Update: On 24th May 2024, Echoexx rebranded to Phoenixx. On the evening of January 29th 2024, BitFashioned pushed out the first release of echoexx to those on their website mailing list. As a decentralised web app, echoexx provides completely private messaging using XX Network’s mixnet cMixx, whilst connected to a web3 identity. In this early…
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First New XX Grant Awarded for Development of EVM Bridge
On 26th January 2024, the XX Foundation announced the first awardee of the new grants programme, that being community leader and XX Council member Bulldog who has engaged the services of BitFashioned to produce the much anticipated EVM bridge for XX. The bridge will allow for on and off-ramping XX into the Ethereum ecosystem, including…
XX Foundation Releases Q1 2024 Roadmap
A much anticipated roadmap for the first quarter of the year was released on the 17th January from the XX Foundation, giving hints at what we can expect to be released over the coming weeks and months. The highlights appear to include: It’s also been hinted that along the way will be further announcements of…
100XX Giveaway – Claimed!
Goodness me it took Shuhari less than 24 hours to solve this one – I’m gonna have to really try to make them harder now! The solution is below. I’ll publish another within the next week. Stay tuned! ACROSS2. night time hangout (1)4. solely (20)6. trainer (16)10. the 8th month, in Latin (13)11. natural aptitude…
100XX Giveaway – Claimed!
This puzzle got solved really quickly! Congrats to Shuhari who solved it in a couple of days. The solution for this one is below. Stay tuned for another puzzle in the coming days! ACROSS3. directions for travel (19)5. bony head-based growth (12)7. liquid sustenance (1)9. material (9)14. legume and butter (15)15. it never comes when…
XX Network Foundation Announces Rebooted Grants Programme
On 8th January 2024, the XX Foundation announced the reboot of the XX Network Grants programme. Previously aimed mainly at developers, this new initiative is set to reinvigorate research and development applications from appropriate teams and individuals to receive up to 2,000,000 XX Coins (double the previous allocation) from a pool of 20,000,000 to produce…
100XX Giveaway – Claimed!
This one didn’t last long before BlockJayne solved it and scooped up the 100XX prize pot for her second win! Congrats! Another one will be put up soon so stay tuned! The solution is below. ACROSS1. deficient in width (22)3. disperse fine liquid (24)5. electric (9)7. post descriptors (20)10. to act like another (21)11. crunchy…
100XX Giveaway – Claimed!
Gosh that was quick – Funky solved this puzzle to crack the private key after just 1 day! I’ll have to make the next one harder!! Stay tuned for the next one, and last one of the year! Below is the solution. ACROSS1. not many (5)4. tiny building block (18)5. roundly vehicular (11)8. practical piece…
CryptoTV: Special Interview With The “Godfather of Crypto” David Chaum
Ornella Hernandez of CryptoTV sat with David in a wide ranging interview covering his history in the world of cryptography and more recent projects including his founding of the XX Network – with a shoutout to node operators (Hi David!) – and our cMixx network he designed. XX is mentioned from 13:50 in the video….
David Talks Better Than Money on The Couchonomics Podcast
David sat down with Arjun Vir Singh recently in Dubai to talk about his Better Than Money proposition, giving his insights on the state of money and payments which led him to developing the idea. Better Than Money is a proposed technical solution to the problem of dealing with bank money as the go-between when…