Tech Report June, 17th - July, 1st

Done in Sprint 19

• Switched to new pairing-based crypto implementation based on BLS12-381 curve, [Crypto], 40x improvement in BLS signature verification time
• Switched to Dalek Curve25519 implementation for single curve crypto, [Crypto], 10x improvement in Bulletproof verification time, future compatibility with iOS CryptoKit
• Implemented of Payment Certificates in CLI Wallet, [Wallet], payment certificates are needed if you have to proof that you send a particular amount of tokens to somebody
• Switched to using Base58 for wallet keys on the disk, [Wallet], more user-friendly external representation of keys saved on disk
• Stress Testing: Packet Delay and Loss, [Testing], part of test harness
• Stress Testing: Blockchain, Consensus, Service Awards, Slashing, ValueShuffle, [Testing], stress testing the vital subsystems using transactional loads from transaction generator

Plans for Sprint 20

• Implement Accounts API, [Wallet], to support multiple accounts per Wallet application
• Transaction status tracking in Account API and Transaction History, [Wallet], to enable more user-friendly transaction status reporting
• Introducing VDFs and Kalman filter for stabilizing the block time, [Core], making block time predictable in order to stabilize annual inflation
• More Stress Testing: Blockchain, Consensus, Service Awards, Slashing, ValueShuffle, [Testing], stress testing the vital subsystems using transactional loads from transaction generator
• Finish GUI Wallet, [Wallet], user-friendly Wallet application based on Electron
• RELEASE THE MAINNET!