Protocol Updates

1. Reduced Darwinia and Crab’s TransactionPerByte fee. GitHub
2. Developed and added darwinia-ecdsa-authority pallet to Darwinia to support the ETH2.0 bridge. GitHub
3. Upgraded Darwinia and Crab’s Substrate version to polkadot-v0.9.13. . GitHub
4. Upgraded Darwinia and Crab Parachains’ Substrate version to polkadot-v0.9.25 . GitHub
5. Benchmark test all darwinia-common pallets. GitHub
6. Migrate original WCKTON to new KTON ERC20 pre-compile. GitHub
7. Added ensure_can_withdraw security lock validation for CurrencyAdapter . GitHub
8. Customize KTON ERC20 pre-compile metadata. GitHub
9. Fee Market upgraded to a new reward and slash model. GitHub
10. Replaced MaxUsableBalanceFromRelayer with Ethereum Block Gas Limit. GitHub
11. Bumped frontier version up to support eth_sync RPC.
12. Fixed potential transaction reversion issue. GitHub
13. Opened Crab Parachain <> Bifrost HRMP channels.
14. Opened Crab Parachain <> Khala HRMP channels.
15. Opened Crab Parachain <> Crust Shadow HRMP channels.
16. Migrated Ethereum bridge testnet to Goerli.
17. Added on-chain message proof interface.
18. Optimized messaging for solidity protocol.
19. Made optional the mandatory header relay for S2S bridges.
20. Migrated subql deployment from Subquery to our server, and updated bridger.

Darwinia Ecological Applications and Infrastructure Updates

1. Crab Parachain launched cross-chain connection with Bifrost using XCM.
2. Khala XCM integration will bring the Crab ecosystem with the suite of confidential computing services.
3. Crust Shadow XCM integration will bring the Crab ecosystem with Web3 decentralized storage.
4. Preparing Parallel, Litentry XCM integration with Crab Parachain on Kusama via using XCM.
5. August’s 7.5% CRAB + CKTON rewards from Crab Kusama Parachain Slot Auction have been delivered!
6. The third wave of Crab and Darwinia PLO NFT rewards has been distributed!
7. Message SDK: Update guides to the latest code.
8. Posted Darwinia Cross-Chain Message SDK series of articles: Introducing the Darwinia Universal Cross-Chain Message SDK.
9. Posted Darwinia Fee Market System series of articles: Darwinia Apps guide part VⅠ: Fee Market analytics.
10. Posted Darwinia Fee Market System series of articles: What can a cross-chain message relayer get?
11. Darwinia Apps

• Optimized the Fee Market page.
• Added tips on the estimated fee.
• Prepared KTON transfers to EVM accounts so they don’t need claiming.
• Prepared the receiver input box so it is available for EVM addresses.
• Prepared the WCKTON Migrationpage.

Helix

1. Released version 4.0 to support the Crab Chain <> Crab Parachain asset bridge.
2. Released version 4.1 to aggregate cBridge Bridging between multiple chains.
3. Optimized the personal history page to keep the style of each bridge unified.
4. Prepared additional documentation on bridge integration, contract addresses, FAQ, etc.
5. Back-end framework optimization, using statistical data to achieve attribution to re-indexing services.
6. Implemented Darwinia Chain <> Darwinia Smart Chain asset bridge.
7. Introduced an XCM asset bridge and implemented Crab Parachain <> Moonriver and Crab Parachain <> Karura routes for CRAB token transfers.

Evolution Land

1. Evolution Land website UI/UX and content updated.
2. arena.evolution.land | Season 1 ended and Season 2 is coming!
3. arena.evolution.land | PVE integration is almost finished!

Details: https://medium.com/@evolutionland/evolution-land-august-recap-b5106fe24c62

Darwinia Community Events

1. AMA with GM Chain on August 5th.
2. Darwinia AMA in Ajuna Community on August 8th.
3. Darwinia & OAK Network on the Pendulum Community Call on August 11th.
4. Darwinia joined Talisman Meditations for an AMA and discussion about cross-chain use-cases and interoperability.
5. Darwinia Ambassador Megan and Dustin join Sama Nights event.
6. Darwinia hosted an AMA with Talisman Wallet on August 11th.

7. AMA with Downtown Moonbeam on August 12th.

8. Darwinia AMA in Interlay Community on August 26th.

About Darwinia Network

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Darwinia is a cross-chain messaging infrastructure, which provides a light client-based, programmable, universal cross-chain messaging network for decentralized applications. Now, we’ve successfully used Darwinia’s light-client cross-chain messaging protocol(LCMP) to bridge cross-chain messages between substrate-based chains, and even between substrate-based chains and EVM chains, meanwhile, Darwinia provides developers with an SDK, so they can easily integrate cross-chain capabilities into their Dapps. This will have profound implications for cross-chain interoperability, and Darwinia as a cross-chain messaging infrastructure will facilitate the building of a hybrid cross-chain network for Polkadot.

Crab is a canary network with real economic value for Darwinia, positioning similar to Polkadot’s Kusama Network, which is a programmable cross-chain platform for Dapps. It is substrate-based, EVM-compatible, and connected to Kusama.