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๐Ÿ“ป Listen to Beniamin on the Coingecko podcast

Our CEO was a guest on the Coingecko podcast, where he answered questions about Elrondโ€™s economics, the staking ecosystem, partners and plans in a very detailed manner.

By far the most interesting answer was about Elrondโ€™s competitors, which we will not spoil for you here, give it a listen here (link) on your favorite podcast platform

RT: https://twitter.com/ElrondNetwork/status/1257270185263796230?s=20
๐ŸŒ The Elrond World Tour

Weโ€™re building a ๐Ÿ—บ of our supporters. Itโ€™s anonymous, private and fun. It also demonstrates how fast our blockchain is and how our integration with our TailPath supply chain partner works.

For every QR code scanned, the TailPath app sends a TX to the Elrond blockchain. It can be checked in the appโ€™s โ€œHistoryโ€ - if you click the โ™พ symbol, the Elrond blockchain explorer opens and you can see the actual transaction. This is very useful for supply chains in general & fun for us to do now.

Follow these steps and join ๐Ÿ‘‡

๐Ÿ“ฒ Get TailPath App - iOS , Android
๐ŸŒ Go to https://tailpath.com/elrond.html
๐Ÿ“ธ Scan the code using the app
๐Ÿฅ Tweet this link https://tailpath.com/elrond.html with the #elrondworldtour hashtag and a personal message

๐Ÿ‘Œ Privacy: there is only one QR code, which can't be traced to you individually in any way. Scans place a location on the map in a 1 square km area, so your city or general area will be well represented while your location will be protected. ๐Ÿ”
๐Ÿ“ฃ The mainnet bridge is coming - Genesis Smart Contract announcement

Our Bootstrapping process is close to moving into Phase 2. The Prestaking has successfully reached 4.15 billion ERD staked, which together with the 400 million ERD rewards add up to more than 4.5 billion ERD staked, in line with our ambitious 5 billion ERD goal.

๐Ÿ™ A big thank you on behalf of everyone in the Elrond ecosystem to all who helped secured it with their stake! Itโ€™s now time to lock these stakes in to act as economic deterrent against attacks on the Elrond mainnet.

Summary:

๐Ÿ”„ The mainnet token swap will be done via the new Genesis Smart Contract

โœ‹ Rewards in the Prestaking Smart Contract stop on Monday 11 May 13:00 UTC

๐Ÿ“† Genesis Smart Contract is going live on Tuesday 12 May

๐Ÿ“Š 25% APR until mainnet launch

๐Ÿ’น How to maximize staking rewards:
โ€ข unstake on Monday 11th of May
โ€ข wait 7 days - unbonding period
โ€ข stake in Genesis SC after you claim your stake + rewards

๐Ÿ‘‰ Important if you pre-staked, read the entire post for more details (link)
๐Ÿ“Š Elrond DeFi Products & Staking Tools coming to Frontier Wallet

Decentralized Finance products deployed on the Elrond blockchain, as well as tools related to the Elrond Proof of Stake environment, such as validator staking, delegation and rewards management, will be available to Frontier users.

โ€œThereโ€™s a massive potential to DeFi but interacting with the different tools is still a pain, limiting adoption significantly. Frontier Wallet approaches DeFi in the same way we approach Blockchain - with utmost attention and care for the user. Weโ€™re excited to work on the Frontier wallet integration to make products running on Elrond simpler and more accessible.โ€ said Beniamin Mincu, Elrond CEO.

*The integration is still work in progress so Elrond products are not immediately available in our partnerโ€™s app.

Read all about it: https://medium.com/elrondnetwork/elrond-defi-products-staking-tools-to-be-available-in-frontier-wallet-c79c09cc22c3

RT: https://twitter.com/ElrondNetwork/status/1257988936347025408?s=20
๐Ÿ“ฃ Live AMA with Beniamin Mincu & Lucian Todea

These last few days have been filled with excitement and announcements, and there is a lot more coming. Stay ahead of the curve and catch all the most important updates & next steps about the Elrond ecosystem straight from our CEO & COO.

