Due to the lack of interest and engagement, I stop reporting what is happening in the Elastos environment.

If anyone agrees that Bitcoin should be the foundation for a safer, more inclusive and more powerful version of the Web, then feel free to follow the development of Elastos.
As here is the fullest understanding of what the new Web can ultimately be

https://github.com/elastos
https://www.elastos.org/
https://elastos.info/
https://www.cyberrepublic.org/

https://twitter.com/ElastosInfo
https://discord.com/invite/elastos

The EF bi-weekly technical update - 22 April 2022

https://news.elastos.org/elastos-bi-weekly-update-22-april-2022/


You had questions, and the Elastos Core Development Teams had answers. Check out the Elastos official Reddit thread, and read up on the latest in Elastos tech, from Carrier v2 to Hive, DPos 2.0 and more

https://elastos.info/core-team-ama-april-2022/


The 3rd Annual Cyber Republic Council Elections will begin May 12th, allowing candidates to begin registering and ELA holders to begin voting.
Are you a Web3 pioneer interested in leading a great project with a successful DAO? Consider running today

https://elastos.info/3rd-annual-cyber-republic-elections-set-for-may-12th-start/


The EF bi-weekly technical update - 6 May 2022

https://news.elastos.org/elastos-bi-weekly-update-06-may-2022/

Thermodynamically, it hardly makes a difference whether the security budget of a given monetary network is spent directly on proof of work or on return on capital securing this network, for energy consumption will inevitably occur as the owners of capital begin to consume the profits.
So switching to PoS does not reduce energy consumption if at least a similar level of security is to be maintained (secure PoS is just obfuscated PoW).

Do you want to really save energy?
Work and earn less, in order to be able to spend less.

Otherwise you only contribute to shifting energy consumption between industries, depending on what you prefer to spend your income on.

Digital real estate is a new type of investment which includes virtual plots of land next to Snoop Dogg for just shy of half a million dollars, or virtual billboards that you can rent out to big brand advertisers to earn passive income. Intrigued? Check out our beginner’s guide to digital real estate here.

https://elastos.info/digital-real-estate/



Establishment of Cyber Republic Operations LLC Empowers Community-Led DAO to Perform Business Operations in Pursuit of Elastos Mission

https://elastos.info/elastos-incorporates-cyber-republic-dao-as-legal-entity-to-spearhead-growth-through-democratic-decision-making/



Elastos Financial Report – Second Half 2021

https://news.elastos.org/elastos-financial-report-second-half-2021/



Elastos bi-weekly update - 25 March 2022

https://news.elastos.org/elastos-bi-weekly-update-25-march-2022/



Elastos bi-weekly update - 8 April 2022

https://news.elastos.org/elastos-bi-weekly-update-08-april-2022/

ELA buyback program to support DPoS 2.0 monthly update – February

https://news.elastos.org/ela-buyback-program-to-support-dpos-2-0-monthly-update-february/


Elastos bi-weekly update – 11 March 2022

https://news.elastos.org/elastos-bi-weekly-update-11-march-2022/

Elastos, the world’s leading provider of open-source solutions and developer of the first decentralized infrastructure for the Modern Internet (Web3), has retained TLGG, part of the Omnicom Group Inc., to create and execute a marketing and communication strategy to drive awareness and adoption of its suite of solutions to enable a free and open internet

https://elastos.info/elastos-partners-with-omnicom-agency-tlgg-to-drive-awareness-and-adoption-of-tools-to-help-revolutionize-web3-development/


Dapps, a.k.a decentralized applications, are a new form of digital application. They use a blockchain network and smart contracts to automate processes in a truly transparent and decentralized manner. Read here for the ultimate beginner’s guide

https://elastos.info/what-is-a-dapp/


Cyber Republic, Elastos’ community DAO, and E-Lab have launched a Grant Fund of 100,000 ELA (Currently around 450,000 USD) to help fund projects looking to build with Elastos technologies

https://elastos.info/cyber-republic-launches-community-governed-grant-fund-for-developers/


Elastos bi-weekly update – 25 February 2022

https://news.elastos.org/elastos-bi-weekly-update-25-february-2022/

The Elastos Smart Contract Chain (ESC) and Cross-chain Operation Manual is everything you need to get started with Elastos' own EVM compatible, BTC-hashpower-backed sidechain.
Learn how to use it, what projects already do, and more

https://elastos.info/introducing-the-elastos-smart-chain-esc-and-cross-chain-operation-manual/



What is the Metaverse, how does it involve VR and AR, how does it involve old Web2 tech, and more importantly, how can it involve the much more holistic Web3 tech, so users can own their data?

https://elastos.info/metaverse-meaning-what-is-the-metaverse/



The Elastos Foundation has provided the first monthly update on its ELA Buyback Program To Support DPoS 2.0.

Read it here: https://news.elastos.org/ela-buyback-program-to-support-dpos-2-0-monthly-update-january/



Elastos bi-weekly update – 11 February 2022

https://news.elastos.org/elastos-bi-weekly-update-11-february-2022/

The EF bi-weekly technical update - 14 January 2022

https://news.elastos.org/elastos-bi-weekly-update-14-january-2022/

The ELA Buyback plan to support the upcoming dPoS 2.0

https://news.elastos.org/ela-buyback-program/

The buyback program is designed to secure Elastos’ Smartweb infrastructure and promote a safe and smooth transition into DPoS 2.0 consensus.



The core development plan for 2022 has been released

https://news.elastos.org/elastos-core-development-2022-milestones/

It is not possible that an oracle could be truly random and decentralized at the same time.

