Status Quo and Next Steps TL;DR: The IOTA community is preparing for the first-ever community vote in the history of IOTA. A token-based voting system has been developed for the Firefly Wallet offering all IOTA token holders the opportunity to vote on the destiny of unclaimed treasury tokens. This blog post provides information on the events leading to the vote, the status quo of the treasury vote, and contains information necessary to participate in the upcoming voting process. What happened so farDuring last year’s…

Serguei Popov, one of the founding members of the IOTA Foundation, is joining the Foundation’s Supervisory Board, the body responsible for the general oversight and guidance of the IOTA Foundation. In taking this long-planned move, he steps down from his current role as a member of the Foundation’s Board of Directors.In moving to the Supervisory Board, Serguei joins fellow board members Clint Walker, General Counsel at Barclays Bank Delaware, and Dr. Richard Soley, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Object…

TL;DR: In the current quarterly cycle for Object Management Group (OMG) standardization, the IOTA Foundation submitted its first substantive standards proposal based on our ground-breaking solution for DLT messaging, IOTA Streams. This blog post summarizes the current status and next steps in standardizing Streams as the basis for the OMG Linked Encrypted Transaction Streams (LETS) standard. Also summarized are other ongoing standards activities that are part of our overall participation in OMG activities; many of these…

The Foundation is set to receive European Commission support to develop and test innovations that can contribute to future evolutions of the European Blockchain Services Infrastructure.TL;DR: The IOTA Foundation has been selected as one of five contractors for the second phase 2A of the pre-commercial procurement that will be developing prototypes and test which of those could bring the most promising improvements to future versions of the European Blockchain Services Infrastructure (EBSI). We have been awarded funding…

The full article was originally published by Bitpanda on blog.bitpanda.com. Read the full article here. Bitpanda supports the Shimmer (SMR) and Assembly (ASMB) airdrops for Bitpanda users and Bitpanda Pro users who are holding IOTA. In order to participate in the airdrops, you as a holder of IOTA need to opt-in on the Bitpanda platform via the pop-up in your Bitpanda broker app or browser. Register now Please note that rewards will only be paid out after the Shimmer and Assembly networks go live and the coins are…

How EnergieKnip by BlockchainLab Drenthe Uses IOTA to Drive Energy Efficiency in Almost 50,000 Homes TL;DR: Dutch-based BlockchainLab Drenthe has launched a large-scale real-world adoption of IOTA technology: EnergieKnip is a local currency used to transact data about energy-saving measures used in local homes and reward homeowners for their data. Local token-based currencies built on blockchains are increasingly being touted as a viable solution to developing local economies. But could they also contribute to the fight…

Alexander SpornAlexander joins the IOTA Foundation as a Senior Software Engineer (Golang) in the Protocol team. In this role, he will focus on the Hornet node implementation and on bringing further protocol upgrades to the networks. Alexander lives in Munich, Germany, and has a master’s degree in Computer Science. He has over ten years’ experience in the automotive industry. In this field he has helped bring the connected vehicle experience to customers’ hands by working on native mobile apps, SDKs, infotainment systems and…

Wolfram Physics, “Theory Of Everything” — & Exploring Reducible Pockets Of Computations Within Blockchain & Iota Tangle Technology. THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING Physicists are looking to create a grand unification theory that can bring all particles and forces that act upon each other into a singular model that will connect both the macro (Einstein Theory) and micro (Quantum Theory). The debate on how to create such a model is variable. In this article, we will explore the theories of Stephen Wolfram. Wolfram is a…

2021 in Review, 2022 in PreviewIn 2021, IOTA underwent a radical transformation.This year, the vision behind IOTA grew from being an infrastructure for the Internet of Things (IoT) and the machine economy to a foundational layer on which different networks and decentralized token economies can be built, secured and connected through the IOTA ledger. This vision sees IOTA becoming one of the most adopted ledgers not just in the industrial sector but one of the main players in the crypto world. In the meantime, the IOTA…

Today we are very excited to introduce the IOTA community to the squad operating the TangleSwap (TS) spacecraft. In the 6 months that we’ve been venturing the tangleverse for VOID and other technological breakthroughs, we have had several space dwellers onboard the ship — either as full-time Pilots, part-time collaborators, or occasional contributors. Let’s meet them! Pilot Sevane Executive/Operational Officer Background in Engineering, Neuroscience, Artificial Intelligence, Business and Software Development. 6+ years…

Ledger lets you know that due to supply shortages, supply cost increases, incredible demand, and new Ledger products coming into the line in 2022, Ledger is reviewing the Ledger Nano X price, adapting their offer to better match the market and the consumer demand. Ledger continues to reinvest earnings in the Ledger platform including security R&D to protect the crypto ecosystem, education, support for crypto communities, and innovative new features and hardware. 2022 Pricing: Ledger Nano S = $ 59 / 59 € (no…

May the Rewards Be With You TL;DR: IOTA staking for the Shimmer network (SMR tokens) and the Assembly network (ASMB tokens) starts today, the 21st of December, at 3:00 pm CET with a seven-day pre-staking period. Token holders can begin their staking period now to receive staking rewards from the 28th of December for 90 days onwards. A new version of Firefly that enables staking is now available here. We are excited to announce the official start of IOTA staking. With the release of Firefly 1.3.0, the staking…