Update on OST KIT⍺

We were scaling quite nicely and learning a lot based on the 17 million token transfers undertaken in alpha thus far.

Earlier today we started experiencing requests increasing at significantly higher rates than our normal scaling limits.

We took a call today to pause OST KIT⍺ to upgrade to Geth v 1.8.2 "Frost," the latest new version of Geth that was only merged to github in the past couple weeks.
https://geth.ethereum.org/downloads/#announcements-only

Thanks for the community's patience as we take this pause to upgrade on-the-fly to the latest Geth technology. We'll let you know when we're ready for you to test again.

We have decided to take through the weekend to add further performance optimizations and improvements to OST KIT⍺. We'll be back early next week with an update both on further availability of OST KIT⍺ as well as on extending the Early Adopter program. Thanks for your patience and understanding as we incorporate learnings from the 18.3 million transactions run to-date in alpha. Your feedback and support fuels the project.

Update on OST KIT⍺

Thank you to the entire OST Community for your participation in OST KIT⍺ Phase I.

OST KIT⍺ Phase I, open to the public from 15 March 2018, was intended to stress test the performance of an early public version of OST KIT⍺.

1627 unique branded tokens were created within 7 days, with more than 18.8 million completed token transfers.

We received several hundred points of community feedback, and we’d like to thank our Early Adopters for their participation.

Read more on Medium:
https://medium.com/ostdotcom/announcing-ost-kit-phase-ii-developer-proofs-of-concept-4df5b06c8694

Three New Startups Team Up with OST to Change the Way We Discover

From private city tours to exploring quaint towns to finding like-minded people: We welcome Touriocity, Traipse and Twilala to the growing OST family! In today’s post we’re introducing our three new Partners, bringing the number of official OST Partners to 26!

https://medium.com/ostdotcom/touriocity-traipse-and-twilala-join-ost-3cbf2960f55

Two Marketplaces Partner with OST to Change the Way We Consume

One marketplace is all about shopping consciously, whereas the other restores your faith in humanity: A warm welcome to our new Partner Companies, The Brightly and Fainin. Partner count to date: 28 companies!

https://medium.com/ostdotcom/two-marketplaces-partner-with-ost-to-change-the-way-we-consume-b5abd7b69c30

OST KIT⍺ Phase I Early Adopters Program rewards have been distributed to the participatns. Thank you all for stress testing the system. There will be more public testing in the future.

Meanwhile, there’s less than 24 hours left for registering for the OST KIT⍺ Phase II: Developer Proofs of Concept:
https://medium.com/ostdotcom/announcing-ost-kit-phase-ii-developer-proofs-of-concept-4df5b06c8694

Hi everyone!

As announced on 11 April, we decided to reward every person who took the time to submit a support ticket or raised a forum issue (and who registered for the Early Adopter program) with 1,000 OST for their time and effort and support for OST. Your 1000 OST will be distributed to the MetaMask account you used for testing by end of next week.

We are also continue to review additional emails sent to support@ost.com, by participants who feel their reports should be considered bugs.

Here’s a list of qualified participants:
https://goo.gl/wqtVMT

OST April 2018 — $OST Monthly Update
The last few weeks have been a blast: Team OST has been making steady progress on a number of fronts. From launching OST KIT⍺ for public testing to on-boarding new people, and from further advancements on the OST platform and the OpenST protocol to opening new offices! In this month’s update we’ll bring you up to speed on a wide range of topics, starting with the latest additions to our team.

https://medium.com/ostdotcom/ost-april-2018-ost-monthly-update-5ca55da1c0bb

Kicking off OST KIT⍺ Phase II: Developer Proofs of Concept Challenge

A huge THANK YOU to everyone who applied for OST KIT⍺ Phase II and to all of you who helped us spread the word. We received over 250 applicationsfrom all over the world!
OST KIT⍺ Phase II is an opportunity for developers to build a Proof Of Concept (POC) coded integration between their website/app/platform and the OST KIT blockchain toolkit. Development teams applied by submitting a denoscription of their proposed POC project and their team’s capabilities to us by 6 April, 2018. The OST team then selected projects that we felt captured the spirit of the program and who demonstrated a good likelihood of completing the task.

https://medium.com/ostdotcom/kicking-off-ost-kit-phase-ii-developer-proofs-of-concept-challenge-5f2987f92a97

Hi everyone!

As announced on 11 April, we decided to reward every person who took the time to submit a support ticket or raised a forum issue (and who registered for the Early Adopter program) with 1,000 OST for their time and effort and support for OST.
Your 1000 OST have been distributed to the MetaMask account you used for testing.

Here’s a list of qualified participants:
https://goo.gl/wqtVMT

Starting today, we'll be publishing weekly interviews with all the wonderful people working at OST​: Meet Adeola and Wouter of the Marketing Team!

https://medium.com/ostdotcom/people-of-ost-adeola-wouter-6a5dd87c5fa8

Introducing #OSTa2 Projects (Pt. 1)

https://medium.com/ostdotcom/introducing-osta2-projects-pt-1-744e60cb806d

14 More #OSTa2 Projects (Pt. 2)

https://medium.com/ostdotcom/14-more-osta2-projects-pt-2-d74348d47aa3

The next 14 #OSTa2 Projects (Pt. 3)

https://medium.com/ostdotcom/the-next-14-osta2-projects-pt-3-81d04adfa8f9

People of OST: Meet Jordan, Marina and Paul <3

https://medium.com/ostdotcom/people-of-ost-jordan-marina-and-paul-d36942beb28

14 more #OSTa2 Projects (Pt. 4)
In today’s post we’re introducing projects 43 through 57: Enjoy!

https://medium.com/ostdotcom/14-more-osta2-projects-pt-4-b3592975a2f8

Attention #OSTa2 Teams: Don't forget to submit your halfway video update! Deadline is Tuesday 1 May 2018, 1pm UTC!

In the update, introduce your team, the current status of your POC and the next steps necessary to complete the project. Your video should be publicly viewable on YouTube.

Submit a link to your video update here: https://goo.gl/ywneZo

Attention #OSTa2 Teams: Don't forget to submit your halfway video update! Deadline is Tuesday 1 May 2018, 1pm UTC!

Meanwhile, we’d like to introduce 14 more #OSTa2 Projects (Pt. 5)

https://medium.com/ostdotcom/another-14-osta2-projects-pt-5-159c5db23c48

14 more #OSTa2 Projects (Pt. 5)
We covered seventy #OSTa2 Projects in our previous posts, don’t forget to check them out too!

https://medium.com/ostdotcom/the-next-14-osta2-projects-pt-6-b6546a830111

Today we’re thrilled to share the “halfway video updates” by the #OSTa2 teams. Part of the program rules was for all teams to submit a short video in which they present themselves and the work on their POC at the midway through the challenge. It’s been challenging to cram so much information in two minutes tops, but the OST community came through!

https://medium.com/ostdotcom/osta2-halfway-video-updates-4716fa05be38

OST API Updates: May 2018

Today we are announcing OST KIT API v1.0 which will go live on Thursday 17 May, 2018, containing several enhancements and upgrades requested by our community and partners.

https://medium.com/ostdotcom/ost-api-updates-may-2018-a827e6ac2eb2