Almost a year since the news about Project Tourbillon took off, the Bank of International Settlements have announced their first CBDC themed conference entitled “Securing the Future Monetary System” over two days in November, with Tourbillon on the agenda for half an hour in the afternoon of the 8th. The project was prototyped in coordination…
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David at the Singapore Fintech Festival, November 15-17th, 2023
I’ve had confirmation from the Foundation that David Chaum is a confirmed speaker at the Singapore Fintech Festival in November. Keith Millette (XX Technical Community Manager) is also attending this event with David. David was due to attend the Future Blockchain Summit in Dubai in October but has since had to cancel for administrative reasons…
Next Level Proxxy: cMixx DEX Proposed for an XRPL Grant
On both the Discord and Telegram XX community platforms today, Robbie from the XX Foundation posted the following rather cryptic video: In the video, what appears to be a locally running web application is giving the user a cMixx connection to route a transaction sent on the XUMM mobile (XRP) app. On further investigation and…
Phoenixx – The Future of XX Consensus?
Note: This not the same Phoenixx as the Web3 platform previously known as Echoexx. A beady-eyed community member in the Telegram recently stumbled upon the publication of this whitepaper detailing the design of a next generation, quantum secure consensus protocol. All the authors of the paper (David Chaum, the members of development team BitFasioned and…
Official Telegram Community Takeover
Coupled with the recent push to further decentralise all areas of the project, XX Council member Bulldog and others have lobbied original team members and the Foundation for permission to relinquish control of the official Telegram channel. This has now been granted, with details below from the Foundation. For several years the channel has been…
Plans for Postage v1.0 Announced
The Foundation has announced a first iteration of the postage system. This is the method by which cMixx messages are paid for if used in bulk. Essentially there will be a monthly fee per user of $1.00 to allow for unlimited use of cMixx messaging. Basic, free quotas will continue to exist. The Foundation will…
An Important XX Network Update – Audio & Transcript
This is the recording from August 31st, 2023 that Aaron (Cryptowell) made of the XX Network Foundation chat within the Discord after a PDF was published outlining the state of the network, to clarify and elaborate on its contents. Key speakers are Aaron Welwood, Jim Dolbear and Keith Millette. There is a transcript I put…
XX Network – State of the Network Update
This is a PDF that was shared within the discord and telegram communities by Aaron, one of the XX Network Foundation directors, outlining the state of things as they stand on August 24th, 2023.