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We are thrilled to announce the four latest members of the Stratis Decentralized Accelerator (SDA) programme; Opdex, Kiqqi Games, Red Ego Games and FileProtected. These new members have all passed voting and will benefit from the SDA pool (currently over $10,000,000 remaining) to help incubate and fund projects through their initial development phase

Stratis Monthly - September It’s been a busy August in the Stratis camp — from new development updates to upcoming events — we have lots of news to share.Unity SDK updateWe were thrilled to announce an update to the Unity SDK, which enables native interaction with Stratis Smart Contracts. Soon to be available via the Unity Asset Store, developers can add Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) to their games, allowing players to swap or exchange items like swords or shields in secondary markets. The integration also allows game developers to introduce innovative new tokenised models for games like play-to-earn.Stratis InterFlux V2Meanwhile, Stratis InterFlux became the first product under the Stratis Blockchain Technologies framework to incorporate our Oracles feature. Stratis’ Oracle feature has been employed to query real-time pricing of both the current Ethereum gas price, which is highly volatile and in addition, the current USD value of the STRAX Token. These crucial metrics enable a dynamic fee to be applied to all trustless conversion requests, resulting in fair and consistent fees being applied based upon actual market data.wSTRAX liquidity prizeTo celebrate the launch of the first wSTRAX liquidity pool, we made a $50,000 prize available to liquidity providers who added at least 1000 wSTRAX before 17 August 2021 and that remain in the pool until 23.59 BST Friday 17 September. Rewards will be gained on a weighted basis — click here for more information.Trivia Legends proposal passes Stratis Decentralized Accelerator voteWe’re excited that Kiqqi Game’s proposal for Trivia Legends was accepted by a vote and awarded $250,000 worth of STRAX from the Stratis Decentralized Accelerator to build the Trivia Legends game using Stratis. From a game developer with over 13m downloads, this game will reinvent trivia using the power of NFTs on Stratis to enhance gameplay and deliver more value to players. Look out for further updates.Red Ego Games wins Stratis Decentralised Accelerator voteRed Ego is the second developer to pass our Accelerator vote this month and will leverage STRAX to build one of the most expansive NFT RPG games to date Project NFT Ship leveraging Unity SDK and Stratis NFTs. Red Ego Games is an established London based indie studio and is the developer behind Re:Turn - One Way Trip and Re:Turn 2 - Runaway. Red Ego Games is determined to make games story rich and immersive experiences you won’t easily forget.Stratis joins APPG BlockchainThis new partnership sees Stratis contribute its knowledge and experience of deploying blockchain for innovative use cases such as Blockchain-as-a-Service and DeFi, to the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Blockchain (APPG Blockchain). APPG Blockchain is comprised of organisations such as Capita, the IOTA Foundation and the British Standards Institute (BSI), who work together to provide tangible recommendations to policy-makers working on the UK’s approach to blockchain.Azure Cloud Summit 2021From 13-19 September, we will be attending the Azure Cloud Summit 2021 conference as main sponsor. With more than 100,000 attendees and 150 speakers, the 11-day virtual event will feature panel sessions, Q&As and breakout rooms for those who want to learn Azure Cloud from beginner to architect level. Don’t forget to tune into our demo sessions on smart contracts and Stratis Unity SDK taking place on 20th and See you there!

wSTRAX UniSwap Liquidity CompetitionA USD 50,000 prize pool has been made available to celebrate the launch of the first wSTRAX liquidity pool, rewarding those who add liquidity to wSTRAX/ETH pair pool.

Stratis InterFlux v2 Stratis's interoperability solution, Stratis InterFlux, has become the first product under the Stratis Blockchain Technologies framework to incorporate Stratis' Oracles feature. Through the introduction of Stratis' Oracles, dynamic fee application has been introduced, resulting in drastically lower fees for the end-user. Stratis' Oracle feature has been employed to query real-time pricing of both the current Ethereum gas price, which is highly volatile and in addition, the current USD value of the STRAX Token. These crucial metrics enable a dynamic fee to be applied to all trustless conversion requests, resulting in fair and consistent fees being applied based upon actual market data. Stratis' approach to achieving cross-chain transactions is not a new concept, with Stratis being one of the first within the blockchain space to fully integrate trustless cross-chain support through its Smart Contract Sidechain(s). Unlike other cross-blockchain solutions that rely upon a centralized service to handle cross-chain transaction requests, Stratis' implementation is wholly decentralized and trustless, with transactions being conducted in an autonomous and unbiased manner. Over USD 10M has been transacted through Stratis' existing solution within recent months. Stratis InterFlux builds on top of this well-established feature within the Stratis Blockchain Technologies framework. While this release predominantly focuses on the release of InterFlux v2, the employment of Stratis' Oracles excites those within Stratis, as the applicability of additional use-cases through the utilization of Stratis' Oracles becomes a vivid reality. The ability to query external services, such as data points provided by world-renowned data providers, such as Bloomberg, opens many use-cases. Stratis will, in future, compile and present use-case studies highlighting the benefits of utilizing Stratis Oracles. An updated wallet release accompanies the InterFlux v2 Release; a full production release of the STRAX Wallet is now available, enabling anyone to perform a wSTRAX conversion with ease. As usual, the updated STRAX Wallet is available on all major platforms and can be obtained from the wallets page below: STRAX Wallet wSTRAX Tokens can also be effortlessly exchanged back to the STRAX Token through the InterFlux WebApp. In addition, a Liquidity Competition will be launched next week (w/c 9th August 2021) with a USD 50,000 prize pool, celebrating the launch of InterFlux v2 and rewarding those who add liquidity to the wSTRAX/ETH pair pool. Stay tuned to ensure you don't miss out on a share of the prize pool.

