Rong Chen and founding members of Elastos teams took the time to answer your questions in our April AMA.

https://news.elastos.org/elastos-founding-team-ama-april-2020/

The Elastos Info Team is looking for a part-time community designer to provide branding and infographic support for social media and marketing materials. If you are interested in contributing or know someone who you believe to be fit for the position, please contact @Mr_Tman

The Elastos ecosystem has grown into a vast assortment of terms to describe the full breadth of the new SmartWeb. The Beginner's Guide breaks down every term for easy learning, refreshing, and sharing. Read the full document here:

https://news.elastos.org/elastos-ecosystem-terminology-a-beginners-guide/

ELA Wallet Server Maintenance Announcement

The Elastos Blockchain Team will be performing maintenance on the ELA Wallet server on April 25, 2020 from 6:00AM to 8:00AM (UTC).

During the maintenance period, data pertaining to DPoS Consensus and the ongoing CR Council election may be unavailable. After the maintenance is complete, any impacted features will return to normal function.

As always, we thank the community for its continuing support.

April 24, 2020
Elastos Blockchain Team

Catch up on all the Elastos news with updates from every team including some great developments from Tuum Technologies in the Bi-Weekly Update.

https://news.elastos.org/elastos-bi-weekly-update-24-april-2020/

The latest version of ELA Wallet - Version 1.4.2.1 - has just been released for Android. Version 1.4.2.1 contains the following upgrades:

1. Optimized ID chain synchronization speed;
2. Fix for CR Council election deposit retrieval.

Notes:
-For all CRC participants, it is strongly recommended to create a DID, and to add an avatar, personal profile, and other relevant information to provide further validity to your candidacy. To publish personal, election-related information, use the "Update DID Information" button.
-For registered CRC participants, please bind the DID via the "Update DID Information" button or "Update Registration Information" button once you have created your DID. Otherwise, you will remain in "inactive", rendering you unable to be elected as a CR Council member.
-As always, it is recommended to back up your wallet prior to upgrading to Version 1.4.2.1.

Download link for ELA Wallet Version 1.4.2.1 on Android:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.elastos.unionsquare.android

Elastos Blockchain Team
April 28, 2020

The latest version of ELA Wallet - Version 1.4.2 - has just been released for iOS. Version 1.4.2 contains the following upgrades:

1. Added DID creation function, which can be used to add personal information;
2. Enabled CRCandidates to publish election-related information via their personal credentials;
3. Added support for binding a DID with a CR website account such that users can login to their CR accounts via QR code scan;
4. Optimized wallet startup speed and ID chain synchronization speed;
5. Added "node connection setting", which enables users to manually specify a node address for on-chain data synchronization.

Notes:

-For all CRC participants, it is strongly recommended to create a DID, and to add an avatar, personal profile, and other relevant information to provide further validity to your candidacy. To publish personal, election-related information, use the "Update DID Information" button.
-For registered CRCandidates, please bind the DID via the "Update DID Information" button or "Update Registration Information" button once you have created your DID. Otherwise, you will remain "inactive", rendering you unable to be elected as a CR Council member.
-As always, it is recommended to back up your wallet prior to upgrading to Version 1.4.2.

Elastos Blockchain Team
April 30, 2020

developer.elastos.org has been updated with a new UX and design as well as updated documentation and more. Developers can now easily find how to start building on Elastos, get resources like APIs and browse FAQs.

The Elastos.info Supernode is now live. Our node will initially allocate 80% of rewards to voters and the remaining 20% to help the team maintain the upcoming website and fund social media initiatives. Vote for us today and help Elastos.info grow.

The Elastos sponsored New York Blockchain Week Virtual Hackathon is live, the Hive demo is released and lots of news in the Bi-Weekly Update.
https://news.elastos.org/elastos-bi-weekly-update-08-may-2020/

The inaugural CR Council Election will culminate on June 10th at block height 658930. Don’t forget to vote for our first democratically elected CR Council Members!

https://news.elastos.org/cr-council-election-and-ela-node-upgrade-announcement/

CR Elections have an end date, Carrier now supports offline friend requests and lots of progress in the Bi-Weekly Update
https://news.elastos.org/elastos-bi-weekly-update-22-may-2020/

The Elastos Blockchain (Gelaxy) Team has released an important ELA Node Upgrade and information for CR Council Supernodes as we get closer to the culmination of the CR Council Elections.

https://news.elastos.org/ela-node-v-0-5-0-and-crc-supernode-announcement/

Trinity Tech Ltd. and the Elastos founding teams have released a new strategic direction for the elastOS app, including a new version for Android, the initial release on iOS and plans for a desktop version.
https://news.elastos.org/elastos-new-strategic-direction/

📡 elastOS 1.2.0 for Android has been released on Google Play.

Please note: You must back up your mnemonic for your wallet and DID before upgrading. All of your locally stored elastOS data will be lost, for example, if you have notes in ElaNotes, it's a good time to make a backup first. You will have to create a DID or import yours when you first sign in to elastOS 1.2.0.

Release notes: https://github.com/elastos/Elastos.Trinity/wiki/Release-1.2.0

Quick summary of changes:

DID sessions / Password manager app / Contacts Carrier link / local and remote notifications / new DID and contact apps designs / Improved DID sign in / Customizable title bar / Better internationalization support / Better Carrier offline support

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.elastos.trinity.runtime

Important information regarding ELA Wallet:

When voting for CR Council members via the ELA wallet, please understand following points:

1. Please upgrade ELA Wallet to at least version 1.4.2 and wait for the latest block to be synchronized when opening the wallet.
2. You can vote for multiple candidates at the same time. After the vote is submitted successfully, please confirm whether there is a voting record in the wallet record before exiting the ELA Wallet.
3. Each new vote will cover the previous vote record.
4. If the voting fails or there is an error message, you can try to conduct DPoS voting again. After the DPoS voting is confirmed, then you can switch to the CR Council voting.