March (II)
Welcome, dear Nxters and other followers! Amidst the volatility in the crypto markets, the billion dollar MtGox Bitcoin sale and the ongoing expansion of the Ardor ecosystem, we are here to provide you with the news of the last week. Featured prominently was an excellent introductory video presentation from Blockchain for Business in Barcelona, new blockchain Meetups, an Ardor TESTNET betting app add-on released by Lior Yaffe, news from the Triffic team, Janus, and also some cloners from which Nxters receive token airdrops according to their NXT balance. This and much more awaits you, dear reader – including a great Medium article the Triffic founder wrote about the importance of Ardor.
We welcome back our old readers and warmly welcome our new ones. We want our readers to stay up-to-date with the blockchain evolution as it happens and become experts in the Nxt / Ardor / Ignis blockchain ecosystem. So lean back and learn about all of last week’s progress.
COMMUNITY
- New IGNIS Webpage
- Blockchain For Business Presentation
- Ardor Nxt Store on Zazzle
- Great Korean Blog About Ardor
- Exchanges
MEETUPS
BUSINESSES
Clones
DEVELOPMENT
IN THE MEDIA
PRICE EVOLUTION
- TradingView – ARDR / BTC – Falling Wedge Pattern Ending
- TradingView – Ardr Good Support Zone – Potential Profits
- TradingView – ARDR/BTC POTENTIAL 1000%
- TradingView – ARDR/BTC by ChartsOnTime
- TradingView – IGNIS/BTC Buy Signals
- Weekly NXT/ARDR/IGNIS Price Evolution
This week’s newsletter is put together by jose, apenzl, James, and rubenbc.
COMMUNITY
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New IGNIS Webpage
Last week a new webpage for Ignis, the most advanced public blockchain, launched.
A website for $IGNIS is the result of $ARDR $NXT community effort spearheaded by @wire_master! Visit it here: https://t.co/s4PhYwD5Ye #Ignis
— Ardor Nxt Group (@Ardor_Nxt_Group) March 6, 2018
Many thanks to all of the great community members who rallied together and helped make this happen.
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Blockchain For Business Presentation
Last week Nxter covered the 4YFN and WMC event where Jelurida attended and got to the finals, but another event took place in Barcelona as well: the first Blockchain for Business Meetup. Joan Manel Vilaseca (VanBreuk) starts off with an introduction to the blockchain, after which Veronica Torras follows with insights about how businesses can make use of it, with the Ardor Blockchain-as-a-Service (BaaS) platform. The presentation is in English, and it is a great video to watch!
Learn about using Blockchain for Business, what Blockchain As A Service is. February 2018. By Veronica Torras and Joan Manel Vilaseca, for the Ardor Nxt Community. Designed for the business audience trying to understand benefits of this technology, presented by Blockchain For Business Barcelona, a local non-profit group of passionate people about Blockchain.
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Ardor Nxt Store on Zazzle
ANG has set up a store on Zazzle. This means it is now easier than ever to get great merch to show your love for Ardor and Nxt!
Elizabeth –
And we have an Ardor Nxt Store on Zazzle. Buy your Ardor and Nxt bling most places in the world 🙂
https://www.zazzle.com/ardor_nxt_store
You can get Nxt and Ardor gear, like mugs, caps, t-shirts, key chains and more. Ships worldwide.
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Great Korean Blog About Ardor
Community member, ArdorBaby, is actively educating the Korean community about NXT, IGNIS and ARDOR from his blog, curating news from – and being part of – our ecosystem. Thanks for the great effort you are putting into this, we all appreciate it!
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Exchanges
Poloniex finally fixed their ARDR wallets.
$ARDR deposits and withdrawals are working on Poloniex! https://t.co/Jz1qR70rcC
— NXTER Magazine (@Nxter_org) March 6, 2018
Ok lads it's confirmed that #Ardor deposit and withdraw are fully functional on #Poloniex again. Take note @circlepay: it took them 2 months, which is a eternity in crypto to "fix" a working wallet! Now let's enable $IGNIS trading asap and work with @jelurida to get it done.
— Sazan (@AvdiuSazan) March 6, 2018
Poloniex volume is back at https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/ardor/#markets
Polo hereby joins the list of updated ARDR exchanges, alongside Bittrex, Upbit, Litebit, AEX, HitBTC and more. HitBTC told a user last week that they would distribute the airdropped IGNIS, but there is no follow-up about that yet.
Ardorgate
Ardorgate allows you to quickly purchase AEUR and buy or sell assets, marketplace items, and child chain tokens in the Ardor ecosystem – effortlessly convert EUR > AEUR <-> IGNIS, ARDR, BITSWIFT, Janus assets and other tokens on the blockchain. With Ardorgate, any AEUR tokens you have can also be fast and easily converted to Euros in your Mistertango account.
