The discussion phase of the eighth HOPR governance experiment is now open! 🏁 Have a say in: 👉 the setup of the new HOPR Community Trust. 👉 the establishment of a governance platform to manage the governance of the HOPR Community Trust and beyond. As always, the discussion phase is open to anyone — only the vote phase is based on token ownership, and voting will be quadratic. If you’re new to the forum, remember to full in your full profile including staking address 🗣️ Head to the forum to get started: forum.hoprnet.org/c/hopr-governance-v0-8/110

It’s time for your tri-weekly DevUpdate! Let’s see what our devs have been up to the past three weeks. 🟡 Code Hygiene & Bug Fixes 🟡 Starting with a massive code cleanse fixing deadlocks in our DB, issues with ticket redemption, channel management and CLI. github.com/hoprnet/hoprnet/pull/5229 🟡 Rust Migration 🟡 Next, the Rust migration reaches a huge milestone as: 1️⃣ The core and core-ethereum DB usages are all now migrated to Rust 2️⃣ The hopr ping mechanism moves into rust-libp2p as NetworkBehaviour github.com/hoprnet/hoprnet/pull/5113 github.com/hoprnet/hoprnet/pull/5252 The core migration to rust has also removed obsolete configurations and cleaned up wasm and core object construction  github.com/hoprnet/hoprnet/pull/5244 github.com/hoprnet/hoprnet/pull/5257 🟡 New Smart Contracts 🟡 We’ve implemented several new smart contracts and updated testing in preparation for the upcoming release github.com/hoprnet/hoprnet/pull/5185 github.com/hoprnet/hoprnet/pull/5256 github.com/hoprnet/hoprnet/pull/5211 🟡 Staking Season 8 🟡 In a similar vein, we also transitioned to staking season 8 this sprint and updated all relevant smart contracts. github.com/hoprnet/hoprnet/pull/5232 🟡 Other Fixes/Enhancements 🟡 Finally, we round off the weeks with fixes/enhancements to command line arguments, the CI pipeline and documentation github.com/hoprnet/hoprnet/pull/5251 github.com/hoprnet/hoprnet/pull/5235 github.com/hoprnet/hoprnet/pull/5230

It’s time for your tri-weekly DevUpdate! Let’s see what our devs have been up to the past three weeks. 🟡 Code Hygiene & Bug Fixes 🟡 Starting with a massive code cleanse fixing deadlocks in our DB, issues with ticket redemption, channel management and CLI. github.com/hoprnet/hoprnet/pull/5229 🟡 Rust Migration 🟡 Next, the Rust migration reaches a huge milestone as: 1️⃣ The core and core-ethereum DB usages are all now migrated to Rust 2️⃣ The hopr ping mechanism moves into rust-libp2p as NetworkBehaviour github.com/hoprnet/hoprnet/pull/5113 github.com/hoprnet/hoprnet/pull/5252 The core migration to rust has also removed obsolete configurations and cleaned up wasm and core object construction  github.com/hoprnet/hoprnet/pull/5244 github.com/hoprnet/hoprnet/pull/5257 🟡 New Smart Contracts 🟡 We’ve implemented several new smart contracts and updated testing in preparation for the upcoming release github.com/hoprnet/hoprnet/pull/5185 github.com/hoprnet/hoprnet/pull/5256 github.com/hoprnet/hoprnet/pull/5211 🟡 Staking Season 8 🟡 In a similar vein, we also transitioned to staking season 8 this sprint and updated all relevant smart contracts. github.com/hoprnet/hoprnet/pull/5232 🟡 Other Fixes/Enhancements 🟡 Finally, we round off the weeks with fixes/enhancements to command line arguments, the CI pipeline and documentation github.com/hoprnet/hoprnet/pull/5251 github.com/hoprnet/hoprnet/pull/5235 github.com/hoprnet/hoprnet/pull/5230

Another set of network rewards has been issued! A total of 150,000 HOPR tokens have been distributed among node runners based on their uptime over the previous two weeks. 🥳 Your earned HOPR tokens have been automatically staked on your corresponding staking address as xHOPR. To view your newly staked tokens, please visit the staking UI at: stake.hoprnet.org We’ve reset the network dashboard and the ping count for each node. This signifies the beginning of a new two-week distribution cycle and another chance to earn some $HOPR.💰😎 Contact us here if you have any questions. 👋 Want to join the node runner club and earn $HOPR? Read more here: docs.hoprnet.org/node/waitlist-FAQ

Dear community, A friendly reminder: We strongly encourage you to setup port forwarding on your router or open the necessary ports if you are using a VPS. Please complete this process by the 23rd of August. 👉 You can find a comprehensive guide on how to perform this task in our documentation here: https://docs.hoprnet.org/node/using-hopr-admin#how-to-setup-port-forwarding-for-my-node 👉 For additional details, please refer to: https://t.me/HOPRannouncements/568 Thanks in advance.

