PrivacyAn Exploration into Shielded Data Publication on Modular Blockchains: Bridging Privacy and Efficiency with Namada and Celestia Note: There is active discussion in the community about renaming "Data Availability" to "Data Publication." As this term is less widely known at present, this post will use both terms interchangeably.
AnnouncementsIntroducing Shielded Swaps on Osmosis In a milestone announcement at Osmocon2023 in Paris, France, Adrian Brink, co-founder of Namada, unveiled plans for an upcoming feature known as “Shielded Swaps” on Osmosis. The potential impact of this innovation is already generating excitement within the industry, offering Osmosis users the ability to privately swap tokens on a chain that doesn't inherently support privacy. Hot off the press from Osmocon 2023: Brace yourselves for a game-changer! Osmosis is joining forces with @Namada for '
TechShaping Multichain Privacy Namada gives the privacy landscape a different shape, by providing the largest possible unified privacy set in the multichain, and complementing other chains by seeding/retrofitting privacy shielded actions
TechExplaining the Namada 0.13.3 consensus fork Namada 0.13.3 was released on January 25 to address a testnet halt at the start of epoch 35. The cause of the halt was a rounding error when small bonds were converted into Tendermint voting power.
TechNamada Testnet v0.13.0 Upgrade Postmortem Namada’s height-activated protocol upgrade failed to activate on the testnet at block height #37370 (18th of January 2023 between 19:00-21:00 UTC). This post is a diagnosis of what happened and the steps we plan to take to avoid this kind of issue in the future.