9.2.2020
13 Weeks into Argon
It’s been another busy week in Stacks 2.0 Github repositories. Soon we’ll be saying goodbye to the Argon phase of the testnet, and hello to Krypton. More pull requests for Proof-of-Transfer & Stacking functionality are being merged every week thanks to hard work from community members. Keep your eyes peeled for a Krypton launch date soon!
Take a look at the most significant technical updates from the past week:
- The stacks-blockchain Github workflow has been updated to build a docker image and release with new distributions. → Github
- Required adjustments are beginning to be made for the transition to Krypton, and eventually Xenon, so that Stacks nodes can interact with the Bitcoin test network. → Github
- A PR has been merged that introduces string-ascii & string-utf8 as types in Clarity. → Github
- Support for these new String types has been added to stacks-transactions-js. → Github
- Some of the core mechanisms of Proof-of-Transfer are starting to be implemented, such as sortition evaluation using recipients selected from the reward set. → Github
- A PR implementing the Proof-of-Transfer STX lock-up and PoX delegation logic is in review. → Github
- The instructions for installing RUST on a machine have been simplified. Before, it was up to the user to select the default installation. Community member Jason Schrader identified that the default installation can be designated within the single-line installation command. → Github
- Documentation information has been updated pertaining to the API Client Library. This should help developers using the JS WebSocket. → Github
- A developer preview of the Stacks Blockchain API is now available! → Forum
- A Rosetta implementation is underway (two PRs merged and two more in-progress) thanks to fantastic work from community members. → Github
- A script was to stacks-transactions-js added that allows for a self-contained Docker image which will start a Stacks 2.0 blockchain and API testnet. → Github
- Documentation has been reworked with an OpenAPI section for mempool transactions. → Github
- A new version of blockstack.js has been released. → Github
- Added a Stacks API endpoint for block time to help clients estimate how long it will take for a transaction to complete. → Github
Resources:
- Follow stacks-blockchain progress for the upcoming phase (Krypton) of the testnet on Github with the public tracker.
- The Stacks 2.0 Testnet Status page displays realtime health and history of the network.
- A full description of the current Argon phase.