Unity SDK brings Stratis Smart Contracts to games We blogged recently about the release of the Stratis SDK for cross-platform game engine Unity, demonstrating basic transaction and data exchange functionality. Today we’re excited to announce an update to the Unity SDK that enables native interaction with Stratis Smart Contracts, opening a world of possibilities for game developers including the integration of Non Fungible Tokens (NFTs). Axie Infinity has taken the world by storm with more than 250,000 active daily players and monthly revenues exceeding $50 million in July. The game uses smart contract functionality and NFTs to enable a ‘play-to-earn’ model, where users are rewarded with tokens as they progress. NFT’s bring ownership and digital scarcity to in-game items like swords or shields, enabling these items to be swapped or exchanged by users in secondary markets. Collecting has always been a key feature of successful games (e.g. baseball cards, football stickers, Warcraft) and NFT’s can provide strong network effects and drive revenue for game developers. Today, the cheapest Axie NFTs cost in the region of $200 each with three required to play. The most expensive NFTs representing ‘mystic class’ Axies are worth in the region of $50,000. The game’s play-to-earn incentive is so strong that NFT owners now rent their Axies to other players seeking to earn from playing. With the Stratis Unity SDK, game developers can harness Stratis Smart Contracts to automate a wide range of transactions for a fraction of a Cent, including the issuance of in-game NFTs, opening a wide range of innovative use cases. Examples include: Play-to-earn: reward players with tokens to incentivize engagement Prizes: token prizes for highest ranked players NFTs: create, issue and transfer ownership of NFT’s The Stratis Unity SDK is expected to be available via the Unity Asset Store over coming weeks (application in progress). In the meantime, developers can get started with the Unity SDK here.

Stratis 3.0 It has been over five years since Stratis broke onto the scene, making waves within the blockchain space with the innovative development of blockchain solutions and a unique blockchain platform. Stratis' platform, uniquely tailored to Microsoft technologies, remains one-of-a-kind and the only solution for .NET developers who aspire to build blockchain solutions in a programming language they're familiar with and can trust. The past 12-18 months have seen a significant uptake in blockchain technology exposure, accredited to innovations within Decentralized Finance offerings and a realization of Non-Fungible Token applicability; these key developments created a recent surge in utilization and an understanding of the real benefits of blockchain technology. Stratis strives to remain innovative and push the boundaries for further development of its platform and product solutions. The following highlights Stratis' development's primary focus: ensuring its platform caters for expected growth and remains relevant by providing industry-firsts. Project Graphene The launch of Project Graphene focuses on the enhancements to the Stratis Full Node, the core of all Stratis Blockchain Technologies. Project Graphene will concentrate on the following areas: Applicability Stratis has achieved its goal of providing a platform for blockchain solutions to be developed upon, utilizing common Microsoft languages on the .NET Core Framework. This achievement has secured Stratis' position as the go-to blockchain solution for blockchain development in C#. As part of Project Graphene, there will be a focus on providing SDK's for alternate programming languages, reducing the barrier for entry for developers more proficient with other programming languages. The further development of the existing Python SDK (pyStratis) and JavaScript SDK (bitcore-strax) will be an initial focus. Scale & Security The ability to scale is always something that remains at the forefront of Stratis' development decisions. An initial decision to segregate Smart Contract execution from the mainchain has enabled Stratis to provide an environment that can scale with security assurances provided through the mainchain. Project Graphene will focus on enhancements to Stratis' existing employed consensus algorithms, Proof-of-Stake and Proof-of-Authority. To ensure the possibility of infinite scale, catering for the vast growth that has been witnessed on Stratis' Smart Contract sidechain, Stratis is focusing on breaking out of fixed mining timeslots, ensuring that IDGB Members can produce blocks competitively, opposed to within given timeslots. This development makes it possible for a further reduction in block time while overcoming the challenges regarding on-chain time consensus and ultimately increasing throughput as the network scales. Stratis' sidechain solution(s), secured by the InterFlux Decentralized Governance Board, offers a genuine level of decentralization, unlike other platforms within the blockchain space. The successful implementation of Stratis System Contracts will be utilized to bring vital improvements to both User-Experience and security of both the mainchain and respective sidechains. There will be a focus on integrating the following System Contracts. Federation Staking The Stratis mainchain is already secured by a significant percentage of the total supply, upwards of 40%. However, through the introduction of Federation Staking, tokens that reside in the InterFlux MultiSig will also be staked with staked rewards trustlessly distributed to participating InterFlux MultiSig members, further increasing to total stake. System Contracts will also be utilized to manage the MultiSig, making it possible for the MultiSig to become dynamic and scale to more significant numbers, further increasing the security of InterFlux funds. Collateral Staking Enforcement In addition to the staking of the InterFlux MultiSig funds, Stratis is exploring additional participation requirements for the InterFlux Decentralized Governance Board. Further conditions will mean that IDGB Members will also have to stake their collateral on the mainchain for their blocks to be validated on the InterFlux chains they secure. Stratis will only look to enforce such additional conditions with the introduction of collateral delegation, meaning that staked funds can reside within cold storage. Project Titanium Stratis keeps a keen eye on developments within the blockchain space, particularly regarding the innovation and design decisions being made with the prominent platforms within the industry. As an example, this led to the successful implementation of Segregated Witness on the Stratis Mainchain and influenced various internal design decisions. Among the high-profile developments within the blockchain space as a whole is Ethereum 2.0. Stratis successfully achieved interoperability with the Ethereum blockchain some months ago through its InterFlux hub; however, Project Titanium is taking a radical approach. Stratis is excited to announce that the scope of Project Titanium will be to create an additional sidechain, known as Web Assembly Sidechain (WAS), based upon Ethereum 2.0, utilizing the eWASM. This radical development will bring unrivalled performance, using a standardized instruction set architecture, enabling more programming languages out of the box, such as C, C++, Rust, and GO. The initiative to embed Web Assembly support within Stratis Blockchain Technologies has been a hot topic within internal conversations for some time. A strategic decision was made to combine Stratis' enterprise-focused development platform with the research and development that have gone into creating the specification of Ethereum 2.0. More importantly, the WAS chain will offer direct support for all contracts deployed on the Ethereum 2.0 blockchain, enabling immediate migration possibilities and presenting such migrations as a viable solution. In addition to contract support, applications built to support Ethereum, such as MetaMask and many others, will be supported natively. Ethereum 2.0 progress will be closely followed, with an internal testing deployment of a WAS based on Ethereums Goerli Network already in the pipeline. Stratis intends to continue to utilize the existing block validation mechanisms and ensure that IDGB continues to secure all chains attached to the Stratis Mainchain. By taking this approach, Stratis provides a genuinely decentralized alternative to Ethereum and other platforms that have created chains based on Ethereum, such as the Binance Smart Chain. Existing IDGB members will provide block validation and creation with all chains under the InterFlux branding, resulting in a single pool of Masternodes securing all chains. Such an approach provides high levels of decentralization and mitigates risks and scrutiny associated with highly centralized chains and solutions. Project Rhodium Blockchain technology can transform traditional processes through its capability of providing trustless relationships between participating entities. The benefits of such trustless-ness are evident in both user experience and significant reductions in cost for those leveraging the technology. Stratis' Rhodium project focuses on the further development of turn-key solutions that Stratis provides. Several solutions fall into the scope of Rhodium; specific updates can be seen below: Onboarding and Compliance Solution By pairing Stratis' Identity Solution with its Smart Contract solution(s), Stratis can demonstrate and provide the benefits of blockchain within specific industries. Stratis' compliance solution will focus on tying people and/or physical items to digital identity that can be referenced on-chain through Smart Contract interaction. Stratis' demo application will focus on the staff onboarding and respective employment checks necessary within large organizations. Within large organizations, the methodology of making staff compliant to work to framework standard is flawed for many reasons. Through Stratis Blockchain Technologies and Artificial Intelligence governance services, Stratis' solution can place the control of performing compliance checks in the employer's hands, removing duplication of effort and achieving substantial financial savings. The existing process is reliant upon manual reviews taking place, ensuring compliance status and validity. Such methods can be replaced and become autonomous by utilizing Smart Contracts employed in Stratis' Onboarding and Compliance solution. Non-Fungible Token Marketplace Stratis has seen growth in NFT utilization within many industries, but specifically within the art industry. Beeple | The First 5000 Days is an NFT that sold for over $69M in March 2021, highlighting that NFTs are to be taken seriously and also that there is a need for a decentralized marketplace where NFTs can be exchanged in a trustless and decentralized manner. Several platforms already offer an NFT Marketplace; however, Stratis' vision is to provide a platform in a non-profit manner, removing any fee incorporation and maximizing profit realization for the sellers and buyers utilizing the platform. Marketplace functionality such as NFT sales and bidding will all be handled autonomously via Stratis Smart Contracts, enabling content creators to embed receipt of future sale revenue and ensuring buyers that purchases made are fair and non-bias. Unity Gaming Development Tooling The recent delivery of Stratis' Unity SDK received huge praise through its community channels, attracting new Unity Developers to its Discord server who complimented the solution. It has been highlighted that the SDK delivered by Stratis outshone competitor solutions; this was without native Smart Contract support. Stratis is also focusing on non-gaming use-cases where the Unity Gaming Engine is utilized; industries such as film and computer-aided design (CAD) are of particular focus. To provide some context, the recently released remake of The Lion King utilized the Unity Gaming Engine to create background scenes. Development has already begun extending the Unity SDK functionality with a dedicated team focused on developing games that either utilize NFTs to represent in-game assets or incorporate a token as in-game currency and/or reward. Stratis is set to continue innovating and delivering practical and valuable blockchain technologies. Several events are already scheduled, including a Hackathon featuring industry-specific prizes and exciting sponsors. As always, the development items are subject to change as Stratis aligns itself with the expected market direction. The Stratis Decentralized Accelerator is already taking off, with a new proposal occurring on a near-weekly basis; it's fantastic to see Strati's hard work being leveraged and appreciated by newcomers to the platform.

