🚀 Mainnet 11.3 and Aleph Wallet 8.6: network stability and UI improvements We’re happy to announce that the Mainnet 11.3 update has just been released, together with an updated version of the azero.dev wallet. We kindly ask all validators and node operators to perform the update at the earliest time possible–the procedure is the same as usual, and you’ll find more information on that in the Validators Announcements channel on Discord. The scope of this release is: Committee split The committee that is producing blocks has been split into one for creating blocks and another for finalizing them. That will speed up the process moderately and make it more resilient. Justification synchronization mechanism We rewrote the justification synchronization mechanism as the first part of the wide-ranging sync rewrite to increase the network’s stability. You can see the effect of justifications being disseminated quicker in the azero.dev wallet–the time between a block being produced and getting a green checkmark (which means it got finalized) is now much shorter than before. In azero.dev, the changes lie in further UI improvements and multisig support. Thank you for the ongoing support! 🐦 Like and retweet

🎧 Podcast Episode 4: Building Novel Solutions for Online Identities in Web3 with AZERO.ID Sit down with us for a new episode of the Aleph Zero Podcast, where we join AZERO.ID to dive into the possibilities for creating a new approach to managing online identities that respect user privacy in the Web3 space–and build something unique on top of that. Relax and enjoy another episode of the Aleph Zero Podcast. And don't forget to leave reviews and subscribe! 🐦 Like and retweet 🎧 Listen to the podcast

🗒️ Week 28: Last stage for Signer, Abax redesign, team at ethCC The Aleph Zero Signer will be released in the next two weeks! After changes required by the security audit and adjustments needed to release Signer on Chrome Web Store, we’re in the very last stage of its development. Only a few changes are in between us and the official release, so stay tuned! In the ecosystem, Abax released a refreshed branding, which marks the route to being available on Testnet. Starlay Finance, the largest lending protocol in the Polkadot ecosystem, is conducting a governance vote to integrate with Aleph Zero, ending on July 22nd. And if you look at the previous announcement–yes, Aleph Zero is finally verified on CoinMarketCap! 🎉 Lastly, we’re at ethCC, one of the biggest blockchain events in Europe, where Damian Straszak gave a talk on “Private and permissionless systems without black hats” and joined ParisDOT with “Safe, fun, and efficient: smart contracts in ink!” where he introduced the audience to the programming language of Aleph Zero. PS. Testnet 11.3 is running smoothly, looking to release Mainnet 11.3 next week! 🐦 Like and retweet 🧮 Check out new Abax website 🗳️ Read more about Starlay Finance’s vote

🎧 Podcast Episode 3: Going to the Dark Side with Łukasz Plewa It may be sunny outside, but our minds are on the dark side. In the newest episode of the Aleph Zero Podcast, we meet with Łukasz Plewa, Head of Blockchain & Economy at DRKVRS, to discuss this exciting gaming project. We think that Web3 can change the way we play online, and it's time to find out why! Enjoy the episode, and remember to leave reviews and subscribe! 🐦 Like and retweet 🎧 Listen on your favorite platforms 📖 Read the episode summary

🙌 AZERO Hour: join the builder's Twitter Spaces this Friday! 🙌 Genfinity, a digital media platform facilitating Web3 education and engagement, launches a new Twitter Spaces initiative! AZERO Hour will be a monthly feature of builders from the Aleph Zero ecosystem. This Friday, Genfinity will interview developers of Gatenox, AZERO.ID, and Interlock, focusing on their growth within the Web3 space. ⏰ Set a reminder to join the Twitter Spaces 🐣 Like and retweet

🎙️Incoming transmission: Aleph Zero Podcast! We're excited to launch the Aleph Zero Podcast! 🎙️ Hear insights directly from the core team and ecosystem builders, learn about the fundamentals as well as get recaps from our talks on conferences, Twitter Spaces, and more! In the first two episodes, we start with an insightful talk on how to stay safe in the crypto space. Antoni Zolciak is joined by Andrew Ciaccia (Interlock CMO), Rick Deacon (Interlock CEO), and Christopher A. Pariso (Security Analyst at Gartner), and Matt Bouillon, an attorney specialized in crypto-related cases. That episode is followed by a recap of the Twitter Space where we discussed the Ecosystem Funding Program with Block54, AZERO.ID, and Interlock. Launching next Thursday: Discussing all things blockchain gaming and DRKVRS with Lukasz Plewa, Head of Blockchain and Economy at DRKVRS. Stay tuned! 🐦 Like and retweet 🎧 Listen to the podcast

