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Codex November Updates

Sterlin Lujan

Dec 5, 2024 • 5 min read

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Welcome to the Codex newsletter. Our monthly update offers a regular look into the development of the decentralised durability engine and peer-to-peer storage protocol.

Every month, we explore key developments, updates, and insights within the Codex ecosystem.

Below are the major updates from Codex for November 2024.

Codex Testnet, New Release, and Continous Feedback

For those new to the newsletter: Codex is a p2p decentralised durability engine (DDE) intended to stave off hacks, leaks, censorship, and outages. Its ultimate aim is to be the world’s archive, where an immutable digest of history resides in perpetuity. The team recently launched its non-incentivized testnet for early adopters and data-protection enthusiasts to test, harden, and provide feedback.

To learn more about Codex, read the whitepaper.

With the release of its testnet, Codex continues to ramp up its efforts to develop a sustainable decentralised data durability engine. Of course, this is still in the early alpha stages, and the testnet requires much more testing and feedback cycles. To date, 314 users have claimed the testnet role via our discord. For a non-incentivized testnet, this represents critical information.

Codex also continues to push new releases for its implementations, with the most recent Release Codex 0.1.9 in production. View the releases below:

The team is seeking rapid feedback on its testnet and most recent deployments. Please visit the Discord server to sign up for the testnet. Leave comments on Discord and let the team know how the protocol is working for you.

Decentralized Data Summit 2024 Recap

Codex recently held its first Decentralised Data Summit before Devcon in Bangkok, Thailand. The event was a tremendous success, with many speakers from the p2p data world participating and adding critical value.

The Summit consisted of talks about the importance of durable data storage, data decentralisation, and critiques of the centralised data economy. A few talks included CTO Dmitry Ryajov's vision for the future of Codex and data decentralisation, a panel on the data economy and data surveillance, and a more technical panel called “Future of Privacy in Web3: Beyond Theoretical Concepts to Real-World Applications.”

The event also included an interactive workshop hosted by Codex. In the presentation, Aqeel provided an overview of Codex and the team's vision. Then, Arnaud walked the audience through the Codex dashboard and explained its intricacies in exquisite detail, including how storage provision will work with the Codex token and how to initiate a storage request.

Codex also brought in two epic DJs, Pam Anantr and Elaheh, for the afterparty, resulting in a bash of epic proportions to finish the night with a celebratory hoorah. Click the link for a full review of the event details, and watch for the next one. The team concluded by giving away five Raspberry Pis to five lucky winners by the end of the conference.

In total, 2,156 registered attendees came together at the Soho House.

The speakers included:

Dmitry Ryajov - Founder and CTO at Codex
Sebastian Bürgel - VP Technology at Gnosis & Founder at HOPR
Simon Toth - Head of Community at Nym
Joshua Dávila - Author of Blockchain Radicals
Kevin Jones - Developer Relations Engineer at The Graph
Dave Grantham - Contributor at Libp2p
Franck Royer - Waku Lead
Arnaud Deville - Full Stack engineer at Codex
Aqeel Mohammad - Product Strategist at the Institute of Free Technology
Václav Pavlín - Solution Engineer at Waku
Christopher Goes - Co-Founder of Anoma
Alexandre Belling - Prover Team Lead at Linea
Kieran Mesquita - R&D at Railgun
Benjamin Arntzen - Lead, Distributed Systems Testing at the Institute of Free Technology
Mark Rydon - Founder of Aethir
Lukas Bruell - Head of Ecosystem, Founding Team at Nillon
Igor Mandrigin - Co-Founder and CTO of Gateway
Anthony Simonet-Boulogne - Head of Research & Innovation at iExec
Sterlin Lujan - Logos Content Marketer, crypto-anarchist, and author.
Kitty Horlick - Director at Rarilabs, a contributor to Rarimo
Alessandro De Carli - Co-Founder of AcurastInstitute

The organizations and platforms involved include Nym, Gnosis, Hopr, Logos, Libp2p, The Graph, Waku, Anoma, Linea, Railgun, Rarimo, Aethir, Nillon, Gateway, IExec, and Acurast.

Check out all of the amazing photos from the event here. Tag us when you share your photos from the event on social media. Indeed, sharing is caring.

All Speaking and Conference Engagements

Aside from the Decentralised Data Summit, Codex contributed to multiple events around Devcon, providing information and understanding about the Codex protocol and the decentralised data storage revolution. These events include:

Codex @ Parallel Society Congress

Event URL: Parallel Society Congress

Location: Slowcombo, 126 ซ. จุฬาลงกรณ์ 50, Wang Mai, Pathum Wan, Bangkok 10330, Thailand

Date: November 11, 2024

Codex @ Ethereum Cypherpunk Congress by W3PN

Event URL: Ethereum Cypherpunk Congress

Location: 256 Rama I Rd, Khwaeng Pathum Wan, Bangkok, Thailand

Date: November 11, 2024