Stratis Development Update It's been an exciting year at Stratis! This quarter has seen significant investment in time focusing on collaboration and exposure, with multiple community engagements and event sponsorship, ranging from IoT focused events to code quality and performance conferences. Stratis is committed to maintaining this level of development community engagement, ensuring steady organic growth in the utilization of Stratis Blockchain Technologies. It has been fantastic to see both OpDex and FileProtected be the first two projects to take advantage of the Stratis Decentralized Accelerator and receive approval from the InterFlux Decentralized Governance Board - enabling the funding of their respective projects. Stratis is keen to see more projects appearing within their Discord Server, proposing projects to receive further funding from the SDA. A summary of development highlights can be found below, providing some insight into what is to come. Stratis Oracles The first implementation of Stratis Oracles has been incorporated into the InterFlux solution, enabling real-time queries of fiat and token prices. This crucial development makes it possible for InterFlux fees to remain dynamic, unlike other solutions that implement fixed costs, resulting in significant fluctuation due to volatile markets. Furthermore, Stratis Oracles can be effortlessly extended to facilitate market-leading API's making it possible to retrieve data bespoke to specific industries. Stratis now has a release candidate for the InterFlux Hub, incorporating the dynamic fees, ensuring fair and consistent fees. Stratis IoT Stratis' IoT Development has progressed considerably, resulting in an ultra-lightweight blockchain client capable of relaying data from various IoT devices. Stratis' development of the ultra-lightweight client unleashes a plethora of exciting and innovative use-cases. A demonstration of how the Stratis IoT client can forward temperature and humidity data to a Smart Contract, ensuring a tamper-proof and auditable record can be stored on-chain, will be made available in the coming weeks. Mobile DEX Wallet OpDex, the first approved project through the Stratis Decentralized Accelerator, has made great strides in developing their decentralized exchange, recently releasing source and documentation for audit. Stratis has continued to support OpDex, with weekly calls and access to core developers to ensure both OpDex and future product developers have the necessary tools and documentation to achieve seamless integration with Stratis Blockchain Technologies. This includes the further development of the Stratis Mobile Wallet, offering support for the OpDex protocol. Python SDK pyStratis, the Python SDK for Stratis Full Node, is now publicly available, with special thanks to community developer contributions. Functionality such as building and signing transactions, interacting with Smart Contracts and obtaining a blockchain state is effortlessly achieved through pyStratis. Furthermore, the STRAX Blockchain and Cirrus Sidechain are fully supported. In addition, InterFlux Hub support has been made available to cater for transactions between Stratis and other blockchains, such as Ethereum. Proof-of-Stake V4 An initial focus on enhancing Stratis' existing Proof-of-Stake implementation was placed on hold due to a strategic stance targeting Stratis' sidechain consensus algorithm, Proof-of-Authority. The InterFlux Decentralized Governance Board has grown exponentially, with a growth of over 300% since the introduction of Stratis' unique trustless dynamic membership procedure. As such, a focus on Stratis' PoA implementation was necessary to ensure the network continues to scale and handle IDGB Member variances. As Stratis moves into H2 2021, its focus will remain on engaging with development communities. With a variety of conferences and a global hackathon with some impressive sponsors already in the pipeline. Stratis will also publish an updated development roadmap, highlighting the strategic focus as Stratis moves into the latter part of 2021.