🗒️ Week 26: Ledger app, 1,000 domains minted on AZERO.ID testnet, public AMM DEX in late stages Last week, we welcomed the official release of Ledger app brought to you by Aleph Zero’s ecosystem partner, Zondax. SubWallet already integrated Ledger with their wallet, so that you can experience an elevated user experience while raising the level of security for your assets. Meanwhile, AZERO.ID, the ecosystem’s domain system, saw 1,000+ domains minted on their testnet implementation. It’s a significant milestone! The core team will be also releasing the Mainnet 11.1 with much-improved justification times and doing the final touches before the public AMM DEX that we’re working on can be audited by Kudelski Security. 🐦 Like and retweet

🧩 SubWallet announces Aleph Zero Ledger support 🧩 The SubWallet team announced adding Aleph Zero support on Ledger with the release of the SubWallet Extension v1.0.12. We'd like to extend kind thanks to SubWallet for being the first ones to do so! 🐣 Share and retweet 📥 Download SubWallet

💾Aleph Zero is now available on Ledger! 💾 You can now store your AZERO on Ledger devices. The Aleph Zero application can now be installed via the App Catalog across Ledger Nano X, and Ledger Nano S Plus. With over 6 million Ledger devices sold worldwide, Ledger owners can now leverage their devices to interact with the Aleph Zero ecosystem. Important: Right now the application supports creating accounts, sending and receiving AZERO. Soon, it will also enable users to stake through direct staking and nomination pools. 🐦Like and retweet 📖Read more 💾Learn how to use it

🗒️Week 25: Two new projects in the EFP, Mainnet 11.1 coming While we're making preparations to release Mainnet 11.1, two new projects reached an agreement to enroll in the EFP. Among those, there is a new blockchain-based game and a platform that offers token issuance, a launchpad, and a DEX for real-world assets. 🐦 Like & retweet

💫 Join the AZERO.ID testnet and experience the app 💫 Dear all, AZERO.ID opens its testnet to the Aleph Zero community, enabling one of the smoothest and fastest domain experiences in the industry. 🎉 The public testing phase begins now, prior to the AZERO.ID Mainnet rollout. Mike Schneider, Dennis Zoma, and the team behind the product seek to gather as much feedback as possible. Test and break whatever you can! We're excited to be able to support the AZERO.ID team on the journey through the Ecosystem Funding Program. 🐣 Click if you're interested in testing out AZERO.ID 📥 Learn more about AZERO.ID

🗒️ Week 24: Four new projects in the EFP, AZERO.ID launches its product on Testnet We're pleased to say that four new projects have successfully signed agreements regarding support through the Ecosystem Funding Program. The projects will receive support in product design, auditing, and more. This time, we've engaged builders working on gaming, liquid staking, and enterprise-grade supply chain. There's nine new projects in total getting ready to be officially announced after completion of their first milestone! In the ecosystem: AZERO.ID has launched its product on the Testnet while the team behind ArtZero released InkWhale. 🐦 Like and retweet

🗒️ Monthly update: Coinfirm integration, UNIC partnership, and winning The Best Infrastructure Project award Let's go back to what happened in May, in case you've missed it. Among the highlights, you'll find integration with Coinfirm's AML on-chain analytics, partnership with University of Nicosia, and winning The Best Infrastructure Project award at the Next Block Expo conference. That's only the tip of the iceberg, so if you'd like to learn more, head over to our latest article! 📖 Read the article 🐦 Like & retweet

💻 Week 23 update: Liminal optimization, 5 new projects in the EFP Generating ZK proofs is usually computation-heavy. Last week, we've managed to employ parallelism to shorten the in-browser proof generation times by a factor of four. This is a great milestone towards making a seamless user experience of Liminal. We have also signed agreements with five new projects in the EFP! Announcements are coming soon, after the projects reach their first milestones. 🐦 Like and retweet

🦊MetaMask Snap project reaches new milestone 🦊 We are delighted to announce that the team that is building the MetaMask Snap for Aleph Zero has reached another milestone. This puts our ecosystem one step closer towards operating with Snaps from the most popular non-custodial wallet. 🐦 Like and retweet 📖 Read more

