# Provenance Blockchain Community Call

**Meeting Link:** https://meet.google.com/qpt-qzjm-vjf
**Discord** discord.gg/kNZC8nwCFP

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## September 11, 2023

### Provenance Release Updates

- `1.17.x` (Q3)
- Testnet expected week of October 9th
- Conditional Send (exchange support)
- Marker Improvements
- Asset Pricing System
- Improvements for IBC
- GMP Support with Callbacks
- Private Zone "Oracles"
- ICS20/Marker Support
- `1.18.x` (Q4)
- Cosmos SDK 0.50 (tentative)
- Yield Token Support?
- Flat fee transaction support?

### Current Development

- Exchange Module (Danny on PTO, Ira)
- Oracle Module (Matt)
- PR was approved and merged.
- Deprecate MarkerTotalSupply (Matt)
- Add new param MarkerSupply that exceeds uint64
- PR is up
- Provwasm (Ken)
- Dev/Testing support tooling
- NFT Documentation
- Marker's ICS20 (Carlton)

### Foundation Updates

- RWA Summit/Mainnet Next Weekpr
- Grants Program (Joshua)
- Marketing Update (Dan)
- CEO/Businesss Update (Anthony)

### Open Discussion

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## August 28, 2023

### Provenance Release Updates

- `1.17.x` (Q3)
- Conditional Send (exchange support)
- Marker Improvements
- Asset Pricing System
- Improvements for IBC
- GMP Support with Callbacks
- Private Zone "Oracles"
- Interchain Accounts
- Interchain Queries
- `1.18.x` (Q4)
- Cosmos SDK 0.50 (tentative)
- Yield Token Support?
- Flat fee transaction support?

### Current Development

- Exchange Module (Danny)
- Add share pricing attribute to Markers (Carlton)
- Private Zone Oracles (Matt)
- Axelar/GMP (Ira)
- Provwasm (Ken)
- Wrapping up NFT contract
- library util enhancements (MetadataAddress, msg building)

### Foundation Updates

- Grants Program (Joshua)
- Provenance Wallets (AJ)
- Marketing Update (Dan)
- CEO/Businesss Update (Anthony)

### Open Discussion

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## August 14, 2023

### Provenance Release Updates

- `1.17.x` (Q3)
- Conditional Send (exchange support)
- Improvements for IBC
- Interchain Accounts
- Interchain Queries
- `1.18.x` (Q4)
- Cosmos SDK 0.50 (tentative)
- Yield Token Support?
- Flat fee transaction support?

### Current Development

- Exchange Module (Danny)
- Add share pricing attribute to Markers (Carlton)
- Private Zone Oracles (Matt on vacation/Ira)
- Provwasm (Ken)
- Trigger module merged
- NFT contract

### Foundation Updates

- Grants Program (Joshua)
- Marketing Update (Dan)
- CEO/Businesss Update (Anthony)

### Open Discussion

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## July 31st, 2023 9:00MDT

**Recording:** https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DIPAkN_KDF4OVoGZ9a60hyVmk9tzqYx5/view?usp=sharing

### Provenance Release Updates

- `1.17.x`
- End of quarter release (September).
- No change in plans from last community call.

### Current Development

- Private Zone Oracles (Matt)
- Finished discovery phase and considered future improvements (ERC-5630)
- Started integration of strangelove's icq host module
- Started building the oracle module (icq controller)
- Exchange Module (Danny)
- In-place escrow
- [Provenance Blockchain Markers Vs ERC3643 Smart Contract Tokens](https://provenance.io/learn/posts/Markers-vs-ERC3643/) (Carlton)
- Add share pricing attribute to Markers (Carlton)
- Provwasm (Ken)
- 2.1 Adding support for Trigger module messages
- NFT Contract

### Foundation Updates

- Grants Program (Joshua)
- Marketing Update (Dan)
- CEO/Businesss Update (Anthony)

### Open Discussion

- Using a stablecoin for gas and fees.

