Komodo CTO Kadan Stadelmann sat down for a superb interview with Andy Pickering from Brave New Coin. He talks about his past and his background as a white-hat hacker, describes Komodo's vision, and explains why AtomicDEX is the industry leader today.

Listen to the podcast here.

https://bravenewcoin.com/insights/podcasts/atomic-dex-how-the-komodo-decentralized-exchange-enables-atomic-swaps

Friendly reminder that we will upgrade the Komodo code base to version 0.5.0, dubbed Obsidian Dragon on December 20, 2019, at block height 1670000.

As a precaution, we have also advised all services and Exchanges to pause the deposits and withdrawals from Dec. 19th - 21st, 2019.

This is a mandatory platform upgrade, so all miners, exchanges, and individuals running full-seed nodes must update to the latest software before block 1670000. Those who do not update before December 20 will not run on the correct network.

All ecosystem Smart Chains (asset chains) will upgrade on Friday, December 20, 2019 11:06:40 AM UTC (timestamp: 1576840000)

Wallets:
Komodo OceanQT:
https://github.com/DeckerSU/KomodoOcean/releases/tag/v3.0.0-beta1-9979ca2

Komodod (core daemon):
https://github.com/KomodoPlatform/komodo/releases/tag/0.5.0

Verus Agama:
https://github.com/VerusCoin/Agama/releases/tag/v0.6.0-1


Details about the Obsidian Dragon update
https://komodoplatform.com/komodo-to-activate-platform-wide-update/?utm_source=Komodo+Main+Newsletter&utm_campaign=5959f75965-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_Newsletter_2019_Dec_13&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_ed5b384f14-5959f75965-589687121

@everyone Komodo wrote blockchain history once again:

This is the first fully automated atomicDEX XTZ <-> ETH cross chain atomic swap:

1. Taker fee: https://ropsten.etherscan.io/tx/0x4cec281438f2b6fe62e77d3cc5c0115fa261f3578fce82f3dd2c4f6fbbab06ee
2. Maker payment: https://babylonnet.tzstats.com/oogYxmZzj5agsW96KJTRtDZQ19wm77bQkqLCv4pPPBzMsR3oEe7
3. Taker payment:
https://ropsten.etherscan.io/tx/0xc83cdee20fda1b55a9b0de28d48c560acb8444e1e2dff60d36100e96090ed651
4. Taker payment spend: https://ropsten.etherscan.io/tx/0xa272e80c8f660d6fc3aee8cd944f3d1cc1de4156240652c4da098667a43da7e3
5. Maker payment spend: https://babylonnet.tzstats.com/ooLVpZc4UU5ozJMM55RCehHHCp3WnwF4tLa19a3NGJhHWzaTgmg

AtomicDEX can now swap XTZ with 99% of all #BTC protocol based coins but also most ETH/ERC based tokens. Full FA1.2 token (XTZ's own smart contract tokens) DEX support is coming soon!

https://twitter.com/0xca333/status/1206576738324680707

@everyone

A friendly reminder that Komodo's mandatory Obsidian Dragon upgrade to the code base version 0.5.0 will happen at block height 1670000. That's about 57 hours from now. This is a mandatory platform upgrade, so all miners, exchanges, and individuals running full-seed nodes must update to the latest software before block 1670000. Those who do not update will not run on the correct network.

As a precaution, we have also advised all services and Exchanges to pause the deposits and withdrawals from Dec. 19th - 21st, 2019.

Wallets:
Komodo OceanQT:
https://github.com/DeckerSU/KomodoOcean/releases/tag/v3.0.0-beta1-9979ca2

Komodod (core daemon):
https://github.com/KomodoPlatform/komodo/releases/tag/0.5.0

Verus Agama:
https://github.com/VerusCoin/Agama/releases/tag/v0.6.0-1

Find all the details about the Obsidian Dragon update here.
https://komodoplatform.com/komodo-to-activate-platform-wide-update/?utm_source=Komodo+Main+Newsletter&utm_campaign=5959f75965-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_Newsletter_2019_Dec_13&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_ed5b384f14-5959f75965-589687121

In August 2019, Komodo introduced nSPV technology, the next generation of Simple Payment Verification (SPV). This new nSPV technology is hundreds, or in some cases even thousands, of times more efficient than traditional Electrum SPV server methods.

As development continues on nSPV, several additional features are emerging.

Read more here.
https://komodoplatform.com/advancing-nspv-technology/

The Komodo Network is ~1860 blocks away from the upgrade to the code base version 0.5.0, dubbed Obsidian Dragon - Please make sure to update in advance!

Those who do not update will not run on the correct network❗️

💥Final reminder everyone. We are 483 blocks, ~8.5h away from the Network upgrade. This is a mandatory platform upgrade, so all miners, exchanges, and individuals running full-seed nodes must update to the latest software before block 1670000. Those who do not update will not run on the correct network.💥

We are happy to announce that our website is now available in Spanish! - Feliz año nuevo! Estamos felices de darte a saber que ahora puedes accesar la página web de Komodo Platform en Español. Únete a nuestra comunidad de Blockchain en Latinamerica y España.

https://twitter.com/KomodoPlatform/status/1214153843921113089?s=20

We have added two new tasks to the bounty campaign! The prize pool has over 3000 $KMD. Increase your chances of winning by completing these two new tasks. 🎁
https://gleam.io/voeqw/komodo-platform-community-portal-bounty

New Update available

Friendly reminder that the Komodo Developer Hangout Livestream about AtomicDEX will start today at 18:00 UTC.

The Livestream will be on Komodo's official YouTube channel.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtp7YrrEnZbW97sgPldyvKg

See ca333 post on the community portal for more information.
https://community.komodoplatform.com/post/5e46de21312e7f1d9977ea3b