It’s time for the eighth HOPR governance experiment. This will be the final experiment before HOPR governance evolves to the next level. In fact, this evolution will be the topic of the discussion and vote. This is an important milestone for the HOPR community with much to decide upon. We’ve had feedback that some of these previous votes have felt too rushed: therefore, this will be an longer discussion period than usual. We will have our usual Twitter Space with the HOPR team as well as a community call on Discord. The full schedule is as follows: Thursday 10th Aug: Main proposals announced. Discussion Phase begins. Monday 14th Aug: Twitter Space Thursday 17th Aug: Secondary proposals added Monday 21st Aug: Community call on Discord Thursday 31st Aug: Vote phase begins Monday 4th Sep: Vote phase ends The process will kick off here on Thursday: https://forum.hoprnet.org/c/hopr-governance-v0-8/110

It’s time for the eighth HOPR governance experiment. This will be the final experiment before HOPR governance evolves to the next level. In fact, this evolution will be the topic of the discussion and vote. This is an important milestone for the HOPR community with much to decide upon. We’ve had feedback that some of these previous votes have felt too rushed: therefore, this will be an longer discussion period than usual. We will have our usual Twitter Space with the HOPR team as well as a community call on Discord. The full schedule is as follows: Thursday 10th Aug: Main proposals announced. Discussion Phase begins. Monday 14th Aug: Twitter Space Thursday 17th Aug: Secondary proposals added Monday 21st Aug: Community call on Discord Thursday 31st Aug: Vote phase begins Monday 4th Sep: Vote phase ends The process will kick off here on Thursday: https://forum.hoprnet.org/c/hopr-governance-v0-8/110

Dear community, We have received some concerns from the community regarding the idea that we are profiting from the sale of avado/dappnode devices. We want to assure you all that we haven't gained any profit from DappNode or Avado partnerships. Our primary goal is to provide users with the opportunity to run a HOPR node on a variety of devices. Thank you for your understanding.

Dear Community, Out of 400 HOPR node runners and HODLers, we have received responses from 260 signers! We extend our gratitude to all those who have cast their votes. 🙏 However, since not all of them have participated in the voting, we are announcing an additional voting phase for those who haven't taken part in the initial voting phase. This voting process is set to remain active for 1 month. Our objective is to distribute all DAI tokens to active addresses. We will continue to create voting phases until we achieve either the collection of all signers or a maximum duration of 6 months is reached. ✍️ To claim your reward, please proceed to this proposal: https://snapshot.org/#/v02.hopr-dao.eth/proposal/0xb63b11580ed0ebfa302da1a9cedfded36f76908a0c9e46f366f7ebf87fadb8d0 👉 For further information about the HOPR governance experiment, read more here: https://t.me/HOPRannouncements/564 Thank you for your participation and continued support.

Dear Community, Out of 400 HOPR node runners and HODLers, we have received responses from 260 signers! We extend our gratitude to all those who have cast their votes. 🙏 However, since not all of them have participated in the voting, we are announcing an additional voting phase for those who haven't taken part in the initial voting phase. This voting process is set to remain active for 1 month. Our objective is to distribute all DAI tokens to active addresses. We will continue to create voting phases until we achieve either the collection of all signers or a maximum duration of 6 months is reached. ✍️ To claim your reward, please proceed to this proposal: https://snapshot.org/#/v02.hopr-dao.eth/proposal/0xb63b11580ed0ebfa302da1a9cedfded36f76908a0c9e46f366f7ebf87fadb8d0 👉 For further information about the HOPR governance experiment, read more here: https://t.me/HOPRannouncements/564 Thank you for your participation and continued support.

Dear community, Quick reminder: By executing the migration process from Avado to DappNode, each user will receive a 5% NFT boost and 600 HOPR tokens! The process is quite easy and straightforward. If you haven't completed the migration yet, please follow this easy tutorial: https://docs.hoprnet.org/node/using-avado#transitioning-to-dappnode We have also set up a separate support group for Node migrators. Please DM @Andrew_HOPR for an invitation. Thank you! 🙏

Dear community, We have updated the current waitlist to remove people who haven't restaked in Season 8. Note that this update does not include new registrants. The complete waitlist update, including new registrants, will happen next week. 👉 To check the updated waitlist, click here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13RcEaB2PyovJ4oEx0ViT3v5QeqpdxBJ74Pk3dyALCF8/edit?usp=sharing As we've already announced, the upcoming HOPR upgrade will broaden access but will come with increased stake thresholds. The minimum staking amount for NFT holders will be increased to 10k. For non-NFT holders, the minimum stake will be significantly higher. If you're currently running a node with less than 10,000 HOPR tokens, you'll need to bring your staked balance up to 10,000 or higher to continuing running this node after the next release. If you aren't currently running a node, you'll need 10,000 staked HOPR tokens to join or stay on the updated waitlist. As we said, the access threshold for non-NFT holders will be significantly higher than 10,000. So we would like to offer a final opportunity for our loyal community to register to the waitlist! The waitlist will close to new registrants on August 21st. ⏰ 👉 To register, please use this form: http://forms.gle/rHLwbXVZyATRuRmK7 Thank you for your support! 🙏

