December 2024 update

December was a month of growth, gratitude and groundbreaking milestones for Partisia Blockchain as we celebrated new achievements and strengthened our ecosystem. 

This month showcased the culmination of collective efforts, with significant milestones highlighting our commitment to innovation, community engagement, and technological leadership. 

From groundbreaking advancements in DeFi and wallet integrations to initiatives that honor our supportive community, we have made strides that solidify our position as a leader in the blockchain space. 

Here are the highlights that made this month extraordinary.

Key Highlights:

  • Koala Wallet Integration: Introducing the first mobile wallet for Partisia Blockchain, integrated seamlessly with our explorer.
  • Transak lists the MPC token, making it easy for any app to provide an easy fiat on-ramp into MPC.
  • Phase one of our Wallet Connect integration, making further wallet integrations easier.
  • zkCross now live on staging, audit passed successfully, and Mainnet deployment complete.  Full launch upcoming!.
  • New grants announced for a lending product from Boosty and a liquid staking protocol from Sceptre.
  • A new wMPC interface that removes the need to bridge BYOC tokens in order to transact on Partisia.
  • Successful execution of our first semi-automated reward distribution – phase one complete.
  • Plans for a Partisia Blockchain DAO first raised with the community
  • Attending the W3N Conference, various twitter spaces. 

Dive into the full details below.

AirDrop Top-Up: Honoring our supporters

We’re thrilled to announce an additional AirDrop round to reward our most dedicated contributors! Our community is the cornerstone of everything we do, and this top-up reflects our gratitude for your exceptional support.

While our initial distribution rewarded a wide range of participants, we recognized the need to further honor those who went above and beyond. This additional round is our way of ensuring fairness and appreciation.

Key Details:

  • Claim Period: Monday, December 16th, 18:00 CET – Sunday, December 29th, 23:59 CET
  • Distribution Date: Monday, December 30th

Don’t miss out! Read the full announcement here.

We’ve also been busy cleaning up our to do’s.  From handing our listing competition to compensating our amazing ambassadors on a timely basis, we’ve been working hard to ensure all the promises we made are kept. 

Bettina Sosa joins as Head of Developer Relations

We’re excited to welcome Bettina Sosa as Partisia Blockchain’s new Head of Developer Relations! With extensive experience in technology and community building, Bettina is ready to strengthen our developer ecosystem and drive innovation.

Her goals:

  • Expand developer resources like tutorials and guides.
  • Build a collaborative and supportive community.
  • Host hackathons, workshops, and meetups.
  • Gather feedback to refine the platform.

Bettina’s vision aligns perfectly with our mission to deliver privacy-preserving and decentralized solutions.

Watch her full interview here: https://youtu.be/w2f-6kW0meM

Building the foundations of DeFi on Partisia Blockchain

DeFi is coming to Partisia blockchain!  Since June of 2024, we’ve been focused on bringing DeFi to Partisia Blockchain and we are happy to announce our partners that are bringing the key pillars of a DeFi ecosystem on our network.

  • DEX on Staging! Imminent launch! – zkCross Network has been a valued partner with a bridge, onramp and swap system already deployed  on the network.  And the last 6 months, they have been working hard on a cross chain DEX.  The DEX will be cross chain enabled with the ability to lock swap, meaning prices of the swaps will be locked and will not be subject to any volatility during the swap.  Currently on staging, audit passed and launching early January!   
  • Lending – Boosty Labs, a respected WEB3 development team is currency busy building a lending protocol on Partisia Blockchain!  By utilizing our BYOC framework, Boosty Labs will be building a lending ecosystem that can handle multiple types of tokens.  Coming 1st Q 2025!
  • Liquid Staking – Sceptre, already having built a strong liquid staking protocol on the Flare network is now building on top of Partisia Blockchain!  Utilizing our BYOC rewards mechanism, look for a unique system that not only allows for opening up liquidity to your tokens, but also enables BYOC rewards as well to stakers!  Launching 1st Q 2025!

New Wallet integration:

Koala wallet has now integrated into Browser, using Wallet Connect!  We’ve been working hard integrating both Wallet Connect as well as Koala wallet

Transak onboards the MPC token!

$MPC token is now onboarded to transak!  This means anyone with a simple credit card will now be able to purchase MPC tokens using various onramps that support Transak.  First will be zkCross Network’s onramp system, with Koala wallet upcoming next.  Check it out at https://global.transak.com/ and see how simple it is to now purchase MPC tokens!

Continued focus on expanding beyond our community

We’ve redoubled our efforts to engage with audiences beyond our existing community by participating in various external channels and events.

Adrienne has been at the forefront, discussing DePIN and the data-driven future alongside AYDO. Additionally, we hosted a session with Bitfinex to kickstart the upcoming trading competition. Meanwhile, Bruce joined a panel to showcase Partisia Blockchain’s MPC-as-a-Service, highlighting its role in bringing Privacy-Enhancing Technologies (PET) to the Cardano ecosystem.

These initiatives underline our commitment to welcoming and engaging with broader communities.

Partisia Blockchain at W3N Conference

Partisia Blockchain’s Chief of Growth, Shirly Valge, recently represented us at the W3N Conference in Estonia, a premier gathering of future tech minds to network, innovate, and celebrate.

Shirly delivered a compelling keynote on the “Importance of Privacy in Web3 Amidst GDPR,” shedding light on the critical intersection of data privacy and blockchain technology. She also participated in the dynamic panel discussion “Where is DeFi Today?” exploring the current landscape and future potential of decentralized finance.

Partisia Blockchain is proud to contribute to these pivotal conversations driving the future of Web3!

Introducing wMPC: Simplifying gas on Partisia Blockchain

We’ve heard your request for making MPC be available as gas and have now launched the ability to wrap MPC to wMPC and have it usable as gas.  This means no more need to bridge other BYOC tokens just to interact on our network.   To make things even easier, we have now launched on top a dusting solution where there will be a one time initial dusting of gas to convert MPC to wMPC if you have no gas.  

Interacting in Partisia Blockchain has never been easier!

Look for future use of wMPC such as transferring them to the Eth network and having it land on a DEX in the future.

Rewards distributed and exciting updates

It’s time to celebrate another round of bootstrap rewards! This quarter, we distributed a total of 3.2 million $MPC tokens to our incredible stakers.

This reward period marked a significant step forward as we began automating the bootstrap rewards distribution process, completing the first phase of this functionality. Additionally, we introduced a new node operator voting process. Looking ahead, we aim to fully automate the rewards system in the next quarter, ensuring that computations and distributions happen seamlessly.

With an outstanding 24% APR over the last three months, now is the perfect time to stake your tokens and maximize your rewards!

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