Stratis is delighted to announce the release of a Python SDK, enabling Python Developers to begin utilizing Stratis Blockchain Technologies in a programming language they are already familiar with.

Unity SDK for Stratis Blockchain Technologies Unity is a cross-platform game engine with a built-in IDE developed by Unity Technologies. It is used to create video games for web plugins, desktop platforms, consoles and mobile devices. It is arguably, one of the most popular gaming engines currently available, along with Unreal and GameMaker. Stratis has successfully further developed our Unity 3D support to include a light wallet and SDK for Stratis Blockchain Technologies. This achievement enables both the STRAX Token to be supported within game development and the InterFlux Hub, enabling endless use-cases through the utilization of Stratis Smart Contracts in C#. Non-Fungible Tokens are an area of particular interest for those developing games with in-game valuables. By introducing an NFT, in-game items can be genuinely owned by the player, removing the risk of losing earned items through forgotten login details and account deactivations. The release of the Stratis Unity SDK is accompanied by an instructional video demonstrating how Stratis Blockchain Technologies can be simply leveraged during game development. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNpdUokMQlE If you're interested in developing a solution utilizing Stratis Blockchain Technologies, be sure to check out the Stratis Decentralized Accelerator!

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Stratis Decentralized Accelerator Do you have a blockchain project or idea? Want to get that funded? The Stratis Decentralized Accelerator (SDA) has over $13,000,000 available to incubate and fund projects through their initial development phase. Stratis understands the difficulties associated with investing significant amounts of time into developing a project, taking it from a concept to a fully working product. This is a journey that Stratis has undertaken, building their Microsoft .NET Core focused Blockchain solution from the ground up—enabling .NET developers to leverage their existing skillset to build blockchain solutions within a familiar and secure environment. What is the SDA? Stratis' Smart Contract Sidechain, known as InterFlux, provides projects, individuals and organizations with the ability to deploy either new or existing blockchain solutions or dapps to the sidechain with reduced fees and congestion. The InterFlux Sidechain is maintained and secured by a group of trustless operators, known as the InterFlux Decentralized Governance Board (IDGB). The IDGB is an everchanging set of block producing and validating Masternodes that secure the InterFlux chain. Anyone can join the IDGB in a genuinely trustless manner by providing collateral and maintaining uptime. The SDA enables projects to obtain funding for their developments that utilize Stratis Blockchain Technologies. Stratis' unique approach leverages their InterFlux Decentralized Governance Board (IDGB) to approve and grant funding to those who put forward proposals. Requirements to participate While there are no exact requirements; we would recommend projects meet the below criteria before engaging and presenting their proposal: A whitepaper detailing the product and/or service Functioning website Requested funding amount Video presentation These will undoubtedly be questions posed by the Stratis Community and the InterFlux Decentralized Governance Board. Where and how to apply The best way to engage with the Stratis Community and, more importantly, the "IDGB" who determine the proposal result is via the Stratis Discord Server's SDA Proposal category. A direct invite link can be found below: Discord Invitation Proposal requests begin their lifecycle here. Projects that gain attention and appeal from the IDGB will have their dedicated channel created. This enables your project to communicate with the dynamic IDGB, answering questions and queries relating to your project and respective proposal. Additionally, an operation guide, aimed at those wishing to create a proposal can be found below: Stratis Academy.

