Did you miss our AMA with Staking Hub and the Figment Networks team? Here's a great summary! Learn about "secret" smart contracts (LIVE on our testnet!), running secret nodes (currently ~40% rewards), and key use cases (private DeFi?). More soon...

https://figment.network/resources/staking-hub-secret-network-ama/

NEW: the July Secret ecosystem update is now available! Learn about the successful deployment of secret contracts on our public testnet, new applications built in internal and external hackathons, new wallet support, updates from Enigma / Chain of Secrets / Secretnodes.org, and more.

https://blog.scrt.network/secret-network-ecosystem-update-july-2020/

PROPOSAL DISCUSSION: should the slashing rate for validators be reduced? Should it be eliminated? What would be the impact on network stability? Join the conversation on the Secret Forum and make your voice heard on this important #governance issue!

https://forum.scrt.network/t/proposal-slashing-rate-reduction-for-downtime/1940

NEW: We're bringing programmable privacy to #DeFi with "secret tokens"! Learn how tokens on Secret Network create network effects for privacy, providing the missing piece for DeFi mass adoption. Secret tokens are now LIVE on our public testnet! 🚀🤫

https://blog.scrt.network/secret-tokens-programmable-privacy-for-defi/

Governance update! Proposal 17: “modification to downtime slashing” is now open for voting on-chain. This will reduce penalties for offline secret nodes on mainnet. Currently passing. If you are staking or delegating $SCRT, view the proposal and vote here!

https://puzzle.report/secret/chains/secret-1/governance/proposals/17

This is an official announcement channel for Secret Network. Unofficial community chat is @SCRTcommunity. Official dev/nodes/governance chat is https://chat.scrt.network. Welcome!

Tomorrow, August 10th, Phase 2 of the Secret Network Incentivized Testnet begins! Thank you to the hundreds of validators who have expressed their interest in secret nodes 💪🤫

More instructions will be shared in the Secret Chat as we kick off. Join now!

https://chat.scrt.network/channel/phase-2-testnet

NEW: Today marks the first day of Phase 2 of the Secret Incentivized Testnet! Congratulations to all the validators who are already getting set up as secret nodes 🤫🚀

Learn more on the Secret Blog as we approach the launch of secret contracts on mainnet!

https://blog.scrt.network/secret-network-ecosystem-update-july-2020/

Phase 2 of the secret contracts testnet is LIVE and going well 🙂 Read this thread for quick updates and to follow along!

https://twitter.com/SecretNetwork/status/1293223330129092608?s=20

✅ Code complete for secret contracts (June 17)
✅ Invite-only Phase 1 secret contract testnet (July 20)
✅ Phase 2 live w/ 70+ validators (Aug 10)
✅ Secret #DeFi apps live on testnet, with more in dev

Next up: secret contracts on mainnet. #secretisout

Learn all about these milestones on the Secret Blog: https://blog.scrt.network

Congratulations Padlock team!! 🔒🔥💪🏼 https://twitter.com/secretnetwork/status/1295840257984942088

Padlock: the first Secret App on Secret Network interoperating w/ Ethereum! “Secret Vault” lets users buy/sell access to encrypted content on IPFS & Filecoin.

🎉 AND it won 3 prizes at #HackFS!

https://hack.ethglobal.co/showcase/padlock-recOwF5kjzFYLkYkO

Curious how our Secret committees work? Join our first awareness committee session, LIVE right now on the Secret Jitsi! Our focus: build awareness of privacy-first, open-source networks and technologies like Secret Network. Come help our community grow 🙂

https://meet.scrt.network/awareness

NEW: here's an update on our Phase 2 incentivized testnet as we pass the halfway point, including some stats, some quotes, and some fun with Secret Tokens and Secret Hold'Em!

The next milestone is the most important: secret contracts coming to mainnet. 🤫

https://blog.scrt.network/secret-games-update-incentivized-testnet-phase-2/

Thank you Binance for your support of the mainnet swap for Secret Network! Our mission is to expand global adoption of privacy-first, open-source technologies and make them accessible to all.

Next stop: secret contracts coming to the Secret mainnet! 🤫

https://www.binance.com/en/support/articles/08082b3cbb874a23bd0b21aedae24852

Introducing a new series from Secret Foundation: "Sharing Secrets!" With interviews, explainers, monologues, and surprises, we'll share the biggest secrets of the cryptocurrency space. Episode 0 answers "What is a Secret?" and how our network got its name.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jk7kV1ph-FQ

The next Secret Network #governance committee discussion is now LIVE! Join our community now on Jitsi, or catch a recording later on the Secret Network YouTube.

https://meet.jit.si/secretgov