Week in Internet Computer (#ICP) News, Feb 17, 2024

Important announcements

• Internet Computer as the top 1 crypto project based on highest development activity according to Santiment.

• A new PocketIC release that enables threshold ECDSA testing.

Governance Proposals

• Proposal 127750, update description of GeekFactory Known Neuron.

• Proposal 127683, Register SyT - Servicios y Telecomunicaciones S.A. datacenter as ar1 in South America,AR,CABA.

• Proposal 127682, Register ELNA AI (elna.ai) neuron as a named neuron.

• Proposal 127683, Register SyT - Servicios y Telecomunicaciones S.A. datacenter as ar1 in South America,AR,CABA.

IC Protocol Updates and Forum Digest

•  Long Term R&D: Integration with the Ethereum Network

  • About ckUSDC, DFINITY team estimated the lead time for stablecoin is around 3 months.

• Trustworthy Node Metrics

  • The management canister now provides a node_metrics_history endpoint, with more cdk and agent support expected in the coming weeks.

• EVM RPC Canister

  •  Documentation is released for guideline.

SNS Launch Updates

• Upcoming ICPSwap SNS decentralization

  • SNS launch details has been released for discussion.

• Upcoming ICLighthouse DAO(ICDex) Launch SNS

  • Shared project audit report in the forum.

Applications & Builders

• Total Staked ICP: 245’679’857

• ckBTC: 247.7793

• ckETH: 277.7928

• New members in Ecosystem: Big welcome!

  • aVa Reputation, a reputation management system.

  • ICP Deploy Hub, to deploy, create, and mint ICP tokens on the Internet Computer Protocol.

  • ArcMind AI 15, applied AI to improve work productivity and creativity but with privacy consideration.

  • 221Bravo, a blockchain explorer for ICP and ICRC tokens.

  • Accelar, a one-stop platform for Web3 infrastructure.

  • IC-SIWE, to enable Ethereum wallet-based authentication for applications on the Internet Computer.

  • VirtuaSeal, a document signing platforms with security advantages.

  • EA Kazi, a verifiable and trustworthy system for freelancers.

  • DAOball, a simulated spectator sport. 

  • Jobgrader, a Web3 job platform.

  • Createicptoken: SaaS for creating ICRC-1 tokens.

• Ecosystem Projects Highlights:

  • Neutrinite:

    • Proposed to transfer 15,500 ICP from the Neutrinite SNS treasury to the Neutrinomic Foundation.

  • Modclub:

    • Propsoed to transfer 200 million MOD tokens, which equates to 20% of 1 Billion, from the Modclub Treasury to the Modclub Panama Foundation.

  • KINIC:

    • Proposed to release 10,000 ICP from the Kinic Treasury to cover the costs of three core developers, community grants and a new community manager.

  • Hot or not:

    • Shifting towards a multi-subnet architecture to accommodate growing user base and enhance platform resilience.

    • Raised budget proposal for 2024 （6 months) and requested  96,000 ICP from the treasury.

  • OpenChat:

    • Launched translation correction project and accepted correction will be rewarded with CHAT.

  • Dragginz:

    • Bug founded, and the mint will be postponed till the issue is solved.

  • ICX

    • Proposed to apply Gold Sponsorship Participation at the ICPCC Conference.

Community Updates

• ICP.Hub Southern Africa kicked off the first buidl Web3 Southern Hackathon in Botswana.

• ICP.Hub Portugal announced Hackathon in Portugal on Feb 26 - Mar 04.

• ICP.Hub Balkan arranged a meetup in sofia.

• ICP.Hub Indonesia had a meetup with Indonesian Professional Certification Authority, BNSP.

• ICP.Hub North America hosted online AI Ideathon with 300 registrations and over 40 universities participants.

• ICP.Hub Kushite presented ICP in Kiishi University.

• ICP.Hub Thailand hosted a VR workshop at TNI's Faculty of Engineering workshop.

Industry News

• ENS has partnered with GoDaddy to enable free domain link-ups.

• Dencun upgrade client releases expected next week, followed by a mainnet shadow fork.

• Ledger and Coinbase Pay integration simplifies the process of receiving crypto purchased from Coinbase, eliminating additional fees.

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