Stratos Monthly Report — March 2024

Welcome to the March edition of our monthly report. As we continue to push the boundaries of decentralized infrastructure and collaboration, we are excited to share with you the latest developments, partnerships, and technical advancements that are shaping the future of Stratos and the broader blockchain ecosystem.

Ecosystem:

1. Stratos and EMC Join Forces for DePIN Computing Power

Stratos has entered into a strategic partnership with EMC (Edge Mining Company) to bolster DePIN computing power. This collaboration aims to enhance the computational capabilities of the Stratos network, paving the way for increased scalability and performance across DePIN projects.

2. Stratos Partners with Ebunker for Enhanced Staking and Validator Services

We are excited to announce our partnership with Ebunker, a leading provider of staking and validator services. This partnership will streamline the staking process for Stratos token holders and ensure robust validator services, further enhancing the security and decentralization of the Stratos network.

3. Stratos Integrates With Arbitrum to Advance Decentralized Infrastructure

Stratos is coming to the Arbitrum Ecosystem, the leading Ethereum Layer 2 scaling solution. This integration enables Arbitrum users and builders to access Stratos’ highly efficient decentralized storage services, laying the solid infrastructure foundation for Web3 dApps.

4. Ongoing Partnership Conversations with Music Projects for Decentralized Storage

Stratos has initiated discussions with several music projects to explore partnerships leveraging our decentralized storage solutions for music artists. These conversations aim to revolutionize how music content is stored and distributed, providing artists with greater control and transparency over their creative assets.

Technical:

COMPLETE:

• Added Stratos to Metamask Snap Cosmos wallet
• Added Stratos to Cosmos Keplr wallet
• SDS RPC update

ONGOING:

• SDS v0.12 test on devnet
• Stratos Chain v0.12 key feature auditing
• Adding Stratos to Ping.hub chain list

As v0.12 is around the corner, we would like to list a number of exciting new features that come with v0.12.

Stratos Chain:

• Supporting Sending cosmos tx(delegate, undelegate etc.) with Wallet Connect/Metamask
• Supporting Prepay for SDS using Solidity smart contract
• Supporting Cosmos IBC

SDS:

• Volume report settlement enhancement, smoother traffic settlement
• Share-To-Earn: uploader can share their content to earn rewards based on download traffic
• Improved backup and autoscaling
• Improved RPC performance
• Improved Resource node performance detection

About Stratos:

Stratos is building the next-generation decentralised cloud that provides a scalable, reliable, self-balanced storage, database, and computation network all in one. Stratos strives to become the most solid cornerstone of the new era of decentralisation, to power Dapps with a reliable and fully decentralised foundation. Stratos’ unique Proof-of-Traffic consensus rewards network participants and contributors with network traffic.

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