This report covers December 19, 2020 to January 18, 2021. Main visible event during that period was the public release of the “My Bismuth Wallet” mobile application, but there is more ongoing 🙂
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Bismuth Mobile wallet: Genesis and Reward
For way too long, Bismuth had no proper mobile wallet. One historical reason is that – despite being the fastest growing language – Python on mobile still is not mainstream. Sure, you can run a fully functional Tornado wallet on Android, but that’s not a 2 click install. That’s certainly not an excuse however and the team saw the need for an easy to install and operate mobile wallet.
“My Bismuth Wallet” mobile wallet
For way too long, Bismuth had no proper mobile wallet, or was dependent on third party wallets.Those days are over!
Bismuth Toolbox, interview and reward
Months ago, Bismuth user “Whatever” developed a shiny app to monitor his BIS mining rigs, wallets and Hypernodes. Apps you code for yourself, because you feel an urging need for it can end up most useful, and this one makes no exception. Preview of the Bismuth toolbox main screen
Bismuth on a Raspberry Pi
In October 2020 Ubuntu released a desktop version (20.10) specifically for the Raspberry Pi 4 arm64-based computer. Since Ubuntu is one of the most popular operating system for Bismuth nodes, and since the Rasberry Pi 4 has a total of 4Gb RAM, it should be possible to run a Bismuth node on it. This article describes the process of how to set up a Bismuth node on a Raspberry Pi 4 running Ubuntu desktop version 20.10.
Bismuth Team progress report – December 2020
This report covers November 18, 2020 to December 19, 2020. Behind the scenes Bismuth block # 2,000,000 was mined a few days ago. The team is actively working on Bismuth 2.0, associated communications and a brand new roadmap.
Bismuth Team progress report – November 2020
This report covers October 20, 2020 to November 18, 2020. Core Node Behind the scenes work goes on, both on stable and V2 branch. Going on with tests and core code main repo as well as critical components like the Polysign module.
Q&A session with wBismuth Devs
During the past months, most of the crypto sphere has gone Uniswap crazy. Uniswap, based upon ETH smart contracts and running on Ethereum chain only, is a DEX allowing any token to be listed and exchanged, with a fast growing ecosystem and derivatives.The usual “when moon” on many discords were then replaced by “when Uniswap”?
Hypernodes and the HYFI Token
For those of you following the monthly progress reports, you surely have noticed an increase in development activity around native Bismuth tokens -Tornado Wallet, Pawer bot, Bismuth.today. Till this date, the current circulating Bismuth tokens have centered around being vanity items & collectibles – initiatives by our community. We are pleased to announce the launch of the first token supported directly by the Bismuth Foundation, powered on the world’s first Python blockchain. Introducing HYFI – powered by Bismuth.
Bismuth Team progress report – October 2020
This report covers September 21, 2020 to October 19, 2020. Core Node Behind the scenes work goes on, both on stable and V2 branch. The Bismuth Foundation has an increased focus on software testing and continuous integration, and the infrastructure for this will strengthen in the coming months.