#ardorgate gets some love from @albefero during his segment on #blockchain as a service here at the @meetup in #Madrid. $AEUR $ARDR pic.twitter.com/oZtuHUrVuG
— Crypto Woman (@TheCryptoWoman) March 1, 2018
Ardorgate IS LIVE NOW! This new Ardor child chain token, AEUR, is directly pegged to the Euro, and provides a quick and simple way for users to purchase cryptocurrency https://t.co/6A4gL9TCWm @Jelurida #Ardor $ARDR $EUR #blockchain #blockchain4business pic.twitter.com/OjPmyoP0oz
— Ardorgate (@Ardorgate) January 29, 2018
Finally, you can upvote Nxt, Ardor, and Ignis daily to make Lescovex list the tokens:
https://lescovex.featureupvote.com/suggestions/5716/nxt-the-blockchain-application-platform
https://lescovex.featureupvote.com/suggestions/5688/ardor-best
https://lescovex.featureupvote.com/suggestions/5772/ignis-coin
If any #exchange has further questions @Jelurida will help!
Integrate $IGNIS and $ARDR into exchanges:https://t.co/SBJmXEI6arhttps://t.co/HN1GIZz7JMhttps://t.co/GRBhuFKrZh – in the context of IGNIS integrationhttps://t.co/MwqjHvC3sc – differences between Nxt and Ardor
— NXTER Magazine (@Nxter_org) January 12, 2018
MEETUPS
A reminder for all Nxters, Nxt, Ardor and child chain community members – the community has been compiling the blockchain Meetup events across the ecosystem and the world.
napdude
As soon as ardor ecosystem event dates are known, put them into cryptoCalendar to get the word out.
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Ardor at Chemnitz Linux Days on March 11th
In Germany, this week Ardor will be demonstrated at Chemnitz Linux days on March 11th. Great things can happen when exposure to Linux users, experts, and companies.
$Ardor / $Nxt Community member Sven Kunze, @kunsv will be speaking about #Crypto Platforms and demonstrating #Ardor at Chemnitz Linux Days on March 11 in Germany. #clt2018 – https://t.co/iQPOH0Rwqa
— Ardor Nxt Group (@Ardor_Nxt_Group) March 6, 2018
https://twitter.com/kunsv/status/971642889422897152
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Nxt/Ardor Hackaton in Norway, March 22nd
Be sure to make your way to this Hackathon for some great hands-on experience!
Details:
March 20-21, The Autonomy Conference 2018, Scandic Bystranda Hotel, Kristiansand, Norway
Go to the Registration Site for the conference (in Norwegian).
March 22, Ardor Hackaton, Scandic Bystranda Hotel, Kristiansand, Norway
Go to the Registration Site for the hackaton.
BUSINESSES
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Triffic
A great looking teaser video was released by the Triffic team, Coinerz, promoting their upcoming launch.
There is no doubt that widespread adoption of ARDR and IGNIS will come through use cases. We are only two and a half months into the launch of Ardor, which is nothing in a business development cycle of real applications (yes REAL, not just whitepapers). Still, some may find it difficult to wait, being in the midst of a crashing and volatile crypto (price) market. Small reminders like this, of what is being worked on behind the scenes, are more than welcomed. Coinerz’ gamified GPS app looks promising; Nxters know the work that is already been put behind it. We wish their continued success!
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Janus – Status Update
Last week the Janus team released an update. By next month they will have a new office to fully begin their mining business.
bjorn_bb wrote:
Less than one month until we move in to the new building and continue JNSHash farm construction, remember this deal is already done, just a waiting period while the building owners help clear it out in preparation for our team to move in. We were very close in December, but this time a lot more prepared electrically.
If you received Kreds from the airdrop [to JNS holders], keep in mind this is part of your Janus investment. Any work done on both projects is part of the whole.
Kreds requires a lot of community building, and we cannot move on the deep JNS development until April so this is the perfect time to have Kreds set up and moving while our team then splits and handle the 2 parts of the whole.
TJ, myself, and 2 others not directly part of our team will be switching to JNS work by months end, Lobos is back full time and has several developments as well.
We will post information as it’s completed, from this point I think it’s best to show the work then talk about it.
Thanks everyone.
It's Official – We're Now Part of the @BarterDex Family! https://t.co/DzUL16p8F0
#decentralized #exchange #AtomicSwaps $KREDS $zKREDS $KMD pic.twitter.com/TFBakYP6yS— KredsBlockchain (@kredsblockchain) March 6, 2018
Our remodeling of the $JNS token website is complete! New changes reflect the launch of Janus tokens on $ARDR platform from $NXT and info to current events. Check it out at https://t.co/70Y001Vr8b today!$IGNIS $NEO #Bitswift @Nxter_org @AEX_COM @IGNISguide @ArdorPlatform pic.twitter.com/n9FkL0yuP9
— Janus (@Janus_Token) January 14, 2018
Janus Telegram: https://t.me/thejanusproject
Janus asset ID on the ARDOR platform: 4348103880042995903
Here is how to Claim your Kreds Balance if you are a Janus Holder.
