Mainnet and Beyond: September 2024

Introduction

This past month we've been working closely with our partners building on Avail DA and participating at ETHGlobal Singapore’s hackathon. Let’s get to it!

Highlights

• Spoke at Korea Blockchain Week, Token 2049 Singapore and ran an Avail track at ETHGlobal Singapore.
• Announced partnerships with Lens, Layer Labs,  O3Layer, and Mimir.

Technical Update

• Work is ongoing to improve the client libraries for interacting with the Avail network. Especially Avail Rust. We’re also adding new examples to make the development on Avail easier.
• We released new light client versions and deployed them to our networks. 
• Rolling out AIP-3 to decrease the data submission fees on Mainnet to the levels introduced on Turing testnet.

Network Update

• The latest Avail-Stake-Flow launch automates reward claiming and compounding, enhancing staking efficiency for validators and Nomination Pool members.
• Web3 Alert is now integrated into the Avail network, providing real-time alerts for validator activities, which supports proactive management across the network.
• The recent telemetry update has improved both the efficiency and stability of the network.
• A proposal to reduce the active set number to 100 is being raised on the Avail forum to enhance the Turing network.

Blogs

• Unlocking Social Networks with Lens on Avail DA
• Why is it getting easier to build blockchains?

Podcasts and Videos

• Avail Hot Takes: Live! How Fiamma makes Bitcoin speak via BitVM2
• Building Web3: Modular Blockchains, Data Availability, and Interoperability with Avail

Events

Avail Co-founder Prabal Banerjee, BD Chandler, and DevRel Naruto participated on a number of panels at Token 2049 Singapore, including L3 & ZK Night Token2049, Multichain Day, Epic Web3 L2Con, Liquidity Day, Automata Network TEE Unconference, and Altlayer Rollup Day. For the Avail track at ETHGlobal Singapore’s hackathon, congrats to PageEth, a decentralized and privacy preserving hardware and software communication protocol.

Earlier in September Avail Co-founder Anurag Arjun spoke on data availability a Korea Blockchain Week.

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Next Month

Members of our team, including Naruto and Kyle will be at ETHGlobal SF, running an Avail track at the hackathon. Come say hi!

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