โšก๏ธ Join Beniamin Mincu and Lucian Todea for a Live AMA on Periscope

๐Ÿ•š Friday 08 May at 11:00 UTC

๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿป https://www.pscp.tv/ElrondNetwork/
๐ŸŒด The Palm Tree Network joins Elrond as Genesis Launch Partner

The Palm Tree Network team has been a constant presence in the validator community, have contributed feedback and suggestions to the team, support to other members and even valuable tutorials for all to use, like their recent monitoring guide. Elrond is therefore happy to announce that The Palm Tree Network will extend their development and bootstrapping support beyond the Elrond Mainnet.

โ€œBattle of Nodes helps us discover more than just bugs in the code. It is an opportunity for our community to prove their knowledge, commitment and willingness to help us and each other. The Palm Tree Network team were amongst those who stepped up to the challenge in a very good way. We feel confident and proud to entrust them with operating nodes at Genesis.โ€ said Lucian Mincu, Elrond CIO

Read more: https://medium.com/elrondnetwork/the-palm-tree-network-joins-elrond-as-genesis-launch-partner-staking-provider-49a5b187d03d

RT: https://twitter.com/ElrondNetwork/status/1258413424637288449?s=20
๐Ÿ—บ Battle of Nodes: A World at Consensus

Decentralization is a core value and metric for any blockchain. Elrond does it right straight from the testnet phase. An enthusiastic team of validators went the extra mile and mapped the validators supporting the Battle of Nodes public testnet.

๐Ÿ™ Those are all nodes ran by community, in an un-incentivized manner. Thank you, Nodes team, you are the best!

๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿป https://medium.com/@staking.agency/hello-world-9402408fe58d
๐ŸŒ Genesis Smart Contract - Part 2

The ๐ŸŽ™ AMA with Beniamin & Lucian was a great opportunity to get the latest details about the mainnet bootstrapping process. Weโ€™ve put together the relevant numbers with detailed explanations in the 2nd part of our Genesis Smart Contract series.

๐Ÿ“„ โ€œAt genesis all the delegations will go towards the Elrond foundational nodes. Whitelisted community nodes will put up their own stake, and Staking as a Service providers will temporarily receive stake delegation from the special Elrond company reserve.

There will be 1.005 foundational nodes run by Elrond and a fixed stake per node of 2.5 Mil ERD. The maximum amount of
$ERD possible to be delegated by the community before launch is 2.512.500.000 ERD (2.51 Bil $ERD)โ€

๐Ÿ‘‰ Read Genesis Smart Contract Part 2

๐Ÿ“ผ Missed the AMA? Watch the recording here (link)
๐ŸŒ Genesis Smart Contract - Part 3

The Genesis Staking process will start on Tuesday 12 May at 13:00 UTC ๐Ÿ• We designed it as a straight-forward process, with options for delegators and validators. Read the latest article in the Genesis Staking series to understand the details of the process.

๐Ÿ“„ โ€œElrond supporters can stake their $ERD for 25% APR pre-Mainnet and 29% APR after mainnet. Battle of Nodes veterans can run nodes at Genesis & earn 25% APR pre-Mainnet and 36% APR after Mainnet.

The stakes & rewards will be claimed on the mainnet, in a native Elrond wallet address. It will be required as input in the Genesis Staking process. You can already create a wallet here
https://wallet.elrond.com/ โ€

๐Ÿ‘‰ Read the entire post (link)
Last week in $ERD

โœ” Genesis Staking process: Announcement, Part 2, Part 3
๐Ÿ“บ AMA with Beniamin & Lucian - re-watch
๐ŸŒ #elrondworldtour with our supply chain partner TailPath
๐Ÿ’น Elrond DeFi & Staking to be integrated with Frontier Wallet
๐ŸŒด New mainnet launch partner: The Palm Tree Network
๐ŸŽ™ Beniamin Mincu interview on the CoinGecko podcast
๐Ÿ—บ Elrond testnet map by Staking.Agency
๐ŸŽฌ Prestaking rewards have been turned off

As previously mentioned, the rewards in the Prestaking contract have been turned off at 13:00 UTC today.

Hereโ€™s how you can continue to stake:

โ—€ Withdraw from the Prestaking SC at elrond.com/stake
โณ Wait for the 7 days unbonding period
โ–ถ Deposit in the new Genesis SC, which launches tomorrow
๐ŸงŠ Cold Wallet Support: Elrond Assets can be stored on NGRAVE

Elrond Network and NGRAVE have entered a collaboration which will enable assets on the Elrond blockchain to be safely stored in the Ngrave cold wallet solution. The native currency $ERD, stable coins such as the Binance $BUSD or any other token on our blockchain can be stored and accessed using this offline security option.