Stratis Q1 Releases Stratis is pleased to provide an update on the development activities that have taken place over the past 3-Months. It's been an exciting time for Stratis, with the launch of the STRAX Blockchain enhancements, to the announcement of a 7-figure investment from Alphabit, a billion USD AUM fund and one of the world's first regulated digital asset investment funds. The below update encompasses the deliverables Stratis committed to developing and delivering within the first quarter of 2021. Stratis Infra Contracts The development and support of Stratis Infra Contracts enable Stratis to deploy changes and enhancements to the Stratis mainchain without the need for intrusive low-level code changes. In a nutshell, Infra Contracts' implementation allows whitelisted contracts to be executed on the Stratis Mainchain. Increasing Decentralization The Stratis mainchain is based upon the architecture of Bitcoin, arguably the most secure blockchain known to date. As a result, there is limited scripting ability, as this was not the intention behind the Bitcoin architecture's design decisions. As a result, there are some limitations on the levels of decentralization that can be achieved when leveraging the Stratis Mainchain—using the InterFlux Hub as an example, although a high level of decentralization is already achieved, the introduction of an 'InterFlux Infra Contract' on the Stratis Mainchain, provides an ability to grow and scale the InterFlux Hub exponentially. Stratis Infra Contracts is deployed on the Stratis testnet Mainchain and is undergoing testing before targetting a release on the Stratis Mainchcain. The source-code for the Infra Contracts development can be viewed here. Stratis DAO The Stratis Decentralized Autonomous Organization is now available, enabling developers and teams to put forth proposals for funding the development of products and features utilizing Stratis Blockchain Technologies. A Focus on DeFi Stratis is encouraging developers to build and deploy DeFi solutions using Stratis Blockchain Technologies. The first on-chain proposal took place in early February, which saw the approval of OpDex, driven by a community developer; who has subsequently dedicated himself to delivering an Automated-Market-Making Decentralized Exchange to Stratis' Smart Contract chain. Over $8M remains available in the Stratis DAO, providing aspiring Stratis Smart Contract developers with a viable option to fund their blockchain development ventures utilizing Stratis Blockchain Technologies. Genuinely Decentralized The STRAX Token launch incorporated several feature improvements and introduced new and innovative functionality. The implementation of 'Dynamic Membership' on the Stratis Smart Contract Sidechain laid the foundation for a genuinely trustless and decentralized governance model. This crucial development has enabled over 130 unique Masternodes to participate in block validation, further increasing decentralization levels on the network and removing any essence of bias. These changes were essential in priming the network for other decentralized autonomous functionality while also creating a vast global self-validating network. The group of 130+ Masternodes grows weekly and represents what is known as the 'InterFlux Hub', an interface into multiple blockchains, providing interoperable functionality in a trustless manner. On-Chain Governance Proposals submitted to the Stratis DAO can be reviewed and scrutinized by all; however, one of the InterFlux Hub members' roles is to vote in-favour or opposition to any proposals put forward, thus removing control from any single entity or organization. Stratis' InterFlux Hub members form the governing council for all on-chain submitted proposals. Akin to the Smart Contract governance in-place to approve Smart Contracts' execution in C#, removing risks associated with deploying smart contracts containing vulnerabilities or well-hidden backdoor functionality. Get Involved! Stratis is excited to provide a decentralized fund, enabling developers worldwide to pursue their goals without significant sacrifice and enabling the transition of an idea to a reality. Furthermore, Stratis' consultancy services and core development team remain on-hand to collaborate where necessary, supporting those developing solutions with Stratis Blockchain Technologies. If you're interested in creating a proposal, becoming an InterFlux Hub member or want to immerse yourself in the Stratis community, be sure to join our Discord Server. The DAO Contract, written in C#, can be found here; and is currently in a review phase, ensuring the contract is publicly audited before its deployment within a live environment. DeFi Toolkit After speaking with several existing DeFi projects and a number of DeFi protocol developers, Stratis has opted to provide a robust toolkit to enable further development of DeFi use-cases utilizing Stratis Blockchain Technologies. This approach has already seen the start of Cirrus's rebranding to InterFlux and will incorporate a plethora of new features that will significantly aid the development of additional DeFi solutions. Stratis has already begun building out the DeFi Toolkit, providing highly-available infrastructure capable of broadcasting transactions to the InterFlux chain, providing needed services that enable the utilization of tools such as MetaMask, but built with Stratis Blockchain Technologies. In addition, the development of an interoperable fee poller allows accurate and dynamic fee determinism for networks that are supported within the InterFlux Hub. Many more epic features are set to be introduced to Stratis' DeFi Toolkit and will be announced within due course. STRAX Mobile Wallet Full support for the STRAX Token has now been introduced to the STRAX Mobile Wallet. The STRAX Mobile Wallet app enables users to store their STRAX in a non-custodial manner, meaning the STRAX stored in the wallet is genuinely owned by the user and not by a third-party. The source is now code-complete, and mobile application packages will follow next week. The mobile application and relevant back-end services can be reviewed here.

Stratis InterFlux now fully supports the Ethereum blockchain, enabling seamless transitions from the native STRAX Token to wSTRAX. The launch of the wSTRAX ERC-20 token on the Ethereum blockchain will coincide with a newly created liquidity pool on UniSwap between wSTRAX and ETH, enabling STRAX to take full advantage of UniSwaps automated liquidity protocol. Stratis has received confirmation of USD 150,000 being made available for the wSTRAX/ETH pool, allowing token holders to take immediate advantage of the UniSwap DEX. The wSTRAX token is not limited to UniSwap and can be leveraged, integrated and utilized on any DeFi solution or platform available on the Ethereum blockchain. The two contracts controlling the issuance of wSTRAX on the Ethereum blockchain can be found below: MultiSig Contract (Minting) https://etherscan.io/address/0x14f768657135d3daafb45d242157055f1c9143f3 wSTRAX ERC-20 Contract https://etherscan.io/token/0xa3c22370de5f9544f0c4de126b1e46ceadf0a51b This process of transitioning from STRAX to wSTRAX is made seamless through integration into the latest STRAX Wallet offerings. Navigate to the send pane and select InterFlux as a destination to simply "swap" STRAX for wSTRAX in a trustless manner. Please be aware that there is a minimum STRAX Token amount enforced due to high fees on the Ethereum blockchain.  This release is accompanied by the latest STRAX Wallet release, available for all major operating systems. Download links can be found on the wallet page. Join Stratis's ever-growing community to discuss the further advantages of the developments mentioned above and how the 'wrapping' of other blockchain tokens can benefit Stratis Blockchain Technologies.

Stratis is ecstatic to reveal that the wSTRAX (Wrapped STRAX) Token is now available on the Ethereum Blockchain! Wrapped tokens are a valuable source of liquidity and flexibility for blockchain interoperability. Over time, any network’s available throughput and general fee levels will fluctuate. Having wrapped tokens available on a separate blockchain network allows transacting to occur via alternate channels. Wrapped tokens also have access to the respective capabilities of the networks they exist on. wSTRAX implements a wrapped token on the Ethereum network, leveraging the ubiquitous ERC-20 standard for token contracts. Each wSTRAX is equivalent in value to 1 STRAX. wSTRAX is created by the InterFlux MasterNodes collaboratively, rather than any single entity being responsible for minting the tokens. When a request is made to transfer STRAX to its wSTRAX equivalent on the Ethereum network, the transaction is autonomously detected and processed. Enabling the minting of required wSTRAX tokens and distribution handling to the respective Ethereum address to be undertaken seamlessly. The deployment is made possible through the deployment of two contracts on the Ethereum Blockchain, MultiSig Contract (Minting) https://etherscan.io/address/0x14f768657135d3daafb45d242157055f1c9143f3 wSTRAX ERC-20 Contract https://etherscan.io/token/0xa3c22370de5f9544f0c4de126b1e46ceadf0a51b This process is made seamless through integration into the latest STRAX Wallet offerings. Simply navigate to the send pane and select InterFlux as a destination to simply swap STRAX for wSTRAX in a trustless manner.   The wallet will become publicly available once the required amount of InterFlux Masternodes become available to process requests to the Ethereum Blockchain. The codebase for the InterFlux functionality is now complete and can be viewed on our GitHub Project page here.

On the 23rd February, Binance organised a Stratis AMA with Our Founder and CEO Chris Trew on their Official English Telegram Channel.

