ARPA Monthly Report | November Progress Review
Dear ARPA Community,
To ensure that the ARPA community is well-informed on the team’s latest improvements, we update ARPA’s development dynamics and progress through our monthly report. Thank you all for your support!
Here is a look back at November. Enjoy!
01 ARPA Development Dynamics & Technology Progress
- Launched Randcast Playground website
- Displayed ‘Trusted By’ part on the randcast page of the ARPA Network website
- Added test cases of Randcast SharedConsumer contract
- Improved gas price estimator for EIP1559 transactions
- Supported Base mainnet and Base Goerli
02 Community, Marketing & Listings
Randcast Launched on Base: Propelling ARPA Network’s Multi-Ecosystem Advancement
On November 30th, ARPA Randcast was officially launched on Base! This marks the beginning of our expansion into OP Stack chains, and it also aligns with our goal to provide a more immersive experience for developers and users in the realm of fully on-chain games and Autonomous Worlds.
Games can play a crucial role in building a successful public chain ecosystem. However, competing in the on-chain gaming arena requires overcoming several challenges, such as performance limitations, poor game design, and a high entry threshold for new players. One of the main issues that contribute to these challenges is the lack of reliable and developer-friendly tools. Randcast is strategically positioned to address some of these problems by offering effective and user-friendly on-chain randomness oracle solutions.
Read more details below:
ARPA Partners With STP for AWNS Giveaway
On November 21st, ARPA organized a giveaway event in collaboration with STP for Autonomous World Name Service (AWNS). During the event, 10 Premium ARPA domain AWNS were given away to the lucky winners. Each AWNS is a unique NFT that enables the holder to easily connect with any Autonomous Worlds application or game. Moreover, the holder can earn experiences and badges across multiple games or use historical data to make DID and social profiles visible for open interaction and collaboration.
Watch this video to see how we selected the winners using Randcast Playground:
Opinion Article: Not All Random Number Generators Are Created Equal
Are you a developer who’s ever questioned the universe’s randomness? Brace yourself for a fascinating journey into the realm of Random Number Generators in our latest Hackernoon piece! Explore everything from ‘fair play’ in games to ‘luck’ in NFT drops as we uncover the secrets of RNGs. Plus, learn how Randcast is reshaping the future of blockchain for a fairer world. Whether you’re crafting the next viral game or pioneering a groundbreaking DApp, join the randomness revolution with ARPA’s Randcast. Who needs luck when you have rock-solid code?
ARPA Guide: Cryptography 101
Have you always wanted to learn more about Cryptography? In this opinion piece published on November 20th, we delve into the fascinating world of cryptography, an age-old practice of sending secret messages that have evolved significantly over the centuries. From its origins dating back to ancient Egypt and India, where philosophers recognized the value of concealed messages, to the rudimentary Caesar cipher, cryptography has come a long way. While classical ciphers relied on simple substitution techniques and were susceptible to decryption with enough time and effort, modern cryptography, which emerged around 1970, has ushered in a new era of complex encryption methods. With technological advancements, public key encryption systems now allow for secure communication by sharing encryption keys widely while keeping decryption keys private. Today, cryptography plays a crucial role in various applications, from blockchain technology to end-to-end encryption and hash functions, ensuring the protection of information in an increasingly interconnected world.
Read the article here:
ARPA CTO Spoke at Komorebi Hacker House Event
On November 17th, our CTO participated in a hacker house event hosted by Komorebi and sponsored by ARPA Network. The event brought together leading projects in the fields of Autonomous World and Fully-On-Chain-Game. In this event , builders from IOSG, Starknet foundation, Optimism, and Mask Network, among others, shared and discussed ideas related to what they were building. With collaborations and sharing happening between builders, we can expect new breakthroughs sooner rather than later.
ARPA Hosted Istanbul Nightopia
On November 16th, ARPA hosted Istanbul Nightopia with CyberConnect, DWFLabs, DODO, and EthSign. Held at an event venue with a rooftop view of the Bosphorus, Istanbul Nightopia connected community leaders, KOLs, leading projects in Autonomous Worlds, DeFi and Web3 Venture Capitalists. A big thank you to our sponsors, Bella Protocol, Particle Network, Delysium, and Owlto. With a live band, breathtaking view and top projects, Istanbul Nightopia gave all attendees a night to remember.
ARPA Co-Hosted AW Day With AW Research
On November 14th, ARPA co-hosted AW Day with AW Research. AW Day was one of the biggest Autonomous Worlds events held during Devconnect, bringing together leading builders, projects and venture capitalists in this field. AW Day featured panel discussions around exciting topics, such as Fully-On-Chain-Games, Tooling & Infrastructure, World Building, and AW Ventures.