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## July 17th, 2023 9:00MDT

### Provenance Release Updates

- `1.17.x`
- In-place escrow via "conditional send"
- Tokenization updates (share price, restriction capabilities, fees)
- Private zone refinements for asset origination (query/oracle support, wasm)
- End of quarter release (September)

### Current Development

- Private Zone Oracles (Matt)
- Send deny list for restricted markers (Carlton)
- Exchange Module (Danny)
- Provwasm (Ken)

### Foundation Updates

- [ ] Grants Program (Joshua)
- [ ] Marketing Update (Dan)
- [ ] CEO/Businesss Update (Anthony)

### Open Discussion

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## July 5th, 2023 9:00MDT

### Provenance Release Updates

- `1.16.x`
- Update scheduled and locked in for `11842000` (July 6th, 5:41pm EDT/UTC-4)

- Next Release Targets (from Offsite last week)
- Tokenomics based on exchange functions
- Private Zones Structure
- Development tooling/onboarding
- Explorer permissioning solutions
- Advisory/governance groups?
- Follow "senate" model from [Kujira](https://blue.kujira.network/senate)?
- Software Upgrades
- Smart Contracts

- `1.17.x` (aka v.next)
- Estimated End of August
- In-place Escrow
- Bilateral Exchange Functions
- Marketplace Registration
- IBC Query and Quarantine

### Current Development

- Metadata query streamlining (Danny)
- Marker Send Deny List (Carlton)
- Provwasm
- Metadata / NFT(ERC721) smart contract
- Provwasm 2.0.1 / 1.16 release

### Foundation Updates

- [ ] Grants Program (Joshua)
- [ ] Marketing Update (Dan)
- [ ] CEO/Businesss Update (Anthony)

### Open Discussion

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## June 20th, 2023 9:00MDT

### Provenance Release Updates

- `1.16.x`
- Major Features
- Ability to update marker restriction attributes, forced transfers, include escrow blockchain address in create event
- Name record updates from owner
- Attribute expiration
- Bump golang version to 1.20
- Testnet upgraded successfully
- Mainnet Tentative Schedule
- Voting Period June 28-30th
- Upgrade July 6th
- `1.17.x`
- Estimated End of August
- In-place Escrow
- Bilateral Exchange Functions
- Marketplace Registration
- IBC Query and Quarantine

### Current Development

- [x] Smart Contract Platform (Ken)
- [x] metadata contract
- [x] provwasm 2.0.1
- [x] Trigger Module (Matt)
- [x] Finished implementation and successfully tested locally
- [x] Still needs testing on testnet
- [x] Attribute Expiration (Matt, Carlton)
- [x] Fixed UpdateAccountAttributeExpiration command missing
- [x] Still needs testing on testnet
- [x] `pre-upgrade` command (Danny)

### Foundation Updates

- [x] Grants Program (Joshua)
- [x] Learn more at our [Q2 Call](https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_v0KrD0BzS06Z_bOgmwLhFw)
- [x] Marketing Update (Dan)
- [x] Businesss Update (Anthony)
- [x] QuantmRE live
- [x] CEO Update (Morgan)

### Open Discussion

- Open Question/QA

## June 5th, 2023 9:00MDT

### Provenance Release Updates

- `1.15.x`
- Successful mainnet upgrade 🥳
- 1.15.2 released
- Patch for cosmwasm depth of function call issue ([CWA-2023-002](https://github.com/CosmWasm/advisories/blob/main/CWAs/CWA-2023-002.md))
- Restores some protobuf message type registrations removed in 1.15.0 to fix governance proposal historical queries
- `1.16.x`
- RC expected this week
- Ability to update marker restriction attributes, forced transfers, include escrow blockchain address in create event
- Name record updates from owner
- Attribute expiration
- Bump golang version to 1.20

### Current Development

- Responsive/Scheduled Msg Execution ([#1462](https://github.com/provenance-io/provenance/issues/1462)) (Matt)
- Development and testing has finished. Finishing up simulation tests.
- Inactive Validator Unbonding ([#1556](https://github.com/provenance-io/provenance/issues/1556)) (Carlton)
- Generic Account Data ([#1552](https://github.com/provenance-io/provenance/issues/1552)) (Danny)

### Foundation Updates
- [ ] Grants Program Update (Joshua)
- [ ] 53 Applicants
- [ ] 17 Awardees
- [ ] 10 have moved into Grantees [They've signed]
- [ ] 7 are in various stages of settling milestones
- [ ] These include compliance, custody, wallets (cold storage), security, monitoring, alerting, KYC based AMMs etc...
- [ ] Reminder that the next focus area is Developer Tooling and we continue to ask for your feedback on what you want to see:
- [ ] Tell us in Discord
- [ ] Email us at [e-mail]
- [ ] Provenance Blockchain Labs (Anthony)
- [ ] CEO Update (Morgan)
- Novawulf update

### Open Discussion

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## May 22nd, 2023 9:00MDT

### Provenance Release Updates

- `1.15.x`
- Mainnet upgrade `quicksilver` (1.15.0) date options: May 23rd (tomorrow).

