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

OST May 2018 — $OST Monthly Update

https://medium.com/ostdotcom/ost-may-2018-ost-monthly-update-95d1352f7d6

People of OST: Renee Wong

In our previous “People of OST” post we interviewed the Berlin-based OST Commercial Team, featuring Paul, Jordan and Marina. Today we’re thrilled to introduce Renee Wong, our global Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and GM of OST North America.

Renee has worked with OST founder and CEO Jason Goldberg since 2012 and she’s already had a very successful career as a CFO and business manager in high growth startups.

Read more:
https://medium.com/ostdotcom/people-of-ost-renee-wong-26129bea6284

OST KIT API v1.0 is live! Check it out!

https://dev.ost.com/

Launched: OST API v1.0

One of our overall goals at OST is to make blockchain technology and access simpler for everyone. As we took a look at our alpha I API code base as well as feedback from the community, we decided that in order to grow while keeping the platform accessible, we needed to make the code structure simpler and easier to use. As such, we revised most of our structure today to be more intuitive and useful for developers.

https://medium.com/ostdotcom/launched-ost-api-v1-0-a6a1111c43a0

OST Partners With GMEX, Block Commodities and FinComEco to launch FACES (Feed Africa Commodities Eco-System) tokens powered by OST tech & the $OST token

https://medium.com/ostdotcom/ost-partners-with-gmex-block-commodities-and-fincomeco-to-launch-faces-feed-africa-commodities-7ad803b45b08

People of OST: Akshay and Junisha

https://medium.com/ostdotcom/people-of-ost-akshay-and-junisha-62f984ae5cfe

Save the Date: AMA with Jason Goldberg and Benjamin Bollen on 31 May 2018!

https://medium.com/ostdotcom/save-the-date-ama-with-jason-goldberg-and-benjamin-bollen-on-31-may-2018-ba783caac523

Don’t forget - you can also ask your AMA questions ahead of time on Reddit:
https://goo.gl/yu4fr9

OST KIT PHP SDK Launch

We’re excited to announce that our official OST PHP SDK is now live. This was another request from the OST community and we’re thrilled to share this release with our Partner Companies and to make it available for the future OST KIT⍺ Phase III program, more details on that coming soon.
https://goo.gl/1rnzox

Less than 1 hour left for the OST AMA with Jason Goldberg, Founder and CEO, and Benjamin Bollen, Founder and Chief Blockchain Strategist!

Make sure to join the live stream on Youtube and ask your questions:
https://youtu.be/66KeuA05XOA

Meet us in New York: Join Jason and Ben at Betaworks Studio on June 19th

https://goo.gl/3FA4mg

OST AMA is live! Join the conversation on Youtube:
https://youtu.be/66KeuA05XOA

The Merkle on our Partnership with GMEX: "Africa Could See the World's Fastest Blockchain Growth"

"The dawn of Blockchain will enable sub-Saharan countries, and in particular, its farming communities, to exchange cryptocurrencies earned by making profits on surplus crops for goods and services like home appliances and healthcare," says Jason Goldberg, CEO of OST.

https://themerkle.com/africa-could-see-the-worlds-fastest-blockchain-growth

Blockchain with Pride: LGBT Foundation and OST Announce Partnership to Launch Global LGBT+ Ecosystem

OST and the LGBT Foundation, backed by Hornet Networks, are pleased to announce a new partnership to launch an ecosystem powered by OST blockchain technology, to empower, connect and support LGBT+ people all over the world. The LGBT Foundation will launch "LGBT Token" in cooperation with Hornet Networks, one of the largest social networks for gay men with more than 25 million members globally, and Revry, the LGBT answer to Netflix, reaching 70 million homes in more than 100 countries. These two and other LGBT Token launch partners already reach 100 million people worldwide.

https://medium.com/ostdotcom/blockchain-with-pride-lgbt-foundation-and-ost-announce-partnership-to-launch-global-lgbt-326950b216f9

The OST vision to be the essential technology fabric that enables the decentralized web, how we’re going about building it, and more from our recent AMA

https://goo.gl/MQBTMy

Announcing the winners of OST KIT⍺ Phase II Developer Challenge
About eight weeks ago we kicked off the second Alpha Phase of our OST KIT⍺ program. We reviewed 250+ applications from all over the world. 142 projects were chosen to demonstrate a successful integration between their website/app/platform and OST KIT⍺ using the OST KIT APIs and SDKs.

https://medium.com/ostdotcom/announcing-the-winners-of-ost-kit-phase-ii-developer-challenge-beaa0dd0a656