🗒️ Week 22 update: faster block finalization, quality projects in the EFP Last week, we have released Testnet 11.1—the time between block being produced and finalized has been significantly improved. Soon, this update will be pushed to the mainnet as well. In other news, we’re moving closer to onboarding a new set of projects in the EFP! We have gone through over 57 out of the 135 submissions received initially. There are currently 17 new projects we’re considering supporting, in addition to the ones that have already been publicly disclosed on the Aleph Zero channels. On average, we’re receiving 5–20 submissions to the EFP weekly. 🐦 Like and retweet

💻Learn how to build on Aleph Zero in an online workshop!💻 Get up to speed with Aleph Zero development with Piotr Moczurad's (@pete_urinsky) online workshop. During the event, we are going to present a fairly comprehensive tutorial that covers: – basic blockchain concepts, – the core ideas behind ink! smart contracts – ink! implementation also covering basics of Rust – best practices and popular pitfalls It's online and free, so there's nothing stopping you from joining! ✍️ Sign up 🐦 Like and retweet

🗒️ Week 21 update: Ledger, Tangem, Aleph Zero Signer in the final stages The last week brought us closer to offering a wide array of ways to interact with Aleph Zero: – Aleph Zero Signer reaches the final stage of audit – Tangem integration preorder concluded – Ledger app audit concluded We are also working on resolving issues with Testnet 11 release. 🐦 Like and retweet

☀️ AZERO nomination pools supported in redesigned SubWallet ☀️ Non-custodial wallet for the Substrate networks, SubWallet, debuted its redesigned brand, user interface, and overall user experience today. Among a number of security and design changes, SubWallet also introduced compatibility with Aleph Zero nomination pools to ensure frictionless experience for our community. You can start using SubWallet today at

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SubWallet is available as an extension and mobile application. 🐣 Like and retweet 📥 Learn more about SubWallet

🗒️ Week 20 update: progress on Common, Signer This week, we have been finalizing the core implementation of AMM part of the Common DEX. Signer is also just a few weeks away from being released! 🐦 Like & Retweet

👏 AZERO.ID closes oversubscribed pre-seed round to build first-ever private domain system 👏 With the rebranding announcement of AZERO Domains to AZERO.ID, the team has also announced completing an oversubscribed pre-seed round with contributions from Aleph Zero, Parity Technologies, and Web3 Foundation. Additionally, Aleph Zero stakeholders such as Block54 Capital, nxGen, or Rana Capital joined, among others. AZERO.ID is one of the first use cases to have received a grant from the Aleph Zero Foundation under the Ecosystem Funding Program. AZERO.ID will become the first-ever private domain system on a blockchain platform. By utilizing Liminal, the team plans to introduce private domain-to-domain asset transfers, ensuring wallet balances and activities remain confidential. This comes together with an improved experience of interacting with blockchain through simpler domains, rather than long wallet address strings. Moreover, AZERO.ID will support multijurisdictional compliance requirements via its partnership with Gatenox, another Aleph Zero ecosystem product. To learn more about AZERO.ID, head over to their new website. And if you have other questions, tune in to a Twitter Space with AZERO.ID team today at 2 pm UTC! P.S.: Can you spot the Easter Egg on AZERO.ID new website? ⏰ Set your reminders for the Twitter Space 📖 Read the update from AZERO.ID

🗒️ Week 19 update: formalizing private order book, preparing for Testnet 11 As we're wrapping up another week in Aleph Zero, here's the another update on what we were focusing on! 🐦 Like & Retweet

⚒️OnFinality expands offering to Aleph Zero RPC nodes ⚒️ While OnFinality provided builders with dedicated node services since August 2022, they're launching RPC offering for Aleph Zero Mainnet and Testnet networks. The RPC API service enables customers to access the network without setting up or managing infrastructure. Additionally, clients can connect to the network in a simpler process and access intuitive monitoring to get an insight into the user behavior in their dApps. 📖 Learn more 🐦 Like & retweet

💫 April 2023 summary: Ecosystem Funding Program, Dashboard as the first user-centric product, Dev portal, and more! 💫 April was a month of delivering further missing ecosystem puzzles, such as the Ecosystem Funding Program, the AZERO Dashboard as the first user-centric product, and the Aleph Zero Dev Portal to support developer onboarding. Learn about other updates in the latest article! 🐣Like and retweet 📥Read more on blog

