Today we are excited to announce the next phase of Akroma development, major updates on decentralization, Oracles and signup for the first of many beta programs.

https://medium.com/akroma/oracles-proof-of-reputation-and-beta-signup-43084400d5b2

Oracles, Proof of Reputation and Beta Signup!

Current Status
Akroma’s network is a standard PoW (Proof of work) decentralized consensus development platform.

Akroma’s masternode layer contains a traditional SaaS platform. Masternode owners are required to register their masternode with akroma.io. As you can see from the stats below, the system has served us well for our first 9 months.

Masternode stats (8/14):

Active masternodes: 1413
Locked AKA: 7 million
Rewards: 2 million
Current Development
Oracles are the feature that makes Akroma unique. We recently posted a demo video showing Akroma Oracles working on a test network. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cibY-ZGLM7I

Before we can launch our fully decentralized Oracles, we need to take steps to move away from the centralized aspects of Akroma.

This post details some of the steps we are taking. Also, expect a detailed post about Oracles in the next few weeks.

Proof of Reputation
Consensus models require something at stake, in PoW it’s the cost of electricity/cooling/etc, in PoS (Proof of Stake) it is your coins, etc.

Akroma’s masternode layer, especially the more complex masternodes, use Proof of Reputation. PoR is calculated based on a number of factors including age of your masternodes, number of successful validations for your masternodes, number of masternodes, etc.


Currently PoR is stored in the same database as masternode registrations, we expect this value to be published to the Akroma blockchain once Oracles are live.

More details about Proof of Reputation will be posted here: https://docs.akroma.io/proof-of-reputation

Decentralize Everything
Oracles are the future, but before we jump in, we (Akroma) will continue to take the slow and steady process that ensures our software/platform/network are working as expected. So, before we deploy Oracles, we are going to deploy multiple new types of masternodes to the Akroma network.

Introducing the new Akroma masternode types…..
Remote Masternode
Remote Masternodes provide RPC services to light clients, mobile clients, desktop clients, the Akroma explorer and anyone wanting to build on Akroma. You can think of Remote Masternodes as a decentralized version of Ethereum’s Infura service. https://infura.io/

The Remote Masternode gateway is https://remote.akroma.io/

Boot Masternodes
In order to connect to any blockchain network, there needs to be a well-known connection point. For Ethereum, the Ethereum foundation runs a number of boot nodes. For Akroma, the Akroma Foundation currently does the same. Boot Masternodes are a fully decentralized boot layer for Akroma.

Explorer Masternodes
Decentralized networks with centralized explorers? Explorer Masternodes provide a completely decentralized way to access information about address, blocks and transactions, accessible via a global gateway at https://explorer.akroma.io (not live yet) and based on nothing more then DNS.

Balefire Masternodes
Akroma’s Balefire Masternodes make up what we call the Balefire chain, a side-chain of — what we used to call — Oracles, coupled with the Proof of Reputation system Balefire masternodes provide — at NO COST to developers — data from the “real-world”. Akroma will support truly random numbers and access to data from web APIs!

Expect a detailed post about Balefire Masternodes in the next few weeks.

Next Steps
We are running a closed beta testing program, space is limited. If you would like to be part of the beta testing program for Remote Masternodes, please signup here:

https://goo.gl/forms/1IKs5Ql33S7SjmQo2

To the best of our knowledge, Yes (we did list) and No (no one has been verified). #ScamExchanges. 

Add that to the list of problems the team has dealt with the current exchange ecosystem and the reason we are building https://kastle.pro/   

I believe this is the place to request a coin to be added. Please let me know if I am wrong or there is other information required:

• Coin: Akroma
• Homepage: akroma.io
• Age: 9 months
• CMC: https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/akroma/
• Stats: https://stats.akroma.io/
• API (with misc info): http://api.akroma.io/docs
• Mining Info: http://akroma.minerpool.net/

Thanks,
Akroma Team.

The first demo of Akroma's decentralized oracles.

1. Oracle Smart Contract.
2. Oracle Masternode
3. Akroma FTW.



https://youtu.be/cibY-ZGLM7I

lots of news:

https://mailchi.mp/917792129c77/akroma-news

Ledger Support
https://twitter.com/mkrufky/status/1023946098929553408


Kastle Airdrop for Akroma Masternodes
https://medium.com/p/35043b8480fa

Automatic Updates are coming to Masternodes
https://github.com/akroma-project/akroma-masternode-management/pull/9

Masternode Timing Change
To provide better coverage of network events, the timing of the masternode rewards will be changed to 12:00pm EST (GMT -5/-4).

Please read about the second major release of Akroma.

https://medium.com/akroma/akroma-0-1-1-baneslayer-a9eab3585fce

Akroma listed on another exchange.

https://twitter.com/bitebtccom/status/1011174124423663617

So many new pools. Thank you very much miners.

