This week another batch of innovative projects went live on xDai. We are in a constant state of 🤯 at the level of talent, creativity, and effort put forth by the development community. Many amazing Eth-based devs are finding their way to the xDai network and the easy deployment environment, growing community of users, green consensus, and experimental opportunities on a low-cost, real-world-value chain.
Drawing inspiration from NFT projects on xDai, we sometimes get into our own creative mindsets and imagine the chain as a blank canvas. The xDai core devs prepare the canvas, setup the easel, and provide the paints by ensuring protocol security and optimizing tools for building.
The 3rd party devs bringing their talents to xDai are the artists👩🏻🎨. They create their masterpieces, often iterating over time, to create new and innovative applications. The ability to {iterate,innovate}
without incurring high costs is one of xDai’s primary strengths. Projects can try new things and provide services to users (burner wallets, heavy NFT mints, RTS gameplay🪐, subsidized txs) that aren’t currently feasible on the Ethereum mainnet, while still maintaining compatibility and interoperability.
We’d like to welcome several wonderful new artists to the xDai community this week.
The Genuino project combines IoT and blockchain, physical and digital, in a new and ground-breaking way. In an exclusive partnership with ACF Fiorentina, Jerseys worn by ACF Fiorentina players will be certified and authenticated using IoT tech and available to fans to purchase and trade along with exclusive digital memorabilia (NFTs). Genuino has amazing implications for the future of NFTs, memorabilia and collectibles in sport, music, fashion and beyond. Remember, you saw it on xDai first!
Kleros has been living quietly on xDai for several weeks; this week they announced their official arrival. Kleros is a decentralized arbitration protocol, allowing users to resolve disputes in a fast, affordable and secure way. The xDai network allows the protocol to set and pay fees with the native xDai stable token, giving jurors piece-of-mind regarding payment for their efforts. Kleros is another hybrid project, combining the best of blockchain tech and human innovation to bring more transparency and justice to the world.
Many other projects helped enhance the network this week, providing new tools, wallets and integrations to improve the xDai chain artisanal experience. A big Thank You 👏 all the developers and projects, big and small, creating works of art on xDai!
July 23 Weekly Highlights
Protocol
Staking on xDai just got interesting. When a validator with a low staking amount is randomly selected to the set of 19, the low-stake pool receives an extreme APR! New staking strategies are sure to emerge as delegators explore the unique POSDAO Mechanics.
NFT OmniBridge is in public beta. Move NFTs between testnets as well as xDai <-> ETH. Also, let us know your feedback so we can continue to improve on this first-of-its-kind bridge.
Projects
Genuino Launch on xDai! Combining NFTs and real-world sporting events is the next step in the evolution of sports memorabilia (a 5B+ annual market in the US alone).
Kleros integration on xDai brings stable juror prices and scalability to this unique arbitration platform.
CowSwap is a DEX Aggregator that offers protection against transaction frontrunning. It supports xDai on top of the Gnosis protocol, matching trades via batch auctions for a variety of on-chain liquidity sources.
DAppNode released a new NodeRunner package for xDAI on the Nethermind client. It’s never been easier to run a full xDai node.
Chainlink’s BTC/USD xDai feed is now supported by Perpetual Protocol, 1Hive and Cream Finance.
The latest Dune Analytics Dashboard features Curve on xDai. Curve has been making inroads into the xDai ecosystem, eclipsing 1M in trading volume and growing liquidity. CRV Gauge Weight voting is now underway - your vote makes a difference!.
Eporio improved their interface to display more NFTs from the xDai universe, including POAPs, Gitcoin Kudos, Nifty.Inks and more.
Supertoken is a multi-chain app now live on xDai. The project includes an easy-to-use Token Generator & Token Multisender for all xDai users.
Wallet creators continued to add xDai at a rapid clip. DinoWallet, OKEx Wallet, and rabby.io all announced xDai support.
HashAvatars are experimenting with NFTs as in-game characters. Give one of their free games a try!