GM community! Here’s a tl;dr of what HOPR has been up to last week! 👇 🟡 web3 is waking up to some harsh realities about making decentralized governance work in the real world https://twitter.com/hoprnet/status/1686391339024519168 🟡 Different parts of HOPR have different governance needs across a variety of axes –They also have different compliance needs. Here’s our approach. https://twitter.com/hoprnet/status/1686753744732442626 🟡 web3 is a place to empower individuals, and we won’t stop demanding more resilience from web3 https://twitter.com/hoprnet/status/1687097508970061824 🟡 What’s on the roadmap for 2023? https://twitter.com/hoprnet/status/1687478505955876864 🟡 Spearbit has just released a critical seminar relevant to Privacy within our ecosystem featuring our Sebastian! ▶️ youtu.be/hMIf_RUSq9o

Dear community, These following 10 addresses have been given xDAI, mHOPR and a Network Registry NFT: 🥳 0x0022c9bb9c13e105d35b3e04df78cf569e630359 0xab186f798546ac62e219f50195fec0a76360cde8 0xcb3d68c97501eabedb76160d42864b3495e67d6d 0x3a5b5136488b94ef2bd7ee44b793bb23b5457954 0xfef5dd691a2dd90edea980bc3b0023585dfa1e62 0x2fc1742b39337cdc2d0984631a6ec7d63b1a14bd 0xbdd0689a251475a48df2c62ca107a009958fb713 0x0feb02d3582d8598b3ffd9148542da58ebb39e7c 0x47d6f19be219dbb9784090d8da3e1d983a568c69 0xd8469b9d3c24a1af94f3cb78687e6a8f007aee9b 👉 Please follow this tutorial to stake your NFT and join the network: https://docs.hoprnet.org/node/network-registry-tutorial If you need help, don’t hesitate to ask here or on our dedicated Monte Rosa channel on Discord (https://discord.com/invite/dEAWC4G). Please DM me your Discord username and registered HOPR staking address to get access so we can include you! 👍️

Dear community, We are pleased to announce another NFT and Token distribution for everyone who has successfully migrated their Avado to DappNode! Each user who migrates will receive a 5% NFT boost and 600 HOPR tokens! 👉 If you haven't completed the migration yet, please follow this easy tutorial: https://docs.hoprnet.org/node/using-avado#transitioning-to-dappnode We have also set up a separate support group for Node migrators. Please DM @mr_vavilon or @Andrew_HOPR for an invitation. Thank you! 🙏

Dear community, The Snapshot UI didn't record signatures from multisig wallets. While Snapshot support is fixing this issue, multisig wallet owners can already prove their wallet address activity by sending 0.1 xHOPR amount to this address: 0x46BdBD22373Aeb9F554CED4618fac359183Fcb8C P.S. Multisig wallet owners please ping us after you will proof your wallet address activity, so we could record you on a list: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JHG5nTiBY_1TjTR2y2Zt2ahnvQZDix9YsMemWhcoFgw/edit#gid=0 P.S. This message is only for multisig wallet owners!!! First DAI token distribution will happen later this month. Please wait for the announcement. Thank you for your support! 🙏

The eagle-eyed amongst you will have spotted that we’re planning something big for the end of Staking Season 8 🤯 We’ll be sharing more as we get closer to release, but for now it’s important to know that node running is about to become more important than ever! There’s still a chance to get onto the network, but it’s important that you know that after Season 8 ends the minimum stake for accessing the network will increase to 10,000 HOPR tokens (plus a network registry NFT) In HOPR’s final form, stake and node quality are the main factors determining rewards, but we intend to make this transition as smooth as possible for our loyal community Although the minimum stake will be increasing, it will still be cheaper for existing members to access the network after Season 8. New node runners with no access NFT will face a significantly higher threshold More information on how to join the new waitlist will be released next week. For now, make sure you’ve transferred your stake into Season 8 (https://stake.hoprnet.org)

Dear community, 🚨 This is a reminder: we have noticed some waitlist registrants forgot to re-stake from Staking Season 7 to Staking Season 8. We will be updating the waitlist next week. Please re-stake for Staking Season 8 by the 7th of August if you want to receive the Network Registry NFT and start running your node! Otherwise, after the waitlist update, your ETH address will be removed. Thank you for your support! 🙏

Dear community, Quick reminder: By executing the migration process from Avado to DappNode, each user will receive a 5% NFT boost and 600 HOPR tokens! The process is quite easy and straightforward. If you haven't completed the migration yet, please follow this easy tutorial: https://docs.hoprnet.org/node/using-avado#transitioning-to-dappnode We have also set up a separate support group for Node migrators. Please DM @Juri_HOPR or @Andrew_HOPR for an invitation. Thank you! 🙏

Dear node runners, We have already solved the issue with our own RPC provider. You can revert the changes back and check if it is working fine now! Thank you all for your support! 🙏

Dear community, 🚨The Shapella hard-fork will happen on Epoch: 648704, Slot: 10379264, Time: August 1, 2023, at 13:34:20 CEST! For those running GBC validators, please make sure to have updated packages before the Shapella hard-fork happens! Update packages for the following validators: xDAI: Nethermind Xdai - Version 1.0.35 Teku: Teku Gnosis - Version 0.1.9 Lighthouse: Lighthouse Gnosis - Version 0.1.10 Lodestar: Lodestar Gnosis - Version 0.1.2 Dappnode: Web3Signer Gnosis - Version 1.0.4 For more information about the Shapella hard-fork, visit: https://www.gnosis.io/blog/shapella-client-updates Thank you for your attention!

