August Outlook: Which Blockchain Projects Will Experience Significant Events?
Aave, Helium, Neo, Verge, Kava, Cardano and others are worth paying attention to.Organizer: Chain Catcher
1. Helium: Halving
In July, the decentralized wireless communication network Helium announced that it will begin its two-year halving plan on August 1, reaching a maximum supply of 223 million.
2. Neo: Launch of N3 Mainnet
At the end of July, the official Neo project anticipated that the Neo N3 mainnet would officially launch on August 2, 2021, introducing new features such as decentralized storage NeoFS, built-in Oracle, decentralized identity system NeoID, and domain services.
3. Swarm: Testnet Airdrop
According to the official blog of the decentralized storage project Swarm, the project will airdrop at least 1 million BZZ to testnet node operators on August 2.
4. Ethereum: Mainnet Upgrade
In July, the Ethereum Foundation officially announced in a blog that the London upgrade for the Ethereum mainnet is expected to occur at block 12,965,000, with a specific time between August 3 and 5, when the EIP1559 proposal will take effect.
5. Verge: Halving
According to data from the official Verge website, the privacy coin project will undergo halving on August 21, adjusting the reward per block from 100 to 50.
6. Kava: Launch of Kava Swap
In early July, the cross-chain liquidity protocol Kava announced that Kava Swap is expected to launch on the mainnet on August 30. This product is one of the most important protocol modules in the Kava ecosystem, leveraging cross-chain advantages to connect the BSC and Ethereum ecosystems, delivering liquidity to various DeFi applications and financial services.
7. Aave: Launch of Institutional DeFi Platform
At the end of July, Aave CEO Stani Kulechov stated in an interview with The Block that the project's institutional DeFi platform Aave Arc will be launched in the coming weeks.
8. zkSync: Launch of Version 2.0
In March this year, the Ethereum zero-knowledge proof layer 2 solution zkSync announced the zkSync 2.0 roadmap on its official blog, planning to launch the mainnet in August, capable of achieving over 20,000 TPS.
9. Cardano: Possible Launch of Smart Contracts
In July, Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson stated that once the Alonzo hard fork is completed and activated, users will be able to run smart contracts, and it is very likely to launch in August or September.