- `1.16.x`
- Development Complete June 7th
- Major Features
- Markers
- Add/update required attributes
- Deposit restriction enforced for restricted markers
- Force Transfer governance proposal option
- Metadata
- Example smart contract asset types (ERC721)
- Update Value Owners
- Expiration value for attributes
- Delayed execution functions

### Current Development

- [ ] Basic Data System for Addresses (Danny)
- [ ] Cosmwasm (Ken)
- [ ] provwasm 1.2 released
- [ ] provwasm 2.0-rc1 released
- [ ] Delayed Execution (Matt)
- Finished initial implementation of new module
- Still need to write tests and thoroughly test it

### Foundation Updates
- [ ] Grants Program Update (Joshua)
- [ ] Marketing Update (Dan)
- [ ] CEO Update (Morgan)

### Open Discussion

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## May 8th, 2023 9:00MDT

### Provenance Release Updates

- `1.15.x`
- Live on testnet (1.15.0-rc3)
- Mainnet upgrade (1.15.0) date options: May 19th, 23rd or 25th.
- Delay associated with scheduling around Coinbase validator service shutdown (May 19th)

- `1.16.x`
- Focus on cross-chain/zone based improvements
- Metadata module NFT/ERC-721 refinements
- Cross chain support for Metadata Scopes via NFT apis
- Marketplace/Exchange functions on chain (bilateral settlement, validation, escrow)
- Add an expiration value to attributes, delayed execution functions, and more minor enhancements

### Current Development

- [x] Delayed Execution (Matt)
- A module to run messages at a later point in time.
- Tx event is emitted
- Block height is reached
- Block time has elapsed
- Resolved a lot of module questions
- Initial implementation for tx event detection, queue, and dispatching
- [x] Marker/Attribute Enhancements (Carlton)
- Verify when sending tokens into the Marker escrow account that the sender has "deposit" permissions
- Modifications to required attributes
- Expiration of attributes
- [x] Send Restrictions (Danny)
- [x] Metadata module UpdateValueOwners (Danny)
- [x] Cosmwasm (Ken)
- wrapping up provwasm 2.0 - testing
- release 1.2

### Foundation Updates
- [x] Grants Program Update (Joshua)
- [x] Marketing Update (Dan)
- [x] CEO Update (Morgan flying to a conference - Anthony)
- Concensus 2023 update
- Provenance Labs (for profit arm of foundation for consulting/engineering, company formation, etc)

### Open Discussion

- Darpan: Validator shutdown - not voting during down time periods
- Publish dates when offline/blackout periods for posting governance proposals during this transistion.

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## April 24th, 2023 9:00MDT

### Provenance Release Updates

- `1.15.x`
- Live on testnet (1.15.0-rc2)
- Tentative Mainnet (1.15.0) May 4th or May 11th
- Testing progress (Danny)
- `1.16.x`
- Focus on cross-chain/zone based improvements
- Metadata module NFT/ERC-721 refinements
- Add an expiration value to attributes

### Current Development

- [ ] Cosmwasm (Ken)
- [ ] Release 1.2 this week
- [ ] Finishing 2.0 and testing
- [ ] Wasmd (Matt)
- [ ] Security Patch to wasmvm 1.1.2 (Codename Cherry)
- [ ] Started initial investigation into smart contract callbacks

### Foundation Updates
- [ ] Consensus 2023
- [ ] Grants Program Update (2023 Goal of 80+)
- [ ] Applied (Since Launch) = 41
- [ ] Processing = 23
- [ ] Reviewing = 8
- [ ] Closed = 18
- [ ] Awarded = 11
- [ ] CEO Update (Morgan)
- [ ] Marketing Update (Dan)

### Open Discussion

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## April 10th, 2023 9:00MDT

### Provenance Release Updates

- `1.15.x`
- Development Release Candidate target 1 week
- Deployment to testnet week of April 17th (depending on testing)
- `1.16.x`
- Development starts in May
- Focus on cross-chain/zone based improvements, metadata refinements

### Current Development

- [ ] Wasmd updates: Select correct authorization for tx ran by governance proposals (Matt)
- [ ] Smart Contracts / ProvWasm (Ken)
- [ ] Metadata module updates: party rollup, optional parties, and the `PROVENANCE` role (Danny)

### Foundation Updates
- [ ] Validator Delegation Program
- [ ] Blockdaemon and Coinbase (JM)
- [ ] Blockdaemon
- [ ] Figment
- [ ] Validation Cloud
- [ ] Grants (JM)
- [ ] 5 new awardees being notified this week. Announcements will be released after agreements signed.

