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The Alnitak Release

The Alnitak Release

Later today (July 1, ~00:00 UTC), several new updates will be added to the protocol. During this release, there will be no downtime for L1 and less than 1 hour of downtime for L2 (during which deposits will be disabled). Here's what’s included in this release:

An Old Dictator Appears

An Old Dictator Appears

Earlier this year the Synthetix community implemented a critical change on the path to decentralised governance SIP-111 [https://sips.synthetix.io/sips/sip-111], ceding protocol change decisions to the Spartan Council. To prepare for this transition the Council needed to have the space to establish itself and gain community support

Debt Hedging Refresher for SNX Stakers

Debt Hedging Refresher for SNX Stakers

The central mechanism of the Synthetix protocol is that SNX stakers are the counterparty to trades made using the Synthetix platform. What this means in practice is that the debt you owe as a staker is proportional to your share of the global debt pool, rather than the nominal amount

Full-Time UI/UX Designer Challenge

Full-Time UI/UX Designer Challenge

Synthetix and Kwenta are looking to bring UI designers into our community and ecosystem, including hiring two full-time UI designers as core contributors. If you are interested in joining Synthetix or Kwenta for a full-time role as a UI designer, this is your chance. In order to facilitate this goal,

Deprecating EtherCollateral Loan Contracts

Deprecating EtherCollateral Loan Contracts

With the success of multi-collateral loans on Synthetix over the last 6 months, the time has come to sunset previous EtherCollateral loan contracts that are no longer active. Specifically, the following contracts will be deprecated: * Skinny Ether Collateral (SIP-35 [https://sips.synthetix.io/sips/sip-35]) * Ether Collateral v3.0 (SIP-85

Thales Secures Seed Funding From synthetixDAO!

Thales Secures Seed Funding From synthetixDAO!

Binary options re-imagined Spartans that like to closely follow Synthetix development may be aware of the release of binary options as part of the Acrux release [https://blog.synthetix.io/the-acrux-release/] in June 2020. The Synthetix Core Contributors quickly moved on to developing the core protocol and the much needed

Repository Mirroring on Radicle

Repository Mirroring on Radicle

Synthetix has been experimenting with using Radicle [https://radicle.xyz/] to decentralize how we coordinate development. As a result, you can view Synthetix repositories on our Radicle page. Decentralization with Radicle Radicle is a decentralized stack for collaborative software development which will allow developers to coordinate without relying on intermediaries.

A little dash of hÖpΞm

A little dash of hÖpΞm

Disclaimer As always I will preface this post with a disclaimer, this post is purely my opinion, I believe the path laid out here is sound, I arrived at it through numerous conversations with members of the Synthetix community. However, I have no mechanism to enforce this path other than

Come join us on May 19/20 for the next Synthetix community governance call!

Come join us on May 19/20 for the next Synthetix community governance call!

The next Synthetix community governance call is scheduled for May 19/20 (timezone dependent), and we’d love for you to join us! Here are the times: * San Francisco: Wednesday, May 19, 2pm * New York: Wednesday, May 19, 5pm * London: Wednesday, May 19, 10pm * Singapore and Beijing: Thursday, May 20,

The Alioth Release

The Alioth Release

About 24 hours from now (May 13, ~00:00 UTC) two new updates will be added to the protocol. During this release, which is expected to take up to several hours, SNX and synth tokens will not be transferable. Here's what’s included in this release: * SIP-112 [https:

The Alnair release

The Alnair release

Today (May 10, ~20:00 UTC) several new updates were added to the protocol. Here's what’s included in this release: * SIP-116 [https://sips.synthetix.io/sips/sip-116]: Optimism bridge update — This SIP makes use of the recent Optimism regenesis, to upgrade the bridge contracts in a way

The Synthetix Ambassadors governance portal is now live!

Synthetix Ambassadors

The Synthetix Ambassadors governance portal is now live!

The new Synthetix Ambassadors governance portal is now live, brought to you by the Synthetix grantsDAO! The Synthetix Ambassadors program provides a simple way for SNX holders to delegate their governance voting rights in other protocols (e.g. Aave, Compound, Uniswap, etc.) to a committee of ambassadors focused on furthering

sCOIN & sMSFT pool incentives are now live on Balancer!

synthetic equities

sCOIN & sMSFT pool incentives are now live on Balancer!

Balancer pool incentives for sCOIN and sMSFT are now live

The Regor release

The Regor release

Two new equity Synths go live!

Equity Synth pool incentives are now live on Balancer!

Equity Synth pool incentives are now live on Balancer!

With yesterday’s launch [https://blog.synthetix.io/the-alnilam-release/] of the new equity Synths — sFB, sAAPL, sAMZN, sNFLX, and sGOOG — the synthetixDAO is incentivizing liquidity pools on Balancer for each of these assets for the next five weeks. Encouraging liquidity pools for these assets is particularly important because equities do

The Alnilam release

The Alnilam release

Synthetix is releasing new equity and cryptocurrency Synths on Thursday!

ETH and renBTC loans are now on Staking!

multicollateral loans

ETH and renBTC loans are now on Staking!

Borrow against ETH and renBTC on Staking!

Frontrunning Synthetix: a history

Frontrunning Synthetix: a history

As we embark on two new approaches to limit frontrunning I thought it would be valuable to document the history of frontrunning Synthetix. Frontrunning is a thread that has managed to weave its way through our entire journey. Hopefully, understanding how this long standing challenge has been approached by the

Optimism Mainnet Upgrade: Scheduled Downtime and Regenesis

optimistic ethereum

Optimism Mainnet Upgrade: Scheduled Downtime and Regenesis

A summary of the Optimistic Ethereum scheduled downtime and regenesis

Optimistic Ethereum on L2 is now integrated into Staking!

optimistic ethereum

Optimistic Ethereum on L2 is now integrated into Staking!

OΞ is now integrated into Staking!

OΞ update

An update on what's been happening behind the scenes to get Synthetix on Optimistic Ethereum!

Serpentine product release

product release

Serpentine product release

All the new features released on our interfaces in the last two weeks!

SNX liquidity incentive for sUSD/DHT Uniswap pool

SNX liquidity incentive for sUSD/DHT Uniswap pool

New liquidity incentive for dHedge's governance token

Spartan Council updates: voting live for next epoch + integration into Staking dApp!

spartan council

Spartan Council updates: voting live for next epoch + integration into Staking dApp!

There's a whole host of updates for the Spartan Council!

Synthetix bug bounty now live on Immunefi

Synthetix bug bounty now live on Immunefi

The new Synthetix bug bounty is now live on Immunefi [https://immunefi.com/]! Immunefi is a bug bounty platform for smart contracts and DeFi projects, where security researchers review code, disclose vulnerabilities, get paid, and make crypto safer. Synthetix has become one of the largest and most integrated protocols across