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Today we are delighted to announce the availability of our Masternodes product in a beta version.

We have now completed the development of the Stratis Academy Learning Management System( LMS). The Stratis Academy LMS will combine both lessons and a Community Management System to create an environment where developers can learn and collaborate with other developers learning blockchain development. The next steps are to build the core technical content and walk-through materials. The course content will range from getting started with the Stratis blockchain to developing applications utilising the Stratis Development Framework. Community features like profiles, discussion boards, and groups, will allow developers to learn faster together with one another. We are actively working on the structure of courses and the core content. This is the key focus for Stratis Academy going into Q1 2018 and we are certain we will achieve the Stratis academy roadmap milestone ontime or earlier.

Today we are excited to announce the launch of the ‘Stratis Test ICO’ which utilizes the Stratis ICO platform.

With just a few weeks remaining in the fourth quarter, it is an opportune moment for us to provide a status of where we are against our ‘Stratis Q4 Roadmap’ deliverables and to outline more details regarding the remaining items.

The Breeze Wallet MainNet beta release is now available and represents a key step in our product development roadmap.

Stratis masternodes solve the problem of providing useful services to a blockchain network while keeping the list of services decentralised and tamper-proof.

We are excited to announce the alpha release of the Stratis Masternode technology.

Today we have reached another significant milestone in our roadmap as we release our Stratis Masternodes product. This major release includes the following: A live running Masternode running on Microsoft Azure. The Masternodes fully support our new Service Discovery Protocol and are currently configured to run our Breeze Privacy Protocol service. A new version of the Breeze Wallet with Breeze Privacy Protocol (powered by TumbleBit) that features the Masternode Client Discovery Protocol. The Masternode technology implements a collateral verification feature that requires the node operator provide 250,000 Strat to be held in a watched address on the blockchain. This requirement helps to incentivize the supply of appropriate resources required to operate the network. These technologies work together to solve the problem of providing useful services on the network where Masternodes host and advertise their services on the blockchain while client applications use the blockchain to discover and connect to those services. This delivers a robust, trustless, decentralized advertisement and discovery mechanism that is resistant to manipulation or censorship. Our first such service, the Breeze Privacy Protocol, is available as a Masternode service today with more exciting Masternode services coming soon. Download Download a version of our Breeze Wallet with Breeze Privacy Protocol (powered by TumbleBit): https://github.com/Breezehub/Breeze/releases/tag/v0.2.0-privacy-alpha Masternode Source Code on BreezeHub: https://github.com/BreezeHub/BreezeProject/ Look out for more information today including a detailed post and a technical paper with full details of how the technology works.

The beta release of the Breeze wallet is now available and represents a significant milestone in our development roadmap schedule.

Stratis is set to take the stage at a number of upcoming conferences as we showcase our blockchain offering and latest product developments. Over the next six months, Stratis will be attending and speak at a host of bitcoin and blockchain conferences. Starting with the Blockchain Expo at Santa Clara in Silicon Valley on the 28th November to 30th November, we will be attending and be exhibiting our technology. As strategic partners of the Expo, we will be on hand throughout the three days, offering the opportunity for investors to discuss product developments, as well as one-on-one conversations with Stratis employees. In the new year, we will continue to showcase our blockchain offering, attending the Bitcoin Super Conference in Dallas, Texas which is from the 16th to 18th February 2018. We will be discussing our turnkey solutions and how we utilize C# and .Net development frameworks to provide quick and easy blockchain-based applications. On the 18th April to 19th April 2018, Stratis will be in attending the Blockchain Expo in London, Olympia. More detailed information will be provided about the Expos closer to the time. Finally, we are excited in ramping up for a very busy period with major technology releases and attendance at key Blockchain Expos.

We are well into Q4 and wish to share the progress on our exciting Q4 Product Development Roadmap.

Today we would like to share with you our Stratis Roadmap 2017-2018.

We are happy to announce an experimental update on the Stratis App. In this new release we have made available the exchange capability between BTC/STRAT pairs provided by Changelly. The update is available for both iOS and Android devices. As of today you should have received an update message from the corresponding app store: iOS Users: should receive an update notification. Just accept the update and proceed to the app. Android users: If you haven't received the notification, visit the Google Play app store and find the Stratis app. You should have the "Update" option active. Follow the prompts to update the app.   In order to buy/sell cryptocurrencies you need to enter your information in the provided fields. Note: Exchange capabilities are provided by Changelly Stratis Group is not responsible for use of the Changelly functionality, any lost of funds or other issues with your transactions, and we do not provide support for transactions provided by Changelly. We recommend you make sure the addresses are correct and make sure you are operating with the correct currencies. We would like to thank Stratis community member @alifar (Twitter: @AlifarSEO ) for this great update. As usual we welcome any feedback to further improve the user experience in our mobile app.

Dear Stratis community, We are very aware of the urgency for the updated Stratis roadmap, and it is indeed THE priority for Stratis. But it's proven to be the most challenging task as an organization. We have top experts working on it, cause the idea is that when we release it, we want to be certain to have our developers on board with it, considering all the implications and complications of developing new tech, that the milestones and the expectations will be realistic, and that are not going to change (as much) midway. Also we have to balance not revealing too much of our business strategies, and finally we have to show this data in a professional manner. The process is advancing and we apologize for how long it's taking to get this right. Today we will continue the review process and we expect to have by the end of this week, at minimum, a public high-level roadmap update from the developer side, that we all are comfortable with. As you can see by following the corresponding channels, our development team continues to make great progress in all fronts and we expect to maintain a healthy pace with new updates and tech releases. Thanks for your patience!

Breeze Wallet with Breeze Privacy Protocol Released (Powered by TumbleBit and Stratis Blockchain Technology) Breeze Wallet with TumbleBit has a new name: Breeze Wallet with Breeze Privacy Protocol. Breeze Wallet will be the first wallet of its kind that will not only provide a fully featured crypto wallet, it will also include a unique coin shuffling and swapping technology. The protocol takes small denominations of bitcoins from a source wallet in Breeze, shuffles and swaps the coins with others, and then transfers those coins to a destination wallet. The process is powered internally by TumbleBit to add privacy to your coins. It is likely to be used by discerning individuals and businesses that accept cryptocurrencies and do not want to leave traces that may reveal their customer and supplier lists. Alpha Available Now Stratis Internal and select community testing of Breeze Wallet with Breeze Privacy Protocol is complete and we'd like to offer you, our community, the opportunity to take a look, download and try the Alpha. The new wallet is available now for Windows, Mac and Ubuntu. Download details are available here: (https://github.com/BreezeHub/Breeze/blob/tumblebit-alpha/Breeze.Documentation/alpha/option1.md ). This release runs only on testnet and is an alpha/experimental release. The work has focused on developing a smooth user experience as well as deep integration into the Stratis Blockchain Technology. There is no longer a need to run BitCoin Core alongside Breeze Wallet when using the protocol to shuffle and swap coins. That functionality is now completely provided by Stratis Blockchain technologies. This work moves us closer to our vision where MasterNodes provide discoverable services - such as the privacy protocol - to the Stratis network in a decentralized, scalable, trustless way. We'd like to point out that the Breeze Privacy Protocol is a CPU intensive service and although we will be providing a test server, places on the server are limited and part of the goal of the community alpha is to stress the server. Please do not be disappointed if you cannot get on this server - we are working with our community to add more server power. If you are interested in running a server please get in touch. We'd like to also extend a warm thank you to our dedicated community testing team who have done an excellent job helping to get Breeze and the core NTumbleBit technology to a solid alpha release state. A special mention to badass, zomertje, sigma, demon and kabbie. And lastly to all our capable development team across all functions. Last but not least thanks to Nicolas Dorier and the TumbleBit dev team from MIT. This was a team effort and you guys are awesome.

Today we are proud to release the first Stratis Platform Proof of Concept - The Stratis Identity App.

We have just got word that the Breeze Wallet Alpha Release had to be postponed due to the fact that the development team has hit several issues running final tests.

I am happy to report that Stratis has grown quite a lot these last two months, with many new exciting projects and technical challenges.

Earth Twine partners with Stratis!

This week the Breeze development team reached the final major milestone in their development of the Breeze Privacy Protocol, which is the Breeze implementation of TumbleBit.

A year has passed by, and what a year. Exactly 12 months ago today, the first Stratis block was mined. And here we are, celebrating Stratis' first birthday, with each and every one of you. With the community we love and the community that has been with us every step of the way. We truly value all the dedication, contributions and support we receive from our community. You are an essential part of our motivation to deliver the best technology and set up an organisation to last for many years to come. We would like to take this moment to look back on 365 days of progress and milestones. Of achievements, breakthrough developments and time spent together to form the foundation of Stratis for the future ahead. Development Stratis Bitcoin Full Node on Bitcoin in C# Breeze Wallet Alpha Release Stratis Bitcoin Full Node on Stratis in C# Stratis Mines First POS Block in C# First Tumblebit operation Breezehub Organisation Stratis Node available on the Azure Marketplace Stratis Dashboard App Welcomed a lot of new team members New office Stratis Wiki Stratis Academy Partnership with Escalate Group London Blockchain Expo Stratis Ledger Wallet support C# Sharp Conference India (new office) Numbers From a starting valuation of $ 600,000 to an ATH of $ 1,067,000,000 (1,778 x) ICO price from 0,00001129 BTC to an ATH of 0,00468688 BTC (415x) Best ROI on an ICO Over 25,000 followers on Twitter Over 7,000 members on Slack Over 770 pages on Bitcointalk Community Blue avatar invasion Over 7,000 members on Slack Numerous articles and videos about Stratis Lots of community members Twitter activity A guide for Staking Stratis on a Raspberry Pi Help with testing and developing AMA's on Reddit www.stratispool.com / www.stratisrate.com Stratis Silver Coins Some of you have been with us since day one and have always been supporting, promoting and helping us. Some of you have joined later on the journey only to become strong supporters of our common goal. In memory of this we would like to dedicate the Stratis birthday to all of you. The whole team has been touched and deeply moved by the stories of life-changing events made possible through Stratis for many individuals. We cannot emphasize enough how grateful we all feel to have such a loyal, dedicated and thoughtful community by our side. We hope you will be with us for the coming years, so we can thrive together in this new space that can change the world. Stratis is a company, a community but it is one goal, one team and one mission. One that we will achieve all together. We are one, we are Stratis.

This note is a contribution from our new team member Carlton Pringle (@carlton on Slack). One of the key missions in Carlton's new role as Breeze / Tumblebit development Project Lead, is to coordinate the communications about progress in this exciting technology to internal teams, developers and the public at large. As he gets more familiarized with the vision and accomplishments of our development team. He will be responsible for providing all the relevant updates and streamlining communications from the Breeze / Tumblebit team to our developers and general community. Welcome Carlton and we wish you success in your key role, and without further ado... here is his first Breeze Update. Facilitating Breeze Development Access We want to simplify access and visibility for the Breeze Project, as we expect many peer reviews and collaborators to this exciting project now and in the future. To this aim we are launching the GitHub open source projects for Breeze / Tumblebit development under the auspices of Stratis. BreezeHub hosts our TumbleBit Server Experimental build and showcases the Stratis secure node advertisement protocol, which will be utilized by the Breeze wallet to locate Breeze Tumblebit servers without the need for a centralized list. This is therefore a registration mechanism resistant to manipulation or censorship as it does not require trust in third parties. Check out BreezeHub where you'll find all our work on the TumbleBit Protocol in one place including code, documentation and all the latest info on the TumbleBit Server Experimental Build. BreezeHub includes full instructions to walk you through the TumbleBit server installation. Give it a try and please reach out to our team of developers on Slack with your bug reports, suggestions, and comments. Expect to see lots of activity on BreezeHub – including more incremental releases - as our vision of this exciting technology takes form. BreezeHub on GitHub BreezeHub is hosted on GitHub and can be found at https://github.com/BreezeHub. Acknowledgements: Thanks to @zeptin and @dan.gould for their hard work on this and thanks @jeremy for your support. TCP Server This week also, Nicolas Dorier wrote a custom asp.net core server to replace the default Kestrel implementation that runs in asp.net core on Windows, Linux and OS X. This lightweight tcp server will be used within the TumbleBit Server in place of the previous http+json ptotocol to improve anonymity for TumbleBit users. It can be found here.

Breeze TumbleBit Server is Ready to Test! The highly anticipated alpha version of the Breeze TumbleBit Server has now been released for testing. As promised, we have been engaging in a process of incremental deliveries and in this opportunity we want to share some technical details of the release. We expect to provide even more details both from an user and an operator perspective in the weeks to come. So, stay tuned! This release showcases the Stratis secure node advertisement protocol, which will be utilised by the Breeze wallet to locate Breeze Tumblebit servers without the need for a centralised list. This is therefore a trustless registration mechanism resistant to manipulation or censorship. Node advertisement protocol A high level overview of the protocol operations performed by each Breeze Tumblebit server is as follows: 1. The node operator starts up the Breeze Tumblebit Server software. 2. The node checks to see if it has registered itself on the Stratis blockchain before. 3. If it has, the tumbler service is initialised as normal. 4. If the node is not yet registered, or if its configuration has changed, the registration transaction updates and broadcast again. Registration transaction The registration transaction is a specially-formatted transaction broadcast by the Breeze Tumblebit Server to the Stratis network. In this release, the registration transactions are broadcast to the main Stratis blockchain. Security features The registration transaction contains the following information embedded inside it: 1. The IP address of the Breeze Tumblebit Server. 2. (Currently optional) TOR address of the server. 3. The port that wallets should use to connect. 4. All the information is signed by the tumbler's private keys. This means that the signatures can be validated by a Breeze wallet when it connects to the Breeze Tumblebit Server. The registration protocol will greatly benefit from widespread testing by the Stratis community. As this is alpha software, the tumbler is currently configured to only operate on the Bitcoin testnet. This is to prevent loss of funds in the event of errors. Once the tumbler is sufficiently stable a Bitcoin mainnet version will be released. Please reach out to our team of developers on Slack with your bug reports, suggestions and comments.

We are happy to share our developing process with all of you today; a first 'sprint' effort brought to you by our developers. This is just an update, there might be a follow up announcement next week with more specific details. Bug fixing A lot has changed in the UI and we've done our best to fix all the bugs and to incorporate all the suggestions that you've raised (if they made sense ;)) Notably: - New loading page - Add error handling to send modal - Add send confirmation modal - Add logout confirmation - Add context menu to copy paste (fixes OS X copy pasting as well) - Add SCSS source files to the repository - Improve setup menu’s design and error handling - Require strong passwords and password confirmation - Fix daemon loading when there’s spaces in the path - Various small improvements, bug fixes Breeze and Full Node Between the sprint planning and the onboarding of new contributors, we've actually managed to write some code. Notably: - Improvement to Logging - RPC refactoring as a standalone feature. - Add RPC methods required by the TB protocol. - NStratis integration into the solution as a NetStandard project - Refactor of Full Node Base features - Bug fixing in the wallet history - Other general improvements and bug fixes - Onboarding people from all around the world, some full-time, some part-time, on video chat and in person. - BreezeNode registration is officially available for testing! Please share with us your experiences and any bugs you may encounter. Continuous delivery We now have automated builds and (alpha) releases for the Breeze wallet and for the nuget packages of the Full Node. Every time the code changes, some robot behind the scenes builds a new version of the wallet for you. Every time. The Breeze wallet is available in the following operating systems: Windows 7 x86 and x64 Windows 10 x86 and x64 The following will be available in the next few days: Ubuntu 14.04 x64 OS X 10.11 x64 OS X 10.12 x64 You can find these releases at the bottom of https://github.com/stratisproject/Breeze. The nuget packages can be found here: https://github.com/stratisproject/StratisBitcoinFullNode Thanks to all of you for helping testing our releases, and we hope you keep doing this. We wish you all a good weekend!

Development progress We start with a short review of the latest development sprint and the user feedback of Breeze Wallet and the plans ahead. Our core development team has been busy coding and implementing internal processes for the tasks ahead. Currently ongoing our first development sprint (Andreas) (5/07 through 14/07) Implementation of Continuous Delivery, so that users will be able to download the latest version of the wallet, every time the code changes Fixed bugs reported by the community Improved the Breeze wallet's user experience based of user feedback There will be a more extensive developer report about our development milestones at the end of the current sprint. Our Team Keeps Expanding We have turbo-charged development for Breeze and Tumblebit integrations. We are happy to announce that we have secured a short term commitment with Nicolas Dorier to aid with Breeze's most pressing issues, such as the full node and Tumblebit integration. His progress will also be included in our regular dev reports going forward. We are also pleased to announce that we have hired Paul Aderonmu to join our team in the capacity of senior Project and Product Manager. Paul Aderonmu is a 10+ year industry veteran previously employed as a Data Support Analyst / Project Manager. He has extensive record and working experience with financial institutions and processes, having held high-level operative positions with Barclays Global Investors, HSBC Investments and Commerzbank. He will be assisting on laying down the foundations to develop strong corporate Project, Product and Support management processes within the Stratis organization. Paul will be instrumental in the planning process and helping communicate to the community progress in our development and business efforts. Breeze TumbleBit Readies for Testing The team is expecting to release the Breeze Full Node this Friday, July 14th, for further testing purposes. This will be purely for testing the blockchain registration on the STRAT main net, and it does not implement the actual tumbler feature yet. The TumbleBit server itself will be first implemented on the Bitcoin testnet and will be made available soon to those that want to test the functionality. New Tumblebit Team Leader As we dive deeper into the Tumblebit potential we are strengthening our team to respond to the challenge. As we add more tasks and team members to the project it is important to coordinate the effort to maximize efficiencies. On this regard, we are happy to announce that we have secured the services of expert development team lead Carlton Pringle (Linkedin Profile). He is a senior software development team leader, versed in Agile/Scrum methodologies, as well as Microsoft's .Net / C# app development processes. New Tumblebit Developer We also have the pleasure of announcing the addition of another member to the Breeze / Tumblebit crew - Dan Gould. Dan graduated from Boston University and he is an active researcher and contributor to the Tumblebit / NTumblebit projects. His profile can be seen here. We are furthermore finalizing terms with yet another soon to be announced developer that will be joining the Tumblebit / Breeze project. Stratis is Azure Certified Also this week we were pleased to confirm we have successfully concluded Certification of the Stratis Full Node on the Azure Marketplace. This will allow developers to start testing and deploying their blockchain apps with minimum effort and cost. We are incredibly happy to report that we have received public recognition from Microsoft's Visual Studio team and we expect to work closely with them in demonstrating how the Stratis Platform seamlessly integrates into the Microsoft suite of products. Expect more news and announcements as we progress actively on that front. We Are Hiring! As we have been advertising for the past days, the Stratis team is actively looking for quality developers and business experts to assist us in reaching our goals. We have received lots of interest and look forward to receive CVs from those interested in joining the Stratis team. Our ideal candidates are C# developers (.Net core) with at least three years experience. Ability to work in Agile (scrum) and fast moving environment, understanding BDD. They have to be passionate about Blockchain and Open Source development. We will require a minimum commitment of 3 months. We will publish more detailed information on specific available positions in the days to come. Please contact us via the Contact page. Please check back regularly, as we have more updates on our progress planned.

The Stratis team is releasing today the highly anticipated alpha version of the Breeze Wallet on the BTC testnet. Grab the latest release on our Github. As announced earlier this year, Breeze Wallet is a proof of concept on the utilization of C# / .Net programming languages into cryptocurrencies, combined with the Stratis Platform capabilities. The Breeze wallet is the first full SPV Wallet written in C#. This initial version will allow to execute test transactions with Bitcoin (BTC) on the BTC testnet. From this alpha-release the development team expects to gather information about the user experience, and potential issues and bugs in the Breeze Wallet. These would then be addressed before offering a stable, ready for production version. This marks a solid milestone in our roadmap towards releasing the full capabilities of the Breeze Wallet. Leveraging advancements with Tumblebit technology, the Stratis development team continues to make advances in the integration of advanced features into the Breeze Wallet such as enhanced privacy and scalability capabilities, Proof of Stake, among others. We would appreciate the participation of our community in helping test and experience this release of the Breeze Wallet, so that we can take your observations into consideration. Thank you for your support! Acknowledgements: We want to thank our team members: Wallet developers - Pieterjan Vanhoof (@dev0tion), Jeremy Bokobza (@jeremy) - also our UI designer - Philibert Benoît (@bep42) and developer Dan Gershony (@dangershony), and the rest of the Stratis team for making this release possible today. Special thanks to our community members @Neurosploit, @quantumagia, @molopony, @DogaOztuzun, @detroitpro and all of the others that have helped. Please report any issues to either the #csharp_development channel on our Discord or on the GitHub repo.

We have great news to share with all of you today. The Microsoft Azure Certification for the Azure Marketplace has been successfully completed. Our Stratis Full Node (for Linux and Windows) has been approved, and the offering is now available publicly. Initially we are offering deployment of the Interim Node (Wallet v2.0.0.3), which would be updated to the Full Node in C# when that is completed. This is a service geared towards developers that want to experience first hand the basic functionalities of a blockchain full node within the Azure framework. This is a product still under development, and we expect to update it several times during the upcoming weeks. Therefore your feedback and comments will be highly appreciated. Some useful features of the Stratis Node available for deployment: Synchronise a full Stratis Node in a few minutes instead of hours Test staking capabilities in a secure and redundant environment Run applications (like indexing Stratis Blockchain) on top of the node deployed Combine with other Azure resources (Storage, etc) to increase application performance and reliability This marks an important step towards consolidating Stratis' presence in the Microsoft Blockchain ecosystem. This will undoubtedly help solidify different initiatives we are pursuing with the help of various Microsoft teams. To find the offering, just visit the Azure Marketplace and type 'Stratis' in the search bar. Or click on the following link.

This week we have a small addition to the Stratis ecosystem: the Stratis Dashboard App. The Stratis Dashboard App will keep you informed on trading activity, alerts and notifications from the development team. With this app you can track the average price variation of Stratis across various exchanges, and you can monitor the performance of your personal portfolio. Helping you stay on top of all the news, and be the first to receive Stratis related alerts. Some of the features included in this release of the Stratis Dashboard App include: Portfolio performance dashboard Multi-currency converter Price Alerts News and notifications from Stratis team You can visit: https://stratisapp.com where you will find download buttons for iTunes (Mac iOS) and Google Play (Android) app stores. Alternative you can search for Stratis directly in your app store. You may need to authorize Push notifications in your device in order to receive alerts. Stratis Dashboard App Stratis Dashboard App, Download the FREE App Today! Acknowledgement: Thanks to the Stratis community member @alifar for completing this project for us on time, on budget and with the usual top quality. Stratis Dashboard App is provided as is, with no specific guarantees or claims of exactitude of the information provided. Please check alternative sources for information or contact the Stratis team for support.

