Dear Wanchain Community,
June has brought along a number of significant updates for the Wanchain ecosystem including EVM upgrade updates, the launch of more crosschain bridges, another DeFi dashboard integration, explorer updates and much more!
Wanchain EVM upgrade - Saturn Hardfork Incoming
The Wanchain mainnet will undergo its highly anticipated “Saturn” hard fork (v3.0.0) at block height 21,454,700, which is expected on July 5, 2022.
After the upgrade of GWAN EVM, here are the primary new features:
New EVM (London hard fork version)
Support for EIP1559
Support for SHA3
Support for the latest EVM opcodes
Support for the seamless migration of new DAPPs from Ethereum
For node operators: All Wanchain PoS validator nodes and other relevant nodes, such as those belonging to exchanges and wallets, must update their GWAN client to version 3.0.0 before that time to avoid block synchronisation issues. Follow this guide to complete the upgrade process.
For general users: All you need to do is update your desktop wallet, you’ll see the v1.5.7 update splash screen next time you launch your wallet if you haven’t updated it already.
Wan is already burning on testnet!
New integrations! Wanchain Storeman upgrade on June 30th
The Wanchain team is happy to announce that a new blockchain network is joining Wanchain’s crosschain infrastructure very soon! But first, we will have a Bridge Node (Storeman) agent upgrade this coming Tursday!
This upgrade will take place at 3:00 AM UTC, June 30th, 2022.
More info on what users need to do can be found here.
Major Crosschain Milestone Reached
More than $450,000,000 has passed through Wanchain’s truly decentralised crosschain bridges - that’s right, almost half a billion dollars has safely journeyed through Wanchains highly secure bridges.
Start bridging your assets here.
Find all our comprehensive guides here.
P.S. We’ve launched a new Telegram faucet bot in addition to our existing crosschain faucet bot, you can now claim some free WAN to get started in the ecosystem! More details:
Wanscan Updates - Export all transactions to CSV
You can now export all transactions including WAN, wanTokens, delegation rewards, and much more! Many more data points have been added including historic WAN value for your convenience. Find the Download CSV Export button on Wanscan.
XinFin Integration Updates
The XinFin crosschain bridge routes are expanding! Users can already move XDC between Avalanche, Binance Smart Chain, Polygon, and Wanchain. New bridges include:
ETH from Ethereum to XDC Network
ETH from Wanchain to XDC Network
WAN from Wanchain to XDC Network
USDT and USDC to and from XDC Network, Ethereum and Wanchain
Fun Fact: It costs roughly $19 to bridge from Ethereum to XDC Network, and only $0.0001 from Wanchain. Cheaper and faster!
You can find a comprehensive XDC crosschain guide here.
Wanchain added to Ape Board
Wanchain has been added to Ape Board, check it out here.
Wanchain Integrated on Shield Wallet
Download it here.
ZooEcosystem Updates
ZooEcosystem has released their ZooGames concept paper with lots of juicy details on how they plan to take blockchain gaming to a whole new level. From NFT lending and borrowing to guilds allowing players to team up and share NFTs to a full developer support plan, dive right in here!
Join in on the discussion here.
WanLend Updates
Users can now enjoy 20X WAND rewards for the ZOO Markets on WanLend! Lend and borrow here.
Wanchain in the spotlight
Crosschain asset transfer for Non-Fungible Tokens (with Dr Weijia Zhang) -
Wanchain Mainnet has the “Saturn” Hard Fork - Altcoinbuzz
Twitter Space with XDC Foundation, Wanchain and Dimo Finance
Wrapped USDC on Wanchain is now reflected on CoinMarketCap's USDC page
See you in the next update!