And the concerns raised in the comments seem to be right. If solving mathematical problems is profitable here, is PoUW not merged mining to some extent? Allowing consequently "zero cost attacks", or something very similar to zero cost attacks?

The Bitcoin protocol is not very well suited to the needs of merged mining. Much more than just the algo would have to be changed, and even then the current level of security is unlikely to be maintained.

Merged mining (the real one at least) can be and is a great solution, but for other coins with a different purpose than Bitcoin.

Elastos bi-weekly update – 17 December 2021

https://news.elastos.org/elastos-bi-weekly-update-17-december-2021/

Paradoxically, pruning and validating only the current blocks may be sufficient for security, but only if it doesn't become too common.

It is better not to provoke the evolution of the protocol towards increasing scalability, which would not only threaten decentralization, but also security.
There can always be a bug that validators cannot detect and that will not be disclosed until a full chain audit by inquisitive, independent researchers.
As was the case with the Stellar coin once
https://coinmetrics.substack.com/p/coin-metrics-state-of-the-network-37f

The Elastos Info Team will be hosting a Twitter Spaces AMA (time/day TBD) with the product teams behind Profile, Glide DEX, and Elacity.
To submit a question, click on the official Reddit thread for this event

https://www.reddit.com/r/Elastos/comments/r0k8io/elastos_ecosystem_products_ama_tuum_glide_elacity/



Elastos bi-weekly update – 3 December 2021

https://twitter.com/ElastosInfo/status/1467584725950910470?s=20

Elastos Essentials has partnered with Telos to bring the Telos EVM into the Essentials Web3 Super-Wallet App

https://elastos.info/elastos-essentials-forms-partnership-with-telos-web3-blockchain-ecosystem/


Data storage and its ever-increasing importance to the Web 3.0 solution

https://elastos.info/decentralized-cloud-storage-solutions/


Elastos bi-weekly update – 19 November 2021

https://news.elastos.org/elastos-bi-weekly-update-19-november-2021/

Do you have something rational to support this statement, or was it just slanderous gibberish?

I'm afraid exactly that you might be right, and you might succeed 

The newly mined coins plus the transaction fees for the transactions included in the block have a certain value.
So it is obvious that the market will seek equilibrium and to channel the resources needed to mine with a similar market value (I assume that mining is still to be permissionless, and we will not create a miners clique or cabal where market law does not apply).

The precedents are not really optimistic...
Memory intensive mining algorithm like Scrypt can effectively reduce the energy intensity of computation. But then the mining equipment itself becomes the main investment of the miner, and the benefit to the environment is disputable due to increased e-waste production.

Where is the energy saving here, when the miner will have lower electricity bills, but there will be more miners?

And the statements that Bitcoin "waste" energy (and consequently imply that something needs to be done about it) haven't been debunked many times?

Elastos bi-weekly update – 8 October 2021

https://news.elastos.org/elastos-bi-weekly-update-22-october-2021/


What is a Decentralized Autonomous Organization?

https://elastos.info/dao-meaning-decentralized-autonomous-organization/

Elastos Feeds overview

https://elastos.info/feeds-on-elastos-overview-decentralized-social-media-nfts-and-web3-pioneer/


Decentralized Identity: Why Are DIDs The Future of Digital Identity Management?

https://elastos.info/decentralized-identity-dids/


Essential, Elastos superwallet development update

https://twitter.com/Web3Essentials/status/1449012497609068546?s=20


Elastos bi-weekly update – 8 October 2021

https://news.elastos.org/elastos-bi-weekly-update-08-october-2021/

Tang Zhilong from Trinity Tech discusses Carrier, Hive and Feeds, including updates on the development of Carrier v2
https://elastos.info/elastos-4th-anniversary-wechat-ama%EF%BD%9Ctang-zhilong-trinity-tech/


Mr. Long Wang, founder of Matrix Origin, was invited to share his ideas about data capitalization, trusted computing, and CreDA
https://elastos.info/elastos-4th-anniversary-wechat-ama%EF%BD%9Clong-wang-founder-of-matrix-origin/


CR Council Member Feng Zhang discusses his ideas for CR and more in his Wechat AMA
https://elastos.info/elastos-4th-anniversary-wechat-ama-feng-zhang-cr-council-member/


Shunan Yu, the Head of the Gelaxy Team, discusses several important topics for the future of Elastos blockchains, including Lightning Network, Ethereum cross-chain functionality, DPoS and more in this highly informative AMA
https://elastos.info/elastos-4th-anniversary-wechat-ama-shunan-yu-head-of-the-gelaxy-team/


Song Shijun of Filda talked about the power of Defi and Web3 combined with Elastos in his recent AMA
https://elastos.info/elastos-4th-anniversary-wechat-ama-%ef%bd%9csong-shijun/


Co-Founder of Elastos, Feng Han spoke at the recent WeChat AMA saying, “I’m very optimistic about the second half of the year, and I think there are still big opportunities ahead.”
https://elastos.info/elastos-4th-anniversary-wechat-ama-feng-han-elastos-co-founder/


CR Council Member Mark Xing of Capital6 Eagle Fund discusses Web3 his personal plans to grow Elastos in his WeChat AMA
https://elastos.info/elastos-4th-anniversary-wechat-ama%ef%bd%9cmark-xing-member-of-the-2nd-cyber-republic-council/


Data Security: What is a Data Breach and What Can You Do to Prevent It?
https://elastos.info/data-security-what-is-a-data-breach-and-what-can-you-do-to-prevent-it/

Elastos Bi-Weekly Update – 24 September 2021
https://news.elastos.org/elastos-bi-weekly-update-24-september-2021/