### Open Discussion

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## March 27th, 2023 9:00MDT

### Provenance Release Updates

- `1.15.x`
- Development release target 2 weeks (pushed back for Metadata smart contract bindings)
- Deployment in April pending testing

### Current Development

- [ ] Smart Contracts / ProvWasm (Ken)
- Type generation complete with query support
- Example contracts migration in progress
- Wasmd updates to enable custom queries
- Test support (mocks) and github builds
- [ ] Support bank sends of restricted markers when required attributes are present (Carlton)
- [ ] Support forced transfers of restricted markers when enabled (Danny)

### Foundation Updates

- Hiring Update
- Blockchain Engineer
- Sales Engineer
- Validator Delegation Program (Dan)
- Grants Program & Developer Initatives(Joshua)
- Due to the number of applications coming in and our ability to process, we will be transitioning soon into a quarterly grant review process. Those interested in applying still have time to do so before we officially announce the change. More to come.
- We're excited to be looking for a Sales Engineer. A fantastic opportunity to get your coding chops in front of some of the leading TradFis, FinTechs, and the broader developer community. [JD can be found here](https://provenanceblockchainfoundation.applytojob.com/apply/Xi9RgAAw8X/Blockchain-Sales-Engineer).
- Citadel One has integrated HASH / Provenance and is now live!!!
- Foundation Update (Morgan)
- Blockchain Paris / Citi DMS in London

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## March 13th, 2023 9:00MDT

### Provenance Release Updates

- `1.15.x`
- Development release target 2 weeks (end of quarter)
- Deployment in April pending testing

### Current Development

- [ ] Smart Contracts / ProvWasm
- Type generation bug fixing (floats, rust attributes), then testing
- [ ] Support bank sends of restricted markers when required attributes are present

### Foundation Updates

- Hiring Blockchain Engineer
- Marketing Updates:
- 2 video media hits last week, one with CNBC and another with the ETF Professor's The Blockchain Interviews.
- Going live today, we also completed the recording of a new video with Morgan speaking to how Provenance Blockchain is purpose built for financial services, this is the main video is a series we're producing.
- Quarterly Friends Of Provenance Call Wednesday, March 15 at 1 pm EST
- [Registration Link](https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_AI85zoNhR7yHVzzsMeG_tA?utm_campaign=2023%20Community%20Updates&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=248973009&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_bY3u478CcQG2Sy1wLCpl1_B-ojdHcjtj-p2bsYdWm4PpBt_Kxm4U0nYtF2zLRyE84kbZNjnGuV4Q1t6CT85Udn3tl_w&utm_content=248973009&utm_source=hs_email)
- Grants Program
- Largest grant program for regulated financial serices launched ($50m)
- 23 applicaitons received thus far
- 5 awarded ranging from medical claims that help finance rural hospitals to lending and a decentralized receivables marketplace
- [Grant Program Information](https://provenance.io/build/grants/grants-program/)
- [Grant Application Guide](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GQVyTwjtci5TiUCOv_QDVMbImaEtBvx-Asb2pgcm8oY/edit?_hsmi=237489627&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--OFB_v0q5pIfl27w1LMGp3rJPnNu5azLLF0dO42DA8OBbJD-Lc7q-Ta7chi8ykHykb9C_j-SQsiZb3pBzxNwLTCZbMVQ)
- Particularly interested in speaking with:
- Wallet providers
- Fiat on/off ramp solutions
- KYC / AML / Identity
- See addtional categories of interest on the information page above

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## February 27th, 2023 9:00MST

### Provenance Release Updates

- `1.14.0` Released
- Testnet deployment and testing completed.
- Governance proposal for upgrade going out after the community call.

