Jul 20, 2021Switching Away from MediumHello Flippers! This post is here to inform you that Chainflip Labs will no longer be posting to Medium. Instead, the team has created https://blog.chainflip.io — a fancy new site powered by Ghost which will serve as the hub for all Chainflip updates going forward. All of our existing posts are already ported over there, and the posts still here will remain here for a few months, after which they will be taken down to reduce confusion.1 min read1 min read
Jul 9, 2021Chainflip Development Update — 9th July 2021Again? Really? Yes that’s right this is a fortnightly update and you will get an update every fortnight (unless Simon forgets to publish it). This week I’m shining another beam of light down into the Chainflip dev dungeon and telling you what I see. Progress Since Last Update Personnel Both of the previously mentioned DevOps…3 min read3 min read
Jun 25, 2021Chainflip Development Update #6— June 25th 2021Hallo again frends and fronds. The last couple of weeks we’ve been working on the “last mile” of the internal testnet. We’re pushing the final few pegs into the holes and making sure that our different pieces fit together nice and snug. Hopefully next update I can share with you…3 min read3 min read
Jun 18, 2021DEXes: The story so far and where we are headedIt’s hard to remember a time when swapping assets via DeFi wasn’t the norm. The crypto world in 2021 looks totally different to how it did just 18 months ago, before these instruments really found product-market fit. Given so much has happened over the last few years, I’d like to…11 min read11 min read
Jun 11, 2021Chainflip Development Update #5 — Jun 11th 2021with Tom Nash Welcome back, I’ll waste no words this week as there’s a lot to do. We’ve renewed the focus for the next few weeks onto getting an internal testnet running. This goal will ensure that we’ve checked most of the larger blind spots related to integrating everyone’s work. Progress Since Last Update Personnel …3 min read3 min read
Jun 8, 2021Chainflip Development Update #4 — May 28th 2021with Tom Nash Another fortnite has passed, luckily there have not been any major roblox in the past couple of weeks and I have mostly been able to get on with minecraft. There have been a couple of German holidays since the last update, so progress has been a touch…3 min read3 min read
May 21, 2021Cryptoeconomics Series P2: Validator Auction TheoryWith Simon Harman Welcome back dear reader to the second edition of the Chainflip Cryptoeconomics series. Every part in this series is paired with its own topic in the new Chainflip Governance Forum. …13 min read13 min read
May 14, 2021Chainflip Development Update #3 — May 14th 2021with Tom Nash Feels like just yesterday that I was damaging my delicate fingernails in order to produce the last dev update. Nevertheless, I’m back with another nail-chipping post. Progress Since Last Update Personnel Since last fortnight we’ve successfully closed another engineer. They will be joining us as a Protocol Research Engineer, bolstering our ability…3 min read3 min read
May 10, 2021Cryptoeconomics Series P1: FLIP’s Token Model & Supply: To Cap or Not to Cap?Ah, dear reader. Whether you meant to or not, you have stumbled upon the first part of a series on Cryptoeconomics, mostly related to Chainflip, but be warned: this will get deep. Simon H, [10. …8 min read8 min read
May 3, 2021Chainflip Validator Auctions — A Quick ExplainerWe get a lot of questions about how the Validator auctions will work in Chainflip, so this post aims to clear up any confusion that might exist about them. If someone has questions about it, point them here. It’s worth noting that this post is being released a while before…3 min read3 min read