โ€œThe internet has shown us that our identity, data & possessions can be at risk with improper security. Good security needs to exist both on the user side and on the system side. The Elrond blockchain solves the system side of the problem with decentralization, state of the art cryptography and thoroughly audited security. Weโ€™re happy to partner with Ngrave, who are addressing the user side of the problem in an elegant manner.โ€ said Beniamin Mincu, Elrond CEO.

All about it ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿป
https://medium.com/elrondnetwork/cold-wallet-support-elrond-assets-to-be-protected-with-the-ngrave-security-device-85cc7a7bb437

RT: https://twitter.com/ElrondNetwork/status/1259862429762301952?s=20
๐Ÿ’ฅ Genesis: The Elrond Bootstrapping process explained

Elrond begins in a calculated, transparent and secure manner ๐Ÿ” Our COO Lucian Todea explains what the process is and why we designed it like this. Pre-reading ahead of our $ERD Genesis SC, which debuts in 5 hours from now โฑ

๐Ÿ‘ฑโ€ How to bootstrap a Proof of Stake blockchain in a transparent way, must-have & nice-to-have requirements, challenges and how Elrond is doing this ๐Ÿ‘‡

Ideally at Genesis you need the token already issued and widely distributed if you want decentralization with staking and delegation enabled. You need a way for people to be able to #stake and register nodes in a public and transparent way before the actual Genesis. #nospreadsheets.

If you want anyone to be able to delegate, you need a way to let them delegate in a safe, intuitive and transparent way. If you want staking providers to join, they need a way to get delegations before the Mainnet and the delegation Smart contract is deployed.

The Genesis file based on which the first block is created (including info about staking nodes, delegations, minting, swapping, etc.) needs to be auditable (anyone could check and cross-check all the information it contains).

How is Elrond doing this?

To bootstrap the Elrond protocol in a transparent way, we will use a ๐Ÿ’ฅ Genesis smart contract deployed on Ethereum, which will act as a bridge to the Mainnet, and will gather & mirror all necessary data for the Elrond Genesis block.

๐Ÿ–ฅ 495 Nodes will be available for Community and Infrastructure partners. The Genesis Staking process for Validators will have a technical limit of 20 nodes per unique Ethereum address. Each node registration will include the BLS key and the Mainnet rewards address. APR is 25% before Mainnet launch and 36% after. For security reasons, before the Genesis, only pre-approved validators - Battle of Nodes veterans have priority - will be able to operate nodes and stake. Stake per node is fixed to 2.5 Mil $ERD before Genesis and dynamic after auction SC goes live.

๐Ÿ™‹โ€โ™‚๏ธ After the launch of the Mainnet, our next milestone will be to enable an auction mechanism which will determine the optimal stake/node ratio dynamically.

๐Ÿ“Š Any $ERD holder will be able to delegate. No minimum amount required. Total overall delegation capped at 2.51 Billion $ERD: 1005 @ElrondNetwork foundational nodes * 2.5 Million $ERD. APR is 25% before Genesis and 29% after the Mainnet is live.

โŒ›๏ธ Thus, Elrond will act briefly as a staking-as-a-service provider at the launch of the Mainnet. The next 3โ€“6 months after the launch, the Elrond foundational validators will gradually decrease, until the majority of the network is community run. Staking-as-a-service providers will temporarily receive stake delegated from the Protocol Treasury reserve. Community nodes will put up their own stake.

โฉ The $ERD in the Genesis SC is burned & minted automatically in the Genesis Block, directly into the respective Mainnet wallets, which get credited /w stake & accrued rewards. So the swapping between ERD ERC20 token and the Mainnet (native) ERD is done automatically at Genesis.

๐ŸŒ The interaction with the SC is done through the Genesis staking website, which will be revealed soon. You will need the Metamask extension on your desktop browser, $ERD (ERC20) and some ETH for gas. Mainnet rewards address can already be created here: https://wallet.elrond.com. Although the wallet at the mentioned address is connected to the Elrond Network testnet and not to the Mainnet, this address is going to be perfectly usable when the Mainnet is launched.

