ICON Newsletter #45 - ICON Aggregator Chain Begins w/ Polkadot Integration

Dear ICONists,

There’s a lot happening in ICON. ICON is layer 1 protocol. It is also known as a smart contract platform. ICON built its own highly scalable blockchain. ICON has been focus on enterprise adoption in Korea. ICON is a DAO with P-Reps and CPS. ICON is pushing DeFi and NFTs. And, of course, ICON is all about interoperability. That’s a lot to digest especially for new ICONists.

So, let’s make this simple. What is ICON?

We have one ultimate goal which is to interconnect all blockchain networks. The future is multi-chain and ICON will aggregate them all to make it simple for users.

ICON will connect all private and public blockchains. ICON will allow NFTs on other networks to be purchased on ICON, and vice versa. ICON will allow $ICX to be used in DeFi products on other blockchains. But, most importantly, all of this will be done in a very elegant way with BTP, our secret sauce.

We are extremely excited about sharing BTP rollout updates with you. This is going to be fun!

Thanks,

ICON Team

Another reminder that the ICON Foundation provides an update to our tech roadmap at the end of every month. We highly recommend our community follow the technology progress of the project.

BTP is ICON’s interoperability technology that bridges the ICON Network to other blockchains. We first announced the launch of BTP Working Group - Edgeware, ICONDAO, and Web3 Labs - where its sole purpose is to fulfill ICON’s vision of becoming a blockchain of blockchains and an aggregator chain. Also, we announced that our first integration will be with Polkadot via integration support from Polkadot Parachains - Edgeware, Plasm, Moonbeam, and Acala.

ICON’s main vision is to ‘Hyperconnect the World’. In other words, ICON is to become an AGGREGATOR CHAIN. We published a couple of blog posts outlining what this means and how BTP is designed to accomplish this vision.

Craft is an NFT marketplace owned by the community that is powered by ICON. After months of hard work, the team has finally launched Testnet Alpha. Please go check it and support this project. Also, FOLLOW on Twitter.

Remember Craft Network will have a governance token and incentive economics.

Website: https://alpha.craft.network

On April 7th, ICONLOOP and Seoul Metropolitan Government began issuing Seoul Citizen Reporter Certification on the ICON public blockchain network using Zzeung mobile app. Such certification allows official reporting news on major policies, facilities, events, and daily life in Seoul.

ICONLOOP is continuing to onboard enterprises and governments to the ICON Network. Enterprise adoptions have been extremely challenging in the blockchain industry, but ICONLOOP team has been steadily paving the way.

Another wallet? Yes, there are many wallets to choose from - ICONFi, MyICONWallet, BridgePay(to come) to name a few. But, we believe wallets serve as an entry point for consumers and there’s a wide spectrum of preferences. WalletX is a decentralized wallet that is quite different from ICONex and MyICONWallet.

For one, WalletX offers INS(ICON Name Service) where it replaces the long HX wallet address with a simple word or a phrase of your choice.

Android: Google Play Store

OMM Finance is an exciting DeFi project that will soon launch on ICON. Check out this video.

ICON ($ICX) continues to be listed on various exchanges around the world. Today, $ICX is one of the most liquid digital assets in the world.

With Coinone Exchange listing, $ICX is now traded on the all top 3 exchanges in South Korea.

With Tokocrypto listing, $ICX is entering Indonesia, one of the largest and fastest growing economy in the world. We believe Southeast Asia is going to be massive for crypto industry in the near future.

Hashoshi has been a big supporter of the ICON project. Recently, he has interviewed Min Kim, the founder of the ICON Project. He also interviewed Scott Smiley, the founder of Balanced Network, which is expected to launch this month.

Be sure to follow and support Hashoshi.