I. R&D Progress
Current Progress
[Continuous Technical Perfection of INT Main Chain]
- The R&D team improved some new business functions about INT smart contract. At the same time, several new TXs were added and the standard of Token functions was determined. The related improvement work will be gradually carried out; (40%)
- The R&D team has determined the rules for the node election as specified in the previous bi-weekly report. During these two weeks the team made partial adjustments on the reward schemes for super nodes and candidate nodes, and continued to promote the development related to nodes; (70%)
- The R&D team has fixed the bug caused by the transaction abnormal nonce, and the next step will be to carry out the improvement work related to the transaction pool ; (50%)
- To make it easier for developers to develop applications on INTChain, the team developed intjs (INT javascript) middleware and released it as an npm package. Afterward developers can direct call the node’s rpc interface by using the middleware; (100% )
- The team has started the development on a full-node wallet development，and set up the framework; (30%)
- The team solved several business bugs, and will keep solving problems found in stress test; (70%)
- Regarding the previous determined function of INT smart contract, the development is almost complete, and the testing is conducted orderly. (70%)
[Improvement of INT wallet and explorer]
- The development of token transfer and voting functionality is almost complete. Related testing and fixing of bugs is underway.
- With regard to blockchain explorer (explorer.intchain.io), the development of the query module for INT smart contract is progressing. In addition, business development related to voting has been started.
Next step plan
- Continue the development on INT smart contract and gradually improve new business functions;
- In order to successfully implement the node election in the future, the R&D team will continue to perfect the node development;
- Continue the improvement related to the transaction pool;
- After completion of the framework for the full-node wallet, the R&D team will further develop and improve it;
- Continue to solve several bugs found in stress testing;
- Continue to test the functions of INT smart contract.
Previous technical progress tracking
- With regard to the development of the INT smart contract module, the R&D team has completed fixing several bugs in token generation function of INT smart contract; (100%)
- In terms of some detailed business issues in the double-chain, the R&D team has completed the final improvement work. (100%)
II. Business Cooperation
Current Progress
[Continue to promote cooperation with smart site project party]
With regard to the first pilot project jointly undertaken by the INT team and Hubei Smart Site project party, the final round of optimization work has been carried out. After the relevant data is connected to the headquarter platform successfully, INT will complete pre-acceptance. Next week, the leaders of Hubei Industrial Construction Group and their technical experts will conduct final acceptance of this pilot project;
[In-depth cooperation on the smart gateway project]
In response to the increase in the investment of R&D personnel mentioned in the previous bi-weekly report, with the efforts of many R&D personnel, the hardware product version has been completed so far. The R&D of PCB board in production and structural repair is also steadily progressing. At the same time, software IOS and Android APP design together with UI design has been completed. Besides, the development of WEB-side and background system is orderly moving forward. After several discussions with the Telecom, the INT team determined a preliminary product marketing strategy including a marketing plan for online and offline sales;
[Seek for the solutions to the Internet of Things in the construction of smart cities]
INT is committed to building a new IoT ecosystem. At present the IoT technology has become the mainstay in the construction of smart cities. INT has collected and sorted schemes in many application areas of smart cities, such as structural testing of bridge piers, smart parking spaces and traffic condition detection. It is expected to improve the construction of smart cities through continuous technology upgrade;
[Connection with an unmanned plant protection machinery company]
INT has recently connected with an unmanned plant protection machinery company concerning the application of blockchain technology. During the discussion, both parties pointed out that there are bottlenecks in the unmanned plant protection machinery industry such as lack of standards and difficulties in breaking through core technologies. It is expected to build a symbiotic and win-win platform of smart agriculture cooperation through subsequent in-depth cooperation.
Next step plan
[In-depth communication with a well-known Internet company]
After the first round communication between INT and the well-known Internet company, the INT team now has carried out sufficient research on smart parks and smart parking, aiming at providing a reliable solution to the follow-up cooperation between the two parties and promoting the application of blockchain technology in social life as soon as possible.
III. Activities and Operations
Current Progress
[INT Chain Won the Top Ten Blockchain Community of the Year Award]
On August 24, 2018, INT Chain was invited to join the “4th China Community Carnival” hosted by the International Community Alliance (ICA) in Shenzhen. The carnival gathered excellent domestic and international community teams and industry experts. In the awards session, INT Chain won the “Top Ten Blockchain Community of the Year Award” with the advantages of community member base, member professionalism, community activity and brand influence.
First from the left: INT representative received the award
[2018 INT Gaia Project Launch]
INT, targeting at making a different world formally launched the 2018 INT (Internet Node Token) Gaia Project on August 27, which includes two parts: Tech BoT — INT Global Developer Community Website launch and article and design competition. INT hope to draw on the wit, flair, imagination, ingenuity and technological strength to build a distinctive IoT blockchain ecosystem through the Project and deliver Gaia Theory of a new era.
[INT Builds a Global Developer Community]
INT Global Developer Community Portal was live on August 27. Experienced developers and technical newcomers are welcome to sign up for the developer community portal (http://tech.intchain.io/) for communication and research between developers and enthusiasts and building of a new IoT ecosystem.