, 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 other news. is on (smart contracts), , , and the You may expect the next ANU on the 9th May. AppCoins News Update ANU This week’s focus AppCoins Protocol ASF Wallet ASF SDK Creation of Advertising Campaigns ASF Membership. **Quicklinks** Dev Update Create Campaign APPC Reports Featured Member ASF Membership The last two weeks have been spent preparing everything for the on the . This major release will include one of the biggest flows of the : the . As we’ve explained in previous articles, this functionality enables users to with associated advertising campaigns. Alpha 3 release 2nd of May AppCoins Protocol Advertising use case earn APPC from using apps All of the major components of the AppCoins project are involved in the release: the (via smart contracts), the , the and the . Blockchain SDK Wallet Website AppCoins Protocol The Blockchain part of Alpha 3 is composed by a that enables the in the blockchain, as well as knowing which are the , , and from campaigns. smart contract creation and storage of advertising campaigns current active campaigns submitting and validating Proofs of Attention (PoAs) rewarding users for giving attention to apps At the time of the release of the , the smart contract was able to perform the first two actions. In these two weeks, we’ve been able to implement the remaining functionalities. Users can , which are validated by checking if the PoA contains , and registed in the Blockchain via an event (please check for clarification). The PoA is verified to check if it was and not less. After validating the correctness of the PoA, the smart contract can . Lastly, if the PoA is validated and if the user didn’t convert the campaign yet, the smart contracts and each of its parts to the user (85%), the app store (10%) and the OEM (5%). last ANU submit PoAs correctly computed nonces ANU #7 computed for at least two minutes of attention from the user validate if the user already converted the given campaign splits the attribution transfers . This means that the and can already and users and developers can already , respectively. This is an important milestone for the AppCoins project! We’ve also released the IAB and Advertising (at its current status) in the main net SDK Wallet integrate the flows using the main net earn and monetise with real APPC You can see the latest developments in the and check the deployed contracts for and in the main net using . smart contracts’ GitHub repo IAB Advertising Etherscan.io ASF SDK The SDK is responsible for , as well as to be able to (test and main nets) for all the AppCoins project flows: IAB and Advertising. triggering the Wallet for the computation of the PoA components work with several networks As of today, the SDK is able to perform just that. It can , depending on the integration done by developers. If developers want to monetise their apps, they can integrate the SDK to use the main net. On the other hand, if the app is supposed to be used for testing, developers can integrate the SDK in debug mode and use the Ropsten network, where ETH and APPC don’t have real monetary value. work in the main and Ropsten networks You can check the current status of the project and the in the . integration documentation SDK GitHub repo ASF Wallet The Wallet is responsible for and for , which are triggered by the SDK. computing the PoA handling the transactions coming from the IAB and Advertising flows Just like the SDK, the Wallet can already , as well as the Ropsten network. We’ve deployed its current version in and . work with both flows in the main network Google Play Aptoide Next steps for the Alpha 3 release include a , as well as . It will enable users to better understand transactions done through the Wallet, since users will be able to not only take normal “send tokens” transactions, but also transactions regarding in-app purchases and earning coins from apps. Below is a mockup of the new Transactions screen and the bottom nav bar. redesign of the Transactions screen improving the navigation through the app redesign mock Transactions screen Feel free to follow our work and give us feedback through the . Wallet’s GitHub repo In these two weeks we’ve been working in two pages that enable the creation of Advertising campaigns and show active campaigns for users, respectively. The flow of creating campaigns starts with the page, where developers can specify the details of a campaign and submit it to our smart contract. Create Campaign Developers need to specify: Package name Start and end dates of the campaign The attribution value in APPC that is paid every time a user converts the campaign The budget in APPC the developer wants to spend in the campaign The vercodes of the app for which campaign is valid The countries where the campaign should appear page Create Campaign After creating a campaign, the developer and users can go to the page and check the active campaigns. Users can directly download the apps from the Offer Wall. Offer Wall It is divided between and campaigns, where the latter means that the APK isn’t yet available in Aptoide. Once it becomes available, the campaign will change its status in the Offer Wall. Available Unavailable Users can also check available campaigns in both the main and the Ropsten networks. page Offer Wall The current market cap is close to $56 Million USD, with $6,76 Million in volume in the last 24 hours across these exchanges: Binance (61,88%), Huobi (38,09%) and Lykke (0,03%). AppCoins continues to be tied to Bitcoin. During the past two weeks, AppCoins value has seen an increase in price, having reached a high of $0,645 USD on the 24th of April. Since Appcoins value has witnessed a surge of around 86%. You can see more info about APPC markets at ANU#7 Coinmarketcap. Quality Assurance Manager Christopher has been working at Aptoide for about two years and is currently developing tests within the smart contracts used in the AppCoins protocol along with the usability tests of the delivered products. He’s driven by the goal of ensuring high quality products before they are delivered to the final user. Name: Christopher Ferreira Role: Bio: To ensure the , a as a non-profit organisation: The of the ASF is to , to (after the initial implementation performed by Aptoide) and the continuous . independence and sustainability of AppCoins protocol foundation will be created The App Store Foundation (ASF) . mission assure the open governance of the AppCoins ecosystem support its development innovation of the technology , market players will collaborate with industry leaders in the pursuit of , , and architectures for the apps industry. The ASF members base will represent a from every region of the world, This will allow , , , and to scale up the ecosystem user base. As a member of the ASF ethereum-based technology best practices open standards open-source reference wide variety of blockchain business sectors to promote the global AppCoins adoption. direct stakeholders app stores developers key strategic entities We invite you to go to the , and click on to apply for the , so you can start being a part of the ecosystem. All registered members can access : , as mentioned in the . Members will also . ASF website join membership Early Adopter membership plan all public WGs App Advertisement, In-app Purchases and Developers Reputation previous ANU be included on the WG mailing list Application Form In November, when the ASF is officially launched, all Early and Founding members will have a chance to meet at the Launching event. Telegram 24/7 Support Official AppCoins Subreddit AppCoins GitHub

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