IN THE MEDIA
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Medium – Strong Hands Don’t Worry About Ardor
James Malach of Coinerz wrote this great article. Ethereum is the darling of the crypto world, but it was not always the case. For years it was a solid product with great architecture and then when the time was right it exploded onto the ICO stage. Likewise, Ardor is similarly primed for meteoric growth, given time. It took years for Ethereum to rise to the position it is in now, and it will likewise take time for Ardor to be widely adopted too. There is no shortcut here for organic growth, marketing hype only gets you so far. Only the best blockchain technologies will withstand the tests of time and Ardor, like Ethereum, will do so. Ardor might not have the clout that Ethereum has now, but it will – in time.
Vitalik Buterin’s status in the blockchain world is an example of old school celebrity.
People look at him now and pay homage to his expertise and the way his creation has become a game-changer but people forget that he was a cryptographer before it was cool and he worked for years to hone his craft.
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Enter Ardor, a project near and dear to my heart.
Like Ethereum, Ardor was created with a specific purpose in mind. The forward thinking developers foresaw the issue of ‘blockchain-bloat’ before anyone else. They knew that the architecture of both Bitcoin and Ethereum would only allow a limited number of transactions to occur in each block before significant bottlenecks occurred. The Ardor developers knew that this issue was a show-stopper and would be a huge barrier to the mainstream adoption of blockchain technology.
Cut to January 2018 and after eighteen months of development, Ardor is successfully launched with a fully-working product that solves the issue of blockchain-bloat.
In short, people were angry that instead of ‘talking the talk’, the Ardor developers chose to ‘walk the walk’ and release a genuinely ground-breaking ecosystem that solves a genuine problem.
Of course the irony is that these are the same people who tend to speculate wildly on ICO white-papers with non-existent, and often non-feasible products. These are the weak hands, the people who laugh when somebody dares to suggest that Ardor could be a serious competitor to Ethereum.
In the same way that Ethereum started with a trickle, which then became a flood, the signs are overwhelmingly positive for Ardor. New decentralised applications are already being developed on the platform and new ICO’s are already in the pipeline. Of course things take time. It took nearly two years before Ethereum became the mainstream store of value that it is today.
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Adebajo Adedayo in Medium – The Blockchain Tales
The Support Specialist at Jelurida wrote this introductory piece about the beginnings of his adventure working with blockchain technology.
Today we talked of the incidence of Yesterday that has made the news headlines. Tomorrow, we shall once again narrate our experience of today that will perhaps make the history. Stories have evolved from the Mythical stone-age, to the legendary Brooklyn Bridge. Today we talk of things we couldn’t have possibly imagined yesterday. Yet, here we are today making history of the Blocks tied together in unbreakable Chains. A bond created so unique that will change the course of history. Chained together and kept intact by millions and can’t be corrupted by the powerful few. The power of connection that made the big vast world so small and linked. In the midst of some authoritative few deciding the fate of many, an array of decentralized systems was developed to break the chains of slavery with the chains of bonds. Amazing what the power of the masses can achieve. A way forward to a brighter tomorrow where we determine our own future.
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2013 was another significant moment in history that built a monument across time lines where many have failed. Nxt came with an advanced technology that will improve the human liberation from the chains of bondage with the bonding chain. This is definitely a tale worth telling but cant be appropriately expressed in a single day and perhaps not even in a lifetime.
You can read another of Adebajo’s posts here at Nxter.
PRICE EVOLUTION
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TradingView – ARDR) / BTC – Falling Wedge Pattern Ending by CryptoMoe81
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TradingView – Ardr Good Support Zone – Potential Profits by RamoZa
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TradingView – ARDR/BTC POTENTIAL 1000% by joewalker808
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TradingView – ARDR/BTC by ChartsOnTime
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TradingView – IGNIS/BTC Buy Signals by AnakEmasDukun
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Weekly NXT/ARDR/IGNIS Price Evolution
The following graphic shows the NXT / Bitcoin exchange price at Bittrex over this past week:
The following graphic shows the ARDR / Bitcoin exchange price at Bittrex over this past week:
The following graphic shows the IGNIS / Bitcoin exchange price at Bittrex over these past days:
And that is all for this week, Nxters.
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Small Betting Game
Lior Yaffe, core developer and co-founder of Jelurida, announced an add-on had been uploaded to the testnet data cloud; a small betting game contract. You can send some (test!-) ARDR, IGNIS, or other child chain tokens to the account, using a TESTNET account, and the contract will automagically send you between zero and twice the amount you sent.
Lior wrote the following instructions:
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Weekly Reminder: IGNIS Applications
A while ago community member segfaultsteve wrote a great blog post here on Nxter, brainstorming “interesting applications” that could be built on Ignis. This week’s reminder is in line with that: if YOU have an idea for a great application or want to learn more about Ignis’ inbuilt features and whether they can solve a problem for you or your peers, feel free to join the ArdorNxt Slack and introduce it to the community.
Last week Xavier wanted to know how the Ignis transaction fees compare to the competition when the use case is issuing tickets on the blockchain. Here is a summary of the conversation it sparked: