In the past months we’ve been busy engaging with communities all around the crypto sphere. We had truly engaging conversations, and received tremendous support. Here is a summary of these interactions through which we encourage everyone to do their own DD.

We have to mention the list is not complete - much more is on the way, and we’re more than happy to further engage with anyone interested in finding out more about Elrond.

Reviews
🔎Midgard Research - https://news.1rj.ru/str/cryptodiffer/757
⚔️CryptoDiffer - https://news.1rj.ru/str/cryptodiffer/712
📝CryptoCalibur - https://news.1rj.ru/str/cryptocalibur/196
🐶ICODOG - http://bit.ly/ELROND-ICODOG
🦐Blockchain Lobsters - https://news.1rj.ru/str/ivangbi_diary/513
👓Token Investor Online - http://bit.ly/T-OI
🤖Shin Chan - https://news.1rj.ru/str/moonwithshinchan/237
🧮Luntik Reviews - https://news.1rj.ru/str/luntik_reports/79

🇷🇺[RU] Krypto Sherlock - https://news.1rj.ru/str/KryptoSherlock/376

Ratings
💠CryptoDiffer ratings lists - https://news.1rj.ru/str/cryptodiffer/764
7️⃣Top 7 ICO table - https://news.1rj.ru/str/top7ico/147

Videos and Interviews
🎥🇦🇺Interview with Blockchain Brad - http://y2u.be/3tHkEXivkgg
🎥G Crypto - Elrond overview - http://y2u.be/XuDRIoH3Oa0
🎥Elrond project presentation - http://y2u.be/dbZBfLp3DDc
🎥🇷🇺[RU] You shall not pass - http://y2u.be/VV2r0M7JJTo
🎥🇷🇺[RU] Elrond - Social mining - http://y2u.be/phulqSHE-2k

Conferences
🎦 How to Web panel discussion - http://y2u.be/9JLHwk8qIvA
🎦San Francisco Blockchain Week - http://y2u.be/VOO7oYjnA7g

Podcast
💎Analysis in Chains - http://bit.ly/Podcast-AIC

Elrond x Nash partnership announcements
💧ICO Drops - https://news.1rj.ru/str/icodrops/2281
⚔️CryptoDiffer - https://news.1rj.ru/str/cryptodiffer/726
💣MonoICO - https://news.1rj.ru/str/monoico/816

AMA summary
🔥 CryptoCalibur - https://cryptocalibur.com/elrond-network-ama/
🔥 ICODog - https://icodog.io/news/elrond-network-x-icodog-ask-me-anything/

Press releases
📰Investor online - https://bit.ly/2vgOqH2
📰Yahoo Finance - https://yhoo.it/2UxDlvk
📰CryptoNea - https://bit.ly/2PmDFfj
📰CCN - https://bit.ly/2Virtlh

❗️Elrond Network Investor Announcement:❗️

The interest for the Elrond presale has been overwhelming and we want to thank you for your support.

As we are preparing to close the round, pending KYC processing and some final answers, we want to urge the community to be very careful.

There are rumors of people trying to raise "last minute" funds for Elrond, claiming no lockup and immediate release for tokens. PLEASE BEWARE. THAT'S THE MARK OF A SCAM.

Elrond has been known for the serious lockup schedule for both team and early investors. We are in this to bring a radical shift in performance measured in throughput, latency and transaction cost, that we believe will transform the space during the next 3-5 years. Thus, every investor in this round has accepted the same terms, lockup and release schedule, as we have insisted on aligning all interests for the long run.

If you see someone claiming otherwise, know they are trying to steal your money and stay away. Be even more careful with impersonators, unknown people and shady pools.

Stay safe,
The Elrond Team

Sunday food for thought: https://twitter.com/beniaminmincu/status/1125026109471514624 🙂

It is now widely acknowledged that scalability matters, and sharding executed in the right way, with a solution for state sharding in particular is bound to make a difference.

When a network can actually meet the demand of the market, and is able to do it effortlessly, things start to be noticed. Even in the context of our testnet being released soon, eyes are on Elrond and we believe it’s for the right reasons.

Here are some coverage highlights on our progress:

📰 https://www.techbullion.com/tech-bullion-exclusive-interview-with-beniamin-mincu-ceo-of-elrond/
📰 https://www.coinspeaker.com/scaling-up-to-better-blockchain/
📰 https://ambcrypto.com/can-sharding-solve-the-public-blockchain-scalability-problem-elrond-believes-it-can/
📰 https://oracletimes.com/lowering-the-barrier-to-cryptocurrency-adoption-with-layer-one-scaling/
📰 https://blockmanity.com/press-release-2/spos-the-consensus-mechanism-for-secure-sharding/
📰 https://kryptomoney.com/two-years-in-the-making-this-blockchain-is-finally-ready-for-mass-utility

Elrond testnet update.

Twitter thread 👉 https://twitter.com/beniaminmincu/status/1130529663862939654

Watch here @beniaminmincu's latest AMA session with Crypto Zombie:

👉📺 https://youtu.be/f9rWkK17j90 🔥🔥

Countdown for our team’s live stream: http://bit.ly/ElrondZEROtoONE 🚀🚀

🔥 🔥 THIS IS BIG - DON’T MISS OUT 🔥 🔥

https://twitter.com/ElrondNetwork/status/1133056921093726209

​​❗️Elrond long awaited Testnet will be launched tomorrow
👉 https://youtu.be/15K0-2dX05g

Elrond Network—Research Report 📚

In this report we will unpack the Elrond startup.

Elrond are building a new public blockchain to address scalability, throughput and cost whilst maintaining sufficient security and decentralization.

This is a team focused on building a robust and highly-capable solution, taking into consideration what is lacking and what is needed for public blockchains to succeed and achieve large scale adoption.

Read the full report here:👇
https://medium.com/@dalb0013/elrond-research-report-eb885cd80d8e

“Zero to One” testnet launch is in t-minus 1.5 hours

Adaptive state sharding and Secure proof of stake are finally solved!

Join us as we demo our tech, and share the exciting steps ahead:

http://bit.ly/ElrondZeroToOneLAUNCH

TESTNET is up an running! We have delivered on our promises and Adaptive State Sharding & Secure Proof of Stake are solved.

As it stands with only 5 shards(plus metachain) and 126 node, run in AWS & distributed in 6 geo locations, we have achieved 10k TPS with 6 sec latency.

Everything you NEED to know is right here: https://twitter.com/beniaminmincu/status/1133744265010581505

Summer is here but there’s no time for picnic.

Elrond testnet is LIVE and exciting things are happening.

Find out our latest news on the interview with Crypto Lark: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tU7-0pdBcI&feature=youtu.be

Elrond has rebuilt everything from scratch to bring a 1000-fold improvement in throughput, execution speed, and transaction cost. Few understand the potential impact of this change for blockchains today, but it’s happening, right in front of our eyes. And Elrond is leading it.

Read our latest update here: https://medium.com/elrondnetwork/elrond-zero-to-one-testnet-update-41a1b7cfd4b0

Don’t miss today our AMA with OhHeyMatty

Join us and let’s talk about reshaping the digital economy ⚡

Details:
• June 6 - 7PM Central European Time - https://bit.ly/MattyAMA

We are live: https://bit.ly/MattyAMA

We are partnering up with TypingDNA — a leading provider of typing biometrics solutions.

We aim to:
💡Integrate biometrics solutions into the Elrond platform
💡Improve security
💡Remove the friction plaguing many blockchain platforms right now

Read the announcement here: http://bit.ly/ElrondTypingDNA