In addition to the panel discussions, projects gave demos of their products and new releases. There were several exciting new developments, including game features and infrastructure tools, that got us excited about the future of Autonomous Worlds. One highlight was the demonstration of Randcast by our BD Lead, Jason Zhao, to all the attendees at the event. This helped to increase awareness of Randcast among fully on-chain game builders.
Check out this Twitter thread by AW Research compiling the exciting developments that were unveiled on AW Day. A big thank you to Starkware network, Adventure Gold DAO, Particle Network, and DODO for sponsoring this event.
ARPA Released Randcast Playground and Hosted Lucky Draw
On November 10th, we released the Randcast Playground, our latest demo that showcases the on-chain verifiable randomness oracle. This release makes on-chain randomness easily accessible to the user. With Randcast Playground, users can execute commands such as “draw” to select lucky draw winners and “cast” to roll a D6 die. Watch the video of a lucky draw using this tool, or try it out yourself at https://www.arpanetwork.io/play.
ARPA Partners With UQUID for Black Friday
We were happy to have partnered with UQUID to offer great deals for Black Friday on November 8th. From November 8th to November 30th, users were able to purchase items on UQUID using the ARPA token, with discounts of up to 80%. UQUID is a leading online marketplace that allows you to pay for products in crypto. Since 2016, Uquid has focused on developing an outstanding Web3 shopping infrastructure with millions of both physical and digital products with the objective to serve 50 million users by 2027.
Check out more here:
ARPA at Binance Blockchain Week
ARPA had an exciting presence at Binance Blockchain Week during the week of November 8th. It was a fantastic opportunity to meet our vibrant Turkish community and partners face-to-face at the event! We distributed lots of ARPA swag items and forged connections with numerous potential collaborators for future endeavors. Did you have a chance to visit our booth during the event?
ARPA Hosted Side Event in Turkey With Contentos, Kriptocuma and AltcoinTurk
On November 10th, ARPA co-hosted the first of many events in Istanbul, Turkey. Together with Contentos and KriptoCuma, we held a meeting with the Turkish community at Altcointurk. Contentos, a decentralized content ecosystem that empowers creators to earn from their content, and KriptoCuma, the platform connecting the Turkish Web3 community through local networking events, joined hands with ARPA for this initiative. We take great pride in our partnership with these two projects, as it brings us even closer to the heart of the Turkish community.
ARPA Selected Binance Blockchain Week Giveaway Winners Using Randcast
Back on November 1st, we announced the fortunate winners of our Binance Blockchain Week giveaway, thanks to the ARPA Randcast. A big congratulations goes out to Samir and Ilhan for snagging those coveted two event tickets! In the spirit of transparency, we have recorded the selection process that shows how the two winners were randomly selected using Randcast.
If you’re interested in getting hands-on with the tool, simply head over to the Randcast Subscription Portal and start interacting with the smart contract using Remix. It’s a great way to experience it firsthand!
CoinDesk Publishes Felix’s Opinion Article: In Crypto’s Autonomous Worlds, Creators Are Architects and Users Are Stakeholders
In an opinion piece published on CoinDesk on October 31st, ARPA CEO Felix Xu delved into the shortcomings of Web 2.0 and the re-emerging challenges associated with centralization. He underscored the adverse effects of the extraction model on various stakeholders, including users, businesses, developers, and creators. This model often led to limited revenue-sharing opportunities and the constant threat of deplatforming.
He also emphasized the pivotal shift towards decentralized Autonomous Worlds as a solution, where digital ecosystems operate independently under transparent parameters, enabling true user agency and unmediated creator-consumer interactions. In these novel environments, the distinction between creators and consumers blurs, fostering collaborative, community-driven content creation and equitable profit distribution. Autonomous Worlds not only embody the essence of Web 3.0 but also promise a return to the internet’s collaborative roots, empowering users to architect their digital experiences.
Read the opinion piece in full here:
About ARPA
ARPA Network (ARPA) is a decentralized secure computation network built to improve the fairness, security, and privacy of blockchains. ARPA threshold BLS signature network serves as the infrastructure of verifiable Random Number Generator (RNG), secure wallet, cross-chain bridge, and decentralized custody across multiple blockchains.
ARPA was previously known as ARPA Chain, a privacy-preserving Multi-party Computation (MPC) network founded in 2018. ARPA Mainnet has completed over 224,000 computation tasks in the past years. Our experience in MPC and other cryptography laid the foundation for our innovative threshold BLS signature schemes (TSS-BLS) system design and led us to today’s ARPA Network.
Randcast, a verifiable Random Number Generator (RNG), is the first application that leverages ARPA as infrastructure. Randcast offers a cryptographically generated random source with superior security and low cost compared to other solutions. Metaverse, game, lottery, NFT minting and whitelisting, key generation, and blockchain validator task distribution can benefit from Randcast’s tamper-proof randomness.
For more information about ARPA or to join our team, please contact us at contact@arpanetwork.io.
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