Today a new organization joins our ecosystem: Secret Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to privacy as a public good. Read more from new Executive Director Tor Bair on the Secret Blog about the foundation, its mission, and his transition from Enigma.

https://blog.scrt.network/introducing-secret-foundation/

From the ChainOfSecrets.org team comes a denoscription of the Romulus Upgrade Proposal (the first hard fork for Secret Network), which successfully passed overnight! Read more on the Secret blog about how Chain of Secrets is supporting this upgrade.

https://blog.scrt.network/the-romulus-upgrade/

NEWS: Today Enigma developer Assaf Morami shares a major update on the path to privacy-preserving smart contracts on Secret Network - the successful completion of milestone 3 of 3, clearing the way to deploying a testnet for "secret contracts"!

https://blog.scrt.network/secret-contracts-update-milestone-3-of-3-is-complete/

NEW: the Enigma Confidential Computing Platform is coming to the IBM Cloud catalog. Read the IBM Cloud blog to learn how ECCP and IBM are powering critical apps like SafeTrace (now being integrated in South Africa by Covi-ID) and what this can mean for Secret Network and Secret Apps.

https://www.ibm.com/cloud/blog/enigma-and-ibm-cloud-are-protecting-human-lives-as-well-as-data-privacy

With the recent completion of Milestone 3 of 3, we are pleased to announce the Secret Games and Incentivized Testnet! Learn how you can participate in "secret missions", earn rewards, and help test "secret contract" functionality for our network.

https://blog.scrt.network/announcing-the-secret-games/

Last week was BIG for Secret Network: the launch of Secret Foundation, completion of the final secret contracts dev milestone, a successful network upgrade, next steps for SafeTrace with IBM Cloud, and our incentivized testnet. Catch up on the Secret Blog!

https://blog.scrt.network

NEW on the Secret Blog: The Secret Nodes Cookbook by @secretnodes. What is a "secret node"? What is SCRT? How do I stake and delegate? What's the ROI for running nodes? How can I run my own node right now?! All these questions and more are answered! 𝕊

https://blog.scrt.network/secret-nodes-cookbook/

NEW on the Secret Blog: MathWallet now supports Secret Network and SCRT staking! Learn how to use the MathWallet app or browser extension to create a Secret wallet, send Secrets, and start earning rewards by staking with the validator of your choice.

https://blog.scrt.network/secret-network-mathwallet-tutorial/

Today Proposal 16 was submitted to Secret Network, "Changes to Inflation Rate and Community Fee." These changes can support the sustainability of the network by increasing validator rewards and signaling a commitment to Secret Foundation. Come share your thoughts with our community on the Forum, Rocket.chat, or Discord!

IPFS: https://ipfs.io/ipfs/Qmf6UYsrTx6CzfGeqMzDJAd3pMitNf1efE8ia9HpcJA7TB
Forum Discussion: https://forum.scrt.network/t/proposal-inflation-and-community-pool-changes/1778/13
On Chain Proposal: https://explorer.cashmaney.com/proposals/16

NEW: Enigma MPC's latest development update for Secret Network is now available! Learn more about the successful completion of the last "secret contracts" milestone, SafeTrace progress, and the upcoming launch of the first secret contracts testnet!

https://blog.scrt.network/enigma-development-update-june-2020/

Proposal 16 - "Changes to Inflation Rate and Community Fee" - is passing on mainnet with 84.5% of online voting power voting "YES." These changes can support network sustainability by increasing validator rewards and signaling support for Secret Foundation.

https://explorer.cashmaney.com/proposals/16

The Secret Games are coming! With development and internal testing of secret contracts complete, next is Phase 1 of the incentivized testnet on July 20th. We'll have an update on Phase 1 participants later this week. For now, catch up on the Secret Blog!

https://blog.scrt.network/announcing-the-secret-games/

Proposal 16 has now PASSED on mainnet ✅ As a result, Secret Network inflation has decreased, while staking rewards have dramatically increased to over 50%. Now is the best time to start staking your secrets - and to help us secure the network!

https://explorer.cashmaney.com/proposals/16

Transactional privacy is crucial for sustainable open economies. But the vision of Secret Network is even bigger: programmable privacy. Secret Apps can have arbitrarily complex data controls, letting users decide what stays private, when, and where. Here's how.

https://blog.scrt.network/programmable-privacy/

NEW: Meet the invitees for our "secret contracts" Phase 1 testnet, including Figment Networks, Staked, Binance, Chorus One, Dokia Capital, Iqlusion, Outlier Ventures, Mathwallet, Hashquark, and more! Starting July 20th. Next up: Phase 2, open to all participants.

The incentivized testnet will be supported by multiple contributors from the Secret Network ecosystem, including Secret Foundation, Enigma MPC, Secretnodes.org, Chain of Secrets, and more.

Learn more on the Secret Blog!

https://blog.scrt.network/secret-games-update-testnet-phase-1/

From Twitter: Giving full control of data privacy to end users and developers unlocks the true value of the decentralized web. Secret Network gives dApps arbitrarily complex data privacy controls. Learn how "programmable privacy" could change DeFi, gaming, and more!

https://twitter.com/SecretNetwork/status/1284160783463714816?s=20

The Secret Games have BEGUN! 🚀 Today marks the beginning of Phase 1 of our incentivized testnet, where successful validators can earn rewards for completing node-related secret missions. Learn more on our blog and get ready for Phase 2 starting in August!

https://blog.scrt.network/secret-games-update-testnet-phase-1/

Next AMA: Secret Network - Wed July 29th @ 17:00 UTC
(10a PT / 1p ET / 7p CET)

Tor Bair of Secret Foundation, Enigma CEO Guy Zyskind, and Enigma CPO Can Kisagun will be answering all of our Secret Network questions.

Feel free to add questions using the link below.

Questions Doc: https://bit.ly/3hpN9TN
Calendar Invite: https://bit.ly/3fQYkVl

Reminder of a few rules we have in this group:

1. We do not discuss token price or token sales.
2. We do not "shill" projects.
3. We do not discuss projects in a blatantly negative way.
4. We try to focus on discussing information or ideas that are not currently public or easily accessible.
5. We do not give away anything in our channel.

The weekly Secret Network governance call is starting NOW! Join us on our Jitsi to talk about network governance, the Secret Games, and other upcoming initiatives. Join here: https://meet.scrt.network/discussion

New Secret Mission! 🚨 🕵 🚀

Make art, earn secrets! Help us develop the visual branding and educational content for Secret Network and get $SCRT for your efforts! Submit a proposal to become a design collaborator or submit your work to our art contest 🎨

https://blog.scrt.network/secret-mission-design-challenge/