The Developer Update for the month of June is a roundup of news, timelines and progress. Addressing the latest topics about Breeze, Tumblebit, Microsoft Azure and Team additions. We hope you find this information helpful and that it provides you with a transparent and clear insight of what to expect in the weeks to come. Enjoy! Breeze Update According to plan, the first public Alpha release of Breeze wallet with a final GUI design will see the light of day by the end of June. This is the world's first Full block SPV Wallet for any cryptocurrency written in C#. It is important to note that, at a later date, the Breeze wallet will the be first C# wallet to support mining via POS - a big leap forward for our technology offerings. We have encountered unexpected delays in the implementation of Tumblebit that caused us to reshuffle our priorities and reprogram to deliver incremental milestones. We will expand more on this in the Tumblebit Tech Update below, but we want to give you an idea, of what to expect from this point on for the Breeze release schedule: Full block SPV Wallet with BTC (and STRAT) (around end of June) Full node Wallet (1-2 weeks) POS on Testnet (1-2 weeks) Tumblebit on Breeze + Masternode (min. 4 weeks) Each stage requires that developers and business units are sufficiently satisfied with testing and audits of this bleeding edge technology, before moving on to the next stage Breeze Server Masternode Update Work has been proceeding rapidly on the Breeze Server (masternode). An initial version running on testnet is nearing completion and public release. The Breeze wallet will not include the Breeze Server (masternode) in the initial release scheduled by end of June, as further development and testing is required to guarantee integrity of your funds. The initial release will contain the following items: - The Breeze Masternode Tumblebit server (completed, leveraging the NTumbleBit project created by Nicolas Dorier). - The Breeze Masternode secure node advertisement protocol (completed). Masternode Advertisement Protocol In order to facilitate a decentralised registry of active masternodes, Breeze servers will utilise the blockchain itself as an immutable public record. On startup, each masternode constructs and broadcasts a specially formatted registration transaction with all the parameters the Breeze wallet clients need to find and connect to them. Some of the example fields featured in advertisement transaction are: Masternode IP and/or TOR addresses. A signature proving ownership of the tumbler's RSA private key. Proof of liquidity (a signature from a Stratis address containing sufficient funds to run the tumbler). This transaction is only performed once, unless the masternode needs to change its details. The Breeze clients will automatically maintain an internal database of active tumblers, and will update this information when new advertisement transactions are performed. Masternode testing The Stratis team will make a testnet masternode available for the community to test the tumbling functionality in the Breeze wallet. More details on this will be made available through public channels in the near future. Tumblebit Tech Update The Stratis team is engaging with the authors of the Tumblebit protocol to provide increased security and more efficient tumbling. Ultimately this bleeding edge technology will provide a highly scalable payment channel solution applicable to both the Stratis and Bitcoin blockchains In the most recent project review with the Stratis team alongside our Tumblebit lead consultant, Nicolas Dorier. We came to the conclusion that some areas require further development and testing, before we can put it in the hands of users comfortably and safely. We are committed to only deliver tech that meets our strict quality and security standards. This means we will always release cutting edge, fit-and-finish technology. It also means extensive amounts of testing, polishing and optimizing to guarantee that funds are kept secure at all time and processes are properly audited. With this in mind, we have come to the conclusion that more development, debugging, and testing is required before we can confidently make this technology available to the wider public. A slight reschedule of our TB implementation in the Breeze wallet is thus in order. This has prompted a reshuffle in some of our priorities until we can get some of the key components sufficiently matured and tested. Other releases dependent on Tumblebit , such as Masternodes will also be rescheduled as a result. We understand that this is of great importance to the Stratis community. So we have taken measures to address and solve these recently discovered challenges with Tumblebit in the shortest timeframe possible: 1. Increasing focus on development processes by implementing common methodologies (Agile, Scrum etc). From now on we expect fortnightly sprint cycles with a development update at the end of each sprint, until final Breeze release. 2. Increased Headcount (Assigning extra tasks and finalizing the appointment of a dedicated TB developer to expedite delivery) Soon we will be announcing calls for testers to help us with the debug process and evaluating the user experience. Stratis Cloud Update : Azure Certification We are happy to report that we have made important advancements in bringing the Stratis Platform Full Node to the Microsoft Azure Certification program. We are currently in the last stages of this process. When the process is concluded we expect to have our full node deployed on the Azure Marketplace. This will enable us to leverage support from the different Microsoft business groups and initiatives around blockchain development. It will also serve to provide the first functional Proof of Concept, showcasing our Stratis Full Node capabilities. Simplifying deployment for developers from around the world. We expect to have this finalized by the end of the current week. Stratis Academy Update We have been actively working in designing a strategy to on board developers on the Stratis Platform. In the coming days we will publish a survey to help us identify C#/ .Net talents in our own community and beyond. This will be the start of an awareness campaign among developers, supported also by our 'Stratis Champions' program. More details will be shared shortly, but for now please spread the word that we are looking for the best C# talent out there, and make sure to complete the survey if you are a developer. New Hire: We are pleased to announce that Benoît Philibert also known as Bep42 (designer of the the Breeze UI ) has joined the Stratis team on a permanent basis. Benoît will support our front end as UX/UI specialist for our apps, and dashboards . You can take a look at his portfolio here. https://dribbble.com/bpdesign Also, as mentioned above, we are actively looking for C# and .Net developers, preferably with experience in blockchain tech. If you have those abilities please contact us. We are hiring!

This wallet update was put in place to mitigate against potential delays when syncing fresh wallets.