, or for short, is a regular bi-weekly update by the AppCoins team. As usual we are going to cover dev updates, market reports, team members and upcoming events. is on the and You may expect the next ANU on the 6th June. AppCoins News Update ANU This week’s focus ASF Wallet, AddressProxy, “Read More” Page Scalability Proof of Concept (SPoC). **Quicklinks** Dev Update APPC Markets Report Featured Team Member Upcoming Events In the past weeks, we’ve been solving some issues and improving part of the UX of the , as well as developing important components for the future. ASF Wallet We’ve also been preparing for the next major release after Gosling: the . This is a very important release because it will deal with the subject of , both in terms of , as well as . Solving both issues is crucial for the mainstream adoption of the as the standard for and . Knuth release transactions scalability transaction time transactions fees AppCoins Protocol de facto In-App Purchases (IAP) Mobile Advertising ASF Wallet In the past 2 weeks, we’ve continued of the ASF Wallet regarding the , as well as the . In , we’ve shown the status at the time of the wallet and what we wanted to achieve. improving the UX Transaction List screen Individual Transaction view ANU #9 We’ve finished the implementation of most of the new layouts and respective logic to show without cluttering the views. Users can also clearly : IAP, Advertisement attributions (by submitting the respective PoA), and normal Send/Receive transactions of ETH and ERC20 tokens. more information about transactions differentiate between the different transaction types Below shows the between the first release of the ASF Wallet and its current development status regarding transactions views (list and individual). differences (Left) Current status of the Transactions screen; (Right) Transactions screen after redesign (Left) Current status of the individual transaction screen; (Right) Individual transaction screen after redesign We’ve also introduced a new component in the Airdrop flow we’ve created, to enable users to experiment with the protocol. The Airdrop consists of giving APPC and ETH, given a set of restrictions outlined in the . Now users need to in order to get APPC and ETH. This serves to avoid malicious users from draining the Airdrop funds for personal use. Airdrop post answer a CAPTCHA challenge AddressProxy In ANU #9 we’ve also presented our view about how we should continue developing the Blockchain component (i.e. smart contracts) of the project together with the other products (wallet, SDK and web pages). We understand that we need to , in the sense that a deploy of a smart contract shouldn’t automatically require a change of all or even one of the other products. decouple smart contract development from product development As such, we’ve developed a smart contract that works as an . All the products connect to that smart contract and get the address of the smart contract they want to call, which changes in the when we deploy a new version of that smart contract. The reader can see the code . address proxy for the others regarding their addresses AddressProxy here We’re also working in that serve to . This means that we want to be able to when a new version of a given smart contract is deployed, as opposed to losing all the data or having to migrate it every time. As we’ve stated in the last ANU, one can think of this concept as an . storage contracts decouple smart contract storage from smart contract development keep data available Eternal Storage “Read More” page The AppCoins Protocol is , and this challenge comes with an . The common end-user isn’t familiarised with cryptocurrencies or Blockchain tech, nor with their applications. Furthermore, even if the common end-user is used to trade and use cryptocurrencies, we would also need to educate him regarding our flows, and the added value of the AppCoins Protocol. Moreover, we’re building several products that interact with the Blockchain part of the project, and these products need to be explained as well. disrupting the mobile app economy educational issue Therefore, we’re developing a web page that will be used as the trying to learn more about the project and its added value. This page will then direct readers to other web pages, which are more detailed regarding a specific topic. entry point for everyone Below shows how the “Read More” page will look like. Read More page layout Scalability Proof of Concept (SPoC) As said in the introduction of the Dev Update, we’re working on the . It will be focused on the , which is shared by many other projects built on top of the Ethereum network or other blockchains. Knuth release scalability issue With our SPoC, we’ll provide a to showcase . Users will be able to pay for in-app items using APPC without having to wait so long for transactions to finish, paying high transaction fees. We’ll experiment with , as it is a good candidate to become part of the scalability solution integrated into the AppCoins Protocol. working prototype scalable in-app purchases and without Microraiden Microraiden is part of the project. As opposed to Raiden, which aims to have , Microraiden consists of . Opening and closing payment channels are on-chain transactions, which means they will require fees. However, the advantage of Microraiden is that . Therefore, one can open a channel with someone else for a certain period of time and make microtransactions without having to worry about transaction delay or fees, and close the channel once the interaction is no longer advantageous or when the receiver needs to use the funds received within the channel. It’s important to note that the receiver won’t be able to use the APPC sent in the off-chain transactions right away, but only when the channel is closed. Raiden Network bidirectional payment channels between interconnected nodes unidirectional payment channels with no network of nodes all transactions done within payment channels are off-chain transactions with no fees In the SPoC, users will be able to download an app with a special version of our SDK integrated. When trying to buy an in-app item, users will be prompted to use Microraiden with a special version of our wallet. Below are the mockups of the UIs of the SPoC. IAP dialog with the ability to open a Microraiden payment channel Transaction List screen of SPoC version of the wallet (Left) transaction view in the SPoC version of the wallet; (Right) transaction view in the SPoC version of the wallet Open Payment Channel In-App Purchase As always, you’re invited to follow our work regarding all of the products we’re working on: ASF SDK ASF Wallet ASF Smart Contracts The current market cap is close to $35.67 M USD, with $934.72 K USD in volume in the last 24 hours across these exchanges: Binance (81,37%) and Huobi (18,63%). AppCoins value continues to be tied to Bitcoin. BTC, as well as AppCoins, have recently experienced currency depreciation. Since the last ANU, AppCoins has seen great volatility in price having witnessed a high of $ 0,630 USD on May 10th, and a low of $ 0,382 USD on May 22nd. You can see more info about APPC markets at . Coinmarketcap Gustavo Silva is a Blockchain full-stack developer with experience in e-commerce. As an AppCoins developer, he is involved in designing and developing the applications that support the project. His work allows AppCoins to be both a reliable and user-friendly project to all. Name: Gustavo Silva Role: Blockchain Developer Bio: AppCoins will be attending yet another incredible tech-related event! , one of the biggest events in will take place in June, and it will feature impressive that will be , including Artificial Intelligence, AR / VR, Blockchain, FinTech, Digital Payments, Robotics and more! NXTAsia digital enterprise solutions and technologies startups and companies showcasing innovation in different fields In case you would like to know more about our project, simply You can find the AppCoins booth located in Business Avenues. visit our booth and talk to Tiago Alves, VP of Asia. will take place between NXTAsia 26–28 June 2018 in Marina Bay Sands, Singapore. Missed one of our previous publications? Not to worry! You can read them right here: Try out the AppCoins Flows with our Airdrop! ANU #9 — IAP Flow, Advertising and Smart Contract Development “Gosling” Release with new Advertising and IAP flows

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