Wrapped STRAX Wrapped tokens are a valuable source of liquidity and flexibility for blockchain interoperability.

We are pleased to announce that we have now extended the blockchain support for Stratis InterFlux to include Ethereum. Opening the door to many more use-cases and enabling Stratis Technologies to leverage deployed use-cases and products on the Ethereum blockchain. Wrapped STRAX The initial version of Stratis InterFlux includes the ability to transact with a wrapped STRAX token on the Ethereum network. For this to be accomplished, the corresponding STRAX is secured by the Federation MultiSig for the lifetime of the wSTRAX token. Token lifecycle: Conversion transaction received as a cross-chain transfer from the STRAX blockchain. The MultiSig masternodes detect receipt of this transaction One of the MultiSig nodes submits a token minting request transaction to the Ethereum MultiSig wallet contract and signs it A quorum of the other MultiSig nodes sign this transaction When the transaction is sufficiently signed the minting request is submitted to the ERC20 contract, which creates new wSTRAX tokens and allocates them to the account specified in the conversion transaction The wSTRAX ERC20 token can be transacted with as normal by ordinary Ethereum wallets and accounts Conversion from wSTRAX back into CRS or STRAX is accomplished by submitting a burn request to the ERC20 contract for the desired amount, specifying the target Cirrus address The MultiSig nodes detect the burn request on the Ethereum network and release the corresponding funds from the MultiSig wallet to the target address It should be noted that the system as described ensures that every wSTRAX token is backed by its equivalent value. In other words, there can’t be more wSTRAX in existence than the funds in the MultiSig wallet. In the future, CRS will be convertible to wSTRAX via a conversion contract on the Cirrus network. Proposed Architecture Overview To allow blockchain interoperability between networks, a mechanism is required for bridging the networks. At a high level, the InterFlux architecture will consist of multiple gateways that interface with a node on both interoperating networks. The gateways listen for interoperability requests initiated against the interop contracts on each network. For example, suppose an Ethereum node needs to invoke a Cirrus smart contract method. In that case, it sends a transaction to the Ethereum interop contract with the details of the invocation (e.g. Cirrus contract address, method name, parameters). Once the invocation request is received, one of the masternodes actions a transaction on the opposite network. If there are any applicable return values, these are stored in the transaction receipts. The gateway then makes a further transaction on the original network to store the interoperability request results. The Stratis InterFlux source is now available via Stratis' GitHub page, found here. Testing will continue with existing Cirrus Sidechain Masternodes in a lead up to wSTRAX going live on the Ethereum Blockchain, two weeks from now.

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After the successful launch of the Stratis Sidechain Masternodes and the associated Dynamic Membership feature that enables anyone to join, Stratis has put together a FAQ to iron out any questions that potential new Masternode Operators may have.

Stratis is excited to announce an updated Development Roadmap for the remainder of 2020 and heading into H1 of 2021. The below graphic highlights the upcoming developments from Stratis and their target deliverable timelines.     Ethereum Interoperability As highlighted in our recent news item, Introducing InterFlux. Ethereum support will be introduced to Stratis InterFlux, enabling 'wrapped' STRAX on the Ethereum Blockchain. STO & Digital Asset Platform The STO & Digital Asset Platform embodies the tools required to both perform and manage either a token offering, whether that be fungible or non-fungible. Unity Development Kit Stratis Unity Development Kit will enable game developers to integrate Stratis Blockchain Technology, allowing games to leverage non-fungible tokens and decentralized identities to manage in-game items efficiently. IoT Software Development Kit The Blockchain IoT Market is projected to grow exponentially over the coming years. The Stratis IoT Development Kit will enable businesses to utilize an ultra-lightweight Stratis Blockchain Client to integrate into their existing IoT devices. DeFi Software Library Stratis has already begun developing Smart Contracts in C#, utilizing Stratis's Blockchain Technology. These contracts will be the foundation of an ever-growing repository of DeFi-based Smart Contracts. Proof-of-Stake V4 There have been many advances with Proof-of-Stake algorithms. Stratis will introduce features that further security-levels and introduce new features to benefit those securing the network.  Python Development Kit Python is well renowned as a powerful programming language. Stratis's introduction of a Python Development Kit will enable experienced Python Developers to interact with Stratis Blockchain Technologies with ease. DEX Mobile Support Stratis's deployment of a Mobile Application, leveraging a fully decentralized exchange on the Cirrus Sidechain will facilitate the trading of SRC20 Tokens and others token standards in a genuinely trustless manner. Mobile Wallet Token Support The Stratis Mobile Wallet will be further developed to support tokens issued upon the Cirrus Sidechain. This development enables users to secure their tokens safely and securely on their mobile devices. Stratis System Contracts The enablement of Stratis System Contracts will provide a means to supersede historic off-chain logic and re-introduce such logic on-chain with the use of System Contracts. This development will bring simplification to user-driven processes providing a greater experience to those interacting with the Stratis Blockchain Technologies. Stratis DAO A total amount of 5,000,000 STRAX has been set aside to fund developers building solutions, utilizing Stratis Blockchain Technologies. Stratis has been clear that the funds will be distributed in a fully trustless manner based upon community voting in favour of projects to receive funds to fuel development.   Stratis Oracles Stratis understand the need for Advanced Blockchain Solutions to leverage external and reliable data. Stratis Oracles will provide a fully distributed and decentralized service that can be leveraged by those building upon Stratis Blockchain Technologies.

On the 22nd of December 2020, Stratis will be releasing InterFlux, the blockchain-agnostic and open-source protocol for communication between public and private blockchain solutions.