🦾 Ledger enables developer mode support for AZERO 🦾 Dear everyone, We have some exhilarating news for all the AZERO enthusiasts out there! As of today, Ledger, the leading hardware wallet company, supports Aleph Zero’s native coin, AZERO, in developer mode. This marks a significant milestone in our ongoing efforts to increase the accessibility and security of AZERO coin management for our users. This exciting development would not have been possible without the dedication and hard work of Zondax, the software firm responsible for the integration. The Aleph Zero team would like to express our gratitude to Zondax for their expertise and commitment to bringing this milestone to fruition. Please note that this integration is currently available only in developer mode, as the official release is pending a security audit and Ledger’s acceptance before being admitted to Ledger’s public release. A security audit will ensure that the AZERO coin integration meets the highest standards of security and reliability. Once the audit results are released and any necessary modifications are made, we expect the integration to be available to the general public. To access the AZERO coin integration in developer mode, users must have a Ledger device (either a Ledger Nano S or Ledger Nano X) and follow the instructions provided on Ledger’s website. While this mode is intended for developers and advanced users, it offers a great opportunity for our community members to familiarize themselves with the process and share their feedback to help us further refine the integration. Stay tuned for more updates on the official release, and please don’t hesitate to reach out with any questions, concerns, or feedback regarding the AZERO coin and Ledger integration. Together, we will continue to build a more secure and decentralized future. 🐣Like and share 📥Learn more

🦾 Tangem: new hardware wallet for your AZERO 🦾 The native coin of the Aleph Zero network, AZERO, gets Tangem Wallet support! The Aleph Zero community receives a unique discount code for this occasion. With AZEROPREORDER, we're eligible for a 15% discount for the initial 300 orders. The integration will begin after the preorders had been exhausted. Tangem Wallet is a credit-card-sized hardware wallet with NFC connectivity that will fit into your cardholder. All you need to use it is an NFC-enabled phone. According to the team, the Tangem app does not collect user data and is open source. You can inspect it on on GitHub. Tangem’s hardware has been independently certified as having the industry-leading EAL6+ standard. According to Tangem, the wallet wallet: - Contains no magnetic elements; - Is protected against EMP, ESD, and X-ray; - Is free of points of vulnerability (batteries, cables); - Boasts water and dust protection (IP68). Tangem’s firmware has been independently audited by Swiss auditing company Kudelski Security (which also happens to support Aleph Zero’s Ecosystem Funding Program), with no backdoors found. 📥 Learn more 🐣 Like and retweet 👉 Visit Tangem (remember to use AZEROPREORDER code at checkout if you're interested in purchasing Tangem)

🏗 Introducing weekly updates 🏗 Dear all, in addition to our monthly updates, we wanted to keep you all posted on what's happening in Aleph Zero on a weekly basis. We'll be presenting a summary of inner working in the platform itself as well as a broader ecosystem. We'll be measuring the interest and engagement on these posts and adjust on a rolling basis! In the meantime, let us know your thoughts! First of these updates has been shared on Twitter already. 🐣 Like and retweet

🦾 Block54’s Maciej Skrzypczak to advise Aleph Zero builders on marketing strategies 🦾 The Aleph Zero Foundation is happy to welcome its new advisor! Maciej’s career highlights include co-creating Fortnite’s go-to-market strategy across 17 CEE markets while working closely with Epic Games. As a co-founder of Gameset, one of the most successful gaming marketing companies in Europe, Maciej and his team received 13 Cannes Lions awards, as well as many Effie and MIXX awards for their creative campaigns. All together, Maciej obtained over 50 advertising awards to date. Gameset is also an official partner of Twitch and is working with various high-impact customers such as ASUS, Cinema City, and Phillips. The agency operates in excellent health until this very day. Before Gameset, Maciej co-founded and operated Lubię to!, the largest Polish social marketing firm working with numerous customers from NIVEA, Virgin Mobile, and SABMiller, to Skoda. Maciej worked on Lubię to! together with Yuri Drabent and Maciej Bielicki. Lubię to! was ultimately sold to Dentsu, an international advertising and public relations joint stock company headquartered in Tokyo. Maciej Skrzypczak, Yuri Drabent, and Maciej Bielicki—who stayed in business together for over ten years—launched what was initially a boutique venture capital fund focused on Web3. They’ve supported various projects in their early stages: Fantom, Elrond, ANKR, Chainlink, or 0x, to name a few. To date, Block54 supported AZERO Domains, AngelBlock, and Interlock. The Block54 team, together with Bellwether Rocks, also brought DRKVRS to the Aleph Zero ecosystem. 📥 Learn more 🐣 Share and retweet

