January 2025: AGI for Math🔢, USDC Universal Bridge🌁, Pump.ONE Token Launchpad 🔥
January has been a dynamic and productive month for the Harmony ecosystem. The first week welcomed AthleteFi, a new community project, along with the launch of validator tools such as airdrop.easynode.pro. Meanwhile, the protocol team made significant progress by integrating the Eliza AI agent, improving stream sync, and enhancing data integrity. The following weeks saw key milestones, including Harmony’s listing on CoinMart's DEX and ongoing updates to the testnet, staking explorer, and the USDC Universal Bridge. AI agent development, community engagement, and simple DeFi have been at the forefront of the month’s achievements, setting the stage for a promising 2025.
Week of Jan 1st:
The first week of the new year included welcoming AthleteFi to the Harmony community as well as the launch of airdrop.easynode.pro to help validators airdrop by stake weight. Li and Stephen highlight X.country: A(G)I Agents for Memes and DeFi as the theme for the new year.
The protocol team configured the Eliza AI agent with Twitter integration, published posts, and documented steps for local setup. They also completed a staged stream sync refactor to improve data integrity, and explored a reserved peer list for enhanced reliability. On the community side, a call emphasized priorities such as "0x" wallet addresses for seamless user access and greater community representation in the 2025 plan.
Top 3 Team Progress:
Artem: configured Eliza AI agent with Twitter integration, post are published to the Twitter account; created docs article on how to launch it locally.
Gheis: I completed the staged stream sync refactor, adding a new block hashes stage to improve data integrity before downloading block bodies (PR #4824). I’m also exploring a reserved peer list for stream sync, which would instantly replace disconnected or invalid peers, enhancing operational consistency and reliability.
Theo: Community call. Prioritization insights from community: “0x” wallet address top priority for seamless entrance to Harmony, and more community representation in 2025 plan.
Week of Jan 6th:
This week, CoinMart listed Harmony on their DEX, and Crypto_Land_DAO sponsored the weekly airdrop for FlappyH1. Stephen and Li shared insights into the future development of AI agents.
The protocol team achieved significant progress, including Ledger's plan to release the new Harmony app by late January or early February. On testnet, updates were deployed to the staking explorer, improving navigation for precompile transactions and resolving a Shard 1 consensus issue.
Key pull requests were finalized to enhance P2P system stability with a reserved stream list, a devnet RAM issue was resolved by refining the resource manager, and resource efficiency was improved through further optimizations. Progress also continued on aligning the Message struct with Ethereum standards, addressing staking transaction issues, and implementing EIP-3607 to enable sponsored transactions.
Team Progress:
Soph: I met with Ledger, which plans to release the new Harmony app by late January or early February. On the testnet, I deployed staking explorer updates, including displaying exact ONE rewards, improving navigation for precompile transactions, and adding ONE values to transaction lists. A fix for an Out of Memory issue linked to the resource manager is under testing, and a Shard 1 consensus loss caused by an out-of-sync internal validator node was mitigated, with future updates set to remove internal nodes from committees.
Gheis: I finalized PR #4824, addressing feedback and adding tests, with one small issue left before merging. In PR #4826, I introduced a reserved stream list to the P2P system, enabling immediate peer replacement for better recovery, stability, and resilience in large networks. The team resolved a RAM issue on devnet nodes by enabling the resource manager with default limits. To optimize this, I created PR #4827, ensuring the resource manager is included only when explicitly enabled, improving resource efficiency.
Konstantin: Updated the Message struct to align with Ethereum standards and enhanced test scripts to dynamically use the TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST_BRANCH variable, eliminating hardcoded branch names. Resolved an effectiveGasPrice issue for staking transactions and progressed on EIP-3607 implementation, introducing sponsored transactions.
Week of Jan 13th:
This week, FlappyH1 awarded over 2,000,000 WAGE tokens to tap-to-earn players. Round 27 of recovery removed $1.25 million in depegged assets, bringing the total recovery to $28.2 million. Stephen shared AGI content for Math (i.country), and Li highlighted Hashkey’s top predictions: Bitcoin ("digital gold") surpassing $300,000, Ethereum ("digital oil") exceeding $8,000, and the total crypto market cap reaching $10 trillion. Additionally, DEXs are expected to leverage AI and memes for market share, while CEXs will adopt DeFi strategies. USD-pegged stablecoins are forecasted to surpass a $300 billion market cap.