Dear node runners, For the ones who nodes are not connecting to the RPC provider, please use temporary Gnosis RPC one (https://rpc.gnosischain.com): For VPS: --provider https://rpc.gnosischain.com (just append in the end of your docker cammand) For Dappnode: 1. Go to HOPR package config page: http://my.dappnode/#/packages/hopr.public.dappnode.eth/config 2. Click on “SHOW ADVANCED EDITOR” 3. Next to “HOPRD_PROVIDER” replace https://provider-proxy.hoprnet.workers.dev/xdai_mainnet with https://rpc.gnosischain.com and click “Save” 4. Restart the package

GM community! Here’s a tl;dr of what HOPR has been up to last week! 👇 🟡 A new web3 faces episode is online: youtu.be/drXVC0AcaMs 🔥 https://twitter.com/hoprnet/status/1683492271667249155 🟡 This new article looks at what to know about on-and off-chain privacy, plus covers the overlooked but extremely necessary transport layer and its role in web3 privacy. 👇 https://twitter.com/hoprnet/status/1684217017501622273 🟡 They grow up so fast… https://twitter.com/hoprnet/status/1685636361720582144 🟡 Check out HOPR’s notable contributions to libp2p. 👀 https://twitter.com/hoprnet/status/1684941809913339904

IMPORTANT FOR ALL NODE RUNNERS For our next major release, all nodes on the network will need to be public nodes for the initial release. You can convert your node to a public node now to save time and avoid any potential issues when doing it on the next release. 🟡 What Does Using A Public Node Mean? 🟡 Making your node public means you allow yourself to be seen by everyone on the network and accessible without the need for an intermediary. More specifically, it means you set up port forwarding on your router, so certain traffic sent to your public IP is sent directly to your HOPR node. Usually, you would need a PRN (Public Relay Node) to help communicate with your node, as routers can be picky with incoming traffic. But with port forwarding, your node basically becomes a "public node", so you can communicate with any node on the network without needing a PRN. You can learn more on our docs here: https://docs.hoprnet.org/node/using-hopr-admin#types-of-nodes 🟡 What Are The Benefits Of Making My Node Public 🟡 We are asking you to do this now to avoid any trouble on the next major release. Every node will have to do it to participate in the next major release. But beyond that, running a public node also makes your node more stable and may resolve other issues you might face. 🟡 How To Make My Node Public 🟡 You will need to set up port forwarding on your router and map certain ports from your public IP address to your node's internal IP address. You can see a full guide on how to do this on our docs here: https://docs.hoprnet.org/node/using-hopr-admin#how-to-setup-port-forwarding-for-my-node 🟡 Feedback 🟡 We realise that because every router will have a different set of instructions for setting up port forwarding, the process could be unclear and complicated for some. Please feel free to reach out to us for support and give us any additional feedback through this form: https://cryptpad.fr/form/#/2/form/view/5mRZtmwOgrHo-yLw1nx5VrgSPRj1T8LTXqXCSxvSMlg/

IMPORTANT FOR ALL NODE RUNNERS For our next major release, all nodes on the network will need to be public nodes for the initial release. You can convert your node to a public node now to save time and avoid any potential issues when doing it on the next release. 🟡 What Does Using A Public Node Mean? 🟡 Making your node public means you allow yourself to be seen by everyone on the network and accessible without the need for an intermediary. More specifically, it means you set up port forwarding on your router, so certain traffic sent to your public IP is sent directly to your HOPR node. Usually, you would need a PRN (Public Relay Node) to help communicate with your node, as routers can be picky with incoming traffic. But with port forwarding, your node basically becomes a "public node", so you can communicate with any node on the network without needing a PRN. You can learn more on our docs here: https://docs.hoprnet.org/node/using-hopr-admin#types-of-nodes 🟡 What Are The Benefits Of Making My Node Public 🟡 We are asking you to do this now to avoid any trouble on the next major release. Every node will have to do it to participate in the next major release. But beyond that, running a public node also makes your node more stable and may resolve other issues you might face. 🟡 How To Make My Node Public 🟡 You will need to set up port forwarding on your router and map certain ports from your public IP address to your node's internal IP address. You can see a full guide on how to do this on our docs here: https://docs.hoprnet.org/node/using-hopr-admin#how-to-setup-port-forwarding-for-my-node 🟡 Feedback 🟡 We realise that because every router will have a different set of instructions for setting up port forwarding, the process could be unclear and complicated for some. Please feel free to reach out to us for support and give us any additional feedback through this form: https://cryptpad.fr/form/#/2/form/view/5mRZtmwOgrHo-yLw1nx5VrgSPRj1T8LTXqXCSxvSMlg/

Dear community, 🚨Reminder: Later today, we will be distributing NFTs & tokens for Avado users who migrated to Dappnode! 👉 To claim the HOPR NFT with 5% Boost and 600 HOPR, you need to: Fill out a Node Migration form: https://forms.gle/xJ1Hovxeh6d968uHA P.S. Google still requires your email account for file upload. If you are comfortable sharing your email with Google, you can use the form as usual. OR Please direct message @Andrew_HOPR with the following details: You must upload a valid screenshot of your DappNode HOPR admin UI and your node's associated staking address. 1. To be considered valid, the screenshot must clearly show the following: - The URL of the browser tab - Your node's Gnosis Chain address - Your node's HOPR address, also known as Peer ID 2. Please provide the associated staking address for your node. Thank you 🙏