### Current Development

- [x] Fix for `--home` flag issue identified by Citadel.one
- [x] Marker transfer restriction system based on account attributes
- [x] Smart Contracts / ProvWasm
- Move to protobuf
- [x] Explorer
- Authz ingestion for gov actions in production - identified by DSRV
- Validtaor Metrics are in test, being refined for production

### Foundation Updates

- [x] Grants program updates (Dan)
- [x] Grants program candidates (Morgan)

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## February 13th, 2023 9:00MST

[Transcript Available](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dGwUtjnx9hO6Y_Vs17-CDrBCnaO0LP5EBikAWnFQ0jk/edit?usp=sharing)

### Provenance Release Updates

- [x] `1.14.0-RC2`
- [x] Updates to RC1
- Tendermint 0.34.25, Cosmos SDK 0.46.8 + Provenance updates (v0.46.8-pio-3)
- Set Bond amounts on Santioning Module (1M HASH)
- [x] Testnet deployment Feb 14
- [x] `1.15.x`
- Cosmwasm metadata module (asset perfection) bindings
- Marker restriction enhancements
- Cross chain query support

### Current Development

- [x] Continued testing/preparation of `1.14.0` release
- [x] Explorer
- Validator metrics will be added this week
- [x] Smart Contracts / ProvWasm
- Move to protobuf

### Foundation Updates
- [x] Grant programme update
- 16 Discussing
- 17 Applied
- 7 Processing
- 5 Reviewing
- 5 Closed
- 1 Awarded
- Hard Launch Date to be Announced Soon
- [x] Governance proposals 46, 47. (Ira)

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## January 30th, 2023 9:00MST

[Transcript Available](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EUU8aL_wNT3Jp4sRPHFMT4iX0YwpG2ZrOBW8yQbVV4Q/edit?usp=sharing)

### Provenance Release Updates

- [x] `1.14.0-RC1`
- Release of RC1 expected on Tuesday
- Development testing through Friday the 3rd
- Testnet next week, Mainnet late February
- Cosmos SDK 0.46.8+
- [x] `1.15.x`
- Smart Contract support for Metadata Module
- Write support for scopes, records, sessions
- Support for Provenance type Parties
- Pass through of caller address into Metadata module for Party validation
- Attribute based restrictions for Marker transfers
- IBC Channel Based Fee system
- Cosmos SDK 0.46.x (Not considering 0.47+ at this time)

### Current Development

- [x] Final features/fixes for 1.14
- Staking power concentration limits for delegations
- Updated governance proposal format (Marker, Name Modules)
- Expiration module capabilities for Attributes, Names and Metadata Scopes
- State Listening ADR 038
- [x] Testing and preparation of `1.14.0-RC1` release
- [x] Explorer Updates
- Adding support to display Validation Delegation Program Basic qualifications on the Validator Detail page.
- Will be searchable by applicable quarter
- Going into maintenance mode for the foreseeable future
- Will be updated alongside the upgrades
- Please submit any feature requests here -> https://github.com/provenance-io/explorer-service/issues

### Foundation Updates

- [x] Upcoming Governance Proposals
- Staking / Slashing Configuration Adjustments
- Minimum Commission/Maximum Staking Concentration (Part of `1.14.0`)
- [x] Provenance.io website relaunch tracking on-target for February 8. The brand relaunch is also planned for February 8.
- [x] We appreciate the feedback last call on the Validator Delegation program. We'll have made changes to incorporate some of the feedback. We will have communications out next week to share those changes.
- [x] CEO Update (Morgan McKenney)
- Fee model discussion (gas price/HASH price)
- Validator floor price for transactions -- Commission rate not part of delegation criteria for Validator Delegation Program
- Conference Updates
- Media updates (Bloomberg, CoinDesk)
- Davos
- USDF

### Open Discussion

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## January 9th, 2023 9:00MST

### Provenance Release Updates

- [x] `1.13.1`
- State machine compatible upgrade for 1.13.0.
- Fixes potential issues with groups module
- [x] `1.14.0`
- Cosmos SDK 0.46.7+
- IBC v6.x
- Sanction/Quarantine Functions
- State Streaming Early Release
- Single tx marker creation (add/finalize/activate)

### Current Development

- [x] State store research (Derek)
- [x] Smart Contracts (Ken)
- [x] Metadata wasm support (Danny)
- [x] Adding basis points field to MsgAssessCustomMsgFeeRequest for reciever (defaults to 50:50) (Carlton)

### Foundation Updates

- [x] Staking Program
- [Survey](https://airtable.com/shrpImeDwRUJzhsQA)
- [ ] Grants Program Soft Launch
- 8 applications submitted
- 2 processed
- 18 in early discussion
- [ ] Wallet Review
- If you have connections or thoughts around which wallet providers make most sense on Provenance Blockchain, please do send thoughts or connections to [e-mail]