October was a pivotal month for Telos, marked by major announcements, product advancements, and community engagement. From appointing John Lilic as CEO to unveiling the Telos Manifesto, we’re aligning our strategy to build Telos as a community-driven Web3 Venture Production Studio. This recap covers our latest updates, including integrations, technology upgrades, and event highlights.

This roadmap outlines the key milestones in SNARKtor’s development, with each phase marking a critical step forward. Given the exploratory nature of this project, the roadmap offers a flexible framework rather than a rigid plan, evolving as we gain insights and address new challenges along the way.

Today, we’re excited to announce that Telos has integrated with oooo, the first modular omnichain interoperability protocol. This integration brings frictionless asset movement and streamlined liquidity access to the Telos ecosystem.

Our North Star is clear: Telos exists to serve, empower, and uplift its community through a collection of decentralized tools and services. We build together, we govern together, and we thrive together.This is Telos—built by the people, owned by the people, empowered by the people. Join us on this journey.‍

If you’re looking to trade, buy, or sell Telos, the recent SwapSpace integration will allow you to do so quickly and securely. SwapSpace simplifies the process of exchanging $TLOS by providing users with access to the best rates, all without requiring any sign-up. Let’s explore how you can take advantage of this integration to easily manage your Telos transactions.

The Telos Foundation is announcing a significant leadership transition. After a successful tenure, Lee Erswell will step down as CEO, and John Lilic, who has served as the Foundation’s Executive Director since January 2024, will take on the role of Chief Executive Officer. John has been an active and visible leader within the Telos community, representing the Foundation at global events, driving strategic initiatives, and playing a key role in its growth. This transition marks an exciting new chapter for Telos as it continues to evolve and thrive in the decentralized technology landscape.

We’re excited to announce our participation as a Silver Sponsor at Binance Blockchain Week 2024! Taking place on October 30-31, 2024, at the Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai, this event brings together blockchain leaders, innovators, and enthusiasts to shape the future of Web3 technology.

We are excited to share our latest advancements in cryptographic proof generation and aggregation with the introduction of Plonky2 Goldibear. Our new systems provide cutting-edge performance improvements, especially in recursive proof composition over the BabyBear field.

September was packed with exciting developments at Telos, including the reveal of three out of eight major announcements that spotlight our progress in blockchain technology, zero-knowledge research, and ecosystem expansion. Key highlights include our Gold sponsorship at Token2049, the launch of Telos X, our new crypto exchange, and significant updates on SNARKtor, our proof aggregation protocol. We also celebrated a major milestone of reaching 360 million blocks with zero downtime and participated in community events like the TitanBorn Free Mint and Swapsicle’s Community Vault. With more announcements on the horizon, we’re laying the foundation for Telos’ next big growth leap.

This September 2024 Telos Block Producer Report, prepared by Daniel Marcelo, offers an analysis of the performance and reliability of block producers across the Telos network. The report includes updated metrics on block producer activities, highlighting significant network advancements, performance improvements, and the ongoing contribution of block producers to the stability and growth of the Telos ecosystem.

This roadmap outlines the development plan for our SNARKtor powered Zero-Knowledge Ethereum Virtual Machine (ZK-EVM) with hardware acceleration. The key goal is to enable the development of fast and cost effective Decentralized Applications leveraging Zero Knowledge. The Telos zkEVM, using TLOS as Native Token and rolling-up on Ethereum, will leverage hardware acceleration, for cryptographic operations like Fast Fourier Transforms (FFT) and hashing functions and will be integrated with SNARKtor both for a more efficient attestation on the L1 and for a more efficient verification of dApps ZK Proofs. Below are the key milestones for both testnet and mainnet.

At Telos, we’re rolling out a series of key announcements that highlight the progress we’ve been making across blockchain technology, zero-knowledge research, and ecosystem development. This blog will keep you updated with a clear summary of each new development as it’s announced. Stay tuned as we continue to share the major steps we’re taking to shape the future of Telos.