On 17th July 2024, the Global Blockchain Show confirmed David as a speaker at this year’s event in Dubai. The conference’s speaker info describes David: “David Chaum pioneered privacy in modern communication as the inventor of mix nets, blind signatures, and multiparty computation that laid the foundation for enabling secure voting systems, anonymous internet surfing…
XX Network News
The XX Network Bridge is Live!
On 16th July 2024, the XX Network Bridge went live to the public. You can now bridge from native XX coin into the ETH WXX token and back again without using an exchange at: https://bridge.xx.network/ Available for desktop browsers, the site allows you to connect both your XX and ETH wallets at the same time…
XX Network Q3 Roadmap Released
On 10th July 2024, the XX Foundation released their intentions for the three months ahead in the usual quarterly roadmap. Within the roadmap there are 11 key stated aims: There are, as ever, some items that didn’t make the main roadmap but will be revealed and/or discussed as they happen.
Watch David and Mário’s Keynote, Blockchain Expo World, July 2024
The Turkish XX Network community announced back in May that Mário Yaksetig was joining them in person in Istanbul for the Blockchain Expo World conference in Istanbul, with David Chaum making a remote appearance. The event took place over July 4th – 7th and the Turkish XX Network delivered a great event including an after…
XX Network Runtime Upgrade ‘206’ Complete
On 28th June 2024, preparations began for the XX Network’s blockchain to receive a suite of upgrades for the first time in almost two years. This has now happened. Upgrade Schedule The highly anticipated software update that XX Network’s nodes now run was prepared by original team member Bernie Cardoso, with further support in documentation…
Echoexx Is Now Phoenixx – A New Name With Cutting Edge Ambitions
Announced on May 24th, 2024, the Web3 messaging and payments platform Echoexx has rebranded to Phoenixx. Currently in Alpha, Phoenixx takes on a new look and feel to see it through a year ahead full of development before the full launch in 2025. Beta is coming soon and with that are some highly anticipated features…
Turkish XX Community Starts Series of Educational Sessions
On 16th May 2024, The Turkish XX Community posted on X, describing an event that took place that day in conjunction with Bau Blockchain Club, based at Bahcesehir University in Istanbul. Translated, it reads: 🚀 We held the first of our campus events hosted by @baublocktech and together with @agenzydigital.🎉 We talked about XX’s philosophy,…
XX Nodes: Countdown to the End of the Team Multiplier
When the XX Network entered main net back in November 2021, the team of the time were keen to incentivise the continued support of Betanet node runners and therefore encourage the network to be geographically diverse and resilient/strong with good quality people, hardware and connectivity, particularly as the network started out and matured. As part…
WXX/XX Indirect Bridge with Native XX Listings on CEXs
In an announcement you can read below, published on April 24th 2024, The XX Foundation speak of the listing of the native XX Coin (XX) on both the Coinstore and Biconomy centralised exchanges to go alongside their wrapped XX (WXX) listings. Coinstore’s XX market is now live from the morning of the 25th April. This…
Crypto Eri Interviews Mário Yaksetig About Privacy and the XX Network
The popular YouTuber and X influencer Crypto Eri interviews XX Network’s Mário Yaksetig about his involvement in the network and some of the developments he is an instrumental part of. This was released on 23rd April after a series of teaser videos went out: Mário covers extensive detail about the recent CBDC trials with the…