Hello everyone š
The business environment is incredibly tough at the moment, with the majority of businesses seeking cost savings and cutting budgets. This has had a material impact on plans for the year as our pipeline has been significantly reduced. However the current situation is also an opportunity. One of the key selling points of CDN as a network service is the cost savings that it brings to bear. As we move payments to live in the coming weeks we will gearing up our sales efforts on this basis.
This week the network team have been working on the dynamic queue size algorithm for Gateway. This is a fundamental requirement for the network and requires a lot of research and testing, but we're making great progress and expect to announce more on this soon.
Card control and usage visualisation have been introduced to Console, and various UX changes have been made to the subscription components.
The first iteration of payments for CDN are due for release at the end of May. Here's a sneak preview:
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A major issue with the edge-cli watch command was patched and deployed to mainnet, making the command fully functional on all device types.
And the payment card API endpoint was updated to ensure that the removal of payment cards does not affect active subscriptions.
On to TNC and the swap:
We've raised a number of the questions about Aladdin Pro posed here and in other channels over the past few days directly with the Aladdin team. As they feedback we will share the updates here.
With regard to why is Aladdin wallet isn't open source, it's their business decision. There are a lot of closed source applications in crypto, and there's nothing unusual about this.
With regard to the question of who has access to the private keys in the app, as I understand it Aladdin is a custodial wallet that places several layers of security on top of the wallet to give additional security and assurance to users. The private keys are locked to the device and are not held by or accessible by the Aladdin team. While the team can control distribution, locking percentages over time, they have no access to the tokens themselves.
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Last Updated:
April 2021