Staking Season 8 has begun and will run until 2pm CEST on September 9th. 🏁 1️⃣ Unstake from Season 7: Head to stake-s7.hoprnet.org 2️⃣ Stake in Season 8: Visit stake.hoprnet.org The base APR remains at 1.25%, and the boost cap for NFT boosted stake remains at 250,000 HOPR tokens. NFTs from Seasons 6-8 are valid in Season 8. ✅ Season 8 will run for a truncated 45 days. Why? We’re excited to share more soon, but the eagle-eyed amongst you might have already spotted something new on the horizon… 🕵️ Network rewards continue as normal, but to continue running your node you must transfer your network registry NFT to the Season 8 staking contract, along with at least the minimum of 2,000 HOPR tokens (1,000 for AVADO and DappNode users). The next network reward period starts right away, so make sure you restake as soon as possible if you want to keep earning from your node! Read more here https://medium.com/hoprnet/staking-season-8-launches-a2aceb6815d3

Staking Season 8 has begun and will run until 2pm CEST on September 9th. 🏁 1️⃣ Unstake from Season 7: Head to stake-s7.hoprnet.org 2️⃣ Stake in Season 8: Visit stake.hoprnet.org The base APR remains at 1.25%, and the boost cap for NFT boosted stake remains at 250,000 HOPR tokens. NFTs from Seasons 6-8 are valid in Season 8. ✅ Season 8 will run for a truncated 45 days. Why? We’re excited to share more soon, but the eagle-eyed amongst you might have already spotted something new on the horizon… 🕵️ Network rewards continue as normal, but to continue running your node you must transfer your network registry NFT to the Season 8 staking contract, along with at least the minimum of 2,000 HOPR tokens (1,000 for AVADO and DappNode users). The next network reward period starts right away, so make sure you restake as soon as possible if you want to keep earning from your node! Read more here https://medium.com/hoprnet/staking-season-8-launches-a2aceb6815d3

Another set of network rewards has been issued! A total of 75,000 HOPR tokens have been distributed among node runners based on their uptime over the previous one week. 🥳 Your earned HOPR tokens have been automatically staked on your corresponding staking address as xHOPR. To view your newly staked tokens, please visit the staking UI at: stake.hoprnet.org We’ve reset the network dashboard and the ping count for each node. This signifies the beginning of a new two-week distribution cycle and another chance to earn some $HOPR.💰😎 Starting from the launch of Staking Season 8 (today at 2 PM CEST), we will continue to distribute 150,000 HOPR tokens as network rewards on a bi-weekly basis. Contact us here if you have any questions. 👋 Want to join the node runner club and earn $HOPR? Read more here: docs.hoprnet.org/node/waitlist-FAQ

Dear community, Quick reminder: By executing the migration process from Avado to DappNode, each user will receive a 5% NFT boost and 600 HOPR tokens! The process is quite easy and straightforward. If you haven't completed the migration yet, please follow this easy tutorial: https://docs.hoprnet.org/node/using-avado#transitioning-to-dappnode We have also set up a separate support group for Node migrators. Please DM @Juri_HOPR or @Andrew_HOPR for an invitation. Thank you! 🙏

Dear community, Starting this week, we are reducing the number of issued network registry NFTs to 10. This decision is aimed at ensuring that the network becomes more stable for the upcoming new HOPR release. These following 10 addresses have been given xDAI, mHOPR and a Network Registry NFT: 🥳 0x31ca1c809847d21e0e5fc0a435e1c0ae447cb015 0xa9442a8d6cef7b5e90362623ac463b6c37a92e33 0x3af9b992ea26c43f4f3b019a3c5c7fe4e059af25 0xf2c811c3de475a21ecae27a56970f63ddf6eaf19 0x9e2f096edd3bb1a712978d7849d40ecc08f2177c 0x19669824d6c2213f12ca8a047316de34431dc4ab 0x8658de6949ae990c1b9829fa44db5802f4b57cf4 0x89d5a50124961a36dbbad96b41e43cfb109c457e 0xc3ccdfb737768a669db41757549a81a7b05080ca 0x9d22c455cd1f0567ec1b92912b1c408ab82681bf 👉 Please follow this tutorial to stake your NFT and join the network: https://docs.hoprnet.org/node/network-registry-tutorial If you need help, don’t hesitate to ask here or on our dedicated Monte Rosa channel on Discord (https://discord.com/invite/dEAWC4G). Please DM me your Discord username and registered HOPR staking address to get access so we can include you! 👍️

Just two days left in Staking Season 7! ⏳ Staking Season 8 will begin at 14:00 CEST on 26th July and will run for 45 days, until September 9th. Why the shorter season? Let’s just say we have something amazing scheduled for the last part of 2023… 🔥

