IoTeX Project Updates №30 {November 2020}

Greetings IoTeX community! We are back with our Monthly Project Update for November 2020.

IoTeX Project Updates №30 {November 2020}

Greetings IoTeX community! We are back with our Monthly Project Update for November 2020. Throughout the past month, we continued making enhancements to our products and the blockchain and completed the 1st phase of Burn-Drop! Let’s review the highlights of this past month and get ready for December ;)

Burn-Drop Tokenomics: Week 3 Update

Phase 1 is now complete! 90 Million $IOTX was burned and thousands of IoTeX stakers got $BTC $ETH $BUSD drops.

We are just getting started — Phase 2 incoming!

➡️ Explore the new Burn-Drop website

➡️ Burn-Drop smart contract

New to Burn-Drop? Wondering why thousands have staked >1.2 Billion IOTX? Make sure to read our blog:

Burn-Drop: Everything You Need To Know 🔥💧

The Wait Is Over!

Bringing Decentralized Governance to IoTeX Network 🌎

Find out about IoTeX’s new plans to bring decentralized governance and help us design a new foundation for community-driven governance!

Decentralized Governance of the IoTeX Network

➡️ Join the Governance Working Group: https://iotex.typeform.com/to/MwViH9HX

Thanks to IoTeX Delegate & Halo Grant recipient SmartStake for contributing these great tools for staking/voting transparency!

IoTeX SmartStake Analytics — a Delegate performance + rewards analytics dashboard for IoTeX.

@IotexAnalyticsBot — a Telegram Bot for IoTeX community

A Comprehensive Guide to Earning Great Returns On Your $IOTX

➡️ Read it now on IoTeX Forum: https://community.iotex.io/t/maximizing-returns-on-your-iotx/1634

With Burn-Drop, compound interest staking, and liquidity mining on mimo, there are now more ways than ever to earn great returns on the IoTeX Network.

IoTeX Ecosystem Page — Official Launch — your one-stop shop to explore the growing ecosystem of IoTeX devices, DApps, tokens, partners, and exchanges!

➡️ Full tutorial on Hackster: https://www.hackster.io/simone-romano/turn-a-raspberry-pi-into-an-iot-blockchain-gateway-6f19d5

IoTeX Joins Hackster: Hardware Developer Community 🔒

For our first project, we share how anyone can turn a Raspberry Pi into a Blockchain & IoT Gateway for secure IoT DApps.

➡️ Explore on Hackster: https://www.hackster.io/simone-romano/a-blockchain-powered-smart-lock-21fad9

Blockchain-Powered Smart Lock Project on Hackster! 🧑🏽‍💻

Use IoTeX to open/close a door lock via smart contract + Raspberry Pi — a great template for decentralized access control use cases.

➡️ More about ioTube: tube.iotex.io

ioTube Now Supports ETH Deposits + Withdrawals ✅

This means you can directly deposit ETH to ioTube and convert to ioETH, as well as convert your ioETH to ETH. Enjoy!

Read the full paper here http://intelligenttech.org/BCCA2020/proceedings/BCCApackingList/18_BCCA2020_RC_34.pdf

IoTeX Presented @ International Conference on Blockchain Computing & Applications (BCCA), hosted by IEEE. Publishing this research is yet another example of our commitment to transparency + innovation!

IoTeX presented at #REIMAGINE2020. Our Head of BD @Larry_IoTeX dives deep into the Blockchain + IoT industry, the importance of data ownership, and IoTeX’s ambitious future plans — a must-watch for newcomers and legacy members!

How will Blockchain & IoT impact the automotive industry? 🚗

Our Head of BD @Larry_IoTeX joins the Automotive Blockchain podcast to explain how IoTeX can make vehicles more reliable and interoperable.

How Blockchain Can Clean Up the Election Data Mess 💭

Regardless of who wins this monumental election, one thing is clear: a universally trusted beacon of election data is critical to ensuring the fidelity of our democratic processes. We share our thoughts on how blockchain can help in a new blog.

Blockchain Can Clean Up the Election Data Mess

At the time of writing, around Noon PT on November 4th, the presidential race teeters on a razor’s edge. In the…

In modern society, has the definition of the “American Dream” changed?

IoTeX’s new blog explains why the privacy and “the right of the people to be secure in their own persons and houses” is the modern American Dream. #OwnYourData

Privacy Is the American Dream

150 million Americans made their voice heard on November 4th in a stunningly close and contentious election. But the…

Confidential Computing Redefines Decentralization ⚡️

In our new blog, we share how these two emerging technologies are redefining decentralization as we know it.

Confidential Computing Redefines Decentralization

Every blockchain company worth its salt claims to be decentralized in one way or another. While decentralization is a…

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IoTeX shares our insights with Digital Privacy News, as they investigative privacy + security issues in electronic tolls. Hint: blockchain can help!

Toll Roads Going Electronic, Raising Privacy, Security Issues

Man-operated toll booths, though not this bullet-riddled one from the death of Sonny Corleone in 1972's "The…

digitalprivacy.news

Police departments across America are partnering with Amazon Ring to monitor our neighborhoods 24/7 — is the USA becoming a surveillance state?

IoTeX shares our thoughts with LifeWire on the irreversible risks to our privacy + freedom

https://www.lifewire.com/police-plan-to-use-ring-cameras-raises-privacy-concerns-5086386

Ucam Reviewed by Hashoshi (50K+ Youtube subs)!

➡️ Watch now on YouTube: https://youtu.be/r1JxTahjzFI?t=1400
“All in all, as a private security camera, it’s really really good. This 1080p camera looks better than some of the 4K cameras I’ve tried online!”
➡️ Watch now on YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tm_eTTly2io&ab_channel=MakeUseOf

Ucam Featured by MakeUseOf, Popular Tech Experts!

As Ucam sales on Amazon grow by the day, so do the number of extraordinary reviews from mainstream tech publications — mass adoption and mass love for Ucam!

➡️ Read the full review: https://sarahscoop.com/ucam-security-camera-product-review/

Amazing review of Ucam by lifestyle influencer SarahScoop (70k+ Twitter followers!

The mass market is loving Ucam! We have received amazing reviews from mainstream product reviewers like NerdTechy, 911studios, The Net Guy, and more. It’s great to see non-crypto users appreciate the beauty and utility of blockchain!

“I have tried a lot of security cameras and Ucam is amazing. It’s so easy to set up and started working in just a few minutes. Plus, look how stylish it is!” — Sarah Scoop

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