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💥 Join the Twitter Space today: Aleph Zero EFP with Interlock, AZERO Domains, and Block54 Capital💥 Today, we'll be discussing the EFP participation with the Interlock team, AZERO Domains team, as well as Block54 Capital. 👉 Join the Space today at 4:15 PM CEST. Interlock is building a toolkit of DeFi security products powered by ILOCK. Interlock is built by Rick Deacon, Erhan Justice, Nick Zivković, and Andrew Caccia among others. AZERO Domains is a privacy-enhanced domain system for Aleph Zero built by Scio Labs, a product studio by Mike Schneider and Dennis Zoma. Both Interlock and AZERO Domains are part of the Aleph Zero EFP. Additionally, Interlock is also a part of the Outlier Ventures portfolio. Block54 Capital is a a founder-centric venture capital fund operated since 2017 by Maciej Skrzypczak, Yuri Drabent, and Maciej Bielicki—who've won over 50 awards for their marketing work together and ideated campaigns for brands such as Fortnite, ASUS, or PepsiCo. 👉 Join the Twitter Space today at 4:15 PM CEST.

💫 Aleph Zero launches a $50M Ecosystem Funding Program 💫 Dear everyone, We are thrilled to announce the launch of the Ecosystem Funding Program that will help developers and founders build a new standard of blockchain applications and grow Aleph Zero’s adoption through expanding on its scalability, privacy-preserving framework, and other features. The program is designed to offer much more than just grants. It is effectively a holistic initiative that supports projects on many fronts, such as with: 🌱 operational workshops; 🌱 early-stage grants of up to 500,000 USD; 🌱 access to venture capital and angel investors; 🌱 research and development workshops; 🌱 security design support and code audits; 🌱 infrastructure resources; 🌱 free AWS Activate resources; 🌱 front-end product management and UX workshops; 🌱 marketing support; 🌱 welcoming community; 🌱 and more! The program has been active for some time already, incubating the first batch of pilot projects. Today, the EFP opens up for the broader community, welcoming all Web3 builders to use what’s best in Aleph Zero, propose their solutions to the EFP, and get support at whatever is needed for successfully launching products in the Aleph Zero ecosystem. We’re looking forward to receiving the first submissions! 📖 Learn more 💥 Apply to Aleph Zero EFP 🤓 Watch the introductory video 🐦 Like and retweet

🎉 Aleph Zero partner event at Consensus 2023! 🎉 We're proud to host an official partner event during Consensus 2023. Join us for an evening of unforgettable networking and discussions around the latest ZK trends and broader industry developments. 🪄 👉 Sign up at

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🤝 EDX to deploy regulated securities exchange, security token standard on Aleph Zero 🤝 European DLT Exchange (EDX, edx.finance), a wholly-owned subsidiary of 21finance AG, joins forces with Aleph Zero Foundation and Cardinal Cryptography to realize a high performance multichain setup with privacy features for EDX, while bolstering the regulated DeFi ecosystem on Aleph Zero. "The specific features of Aleph Zero, such as privacy, security, and instant finality, make the network an ideal DLT for what we’re looking to accomplish", says Max Heinzle, founder and CEO of 21finance AG, and adds: "We’ll be working together to provide necessary building blocks for a privacy-preserving, regulated DeFi ecosystem on Aleph Zero in general." EDX itself is led by Francesco Adiliberti, former Managing Director at Goldman Sachs International, HSBC, and Amber Group. Francesco has also successfully operated and exited Nomisma, the first company in Europe that was granted a license by the Liechtenstein Financial Market Authority to allow trading of tokenized financial instruments, in particular derivatives, on a blockchain. Francesco holds a PhD in finance from the University of Zurich. The first objective of the collaboration is to bring EDX to Aleph Zero to explore the network’s capabilities in a regulatory-driven market while boosting the overall privacy features of EDX across multiple networks. The second goal is to deploy a regulatory-driven token standard to the Aleph Zero ecosystem to help stimulate the regulated DeFi ecosystem of the network. 📥 Read the announcement 🔷 Explore EDX's website 🐣 Like and retweet

🦾 The dev portal is here! 🦾 Dear all, We've just released the Dev Portal, a one-stop shop for everything you’ll need to know about building on Aleph Zero. This is just the beginning as we’ll continue to add new tutorials and tools that will make it easier to find your ways around Aleph Zero and successfully launching applications on the network. Bookmark alephzero.org/developers and get started! 📖Learn more on blog 💫Access the dev portal 🐦Like and retweet