Just two days left in Staking Season 7! ⏳ Staking Season 8 will begin at 14:00 CEST on 26th July and will run for 45 days, until September 9th. Why the shorter season? Let’s just say we have something amazing scheduled for the last part of 2023… 🔥

GM community! Here’s a tl;dr of what HOPR and RPCh have been up to last week! 👇 🟡 This is a work in progress, and we’ll be sharing more exclusive alpha here on Telegram over the next weeks. BUT you could technically already check our GitHub for some alpha. 😉 https://twitter.com/hoprnet/status/1682042760411627520 🟡 A quick rundown on what our devs have been working on the last three weeks https://twitter.com/hoprnet/status/1681680306057740288 🟡 Bear markets are for building and making frens. EthCC was fun! 🇫🇷 https://twitter.com/hoprnet/status/1680877132254261248 https://twitter.com/hoprnet/status/1681273078016253952 🟡 An easy guide to test RPCh and transact privately https://twitter.com/lizhophardt/status/1681151617049980929 🟡 See for yourself what happens once you use RPCh https://twitter.com/RPC_h_/status/1681680722866630656

GM community! Here’s a tl;dr of what HOPR and RPCh have been up to last week! 👇 🟡 This is a work in progress, and we’ll be sharing more exclusive alpha here on Telegram over the next weeks. BUT you could technically already check our GitHub for some alpha. 😉 https://twitter.com/hoprnet/status/1682042760411627520 🟡 A quick rundown on what our devs have been working on the last three weeks https://twitter.com/hoprnet/status/1681680306057740288 🟡 Bear markets are for building and making frens. EthCC was fun! 🇫🇷 https://twitter.com/hoprnet/status/1680877132254261248 https://twitter.com/hoprnet/status/1681273078016253952 🟡 An easy guide to test RPCh and transact privately https://twitter.com/lizhophardt/status/1681151617049980929 🟡 See for yourself what happens once you use RPCh https://twitter.com/RPC_h_/status/1681680722866630656

Dear community, The Snapshot UI does not currently display signatures from multisig wallets. We've brought this up with Snapshot support, and their system will capture your votes even if they are not shown currently. So if you're due a payout from the DAO v0.2 proposal, please sign on Snapshot as normal, even if it doesn't seem to register. When the proposal closes in two weeks, we should receive a list of participants which should include the multisig signers. If this doesn't happen, naturally we will find a different solution! Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

Dear community, We are pleased to announce another NFT and Token distribution for everyone who has successfully migrated their Avado to DappNode! Each user who migrates will receive a 5% NFT boost and 600 HOPR tokens! If you haven't completed the migration yet, please follow this easy tutorial: https://docs.hoprnet.org/node/using-avado#transitioning-to-dappnode We have also set up a separate support group for Node migrators. Please DM @Juri_HOPR or @Andrew_HOPR for an invitation. Thank you!

As part of the second HOPR governance experiment, 27,000 DAI were allocated to HOPR node runners and HODLrs (13,500 DAI in each category). It’s now time to distribute those rewards! 🤑 👉 Read the original proposal: https://forum.hoprnet.org/t/proposal-6-grant-program-incentives-for-node-runners-hodlers/3269/3 👉 Find the update: https://medium.com/hoprnet/hopr-dao-fulfilment-34cea2b3d1b9 👉 The original vote can be seen: https://snapshot.org/#/v02.hopr-dao.eth/proposal/QmWdfCthvR5XsgbbFBvRTQW9ePnjz85dVBsqQnUQ66Msay The first 100 node runners in the HOPR network are each eligible to receive 135 DAI. The rest will be split between the next 300 positions on the HOPR waitlist (at the time when the network reached 100 nodes). We have used the data from https://hopr.network.org, the network registry smart contract and the network registry waitlist to compile a list of 400 addresses. 🔍 These addresses can be found here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JHG5nTiBY_1TjTR2y2Zt2ahnvQZDix9YsMemWhcoFgw/edit#gid=0 To make sure we don’t send tokens to dead addresses, we’re asking everyone to sign with their wallets via Snapshot. ✍️ To claim your reward, head to this proposal: https://snapshot.org/#/v02.hopr-dao.eth/proposal/0xe3ae817a8ecee5ffb91ae1d2f8db9260f5fec1c744f3a96fdd4906439cc0966b And verify that you still control the address by “voting”. There is only one option, and only addresses on the list will be able to vote. Each has a vote power of 1. The proposal will stay open for two weeks, after which we’ll distribute to all signers, so please be patient 😇 If there are any unclaimed rewards after two weeks, a new proposal will be created which will pay out after a month. We’ll repeat this for six months, at which time unclaimed rewards will be returned to the community treasury.

