Week in Internet Computer (#ICP) News, June 25, 2023

Week in Internet Computer (#ICP) News
June 25, 2023

DFINITY team shared WebSockets proof-of-concept, which demonstrates the potential of enabling WebSockets on the IC through a dedicated gateway.
The Wasm-native Stable Memory proposal has been implemented and will be rolled out soon to all subnets

Jun 24, Proposal to create an SNS-DAO for Hot or Not https://dashboard.internetcomputer.org/proposal/123252
Jun 23, Open: EMC - Enable principal htsl7-baaaa-aaaam-ablva-cai in SNS-W to initiate the generation of an SNS for EMC Protocol https://dashboard.internetcomputer.org/proposal/123233

Jun 23, Meet up: Revolutionizing AI: Exploring Intergral Neural Nerworks, Vancouver, Canada
Jun 24, ICP Developer Community Call https://discord.com/events/748416164832608337/1120536287443697705

Highlights
- Long Term R&D: Integration with the Ethereum Network
  - Latest Update: no update.
  - Previous update: Jun 14, @Dieter from DFINITY team updated: The DFINITY Foundation decided to build the ckETH and ckERC-20 ourselves. Q4 may be a rough estimate, without giving a strong commitment. Also note that this will initially be built on the HTTP outcalls, and later move to the Phase-2 native implementation. Work on Phase 2 will pick up again later.
- Direct Integration with Bitcoin
  - Jun 22, "watchdog canister" proposals are now open for voting:
    Proposal: 123101 - IC Dashboard 4 (BTC testnet)
    Proposal: 123106 - IC Dashboard 8 (BTC mainnet)
Release
- Jun 22, Elect new replica binary revision b314222935b7d06c70036b0b54aa80a33252d79c
- Jun 19, Elect new replica binary revision 149b6208cbbb61e8142a069dd7a046d349beaf7a

Core Protocol Progress
- Deterministic Time Slicing - no updates
- Improved I/O Handling in State Manager - no updates
- AMD SEV Virtual Machine Support - no updates

Boundary Nodes
- Latest update: no update.
- Previous update: Jun 5, The team is working on the new architecture and focusing on building the API Boundary Nodes. it will take months to fully rollout the new architecture: bringing the API Boundary Nodes under the management of the NNS and deploying them in data centers of different node providers.
Governance related
- Querio is live: Search the Internet Computer
  - Jun 16, implemented crowdfunding on Funded, airdropped 1.000.000 upcoming Querio tokens (1% of the total token supply) in exchange for 5000 ICP.
- Ledger Device & SNS
  - Latest update: no update.
  - Previous update: Jun 13, @Imuntaner from DFINITY team mentioned that DFINITY is in reviewing the roadmap and he will share the community feedback to the product manager.
- Enable canisters to make HTTP(S) requests
  - Jun 22, Dieter from DFINITY Team shared "How to use HTTP outcalls: POST" https://internetcomputer.org/docs/current/developer-docs/integrations/https-outcalls/https-outcalls-post
- GDPR compliant nodes and subnets
  - Latest update: no update.
  - Previous update: Jun 15, @ais from DFINITY team updated that this topic under exploration stage yet and update the community about the progress once be ready.

Total Staked ICP: Jun 26, 254’338’837 ICP (50.9%)
Global R&D Meeting
- Next R&D Meeting: June 28th: Global R&D Meeting - June 2023
- May R&D Meeting Highlights
  https://medium.com/dfinity/global-r-d-may-2023-edition-d96859039ca6
Hackathons
- The ICP-Nigeria Campus Blockchain Bootcamp and Hackathon
  - Jun 19, engagedwith the ICT and non-ICT students at the University.

New members in Ecosystem: Big welcome!
- Vibeverse: a new space for learning how to make ai short films.
- RIO: dApp Store built on #ICP.
- Icdraw: a drawing dapp on IC.

Ecosystem Projects Highlights:
- BITFINITY: Jun 22, BITFINITY presented in London Tech Week.
- Itoka: Jun 14, Techcrunch release: Itoka wants to license AI-generated music via the blockchain.
- Juno: Jun 23, David release article about Exploring a Juno's Web3 Dapp Architecture.
- KINIC: Jun 19, KINIC opened KinicDAO forum on DSCVR and announced first proposal for voting will be submitted this week.
- ICLighthouse: Jun 22， ICLighthouse first trade competition officially closed.
- DSCVR: Jun 22, Arcade is in Beta Testing for Pioneers.

Events
- #ICPManila participated in the Albay ICT Forum 2023, showcasing local startups in Legazpi City. Discussed tech's role in startups, emphasizing the power of disruptive innovation and the Internet Computer Protocol (ICP) blockchain.
- @CrewsphereIN announced a batch of collaboration with media agencies in India, including: Pink Paper, MiningDevs, Finstreet, Web3Sabha.
- TheStage.ai hosted with @ICPNorth a meetup in Vancouver.
- Jun19, Codeandstate launched the #ICP community on WhatsApp.
  https://tomahawkvc.notion.site/Welcome-01686d853f734837b7970fb8e06ba6a1

Valuable Readings
- @Yotam Harchol: A new price function for HTTPS outcalls.
- Staged rollout of Boundary Node security upgrades that might impact dApps - action may be required

Education
- WebSockets on the IC – A proof-of-concept
- Jun 23, ICP Conference Talk #01 | Cédric Waldburger: “How to Pitch the Internet Computer” https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1kvKpmeeVQLGE
- The #IC course co-created by TinTinLand and @dfinity is relaunched.

Jun 28, DFINITY Developer Office Hours https://discord.com/events/748416164832608337/1121395392693665962
Jun 29, DFINITY Developer Office Hours https://discord.com/events/748416164832608337/1121138707345453217
May 22 - Jun 18, Hackathon: Internet Computer BUIDL Bitcoin
Jun 26, Point Zero Forum, The Circle Convention Center at Zurich Airport, Switzerland