💫 March 2023 summary: smart contracts live on the mainnet, community validators ‘flippening’ and more! 💫 March brought the highly anticipated smart contracts to the Mainnet but that was not the only highlight happening in Aleph Zero! We have reached over 50,000 accounts on the mainnet, as well as completed a milestone towards decentralization with transitioning to over 50% of total staked assets in the hands of community validators. We also took plenty of speaking and networking opportunities at both online and offline events. 🐣Like and retweet 📥Read more on blog

❗️SYNTHR AMA start now! ❗️ Dear all, Tune in to listen to what SYNTHR is all about and their upcoming deployment on Aleph Zero:

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❇️ SYNTHR AMA tomorrow! ❇️ Let's introduce you to one of the latest innovative projects in the Aleph Zero ecosystem — SYNTHR! Ritwik Rudra, co-founder of SYNTHR, joins us tomorrow on the Aleph Zero Discord for an AMA. We'll discuss building omnichain synthetic asset protocol and featuring Aleph Zero in their product. 🎧Tune in! 🐣Like and retweet

💻 Say hello to the Dashboard! 💻 We have just released a new interface that will make it easier to manage your staked AZERO. Read on about its features and how it improves the staking UX. The main benefit of the new staking dashboard is that it is oriented toward the end user. The azero.dev platform is a feature-heavy tool for developers, but for average users, we wanted to create a simple and intuitive experience that allows them to do all the necessary account actions as efficiently as possible. The introduction of the new dashboard for staking brings about a much clearer UX that should make it easier for everyone to get started staking and managing their AZERO. 📥Learn more 💥Use the Dashboard 🐣Like and retweet

💥 Join the ink!ubator and grow your blockchain project! 💥 Aleph Zero has joined an initiative to kickstart the growth of the ink! ecosystem together with Astar Network, Web3 Foundation, Parity Technologies, Phala Network, and 727 Ventures. After a successful ink! 4.0 WASM Mainnet smart contracts release, it’s time to enable builders to get out more of this technology. While getting all set to support all the Aleph Zero projects via our own Ecosystem Funding Program, today we’re happy to co-announce yet another program. ink!ubator is funded by the Web3 Foundation to support the growth of ink!-based ecosystems such as Aleph Zero, Astar Network, Phala Network, Polkadot, Kusama, and others. It focuses on a few key areas: developer growth, security audits, full-stack tooling, as well as high-impact product launches. The initiative provides three tracks for builders, which you can learn about here. 🐙Visit the ink!ubator page 📥Learn more 🐣Like and retweet

🎉 50,000 Mainnet accounts! 🎉 Dear all, Thank you! We've just reached 50,000 Mainnet accounts, with over 400 of them set up in the last 24 hours alone. Plot twist? This is just the beginning as far as Aleph Zero growth is concerned. Hang on tight! 🐣 Like and retweet

💫 Join the Brushfam ink! Twitter Space 💫 Join the public talk to hear discussions between Astar Network, Parity Technologies, Brushfam, 727 Ventures, Phala, and Aleph Zero developers! Learn more about ink! 4.0 and the future of WASM smart contracts. 💥 Tune in now!

👩‍💻Developers, welcome! 👨🏾‍💻 Smart contracts are live on the Mainnet. Aleph Zero has just become ready to run applications that will use the network’s speed, scalability, security, and the upcoming privacy framework. While the launch of smart contracts on the Mainnet is an essential milestone for Aleph Zero, it is just the beginning of our journey as a community. We can’t wait to see the Aleph Zero ecosystem and community thriving in the following months and years. Some projects have already confirmed their launches over the next few days, so you should keep an eye on the upcoming developments! Exciting times ahead! Note to validators: We have updated the runtime and all Aleph Zero Foundation nodes, which effectively brought Mainnet 10.0 live. Please, update your nodes with the latest Aleph Node at your earliest convenience. 📖 Learn more 🐦 Like & Retweet

🛠 Mainnet update in progress 🛠 Dear all, We've just started the Mainnet 10.0 update procedures. New features include: - ink! 4.0 smart contracts; - reduced storage fee by a factor of 25; - minor improvements & bug fixes. See you on the other side in a few hours!