In development, Artem began research on Eliza AI plugins and merged updates to the Explorer client. Yuriy refactored the LayerZero proxy contract and deployed a USDC Converter. Phillip focused on testing the Harmony Yield Enhancer and preparing a marketing strategy, including talks with Across for cross-chain features.
Top 3 Team Progress:
Artem: Research on Eliza AI plugins has begun, including work on the Harmony EVM agent. Updates to staking transaction values (USD included) were merged into PR #23 for the Explorer client. Key fixes and features were implemented for the Yield Enhancer, while pump.ONE added Harmony Testnet support and ran an 8-hour trading bot test.
Yuriy: Refactored the LayerZero proxy contract with updated Solidity, added service methods, and improved token transfer calculations with SafeERC20. Deployed a USDC Converter with test tokens and examples, while optimizing the proxy contract and supporting interface development. Enhanced the Proxy to track external chain token locks and completed key corrections, including fee calculation fixes and unified bridge assets.
Phillip: Focused on testing the Harmony Yield Enhancer, planning its next steps, and preparing a marketing strategy, including content for boostDAI promotion and a curated KOL contact list. Initiated talks with Across to enable cross-chain and 1-click deposit features post-launch, aiming to reach a broader audience beyond the current Harmony community.
From @harmonyprotocol on X: exchange.one will leverage Harmony's speed to simplify trading. Coming soon 🔥
Week of Jan 20th:
During the third week of January, ElizaOS was integrated into Harmony’s blockchain, enhancing ONE’s utility. Team efforts included Frank’s improvements to the Harmony-Eliza-Agent GitBook plugin and 1Bot fixes, Yuriy’s updates to the bridge app with USDC transfer checks and warnings, and Artem’s work on the Harmony plugin for Eliza, along with research on staking and Swap APIs.
The Galaxii platform highlighted strong community engagement, while the Yield Enhancer progressed toward launch with testing and cross-chain deposit plans. Broader discussions included Stephen's insights on data companies scaling revenues through math solutions and Li’s focus on AI’s growing influence.
Top 3 Team Progress:
Frank: Enhanced the GitBook plugin for Harmony-Eliza-Agent with auto-retry and improved follow-up queries for better AI responses, tested with Eliza Bot, and configured Fly.io deployment for internal use. Addressed 1Bot issues, fixing the /send command and troubleshooting wallet-connect problems affecting external balance transfers.
Yuriy: Worked on updating the frontend part of the bridge application - added checks for the available transfer limit for all USDC tokens by calling a new contract proxy method. Also working on displaying warnings and changing token links.
Artem: Worked on harmony plugin based on Eliza EVM plugin. Discussed with the team about features to implement, explored Harmony staking and Swap API.
i.country AI milestones in math drive progress for web3 and DeMath. 🧠
Week of Jan 27th:
During the final week of January, Frank deployed the Eliza Harmony Agent with GitBook and Telegram on Fly.io, scaling to 2GB RAM, and is researching AI frameworks. Artem tested and finalized Pump.ONE upgradable contracts, while Theo secured Harmony’s "Made in USA" listing on CoinGecko.
The mandatory validator upgrade (v2025.0.0) is enhancing network stability. Flap & Earn wrapped up with 2X rewards, and Stephen highlighted the use of Lean and OCaml in building formal models, reinforcing their role in ensuring rigor and reliability in blockchain and AI research.
Top 3 Team Progress:
Frank: Deployed Eliza Harmony Agent with GitBook integration and Telegram client on flyio, scaling instance to 2GB RAM. Researching conversational agent creation using Eliza's framework.
Artem: Pump.ONE: deployed and tested new version of Pump.ONE upgradable contracts with client and backend; updated staging backend. Synced with Yuriy on the final version of Pump.ONE contacts.
Theo: Harmony listed as official Made in USA category on CoinGecko. Next will be CoinMarketCap.
