ChainCatcher news, the privacy public chain Namada announced that the Anoma Foundation is launching the Namada delegation program, with applications now open and a deadline of October 31, 2024. This program will be used to delegate up to 50 validator nodes. Accepted validators will receive a 6-month delegation from the Anoma Foundation to help with the network's decentralization, stability, and security.

ChainCatcher news, focusing on multi-chain privacy, Layer1 blockchain Namada proposes to airdrop its upcoming Namada token NAM to holders of Zcash (ZEC). Among them, ZEC holders who choose to anonymously claim NAM will receive more airdrop than those who claim transparently.Both Namada and Zcash use zero-knowledge proof mechanisms to verify transactions without revealing the sender, receiver, or transaction amount.The Anoma Foundation, which is behind Namada, stated that the project will launch its mainnet in May 2023, after which the exact timing and mechanism of the airdrop will be finalized. The foundation is also responsible for managing the independent privacy-preserving protocol Anoma. (CoinDesk)

ChainCatcher news, according to the official Polkadot announcement, Aleph Zero has won the 38th round of the Polkadot parachain slot auction.Aleph Zero is a Layer 1 privacy-enhanced blockchain based on the AlephBFT consensus, featuring scalability, low transaction fees, and developer friendliness. The AlephBFT consensus utilizes a directed acyclic graph architecture as an intermediate data structure to quickly achieve finality. (Source link)

ChainCatcher news, according to the official Twitter, the privacy public chain Aleo has announced the launch of Testnet 3 incentive measures, with an initial portion allocated for prover incentives. Aleo has reserved 25 million Aleo Credits for Testnet 3 incentives, of which 7.5 million Aleo Credits (30%) are for prover incentives.The prover incentive period will last from December 2, 2022, 8:00 AM to January 27, 2023, 07:59 AM, or until the 7.5 million Aleo Credits are fully released, whichever comes first. The credits will be used as a payment mechanism for the Aleo mainnet and can be exchanged at a ratio of 5:1 when the mainnet goes live.In a previous announcement in August, the privacy public chain Aleo stated that Testnet 3 would be launched in three phases, with the first phase aimed at developers already initiated. The second phase aimed at provers was launched in September. This incentive measure is the third phase of the launch of Aleo Testnet 3. (source link)

Chain Catcher News, the privacy public chain Concordium has announced the launch of the domain name system Concordium Name Service (CNS), developed by the Web3 software technology company Bictory Finance.It is reported that registering a domain on CNS requires an annual subscription fee and network fee. Domains with fewer characters have higher subscription costs, with CNS domains of more than 6 characters starting at $10 per year, while 2-character domains are charged $150 per year. (Source link)

Chain Catcher news, the privacy public chain Secret will allocate $2 million worth of tokens to establish the Terra Builders Fund, aimed at helping projects on the Terra chain migrate to its ecosystem. The fund is primarily targeted at the following three types of projects: Secret Apps, applicable to all content built directly on the Secret Network; Ecosystem, for tools that expand the Secret Network and enhance general usability; Network Improvements, for significant upgrades to the network itself. (Source link)

Chain Catcher news, based on the Cosmos privacy public chain Secret Network, tweeted that the network is currently suspended, and no transactions can be successfully completed. The team is investigating the issue. Core developers expect several hours of downtime while determining the problem and restarting the chain. (Source link)