exchange replied to Radio’s tweet saying that they would be happy to welcome Symbol and if I interpreted the tweet correctly there may be some further news regarding this next Friday.
It gets a “stay tuned” from Hatchet on Discord too so let’s see how this plays out..
As we reported previously here, GMO Coin will be listing Symbol next week (Wednesday 20th) so I will be keeping a close eye on this too. Should be an interesting week..
Website updates coming soon™️
I haven’t seen any changes or glitches yet but it seems that things are happening behind the scenes with the NEM website.. Can’t wait to see the new look and content go live and hopefully there won’t be too long left to wait 🤩
XYMcity Discord
I noticed that @bestgoldangel tagged me in this post and I think that it is worth reminding readers that you really should join XYMcity on Discord. It is a window to the entire team, what they are working on and how they are progressing. If you are interested in what is coming next for Symbol and NEM then this is the place to find out. There are a lot of interesting discussions about pretty much everything Symbol/NEM related and also about what is happening in the wider cryptosphere. Join us and join in the fun 😁
Thanks!
OK, that’s it for today’s post. The weekend is over and I feel more tired and less relaxed now than when it started 😆 I just wanted to thank you all again for reading. I posted this tweet on Friday night and as you can see we have readers all over the world which blows me away, so thank you! To the Japanese community and by far our largest audience ありがとうございます. I appreciate your support! 😊
I will be back in a couple of days with another update, hope you all have a good week! 😊
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