As part of the second HOPR governance experiment, 27,000 DAI were allocated to HOPR node runners and HODLrs (13,500 DAI in each category). It’s now time to distribute those rewards! 🤑 👉 Read the original proposal: https://forum.hoprnet.org/t/proposal-6-grant-program-incentives-for-node-runners-hodlers/3269/3 👉 Find the update: https://medium.com/hoprnet/hopr-dao-fulfilment-34cea2b3d1b9 👉 The original vote can be seen: https://snapshot.org/#/v02.hopr-dao.eth/proposal/QmWdfCthvR5XsgbbFBvRTQW9ePnjz85dVBsqQnUQ66Msay The first 100 node runners in the HOPR network are each eligible to receive 135 DAI. The rest will be split between the next 300 positions on the HOPR waitlist (at the time when the network reached 100 nodes). We have used the data from https://hopr.network.org, the network registry smart contract and the network registry waitlist to compile a list of 400 addresses. 🔍 These addresses can be found here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JHG5nTiBY_1TjTR2y2Zt2ahnvQZDix9YsMemWhcoFgw/edit#gid=0 To make sure we don’t send tokens to dead addresses, we’re asking everyone to sign with their wallets via Snapshot. ✍️ To claim your reward, head to this proposal: https://snapshot.org/#/v02.hopr-dao.eth/proposal/0xe3ae817a8ecee5ffb91ae1d2f8db9260f5fec1c744f3a96fdd4906439cc0966b And verify that you still control the address by “voting”. There is only one option, and only addresses on the list will be able to vote. Each has a vote power of 1. The proposal will stay open for two weeks, after which we’ll distribute to all signers, so please be patient 😇 If there are any unclaimed rewards after two weeks, a new proposal will be created which will pay out after a month. We’ll repeat this for six months, at which time unclaimed rewards will be returned to the community treasury.

It’s time for your tri-weekly DevUpdate! 🛠️ Let’s see what our devs have been up to the past three weeks. 🟡 Smart Contract Improvements 🟡 We start off with several bug fixes and improved test coverage for our existing smart contracts.  This is in preparation for an upcoming audit and several new changes we’re introducing with our next major release. github.com/hoprnet/hoprnet/pull/5211  github.com/hoprnet/hoprnet/pull/5185  github.com/hoprnet/hoprnet/pull/5176 🟡 Rust Migration 🟡 As always, the Rust Migration continues with: 1️⃣ Fixes underway for several deadlocks in the database migration 2️⃣ An ongoing migration of the libp2p component 3️⃣ An enhanced build system for wasm and native Rust github.com/hoprnet/hoprnet/pull/5186  github.com/hoprnet/hoprnet/pull/5216  github.com/hoprnet/hoprnet/pull/5113 github.com/hoprnet/hoprnet/pull/5153 github.com/hoprnet/hoprnet/pull/5187 🟡 Curve Migration & Changes To core-ethereum 🟡 With some breaking changes around the corner, we’re now: 1️⃣ Switching the curve to Ed25519 for packet construction 2️⃣Changing core-ethereum to operate on Ethereum addresses rather than public keys github.com/hoprnet/hoprnet/pull/5069 github.com/hoprnet/hoprnet/pull/5189/files 🟡 Staking Season 8 🟡 The transition to staking season 8 is now in the works https://github.com/hoprnet/hoprnet/pull/5225 🟡 DevOps & Documentaion 🟡 And finally, we’ve: 1️⃣ Reorganized our GitHub workflows and fixed issues with the CI deployment process 2️⃣ Upgraded to Node v18, Rust v1.70 and wasm-pack v0.12.0 3️⃣ Added design documentation to the base system github.com/hoprnet/hoprnet/pull/5219 github.com/hoprnet/hoprnet/pull/5184 github.com/hoprnet/hoprnet/pull/5222

It’s time for your tri-weekly DevUpdate! 🛠️ Let’s see what our devs have been up to the past three weeks. 🟡 Smart Contract Improvements 🟡 We start off with several bug fixes and improved test coverage for our existing smart contracts.  This is in preparation for an upcoming audit and several new changes we’re introducing with our next major release. github.com/hoprnet/hoprnet/pull/5211  github.com/hoprnet/hoprnet/pull/5185  github.com/hoprnet/hoprnet/pull/5176 🟡 Rust Migration 🟡 As always, the Rust Migration continues with: 1️⃣ Fixes underway for several deadlocks in the database migration 2️⃣ An ongoing migration of the libp2p component 3️⃣ An enhanced build system for wasm and native Rust github.com/hoprnet/hoprnet/pull/5186  github.com/hoprnet/hoprnet/pull/5216  github.com/hoprnet/hoprnet/pull/5113 github.com/hoprnet/hoprnet/pull/5153 github.com/hoprnet/hoprnet/pull/5187 🟡 Curve Migration & Changes To core-ethereum 🟡 With some breaking changes around the corner, we’re now: 1️⃣ Switching the curve to Ed25519 for packet construction 2️⃣Changing core-ethereum to operate on Ethereum addresses rather than public keys github.com/hoprnet/hoprnet/pull/5069 github.com/hoprnet/hoprnet/pull/5189/files 🟡 Staking Season 8 🟡 The transition to staking season 8 is now in the works https://github.com/hoprnet/hoprnet/pull/5225 🟡 DevOps & Documentaion 🟡 And finally, we’ve: 1️⃣ Reorganized our GitHub workflows and fixed issues with the CI deployment process 2️⃣ Upgraded to Node v18, Rust v1.70 and wasm-pack v0.12.0 3️⃣ Added design documentation to the base system github.com/hoprnet/hoprnet/pull/5219 github.com/hoprnet/hoprnet/pull/5184 github.com/hoprnet/hoprnet/pull/5222