The STRAX Initiative introduced benefits not only to the STRAX Blockchain but also, to the Cirrus Sidechain, as defined in the Introducing STRAX blogpost. A new incentivization was introduced for Cirrus Sidechain Masternodes; achieved through the distribution of 9 STRAX, every block, to every active Masternode on the Cirrus Sidechain. Feedback regarding the new incentivization rewards has been phenomenal, and as such, it is now time to enable the Dynamic Membership feature. The introduction of Dynamic Membership has many benefits, first and foremost, by allowing 'anyone' to join the Cirrus Sidechain as an acting Masternode, block production inherently becomes more distributed. In addition, the Auto-Kicking feature ensures consistent Block Times, which is essential for businesses and projects, deploying solutions on the Cirrus Sidechain. As previously mentioned, Dynamic Membership enables anyone to join the Cirrus Sidechain as a Masternode Operator; however, to be accepted, you must meet a collateral requirement of 100,000 STRAX. This collateral requirement was defined by a community vote, performed by the Stratis Token holder community. Sidechain Masternode operators are also encouraged to stake their collateral, providing additional distributed staking weight on the STRAX Blockchain. We have set out to make the joining process as straightforward as possible, to aid the process, a document and script have been created to assist with the setup. STRAX Sidechain Masternode Registration Guide It is exciting times for the Stratis Platform, with the successful launch of the STRAX Blockchain, the subsequent integration with the Cirrus Sidechain and now the enablement of Dynamic Membership. Rest assured that there is still more yet to come! As always we encourage you to join our Discord Server to liaise with the community and receive support for any questions or concerns you may have.

As the initial Token Swap window has now come to a close, as highlighted in our original announcement, Stratis can now only be exchanged via a new Token Swap process. Two documents have been created to support STRAT Token Holders in performing the Token Swap. A high-level summary of the process can be found below. Install STRAX Wallet and generate an address Run Stratis Address Ownership Tool Provide the Tool with Wallet Detail and new STRAX Address Upload the produced CSV The Address Ownership Tool obtains a list of addresses, associated with your wallet and creates a unique signature. This signature is signed using your wallet, providing unequivocal proof that you are the owner of the provided address. All relevant detail is saved to a CSV file that you must upload using this page. STRAT Token addresses are then queried for their balance at the time of the snapshot, taken at 9AM on the 12th November 2020. If you haven't already, download the STRAX Wallet and create your new STRAX Wallet and retrieve an address. You can then review and follow the steps outlined in the below document, relevant to the wallet you have that contains Stratis Tokens. STRAX Token Swap - Manual Token Swap (Windows) STRAX Token Swap - Manual Token Swap (MacOS) If you have any concerns or require some support when completing the swap, please join our Discord Server and head into the Support channel!

Firstly, the Stratis team would like to thank the community for their amazing patience and support over the last few weeks. We are pleased to announce multiple exchange support for the upcoming swap. The following exchanges will be supporting the swap: Binance https://www.binance.com/en/support/announcement/1937b7781c5043efa66c07141be3bdc2 Bithumb https://cafe.bithumb.com/view/board-contents/1641246 UpBit https://upbit.com/service_center/notice?id=1567 Wazirx https://support.wazirx.com/hc/en-us/articles/900004356383 HitBTC https://twitter.com/hitbtc/status/1324721923582947329?s=21 Bittrex https://bittrex.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360051949552-Bittrex-support-for-the-Stratis-STRAT-token-swap-and-ticker-change-to-STRAX Crypto.com https://blog.crypto.com/crypto-com-supports-the-stratis-token-swap-to-strax/ Staking Services Stakecube https://stakecube.info/strat-to-strax-swap/ Withdrawal Notices Users have been advised to withdraw their STRAT tokens from below exchanges before the 12th of November 2020. The two exchanges that will not be supporting the STRAX Swap are as follows: Livecoin https://www.livecoin.net/en/news/list Poloniex https://support.poloniex.com/hc/en-us/articles/360058400013-Stratis-Blockchain-Migration-Delisting-FAQ Ledger Ledger has officially announced they will stop supporting the STRAT token from the 15th of October 2021. https://www.ledger.com/stratis-token-migration There is no deadline on the STRAX integration with Ledger at this time; however, we look forward to working with the Ledger team to bring STRAX support to Ledger Live. It must be noted that Cold Staking will be activated once the STRAX Mainnet is live. STRAX Giveaway To celebrate the successful launch of the STRAX Token, we will be giving away 20,000 STRAX! More details, including how to participate, will be revealed next week. STRAX Token Swap Deadline The deadline for initial Token Swap window ends at 9 AM GMT on the 12th of November 2020. Further detail regarding the Token Swap can be found in the link below: https://www.stratisplatform.com/2020/10/15/strax-token-swap/ Be sure to swap before 9 AM on the 12th of November to receive your STRAX Tokens on Day 1!

The time has come to cast your vote for the new collateral amount required to be eligible as a Cirrus Sidechain Masternode. As mentioned in our introduction to STRAX, we highlighted the addition of Dynamic Membership, which enables anyone to join the Cirrus Sidechain as a Masternode, providing they meet the defined criteria. For those that have not been keeping up-to-date with the recent developments, in regards to the upcoming STRAX Blockchain; Cirrus Sidechain Masternodes will receive a share of 9 CIRRUS (equivalent to 9 STRAX) for every block produced on the STRAX Mainnet. To put that into context, every month, on average, Cirrus Sidechain Masternodes will receive a portion of over 525,000 STRAX split between all active participants. Existing Masternodes will automatically vote in approval for those who meet the defined criteria, providing an environment that can grow without restriction or be manipulated by members not participating in voting in favour of those wishing to become a Masternode. A vote, similar to that of the STRAX Token Proposal is now made possible by a newly released version of the Stratis Core Wallet. This version of the Stratis Core Wallet provides you with the ability to vote for a collateral amount that you want to be enforced by selecting your preferred amount, as seen below. There are 5 options to select from, simply select the amount you wish to be determined as the collateral amount required to join the Cirrus Sidechain as a Masternode and click the Vote button. You can continue to perform the Token Swap after voting for your preferred option, swapped Token Balances will still count towards the voting weight. If your token balance changes for any reason other than participating in the Token Swap, your voting weight will be affected. The voting period will last for one week and will conclude at the block closest to 5 PM GMT on the 30th October 2020. At that time, the weight of casted votes will be calculated to determine the chosen collateral amount defined for Dynamic Membership. Be sure to cast your vote and have your say, every vote counts! Stratis Core Wallet 2.2.1 Windows x64 Windows x86 OS X Linux (DEB) Linux (TAR) The installation media is also available as GitHub Release.

