A very minor – to me – update to Chia Blockchain was released resolving a bug that prevented some users from joining pools due to a certificate validation issue. This update fixes that. If you were having SSL issues joining pools, apparently frequently on M1 Apple computers, this patch is for you. This is a…
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Chia Network recent hires show a clear direction for the company
In a press release on BusinessWire Chia Network has detailed 5 key executive hires, 4 Vice Presidents and 1 Senior Director, to run Sales, Sales Engineering, Product, Ecosystems Operations and Professional Services/Customer Success. While these are only titles, and who actually knows what they will be doing, we can actually learn quite a lot about…
A week with Chia pools – what’s the word?
So Chia pools were released about a week ago, a little more or less with some pools having launched early and some cautious ones still waiting to launch. And there have been some growing pains, that is undeniable, but on a whole how are they doing? Well if you look at miningpoolstats.com you can tell…
Bram Cohen releases blog post on his vision for DeFi in Chia
Just tonight Bram Cohen and the Chia Network team have released this blog post on their vision for Decentralized Finance – DeFi – on the Chia blockchain. It is a very good read, and well written, and explains the difference between singleton/NFTs and coloured coins. This is not something I knew before, and it is…
Wild West Chia Fork exchange running on Discord
The Chia Fork Traders discord, accessible here, has grown incredibly quickly. I first saw it a few weeks ago and it was a few people trading Flax, ChainGreen and SpareCoin in a friendly barter system. What they have become is pretty incredible. I have been wanting to do a post on this community for some…
Dripgate? Possible serious wallet bug described in Github bug report
Thanks to Discord user Hendrik for pointing me to this bug report on the chia-blockchain repository. It describes a possible bug, that the author Wallentx is calling “#dripgate” where the xch contract address for his plot nft was sent a mojo from an anonymous faucet and caused a wallet corruption bug where he is no…
Chia Blockchain version 1.2.1 released – minor update
The Chia software has had another release, this time a minor update to fix a couple of bugs. The update is version 1.2.1 and is available to download here. The release notes for this update are fairly small, but will likely help with some farmers experiencing issues, especially those on Debian seeing crashes. Added Thanks @feldsam for…
Chia transactions double since pools have gone into effect
Since the launch of the on-chain pooling protocol, and the beginning of those payouts to their member farmers, the number of daily Chia transactions has doubled. In a day. On July 8th to be precise, when I suspect pool payouts started going out. We are going to see this number continue to rise dramatically. Most…
Chia Hackathon with Sirius Labs delayed indefinitely
Sirius Labs and Chia Network have delayed their hackathon in an announcement made on Keybase and on the Sirius Labs website. It was originally supposed to start on July 18th, but now they do not have a date and will be announcing it soon. Gene Hoffman, President and COO of Chia Network, had the following…
Chia Proof of Space and Time paper taken down from Google Docs
According to serial Twitter jokester, and Chia Network CEO Bram Cohen Google has taken down their proof of space and time document from Google Docs due to Terms of Service violations. It is unclear what the violation is, but as Bram says on Twitter it is likely to be just a large number of trolling…
