Synapse update:

wqking has been working on implementing a new peer discovery system for the testnet (very similar to Bitcoin's system).

I've been working on getting shard code executing and some basic functions implemented. Currently, shards can store/load from storage and verify ECDSA signatures. I'll add hashing soon so that shards can calculate hashes. The transfer shard (allowing transferring Phore from one user to another) will be built off of these operations. Once we have the transfer shard done and the governance shard, we'll launch the main net of Phore Synapse.

You can see what the low-level smart contract code looks like here: https://github.com/phoreproject/shards. Any language that compiles to WebAssembly will be compatible.