Another set of network rewards has been issued! A total of 150,000 HOPR Tokens have been distributed among node runners based on their uptime over the previous two weeks. 🥳 Your earned HOPR tokens have been automatically staked on your corresponding staking address as xHOPR. To view your newly staked tokens, please visit the staking UI at: stake.hoprnet.org We’ve reset the network dashboard and the ping count for each node. As announced yesterday until the start of Staking Season 08 there is a one week distribution cycle with 75,000 HOPR Token. https://t.me/HOPRannouncements/561 Contact us here if you have any questions. 👋 Want to join the node runner club and earn $HOPR? Read more here: docs.hoprnet.org/node/waitlist-FAQ

Another set of network rewards has been issued! A total of 150,000 HOPR Tokens have been distributed among node runners based on their uptime over the previous two weeks. 🥳 Your earned HOPR tokens have been automatically staked on your corresponding staking address as xHOPR. To view your newly staked tokens, please visit the staking UI at: stake.hoprnet.org We’ve reset the network dashboard and the ping count for each node. As announced yesterday until the start of Staking Season 08 there is a one week distribution cycle with 75,000 HOPR Token. https://t.me/HOPRannouncements/561 Contact us here if you have any questions. 👋 Want to join the node runner club and earn $HOPR? Read more here: docs.hoprnet.org/node/waitlist-FAQ

It’s almost time for another staking season! 👀 Season 7 will end at 2pm CEST on July 26th and Season 8 will start immediately afterwards. We’ll have more info over the next week, but for now just note that the final network reward period will be shorter to accommodate. 👉 It will run for just one week with an adjusted reward pool of 75,000 HOPR tokens. As always, check your current rewards and the network status at network.hoprnet.org Stake at stake.hoprnet.org Thanks to everyone for being part of the network and remember to join the waitlist if you’re not already running a node: https://docs.hoprnet.org/node/waitlist-FAQ

It’s almost time for another staking season! 👀 Season 7 will end at 2pm CEST on July 26th and Season 8 will start immediately afterwards. We’ll have more info over the next week, but for now just note that the final network reward period will be shorter to accommodate. 👉 It will run for just one week with an adjusted reward pool of 75,000 HOPR tokens. As always, check your current rewards and the network status at network.hoprnet.org Stake at stake.hoprnet.org Thanks to everyone for being part of the network and remember to join the waitlist if you’re not already running a node: https://docs.hoprnet.org/node/waitlist-FAQ

Dear community, Quick reminder: By executing the migration process from Avado to DappNode, each user will receive a 5% NFT boost and 600 HOPR tokens! The process is quite easy and straightforward. If you haven't completed the migration yet, please follow this easy tutorial: https://docs.hoprnet.org/node/using-avado#transitioning-to-dappnode We have also set up a separate support group for Node migrators. Please DM @Juri_HOPR or @Andrew_HOPR for an invitation. Thank you! 🙏

Our frens at Gnosis Pay gave us 3 free card NFTs to giveaway! Head over to Twitter to participate: https://twitter.com/hoprnet/status/1680955518276472839 (European citizens only)

Our frens at Gnosis Pay gave us 3 free card NFTs to giveaway! Head over to Twitter to participate: https://twitter.com/hoprnet/status/1680955518276472839 (European citizens only)

GM community! Did someone say next major release? Here’s a tl;dr of what HOPR and RPCh have been up to last week! 👇 🟡 Should you own your data? https://twitter.com/hoprnet/status/1678419080510951427 🟡  83% of people globally agree that data privacy is important to them… https://twitter.com/hoprnet/status/1678781288063586307 🟡  …but there are three major data privacy concerns https://twitter.com/hoprnet/status/1679145678482862080 🟡  You might want to look into how you can take your funds completely offline https://twitter.com/RPC_h_/status/1679507135875391488 🟡 Payments are due for web3 https://twitter.com/hoprnet/status/1679838156676538368 🟡 A deep-dive on privacy & @graphprotocol with our @SCBuergel https://twitter.com/grt_iq/status/1679882594870267906 🟡 We’re closing in on our next major release, here’s a sneak peak, more to be seen exclusively here on TG within the next week! https://twitter.com/hoprnet/status/1680229506588483584

GM community! Did someone say next major release? Here’s a tl;dr of what HOPR and RPCh have been up to last week! 👇 🟡 Should you own your data? https://twitter.com/hoprnet/status/1678419080510951427 🟡  83% of people globally agree that data privacy is important to them… https://twitter.com/hoprnet/status/1678781288063586307 🟡  …but there are three major data privacy concerns https://twitter.com/hoprnet/status/1679145678482862080 🟡  You might want to look into how you can take your funds completely offline https://twitter.com/RPC_h_/status/1679507135875391488 🟡 Payments are due for web3 https://twitter.com/hoprnet/status/1679838156676538368 🟡 A deep-dive on privacy & @graphprotocol with our @SCBuergel https://twitter.com/grt_iq/status/1679882594870267906 🟡 We’re closing in on our next major release, here’s a sneak peak, more to be seen exclusively here on TG within the next week! https://twitter.com/hoprnet/status/1680229506588483584