October 31st, 2024
Happy Hallowe’en 🦇, and welcome to the tenth monthly update of 2024! Let’s take a look at the technical progress, key announcements, and news from around the world of Chromia from the last month!
Roadmap and Development Updates
- Filehub has been launched on our mainnet, and it is now possible for any project or user to store to access decentralized storage on our network using CHR. Check out this promotional video that is hosted on Filehub!
- To reflect this progress, ‘Filehub SaaS’ is now marked as complete on our official roadmap.
- Several improvements and updates were made to Chromia Vault (our official wallet) this month. Review the Telegram posts from October 15 and October 28 for more details.
- Work is ongoing on our Bridge Enhancement.
- Work is continuing on the Asgard Upgrade, Chromia Extensions, and the Oracle Extension. Read more about this topic in our October 23rd article, “The Evolution of Chromia Mainnet and the Q4 Asgard Upgrade”
Ecosystem News
- On October 2nd, Chromia announced a strategic investment and partnership with Elfa AI as part of our Data and AI Ecosystem Fund. Read more here.
- On October 15th, we announced that Phlomis Finance will bring Real-World Assets to the Chromia blockchain. Read more here.
- On October 17th, we shared a post detailing how Chromia and Fanzeal are helping VfB Stuttgart, Porsche, and Mercedes-Benz deliver a charitable digital collectibles initiative.
- On October 18th, we announced that Chromia has made a strategic investment into Guar Finance.
- On October 21st, Chromia announced a strategic investment and partnership with Chasm Network as part of our Data and AI Ecosystem Fund. Read more here.
- On October 27th, we welcomed Stork Oracle to the Chromia Ecosystem. We are collaborating with Stork to power our forthcoming Oracle Extension.
Chrommunity Events
- This month brought several AMAs, with guests that included:
Ludvig Oberg (VP of Chromia Platform Unit)
Riccardo Sibani, Antonio Palma, and Steve Hassenpflug (My Neighbor Alice)
Philip Hilm (Chromia Developer Advocate)
Todd Miller (Phlomis Finance)
Johnson Lai and KC Thee (Chasm Network) - We also ran a number of other activities, including Quiz Events, Let’s Talk it Out Polls and Debates, a Content Creator Program, and Game Nights.
- Keep an eye on our Telegram Announcements Channel for all of our upcoming AMAs and events! See you there!
Additional Notes and Content
- Earlier this month, we shared a comprehensive guide to our diverse and growing gaming ecosystem.
- Head over to our YouTube channel and join co-founders Alex Mizrahi and Henrik Hjelte in “Welcome to Chromia: The Relational Blockchain Revolution” to learn more about the interesting history of relational blockchain and what sets Chromia apart from other dapp platforms.
- The final Devex Update was shared this month. Moving forward, the newly formed Documentation and Onboarding Team will provide Rell developers with resources, including auto-updated documentation and new formats like video tutorials. Stay tuned for more content!
Native Staking Reminder
- Native Staking launched on September 24th 2024, and is now live at https://staking.chromia.com.
- Users can now stake native CHR, ERC-20 CHR, and BEP-20 CHR from a single interface.
- Delegation and reward payouts now take place on Chromia mainnet. Please visit the staking page to ensure you have delegated.
- Rewards earned under the old EVM staking system can be claimed at https://old-staking.chromia.com. Unclaimed rewards will expire in March 2025.
Coming Up in November
- More AMAs and Community Events
- Continued expansion of Chromia’s ecosystem
- Continued development on the Bridge Enhancement, Asgard Upgrade, and Oracle Extension
About Chromia
Chromia is a Layer-1 relational blockchain platform that uses a modular framework to empower users and developers with dedicated dapp chains, customizable fee structures, and enhanced digital assets. By fundamentally changing how information is structured on the blockchain, Chromia provides natively queryable data indexed in real-time, challenging the status quo to deliver innovations that will streamline the end-user experience and facilitate new Web3 business models.