Sia 1.5.5, and Skynet turns 1! – Sia Weekly Update | Past two weeks

Sia 1.5.5, and Skynet turns 1! – Sia Weekly Update | Past two weeks

Welcome to the Sia Weekly Update! We’ll take you on a quick tour to get you updated on the latest news and info regarding the Sia Storage Platform.

The full list of contributions: https://gitlab.com/NebulousLabs/Sia

Skynet turns one year old
One million unique users. Five million uploads. 25 million downloads. Hundreds of decentralized apps. You’ve helped us build this revolution in just one year. You all have been the backbone of some of the very best innovation, discussions, and collaboration. Thank you for fighting with us for a better, more free future!

Sia 1.5.5 is released!
This release includes new download code that improve throughput and consistency, as well as the usual bug fixes and minor improvements.
https://sia.tech/get-started

From the community
We have a consolidated resource you can share with those who have issues resulting from the 1.5.4 Sia hardfork.
https://support.sia.tech/forks/so-you-didnt-update-in-time

Why should I build on it? And how can I make money from my work? If you’re new to Skynet or just want to learn more, check out this brilliant Skynet Guide by David Vorick.
https://blog.sia.tech/a-deep-dive-into-skynet-a0fa037feea

Announcing our collaboration with Streambed Media!
Because every creator deserves to own and control their content.
https://blog.sia.tech/streambed-and-skynet-putting-creators-in-control-of-their-content-e12a4d4f7f48

The ENCODE Hackathon
You’ve seen what Skynet can do in just one year. Now’s your chance to help build a better internet. Doesn’t matter if you’re a dev or non-dev, student or professional, there’s a place for you here.
Hacking begins Feb 25th, so register below for the ENCODE Hackathon by Monday March 29th!
https://medium.com/encode-club/hack-the-system-announcing-skynet-72116b499f88

Don’t forget to check out the new SkynetWiki! This community-managed project looks at the entire Skynet/Sia ecosystem and has guides and all the info you could ask for.
https://skynetwiki.tech/

SkyLearn implements SkyID integration!
https://skylearn.hns.siasky.net/

Covalent dropped a great article in the SkynetWiki comparing the various dstorage projects with Sia.
https://skynetwiki.tech/storage-chains-compared/

Check out Bleenk, a decentralized, disposable, client-side ecrypted image and text hosting app.
https://bleenk.io/

SkyDroid, a decentralized Skynet-based Android App Store, now has more F-Droid repos bridged. It also updated with more translations and much more!
https://get.skydroid.app/

Dev
#323 Marcin released v3.0.1-beta
#7 redsolver created feed and post related JSON schemas
#306 Daniel made some updates to setJSON
#615 Karol updated the funds notification
#57 Ivo released docker image for Sia v1.5.5
!75 Karol fixed stats on the home page
!151 Fil made some updates to the version tests to make them more stable.
!16 Luke updated the API docs for v1.5.5

Get the full list of changes and updates to Sia on GitLab.

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