PlatON Monthly Report: March 2023

01—Technological Progress

1. PlatON DevNet 1.4.0 verification is completed, an upgrade proposal is expected to be launched on April 4 and the version will be available for download then. The new version involves support for Map lightweight client protocol and unprotected transactions.;

2. PlatON v1.4.1 has completed evaluation of major restructuring and features of Ethereum v1.10.0, and is currently being merged.

3. The optimized version of Platscan-v1.1.7 continues to synchronize the data of the main network, and involves optimization of API and WebSocket reconnection issues.

02—PlatON News

[PlatON to Host “Global Payment in Web3”, a Themed Sub-forum of “Hong Kong Web3 Festival 2023”]

Digital public infrastructure PlatON will host The Global Payment in Web 3, a sub-forum of the Hong Kong Web3 Festival 2023, on the afternoon of April 13, 2023. The forum has invited big-name guests from around the world to deliver keynote speeches on topics including the development of blockchain payment technology, the trend of borderless payments fostered by Web3, the opportunities and challenges facing cryptocurrency in cross-border payments, regulatory compliance of stablecoins, and how the Web3 gaming industry integrates with payments. Through thought-provoking discussions between guests from different backgrounds such as the banking industry, the gaming industry, acquiring institutions, and issuing institutions, the forum will explore whether new payment standards based on blockchain ledgers and Payment Tokens will transform our definition of “money.”

[PlatON CTO James Qu attended the Web3 Hapathon SG competition as a judge]

PlatON CTO James Qu attended the Web3 Hapathon SG competition as a judge on March 18-19. James has 25+ years of experience in building e-trading platform for top tier financial institutions such as UBS and Morgan Stanley. He joined blockchain as a builder since 2017.

03—Ecosystem Collaboration

[TXNHUB has officially joined the PlatON ecosystem and will provide bridging solutions between Web2 and Web3]

Digital public infrastructure PlatON has officially established a partnership with TXNHUB.IO, which will enable a bridging solution between Web2 and Web3. Start from today, PlatON users can go to TXNHUB.IO and experience a Web3 e-commerce shopping experience on TXNHUB.io with more than 100+ brands and SKUs that can be share, send & re-sell in Web3 and connecting back to Web2.

[PlatON Ecosystem Project NiftyIN Partners with DeHero to Launch a Giveaway Event]

DeHeroGame is a GameFi 2.0 NFT TCG launched as the 1st gaming dapp on Rangers Protocol. It’s an iteration of DeHero.