ICON Newsletter - May 2023
Hello, ICON Community!
What’s Trending
👉 GangWars by Gangstaverse launched on ICON, offering both active and passive NFT game play
👉 Novel articles about ‘Sending a message with xCall’ were added to ICON documentation
👉 Zero Knowledge Proofs come to ICON platform with zkSNARK
👉 The ongoing ICON Validator Support Program has delegated 55M to 18 eligible validators so far
👉 Blobble World launched on ICON with a tamagotchi style gaming experience
👉 GangWars by Gangstaverse launched on ICON, offering both active and passive NFT game play
👉 Craft NFT Marketplace continues its xCall driven cross-chain expansion to Neutron blockchain
"ICON has been hard at work on IBC, BTP and xCall. I'm most excited about the IBC connections, bringing ICON into the picture in the Cosmos Ecosystem. Both Balanced and Craft are working closely with ICON to ensure there's utility for xCall right at launch. 2023 should be an exciting year"
Latest ICON Development Update - April 2023
The month of April has been all about testing BTP components in a live testnet environment. During this time, a BSC testnet update required modifications to our relay and BMV contracts. In this article, we share tasks completed and development milestones for May. Work on the IBC integrations of xCall Service continues to be captured in dedicated monthly reports, which are also linked in this article.
Ecosystem Highlights
Zero Knowledge Proof on ICON: a 3-part learn experience 🔗
Setting up BTP Locally for Testing, a tutorial 🔗
Hana Cosmos goes to CPS for adding Cosmos Support 🔗
P-rep functionalities to be added to ICON Tracker 🔗
Ecosystem Insights EP4 with Fez and David 🔗
Parrot9 gives the Balanced DEX Stats page major visual upgrade 🔗
Ecosystem Interviews EP1 with GangstaVerse 🔗
GangWars: Alpha version is released publicly 🔗
Omm: From money markets to liquid staking 🔗
Early version of WithICONists DAO interface shows up 🔗
Highlights from the Community
Builders on Twitter
Balanced DEX to bribe its own pools - @benny_options
A liquid staking highlight for ICON - @helloiconworld
Alter caps and merch are dropping around the world - @CryptMythical
Web3 Partners hosts another meet up in the Netherlands - @web3partners_
GangstaVerse GangWar game launches - @Gangstaverse
Blobble World game launches - @Blobbleworld
Craft opens its cross-chain NFT builder program - @craftdotnetwork
Protokol7 summing up Ecosystem Insights EP4 - @robibobi_m
Craft builds integrated wallet management functionality - @craftdotnetwork
Focus is on the EQU governance and utility token - @EQU_Exchange
Pengwyn BINC announcing Zombie Waddle and new website - @Pengwyn_BINC
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