Development
Offshift August Community Call & PriFi AMA Recap
Zokyo joined us for a monthly developer update, and we answered your questions about Offshift, Bulletproofs, our DAO, zkAssets, and more.
Aug 27, 2021 | 4 min read
Development
The Role of ISPs in the Modern Internet
Hi and welcome back to another episode of “George rants about things.” If you missed my inaugural rant, make sure to check in and get up to speed about all of the OPSEC risks you ignore every time you open up the web . Today’s subject is one that sometimes keeps me up at night, because I’m not sure there’s a solution. As we work to build a new decentralized, permissionless financial system, in the back of my mind is always the irony that we build it on an infrastructure - the internet - that is controlled by very few, very large parties, and that it’s only possible to build on it because they allow us to.
Aug 9, 2021 | 6 min read
Announcements
Offshift July Community Call & PriFi AMA Recap
Zokyo provided their first official development update since the Yellowpaper & Roadmap , and we answered your questions about Offshift, privacy, and more. On this month’s Community Call & PriFi AMA, our guests included Zokyo cryptographer Victoria Grasshopper and Project Manager Vitalii Odnovol. We started the call with a few community updates : If you haven’t yet, join Offshift’s Discord server and chat with us!
Jul 30, 2021 | 3 min read
Development
Offshift Dev Update, July 2021: Progress in Smart Contracts and the Offshift Client App
Offshift is working with Zokyo to develop the infrastructure for the smart contracts and interface that will bring PriFi and the Offshift private derivatives platform live. Here’s a progress update for July, 2021. The fundamental structure of the shielding contract has been determined! Now, with the core functions set, we begin implementing the cryptography. The deposit function is the starting point for the contract. Users send XFT, along with a cryptographic commitment (generated on the client side) to the contract, and the contract verifies the commitment.
Jul 29, 2021 | 2 min read
Development
Offshift Lists XFT on PancakeSwap, Launches Pancake LP Rewards & Bolsters LP Rewards on SushiSwap
40,000 XFT will be allocated to PancakeSwap stakers over 8 months, and an additional 40,000 XFT will be allocated to SushiSwap stakers. Offshift has listed XFT on PancakeSwap, and the XFT-BNB market is now live . Offshift is also launching a PancakeSwap LP-Rewards Program on July 15 to establish incentives for liquidity provision on Binance Smart Chain (BSC), while bolstering our existing SushiSwap LP Rewards Program in order to maintain deep liquidity on Ethereum.
Jul 15, 2021 | 5 min read
Announcements