As the voting has now ended the next stage is the Token Swap process from STRAT to STRAX. We have received several questions we would like to address in this short FAQ. When is the STRAX swap window? The Strax Swap window is from the 15th of October 2020 until the 12th of November 2020 at 9 AM GMT. To be eligible to receive STRAX Tokens on day one you will require to perform the token swap during this period. Will there be an additional participation window to complete the swap? Correct. An additional participation window will exist until the 15th of October 2021 at 5 PM GMT. Token Swap requests during this period will be subject to a manual validation process. Please note: Token Swaps made after the initial Token Swap window will be based upon a snapshot taken at 9AM on the 12th of November 2020. Any balance acquired after the snapshot will not be accepted in the Token Swap. Will STRAX tokens be burned? Correct. STRAX Tokens that remain unclaimed will be irreversibly destroyed on the 16th of October 2021. I have tokens on Cirrus, Do they require to be swapped during the first participation window? No, the tokens on cirrus can be swapped from Cirrus to STRAX once the STRAX blockchain is live. When will a Block explorer be available on the STRAX blockchain? On the 12th of November once the STRAX Mainnet is live. How many STRAX will I receive? STRAX are distributed on a 1:1 basis. 1 STRAT can be swapped for 1 STRAX. Once I have swapped, when do I receive my STRAX Tokens? On the 12th of November once the STRAX Mainnet is live. Will STRAX have exchange support? We are in contact with several exchanges. Those who are in support of the Token Swap will make their announcements and define their preferred processes. What will happen to the name “Stratis” on exchanges? The name Stratis will stay the same. Only the token ticker will change from STRAT to STRAX. What happens if there are unclaimed balances after the swap window has passed? STRAX Tokens that remain unclaimed will be irreversibly destroyed on the 16th of October 2021. Where can I find a guide on how to swap my tokens? The simple steps can be found here: https://www.stratisplatform.com/2020/10/15/strax-token-swap/. How to find out how many STRAT has been swapped to STRAX till date? The current Token Swap progress can viewed by running the Extraction Tool: https://github.com/stratisproject/StratisFullNode/blob/master/src/SwapExtractionTool/README.md Please show an example of a swap transaction? https://chainz.cryptoid.info/strat/tx.dws?f38158dd941882ee9d9bf70c19e52a9f36bcf74b6e1a354c664bb327f0ffcf54.htm The ‘Raw transaction’ you will see that the exact amount of STRAT is added as the value on the vote of an OP_RETURN script. Look up OP_RETURN burn you will see that it is a legitimate way of making coins unspendable which leads to burning them. When will STRAX trading markets be live? This will be announced by the respective Exchanges who support the Token Swap. Can I still stake STRAT till the last day of he swap first participation windows? Yes, but you will require to swap from STRAT to STRAX before the 12th of November 2020 at 9 AM GMT to be eligible to receive STRAX from day one. Why doesn’t my STRAX wallet sync? The STRAX Mainnet is not operational until the 12th of November 2020. After I have performed the swap, why haven’t I received my STRAX? You will receive the STRAX tokens once STRAX Mainnet is operational on the 12th of November. Which blockchain enhancements will be integrated when STRAX Mainnet is live? Block Reward Stake increase Block Time Reduction Chain Transactions Cold Staking Dynamic Membership Removal of StratisX Legacy nodes SegWit Activation Sidechain Incentivization Time reduction in Cross-Chain Transfers   Where can I receive additional support? For further technical support on the swap procedure, you can join our support channel on Discord at https://discord.com/invite/9tDyfZs where we have personnel standing by to assist you. As always, we would like to thank our community for their continued support.

The STRAX Token Proposal vote has now come to a close, resulting in a vast amount of token holders voting in favour of the STRAX proposition. You can find a summary of the final vote statistics below. Total Weight: 7907384.1935404 STRAT Total No Weight: 2.46% [194185.77115927] Total Yes Weight: 97.54% [7713198.42238113] We are now progressing with the Token Swap and are now able to detail the process further and publicize dates that the token swap will commence. We must clarify that the STRAX Token will supersede the existing STRAT Token. As such, all future development activity will be undertaken against the STRAX Blockchain on the StratisFullNode codebase. Significant effort has gone into both the development and acceptance testing to ensure the Token Swap process is as smooth and seamless as possible. Rest assured that we have spent a great deal of time assessing the Token Swap procedure, ensuring that the end result brings the most benefit to the Stratis ecosystem. The Token Swap process is just the beginning for the vision we have for the STRAX Blockchain. As mentioned in our previous announcement; no longer are we constrained by legacy codebase clients maintaining the network, allowing innovations and new feature integration to be achieved much more efficiently. Furthermore, the revised tokenomic structure and dynamic masternode membership will provide further incentive for token holders to participate in securing the network, further increasing levels of decentralization. For further clarity, please refer to the below Token Release Schedule for the STRAX Token. We must highlight that the above charts reflect the assumption that all STRAT Tokens are swapped for STRAX Tokens. STRAX Tokens that remain in the Token Swap Allocation will be burned after participation windows close. Third-party services that are utilizing the STRAT Token are actively being encouraged to supersede any support of the STRAT Token for the STRAX Token at the end of the initial Token Swap period. If you are a service provider and have any questions or have not been contacted, please reach out to us via our Discord Server or at tokenswap@stratisplatform.com. Swap Process As the initial Token Swap window has now come to a close, please follow the updated STRAX Token Swap process, found here. Participation Windows The STRAX Token Swap window be available until 5PM GMT on the 15th October 2021. Token Swap requests submitted during this period will be subject to a defined process. A detailed process guide for requesting a Token Swap after the STRAX Token Swap window will be released in due course. The remaining Token Balance within the Token Swap Fund will be irreversibly burned on the 16th October 2021. Token Distribution STRAX distribution will be performed by an automated script that will be executed on 12th of November 2020 crediting those who have participated in the initial Token Swap period. Token Swap requests after the initial Token Swap period (NOW (15th October 2020) until 9 AM GMT on 12th November 2020) will be subject to an additional defined manual process to prove ownership of funds instead process defined above. Exchange Support We are happy to announce that the Token Swap will be supported by several exchanges. Announcements from the respective exchanges that are supporting the Token Swap will become available in due course, highlighting any deposit and withdrawal freezes of the STRAT Token.