The main event on Ethereum Rio starts tomorrow! Aleph Zero will be there, with Rafael Lourenco to tell you all about the network, our plans, and the recent and upcoming developments! If you’re joining too, make sure to look for our logos and say hi! 🇧🇷 Ethereum Rio 🗓️ March 28-30 📍 Museu de Arte do Rio Praça Mauá, Centro Rio de Janeiro | RJ | Brasil 🐣 Share the news

👥Decentralization milestone: over 50% of total staked assets nominated to community validators👥 The Aleph Zero Foundation is excited to announce that 50% of the total staked AZERO is used to nominate community validators. As a result, the Foundation won’t be introducing further commission increases to its nodes for the foreseeable future. We want to sincerely thank the community for their effort in decentralizing the Aleph Zero ecosystem. It’s yet another proof that a strong, engaged community is the backbone of any project! 📥 Learn more about the update 🐣 Like and retweet

👩‍💻Developers, get ready! Mainnet 10.0 is coming on March 29th!👨‍💻 Dear all, We are excited to announce that Mainnet 10.0 will debut on March 29th, making the network ready for your applications! This comes after a successful period of running ink! 4.0 stable release smart contracts, which gave us enough confidence to push it to the Mainnet as soon as the total 4-week testing phase concludes next Wednesday. We don’t expect any major issues to come up at this point. This is an important milestone for Aleph Zero as it will allow the ecosystem to grow with products that benefit from the low latency, high scalability, and privacy-preserving features to be released later this year. Onwards! 📥Learn more about the update 🐣Like and retweet

‼️Hotfix for testnet and mainnet deployed‼️ Dear all, Yesterday at 11:04 CET, a Testnet anomaly was detected. The bug was introduced in version 0.9 of aleph-node. An erroneous entry in the AlephBFT config limited the maximum DAG round number to 5000. Under a correct configuration, exceeding this limit causes only a slight slowdown in unit creation. In yesterday’s case, however, the error caused AlephBFT to stop making progress and, ultimately, to stop the finalization. In consequence, block production was also interrupted as — for safety reasons — the configuration doesn’t allow more than 20 non-finalized blocks to be present on-chain. After diagnosing the issue, the team built a hotfix, which was then reviewed and approved by 13:00 CET. After 16:00 CET, the fix was deployed to all Testnet Foundation validators, which consequently started finalizing the problematic session. Once that was concluded, the finalization returned to normal. Today at 14:02 CET, the team has also finalized deploying the hotfix to the Mainnet to avoid potential issues that were present on the Testnet. We’d like to thank the Aleph Zero validators community for their support and feedback during these last two days! 🦾 Validators — update your nodes! Please update your nodes at your earliest convenience with the mainnet hotfix r-9.1-mainnet. The update procedure is the same as usual: aleph-node-runner users need to stop their docker containers and re-run the run_node.sh script, and users building from the source should switch to the r-9.1-mainnet tag in the aleph-node repository. P.S.: This hotfix is unrelated to the upcoming Mainnet 10.0 smart contracts release.

💳AZERO and C14: ecosystem's first compliant fiat on-ramp💳 Say hello to AZERO's first fiat on-ramp: C14.money! C14 enables Aleph Zero users to interact with AZERO via pay.c14.money, and empowers builders to integrate the widget into their websites and apps. C14 takes a proactive approach to regulatory matters—as a registered Money Service Business (MSB), with FinCEN as well as a Foreign Money Service Business (FMSB), with FINTRAC in Canada. Moreover, C14 has acquired a Virtual-Asset-Service-Provider registration in the EU. "We’ve been following the Aleph Zero team's amazing progress over the past twelve months. We’re thrilled to be playing our part in their fantastic growth story. We look forward to making it easier for dapps on Aleph Zero to onboard their users", says C14's CEO, Erich Grant. 📥Learn more 🐣Like and retweet

🚨Reminder for Validators – update your nodes! 🚨 📢 Node operators, please update your validator nodes to the latest version by tomorrow (March 15th), to avoid incompatibility issues. ❗️Dive into what's new in this release and the upgrade schedule

No, the Foundation's funds are held on cold wallets and with Sygnum, a Swiss licensed bank. SVB primarily served US-based startups and funds. In the meantime though we've also gone ahead and took the necessary steps to increase the exposure to assets other than USDC (had a fairly broad distribution already) to avoid issues in case of market overreaction/bank run. Our first instinct is always capital preservation at turbulent times.