October 2024 marked major strides for Harmony, including improvements in block production, supply scripts, and 1-second finality, along with the successful integration of xAI onto ONE Bot. With rising community projects and new AI initiatives under HUMAN Protocol, Harmony continues to deepen its focus on decentralization, DeFi, and the evolving intersection of crypto ∩ ai.
Week of Oct 1st
In Harmony's first week of October, KingsAndQuests announced their launch on Harmony, and Swap Country got listed on DeFiLlama. Harmony welcomed Philipp to the team, while Crypto Land DAO set new goals for community support and education.
On the tech side, Soph updated the total supply script to include staked ONE tokens, announced the HIP32 release to be October 31st, and resolved a block-skipping bug. Artem refined the 1Market demo, and Gheis fixed stream disconnectivity by updating P2P configurations, with a focus on improving Shard 1 block production.
Top 3 Team Progress:
Soph: This week, I refined the total supply script after discussions regarding how bridge-locked or wrapped of ONE Token are handled. I also fixed a bug that caused certain blocks to be skipped during indexing. Additionally, staked ONE tokens are now included in the calculation. The script is running again, although it’s taking longer to complete due to these updates. I also spent time reviewing and testing PRs aimed at progressing toward the HIP32 release. As a result, we've adjusted the planned HIP32 release date to October 31st, set to occur at epoch 2152 at 13:02 UTC.
Artem: launched new test market on 1Market demo; started working on fixes following 1Market review from Aaron.
Gheis: Over the past week, I continued working on issue #4789, which involves addressing stream disconnectivities. A series of tests were conducted to identify the root cause, and several improvements were implemented across key areas which are mentioned on my last week update. Despite the efforts, the issue persisted. I decided to revert recent commits one by one to trace the problem and eventually identified that the update on P2P Host's Muxers was the root cause. This led to the creation of PR #4764, which removes the use of the mplex muxer for localnet and configures it to exclusively use the Yamux muxer. This adjustment resolved stream disconnectivity issues in the localnet. During the tests, I also discovered an issue related to the retrieval of non-existent crosslinks. This prompted PR #4765, which introduces a validation check for the Crosslink Epoch before attempting retrieval, effectively preventing errors from attempting to access non-existent crosslinks. I am also actively working on PR #4762, which focuses on enhancing and refactoring the P2P stream layer. Although the changes have been promising, there is still an outstanding issue causing slowness in Shard 1 block production, which will be my main focus in the upcoming week.
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Week of Oct 9th
In Harmony's second week of October, major progress included final steps toward 1-second finality, with Konstantin removing commission split changes and refining gas price tracking for ETH transactions. Theo secured a Swap listing on DexScreener, while Kilopi advanced its "Masters of Management" game. Rikako resolved CLI/go-sdk issues and created a Dune dashboard for Whalepool Orca analytics.
Top 3 Team Progress:
Rikako: Finished debugging CLI/go-sdk issues thank you to the help of Aaron, imported wallet from mnemonic and verified balance was working for mainnet. Created query+dashboard on Dune for analytics on estimated 24 hr yield for Whalepool Orca for past 24 hours, created query for past 30 days/365 days but query takes too long to sift through dataset, looking into alternative methods.
Konstantin: 1-second finality: Removed all related block signing and commission split changes. Submitted a new PR with no modifications. The 1-second finality will proceed without any commission split modification. Added effectiveGasPrice to ETH transaction version for GetTransactionReceipt and GetBlockReceipts API methods. Fixed the branch with lock acquisition to ensure it passes all tests. Reviewed release branch.
Key technical updates this week include the completion of the Grok model (xAI) integration within Harmony's backend and 1Bot, optimized command functionality, and enhancements to the BondingCurve dApp interface. The Harmony Ledger app testing continues, addressing environment issues, while protocol efforts tackled a devnet/testnet fork issue and updated the release to v2024.3.1. Progress on backup node removals, improved consensus monitoring, and a new, smaller SnapDB snapshot rounded out HIP32 preparations. RMC had it’s annual review as next year’s elections approach.
The Recovery Multisig Custodians (RMC) have been key to Harmony’s recovery efforts, overseeing depegged asset recovery. With elections coming up, let's look back at their first year and key achievements!
Key Achievements: HIP-30v2 Hard Fork: Nov '23 - The RMC implemented HIP-30v2, marking the start of structured asset recovery.
Depegged Asset Burns: $25.4M in depegged assets burned to date. When the RMC was formed, $14M had been burned. In just a year, they’ve increased this by $11M.
Fund Allocation: As per HIP-30v2, RMC handles the allocation of 110M ONE tokens annually (~9M ONE/month), distributing them to key partners like Recovery1 & Modulo to fuel recovery efforts.
RMC Stats: 24 successful recovery allocations, 107.6M ONE allocated, $11M in depegged assets burned The RMC’s diligence in fund management is driving real impact!