๐Ÿ” Please backup your private key and your seed words in a safe location. If you lose the private key for this address, you will NOT be able to access your delegated or staked funds, once the Mainnet is live. Never share your secret phrase or private keys with anyone.

As we release the Genesis Smart Contract today, another important piece is put in place for the launch. The Elrond Mainnet Genesis is coming & you can be a part of it.

๐Ÿ’ฅ See you on the other side.
๐Ÿ’ฅ The Elrond Genesis Staking is live

You can now go to https://genesis.elrond.com and start the Genesis Staking process.

Cheatsheet:

๐ŸŒ Create an Elrond wallet
๐ŸฆŠ Have your Metamask wallet ready
๐Ÿ’Ž Have your $ERD & gas fees in it
๐ŸŒ Follow the website instructions
๐Ÿฆธโ€โ™‚๏ธ Be a hero in the Elrond story

๐Ÿ‘Œ There are no silly questions when it comes to your own assets. We will do our best to answer any inquiry.

โš ๏ธ Validators: no addresses from the Whitelist form have yet been added - it is not an automated process. Thank you for your patience.

The process is covered in detail in our blog post (link). Be sure to read it and the included FAQs, as they will offer useful guidance in the process.

RT: https://twitter.com/ElrondNetwork/status/1260333740678623238?s=20
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Testing underway: $ERD app for Ledger Nano S

๐Ÿ› In development mode only (not recommended!), pending approval to be included in an official firmware update.

Due to popular demand, we offer a rare preview ๐Ÿ‘€

RT: https://twitter.com/ElrondNetwork/status/1260981025146114050?s=20
๐Ÿ’ฑ The $ERD/$BUSD trading pair is now live on Binance

Soon after the announcement that the $BUSD stable coin will be released on the Elrond blockchain, we follow-up with the new trading avenue for the Elrond token. You can now exchange the $ERD token against the Binance stable coin on our partnerโ€™s CEX.

Start trading: https://www.binance.com/en/trade/ERD_BUSD

RT: https://twitter.com/ElrondNetwork/status/1261205024249720839
๐Ÿฆพ Last week in $ERD

๐Ÿ’ฅ Genesis Staking process launched
๐Ÿ‘Œ๐Ÿป Prestaking rewards process completed
๐Ÿ’ฑ Binance CEX new trading pair ERD/BUSD
๐ŸงŠ Ngrave hardware wallet partnership & AMA
๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿปโ€๐Ÿ’ป Ledger app for Nano wallets testing underway
๐Ÿ›  Technical releases v1.0.115 & v1.0.116
Elrond team ranked 2nd in Romania, after $7bn ๐Ÿฆ„ UiPath

TheOrg recently published a Top 10 list of the best teams in the Romanian startup scene. Our capital Bucharest has recently been ranked as the best city for remote work in the world, because the availability of relevant infrastructure, such as awesome broadband. We tap into that great resource a bit more upstream at Sibiu, and are proud of our culture of getting things done.

The recent period of time has seen all of us pull together even harder than we thought possible, which translates into visible progress. We think the Elrond team is second to none, but we appreciate the very good article and we encourage you all to read it. Hereโ€™s a sneak preview:

โ€œAfter more than two years of strong development, the next step will be the official launching of this network and product that we are building. We aim to bring the next big wave for blockchain technology adoption and by the end of this year we hope to have more than 1 million people who use this platform to make transfers all over the world immediately at a much smaller cost.โ€, says Beniamin, who compared their product with the step made from dialup to broadband internet.

Check out the full article on https://theorg.com/news/the-top-10-startup-teams-in-romania
๐Ÿ’ฅ Genesis Staking update - 2.78bn $ERD deposited so far

๐Ÿค 2.3bn as Delegators - 91% of cap
๐Ÿ–ฅ 0.48bn as Validators (194/495 nodes)

โฉ 833 staking transactions
๐Ÿ‹ Largest: 112mn
๐Ÿฌ Average: 3.47mn
๐Ÿค Smallest: 1.304
๐Ÿ’ฌ 236 support chats
๐Ÿ“บ 609 Video guide views

โŒ› Delegate now: https://genesis.elrond.com