🗳 Vote for 3rd Team Funding Cycle is Scheduled! 🗳

The vote for the third team funding request has now been scheduled at block 1,245,040, which is expected to be staked next Wednesday the 17th of August at around 12:00 UTC.

The CCS proposal has now entered its voting phase and you can now setup your node to vote using Partyman or your favorite Particl client today.

👉 https://particl.news/team-funding-proposal-3-vote-scheduled

🗒 New Development Progress Report (19-08-2022) 🗒

A new weekly Particl development report is now available:

✅ Steady Particl Desktop 3.3 progress
✅ BasicSwap new coin integration process
✅ Update on BasicSwap GUI
✅ Investigating odd node issue
✅ Vote for team proposal ongoing

👉 https://particl.news/particl-development-progress-report-19-08-2022

🚨 Important Particl Core Update 🚨

An important Particl Core update has been rolled out this weekend. It fixes an odd bug regarding staking nodes falling out of sync and is now available for all currently live Particl Core versions.

We highly recommend updating your node as soon as possible to avoid any potential staking issue.

👉 https://particl.news/new-core-releases-staking-patch/

🎉 The Results are in! 🎉

On Thursday, the 25th of August, 2022, the third team funding request has been officially approved by Particl stakeholders with an impressive approval rate of 99.26%!

This marks an important milestone for the project as this funds the team to develop, promote, and expand the Particl ecosystem for a duration of 12 more months.

Check out the latest blog post on Particl News for all the details.

👉 https://particl.news/team-funding-request-3-results/

🗒 New Development Progress Report (26-08-2022) 🗒

A new weekly Particl development report is now available:

✅ Steady Particl Desktop 3.3 progress
✅ BasicSwap new coin integration process completed
✅ New Particl Core releases
✅ Usual Particl Core merges from Bitcoin
✅ 3rd team funding request approved

👉 https://particl.news/particl-development-progress-report-26-08-2022

✊ The Radical Sovereignty of Open-Source, Distributed Governance ✊

In this first in a short series of stories on governance in crypto, we explore the complicated relationship between liberty, power, and decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs).

👉 https://particl.news/the-radical-sovereignty-of-open-source-distributed-governance/

🗒 New Development Progress Report (02-09-2022) 🗒

A new weekly Particl development report is now available:

✅ Steady Particl Desktop 3.3 progress
✅ Wrapping up BasicSwap's GUI
✅ Usual Particl Core merges from Bitcoin
✅ New web checkout option demo from ParticlMarketplace.shop

👉 https://particl.news/particl-development-progress-report-02-09-2022/

🗒 New Development Progress Report (09-09-2022) 🗒

A new weekly Particl development report is now available:

✅ Steady Particl Desktop 3.3 progress
✅ Wrapping up BasicSwap's GUI
✅ Usual Particl Core merges from Bitcoin

👉 https://particl.news/particl-development-progress-report-09-09-2022/

🗒 New Development Progress Report (16-09-2022) 🗒

A new weekly Particl development report is now available:

✅ Various updates coming to the academy, website, and others
✅ Steady Particl Desktop 3.3 progress
✅ Wrapping up BasicSwap's GUI and other improvements
✅ Usual Particl Core merges from Bitcoin

👉 https://particl.news/particl-development-progress-report-16-09-2022/

🗒 New Development Progress Report (23-09-2022) 🗒

A new weekly Particl development report is now available:

✅ Back-end changes for PD 3.3 wrapped up
✅ Steady progress to BasicSwap's GUI
✅ Particl Core 24.0 coming
✅ Major Particl Academy update next week

👉 https://particl.news/particl-development-progress-report-23-09-2022/

📚 New Particl Academy is Live 📚

The new version of the Particl Academy has gone live today.

It includes a large amount of changes and additions, notably in prevision of the upcoming open beta launch of the BasicSwap DEX.

Check it out now and don't hesitate to share its slew of information with anyone curious about anything Particl!

👉 https://particl.news/particl-academy-update-is-live

🗒 New Development Progress Report (30-09-2022) 🗒

A new weekly Particl development report is now available:

✅ Integrating PD 3.3 changes into UI/UX
✅ Preparing Particl Core for version 24.0
✅ Wrapping up BasicSwap's GUI; closed beta next week
✅ Major Particl Academy update is live

👉 https://particl.news/particl-development-progress-report-30-09-2022/

🗒 New Development Progress Report (07-10-2022) 🗒

A new weekly Particl development report is now available:

✅ Integrating PD 3.3 changes into UI/UX
✅ Particl Core 24.0 now available as a pre-release
✅ Particl Core merges Bitcoin upstream updates
✅ BasicSwap's GUI wrapped up, final closed beta round begins Tuesday

👉 https://particl.news/particl-development-progress-report-07-10-2022/

✅ BasicSwap — Final Closed Beta is Live ✅

We’re excited to announce that we’ve successfully completed BasicSwap’s user interface (GUI v0.1) earlier this week, meaning that the final closed beta testing round has now begun (as of this Tuesday)!

This is an important milestones and the last step before the public release of the open beta, so make sure to read the blog post linked below in full to get all the details and get a better idea of what to expect in the next few days to come!

👉 https://particl.news/basicswap-final-closed-beta-testing-round-started/

⚖ Not All Exchanges are Born Equal ⚖

People have long been pondering and developing ways to swap their favorite digital assets without relying on third-parties, but most of today's decentralized exchanges still struggle with offering true cross-chain solutions, with no compromise on privacy and decentralization matters.

In this story, we explore some of the main challenges of the decentralized exchange landscape, and how BasicSwap DEX provides a novel solution to this almost decade-long problem.

👉 https://particl.news/not-all-exchanges-born-equal/

🗒 New Development Progress Report (14-10-2022) 🗒

A new weekly Particl development report is now available:

✅ Integrating PD 3.3 changes into UI/UX
✅ Particl Core merges Bitcoin upstream updates
✅ BasicSwap's final closed beta round has begun and going great

👉 https://particl.news/particl-development-progress-report-14-10-2022/

🗒 New Development Progress Report (21-10-2022) 🗒

A new weekly Particl development report is now available:

✅ PD 3.3 nearly ready
✅ An update on BasicSwap's closed beta
✅ BasicSwap GUI v0.1.1 nearly ready
✅ Particl Core merges Bitcoin upstream updates

👉 https://particl.news/particl-development-progress-report-21-10-2022/

🗒 New Development Progress Report (28-10-2022) 🗒

A new weekly Particl development report is now available:

✅ Integrating PD 3.3 changes into UI/UX
✅ Particl Core merges Bitcoin upstream updates
✅ Update on BasicSwap's final closed beta testing round

👉 https://particl.news/particl-development-progress-report-28-10-2022/