As we head toward the next elections, the RMC has set a strong foundation for Harmony’s recovery. Their leadership has been vital, and we look forward to seeing how the community shapes the future of this vital role.
Upcoming Election Timeline: Election discussions start next week. Voting will be open the following week All current custodians are eligible for re-election. Don’t miss your chance to participate in shaping Harmony’s recovery efforts!
Community highlights featured Fortune Validator’s HIP-32 updates, HOG’s appreciation for OpenOcean’s DeFi tools, and Harmony's ETH Global SF meetup.
Top 3 Team Progress:
Frank: Completed Grok model (xAI) integration in harmony-llm-api backend and 1Bot (accessible via /gk). Optimized default model commands to utilize highest-tier variants (/g for Gemini 1.5, /c for Claude 3.5 Sonnet, /ask for GPT-4). Fixed BondingCurve token purchase logic issues and enhanced dApp interface for improved UX.
Soph: The Harmony Ledger app testing is currently in progress, with some environment issues identified that we're working to resolve. In the meantime, the repository has been prepped and is available here: Harmony Ledger App. On the protocol side, I identified and troubleshooted a fork issue affecting both devnet and testnet. The problem seems to be caused by the leader committing a block hash but broadcasting a 0x0 hash to the network. We're continuing with further investigation and testing to fully confirm and resolve the issue. Lastly, the planned v2024.3.0 release has been updated to v2024.3.1 due to a deprecated GitHub action in our CI pipeline.
Ulad: For the backup nodes detection and communication with the validator community, main result - we have only 7 backup nodes(5 active) and all active confirmed removal and will do it during the next week - link to gist. On the protocol side, I was helping with the forking leader node issue and was able to reproduce it locally, sharing findings with the protocol team. On the ops side, I've finished developing a new monitoring for the getLastSigningPower RPC call implementation in the watchdog. Now we are using value from nodes majority, alarm has unique block ids and view change ids. Main advantage - less noise, more clue about when consensus loss happen. Additionally, on the ops side, I've created a fresh SnapDB snapshot - 3 times smaller as a part of HIP32 preparation.
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Week of Oct 25th
This week, Binance announced its support for Harmony (ONE) network upgrades and hard forks, adding vital institutional backing. Kings NFT Marketplace also announced its launch on Harmony, while the team successfully integrated the xAI API, unlocking new AI possibilities.
On the development side, Soph led testing efforts for the 0x0 hash bug fix and 1-second finality in localnet, while working on signature collection issues. Streamsync improvements sped up node initialization, and Sun tackled transaction tracing challenges in shard 0. Additionally, Artem advanced pump.fun, deploying its backend with features like token tracking, daily winner calculations, and APIs for comments and tokens.
Top 3 Team Progress:
Soph: This week, I reviewed and tested multiple PRs. For the 0x0 hash bug fix PR, the PR only addressed the streamsync syncing method, while the issue also impacts the DNS sync method. Additionally, I tested the 1-second finality PR in localnet, which revealed issues with signature collection as soon as the 1-second epoch block occurs. Lastly, I reviewed and tested two streamsync improvement PRs(1 and 2), which have shown positive outcomes in localnet, including a faster start to the sync process when nodes initialize.
Sun: 2024-10-28 Mon: trace_transaction in shard 0 is disabled due to the heavy load it is processing, however found out that it is allowed through shard 1's RPC (in localnet case). The internal information for transaction is listed. There exist a pattern but theere is no set way to determine the contract address from the internal transaction infromation. Other chains retrieves it using Viem's getContarctAddress(which in our chain, returns a null). The prominent solution is to manually find out the contract addresses, as they are deterministically deployed, and ensure the addresses is included in the internal transaction details.
Artem: prepared pump.fun backend and deployed on fly.io. Current features: tracking of the new tokens, calculating winner by trading amount every day, API for comments and tokens. Discussed details with Yuriy, started working on pump.fun client app.
📣 HIP32 is live! External leader rotation is now active, with internal nodes reduced to 2 slots per shard and 1% vote power. Big thanks to our protocol engineers and validator community!
Conclusion
October 2024 marked a transformative month for Harmony. Technical milestones include improvements in block production and supply script updates and 1-second finality development and the successful integration of xAI onto ONE Bot. Community involvement soared with projects like Kings and Quests, Crypto Land DAO, FlappyH1, & Kilopi continuing development. The protocol's decentralization strengthened significantly the HIP 32 upgrade, while the DeFi ecosystem flourished with new listings on DeFiLlama and DexScreener.
Harmony continued building on Human Protocol, an initiative that envisions generative AI as a source of both news and cultural content, distributed across Telegram and YouTube, to engage a global crypto audience. An AI Launchpad would leverage user-generated content, such as meme videos and WebP stickers, while on-chain prediction markets would tap into collective community insights, aiming to align AI models with human values and feedback.
These developments demonstrate Harmony's commitment to building a comprehensive crypto ∩ ai ecosystem while maintaining a strong focus on community engagement and DeFi utility.