We will get all the pools added to akroma.io and also

https://github.com/akroma-project/awesome-akroma

ASAP!

Recently announced in the akroma Discord, akroma.io is being translated into over 12 different languages.

The translation process will use a two-stage translation system. We already have a group of initial translators that are working on the base translations. Once those translations are complete we are offering a second bounty (250AKA) to a second group of translators to perform a verification step on the translated files.

One of the core goals of akroma is to focus on design and usability; and being a multi-language platform is part of that core goal. We want akroma.io to feel native to anyone that uses it. By using a two stage translation process we hope to get high quality text across all the languages that we will support.

If you would like to perform the second stage translation, please join our Discord and join the #translation channel.

Here is an example of the files to be translated.
https://github.com/akroma-project/akroma.io/tree/master/locale

Discord: https://discordapp.com/invite/KWC8wtT

Akroma Exchange Funding Drive

https://medium.com/akroma/akroma-exchange-funding-drive-6112c81ca07b

The Akroma Foundation is dedicated to gathering and listening to community feedback.

We recently held a poll to gauge community interest in crowd sourcing funds dedicated to listing Akroma in exchanges.

Due to the show of support for Akroma to be listed on Cryptopia, the Akroma Foundation will be accepting Bitcoin, Litecoin and Ethereum with that goal in mind.

About Cryptopia
Cryptopia announced they will be lowering listing fees for a short period of time. Until June 4th, the fee will be reduced to 6 BTC. Our goal is to raise 6 BTC to be listed on Cryptopia while the fee is reduced. If we’re unable to raise sufficient funds within the deadline, we will poll community members who have donated to gauge interest in comparable exchanges with listing fees that our budget will allow.

Why Exchange Listing
Exchanges are a central integration point for many 3rd party services, by getting Akroma listed on an exchange that many of these services communicate with; it will help grow the Akroma user and developer base.

Thank You
The top 2 contributors, and 5 random contributors, will be the first to receive an Akroma cold storage wallet and T-Shirt as a thank you from the Akroma Foundation!

How To Donate
Please consider showing your community support by donating to one of the addresses below!

BTC: 31j1JBNXtepPaNwgBF1LH7ihT6BMxqUKVu

LTC: MQUAvbaxkBaaHo8G6fpawKy93DCmxy4Ymi

ETH: 0x4651A7c5d79659546fb1F1ec0E91803740FE6d76

What if the donation goal is not met?
The funds raised will be used to get Akroma listed on exchanges that meet the goals outlined here.

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Akroma finally has an official Russian channel.

https://discordapp.com/invite/KWC8wtT

thanks! We were just going to post that.

Added link to new OFFICIAL Telegram https://t.me/akroma_official

Updated ANN post with exchanges.

Masternodes are live.

Beta version of Akroma Web Extension available for chrome.

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/gghgmpjmebiapnjjpgakibnpklhbnkof

Hello,

I'm a core developer on the Akroma ($AKA) team. Our community has been jumping on us to get listed on Whattomine and we'd be very excited to do so. What's the policy and procedure look like for achieving this? The exchange we're currently listed on has an API that's easily to access.

Thanks!

Current exchange: https://stocks.exchange/trade/AKA/BTC
Website: Akroma.io
Web Wallet: https://wallet.akroma.io/
Mobile wallet is currently in Android app store.
Network Stats: https://stats.akroma.io/
Block Explorer: https://explorer.akroma.io/
Mining Pools:
aka.vipool.net
akroma.minerpool.net
akroma.cryptopools.info
mining.akroma.org
clona.ru
aka.miningpeon.net
akroma.pistolcrypt.com
aka.encryptglobe.com
akroma.miningpool.fun
akroma.cryptowarlords.net
https://aikapool.com
aka.pool.sexy
Twitter: https://twitter.com/akroma_io
Medium: https://medium.com/akroma
Github: https://github.com/akroma-project

What's better in life than shipping software on time?

Shipping early.

We've revised the dates for our MN program and pushed them FORWARD.


Read more here.

https://medium.com/akroma/akroma-masternode-revised-dates-5f38d9bf2595

Blog post about mobile:

https://medium.com/akroma/akroma-mobile-android-edition-af6b93fc5dca

Akroma. Loves. Winning. Polls.

Vote @akroma_io on @Victorium_Org

1. Create account: https://acc.vicex.io/acc/listing
2. Vote for Akroma

We are now on Delta! Go add $AKA to your portfolio today! Happy trading!

https://getdelta.io/

New blog post: Masternodes: Building Blocks for Something Great

https://medium.com/akroma/masternodes-building-blocks-for-something-great-8f5f10a7125e