Welcome to the ninth monthly update of 2024. Let’s take a look at the technical progress, key announcements, and news from around the world of Chromia from the last month!

Chromia Mainnet is Now

When mainnet launched in July, the initial phase was called ‘MVP Mainnet'. 

The purpose of this phase was to ensure network stability, provide time for the completion of key features (i.e. native staking, integrated withdrawals), and provide time for our ecosystem partners to prepare for mainnet deployment.

These things have all come to pass, and the MVP Phase is over. To be 100% clear: 

Chromia Mainnet is live, right now!

TOKEN2049 Singapore

Chromia co-founder Henrik Hjelte took to the stage at TOKEN2049 Singapore on September 18th and delivered a presentation titled “The Future of Chromia”. 

The presentation focused on Chromia's future development and ecosystem expansion plans, and included two major announcements. 

Chromia Data and AI Ecosystem Fund

The first announcement was the launch of Chromia's new $20 million Data and AI Ecosystem Fund, led by our Head of Business Development, Yeou Jie (YJ). 

This initiative aims to form strategic partnerships and invest in data-intensive projects with AI-driven functionality. The fund is designed to support a wide range of projects, including those building directly on Chromia, as well as projects from other blockchains and Web2 companies looking to decentralize their data and/or use Chromia as a utility layer.

The first partners being onboarded under this fund will be announced soon!

Asgard Upgrade and Chromia Extensions

The second announcement was the upcoming Asgard Mainnet Upgrade and the introduction of a new initiative called 'Chromia Extensions.' 

The MVP phase is over and Chromia mainnet is here. However, there is no time to rest, as we are targeting a Q4 release for Asgard, which will be our first significant mainnet upgrade.

Asgard's key highlight is the introduction of Chromia Extensions, an initiative that will unfold throughout 2024 and 2025. Extensions are specialized, customizable containers designed for specific functions. They can be used by dapps built on Chromia or by external clients using Chromia as a utility layer. 

New Roadmap

In conjunction with these announcements, Chromia’s updated roadmap has been published on our official website. This roadmap lists some of our key deliverables during the next 15 months of development. 

While the roadmap offers clear direction, it’s designed to be flexible, with evolving priorities and timelines as new opportunities emerge. The focus is no longer just about completing a checklist—it's about expanding in multiple directions as the platform continues to grow. 

Expect regular roadmap updates and adjustments to reflect the dynamic nature of the ‘post-mainnet’ environment.

Recent Roadmap Updates:

• Vault CHR Withdrawals separated from the Bridge Enhancement objective.
• Vault CHR Withdrawals marked as complete.
• Native Staking v1 marked as complete.

Native Staking is Live!

Native Staking launched on September 24th, and is now live at https://staking.chromia.com.

Users can now stake native CHR, ERC-20 CHR, and BEP-20 CHR from a single interface. 

Delegation and reward payouts now take place on Chromia mainnet. Please visit the staking page to ensure you have delegated.

Rewards earned under the old EVM staking system can be claimed at https://old-staking.chromia.com. Unclaimed rewards will expire in late March, 2025.

Filehub Update

Filehub SaaS (storage as a service) will be launching in the near future. 

This public service allows any person or project to pay CHR tokens and acquire on-chain file storage. This has numerous applications - it can be used to store video, audio, images, metadata, webpages, and more.

Keep an eye out for an upcoming Filehub feature article that takes a closer look at the technology and potential use cases of this service.

My Neighbor Alice Update

On Thursday September 24th, My Neighbor Alice launched their Beta Season 2 on Chromia mainnet. The dapp has already logged hundreds of thousands of transactions and is quickly rising on our ‘most active dapp’ list!

CHR Withdrawals Integrated into Chromia Vault

Keen observers may have noticed that users can now withdraw native CHR to Ethereum and Binance Chain directly from the Chromia Vault interface. 

QuestNet Rewards Update

We have released the winners list for QuestNet and distributed rewards to the winners.

September Devex Update Summary

Last but not least, we’d like to remind you to check out September’s Devex Update. Highlights include:

• The creation of a new developer resource, Chromia Cookbook.
• New documentation that explains how to add your mainnet dapp to Chromia Vault.
• Chromia CLI has been upgraded from Java 17 to Java 21.

What’s Next?

• Bridge enhancements
• Continued development of the Asgard Mainnet Upgrade and Oracle Extension
• Announcements connected to our new Data and AI Fund

Source : Chromia - Sep 30, 2024