Hello again,

Last week the æternity core developers were in Krakow, Poland and worked on the final preparations and testing for the Minerva protocol upgrade (fork).

They also dedicated some of their time to plan the features of the next scheduled fork that will happen in May 2019 - Fortuna.

Find more details below:

MINERVA FORK TESTING AND PLANNING FOR FORTUNA

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The AE Team

Hello everyone,

Go through the video footage of the last Sofia Crypto Meetup dedicated to the æternity Mainnet.

It's a valuable resource containing a detailed review of many of the protocol's main features and advantages:

SOFIA CRYPTO MEETUP - ÆTERNITY MAINNET

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The AE Team

Hey,
We are constantly working on providing Stratum support and facilitating miners to deploy an æternity node in a home environment.
Stay tuned for more information soon.

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The AE Team

Hello everyone,

Last week, our friends from hack.bg had a very productive and interesting workshop on æternity's Sophia language.

Now, we have the video footage and everyone can use it as a useful learning material. Find it below:

SOPHIA SMART CONTRACT LANGUAGE AND COMPARISON TO SOLIDITY

Have you played already with Sophia? Share your experience 

The AE Team

Hello everyone,

GREAT NEWS - æternity æmbassadors all around the world are organizing decentralized hackathons this coming weekend 

It’s an opportunity for all of you to learn about æternity blockchain, create real-life solutions to address business and social problems, generate sustained innovation and join a network of peers in the blockchain/crypto world.

Plus, the winners will have the opportunity to join the Starfleet incubator!!!

Check the details below - we are looking forward to hearing from you!

ÆTERNITY ÆMBASSADORS DECENTRALIZED HACKATHONS - MARCH 2-3

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The AE Team

Hey everyone,

æternity’s Founder Yanislav Malahov will be one of the speakers at TOKEN2049

TOKEN2049 is one of Asia’s major crypto events gathering leading voices and pioneers of the token economy! It will take place on March 13th and 14th, 2019 in Hong Kong.

Learn more here.

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The AE Team

Hey everyone,

We introduce the start of the creation of the æternity Manifesto.

Together with members of the æternity community, we have already started an initial draft at the æpps Summit and we would like to invite you to join us!

THE ÆTERNITY MANIFESTO

This manifesto is not a marketing tool, but rather a collection of the beliefs and values that the project is driven by.

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The AE Team

Yes, we would like to know that as well.

Thanks in advance

Hack.bg also shared a nice and detailed summary of their workshop on Sophia language.

A very useful resource for everyone willing to learn Sophia, check it out:

ÆTERNITY SOPHIA ML WORKSHOP

Best,
The AE Team

Hello everyone,

For those of you who couldn't join the second Public Dev Hangout, you can watch the recording here:

PUBLIC DEVELOPER HANGOUT RECORDING

All future sessions will also be recorded and uploaded to the playlist.

We are looking forward to talking to you next week and to answering your questions 

Best regards,
The AE Team

Hello again,

Here is the agenda for today’s Public Developer Hangout:

- state channels update by Ulf
- core team development update by Sergei
- SDK team development update by John

Please ask your questions on these topics or any others related to development here in this Forum thread.

And tune in at 5:30 PM CET here: https://meet.jit.si/ae-dev-hangout

Talk to you later  
The AE Team

Hello everyone,

Our friends from Hack.bg are organizing a workshop on Sophia language in Sofia, Bulgaria tonight 

Come learn more about æternity’s Smart Contract language and how it is different from Solidity.

Find details below here.

Best regards,
The AE Team

Hello again,

The first scheduled fork of the æternity protocol will happen this coming Thursday and the core dev team is preparing actively for it.

Here are some of the changes that will be introduced with Minerva:

• all Phase 1 AE tokens will be migrated to the Mainnet,
• a number of consensus-breaking changes will be introduced - improvements on the AEVM, Sophia language and state channels,
• an easier way for miners to set the minimum gas price they are willing to accept for their mining efforts will be introduced

Learn more below:

THE MINERVA FORK IMPROVEMENTS, WINDOWS NODE AND NEW APIS

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The AE Team

One more deadline is fast approaching 

æternity’s contest for passionate Blockchain Writers ends TOMORROW!

Check the details here and participate!

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The AE Team

Hello everyone,

Don’t forget that the second Public Developer Hangout is taking place tomorrow - February 20th!

This time it will be in the afternoon - 5.30 PM CET!

Come talk to æternity's core dev and æpps teams and ask all your questions!

Same place - find the link to the call here.

Talk to you tomorrow,
The AE Team

Hello,

For all of you who missed the last Sofia Crypto Meetup here’s the recording:

SOFIA CRYPTO MEETUP - ÆTERNITY MAINNET

We reviewed the Roma Release, State Channels, Sophia, oracles and more!

Best regards,
The AE Team

Hey,
We are trying to get more exchanges to list the Mainnet AE token but we don't really have control when that would happen.
We'll keep you updated.

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The AE Team

Hello everyone,

The æHub Africa’s virtual Hackathon What The Hack! was a great success!!!

The event attracted nearly 200 sign-ups out of which the judges narrowed down 4 ideas that could integrate blockchain into their solutions 

Get more details and photos here:

RESULTS: VIRTUAL HACKATHON WHAT THE HACK!

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The AE Team

Hello everyone,

The first Hardfork of the æternity network is fast approaching!

The Minerva release will close Phase 1 of AE Token Migration and contains a number of consensus-breaking changes that improve AEVM, the Sophia language, and state channels.

Find below more details about the new release and its activation:

ÆTERNITY BLOCKCHAIN'S FIRST HARDFORK AND MINERVA RELEASE

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The AE Team

Hey,

You can use the Base aepp.
And here is a tutorial on how to create your paper wallet.

Best regards,
The AE Team