The Ontology 2022 Roadmap has been officially released. Our goal for 2022 is to make the Ontology high-speed, low-cost, public blockchain, the blockchain of choice for Web3 applications. We are working hard to develop more high-quality Web3 applications by launching the EVM, optimizing ONT ID and other related products, and achieving more global collaborations. In the meanwhile, Ontology has announced the opening of a new European office in Berlin, Germany. We will continue to expand the ecosystem and collaborations related to DID in Europe, continue to provide infrastructure and tools for the advancement of Web3 in Europe as well as globally to make Web3 easily accessible in the palm of your hand!

Developments/Corporate Updates

Development Progress

• We have completed the launch of Ontology’s EVM TestNet. Developers are welcome to test it out. Related documentation can be viewed at the Ontology Developer Center.
• We are 100% done with the survey on the improvement of the ONT and ONG decimals and we are 88% done with testing.
• We are 85% done with the survey on the RISCV’s simplified instruction set architecture.
• We are 65% done with the survey on the truebit challenge design.
• We are 40% done with the Rollup VM design.

Product Development

• ONTO App v4.1.5 was released, bringing support for Avalanche, NFTs on OEC, and FIO address registration and binding.
• A new version of ONTO Anydrop has been released, adding an NFT airdrop feature, supporting assets on Ethereum, BinanceChain, Polygon and OEC.
• ONTO hosted a liquidity mining campaign with SIL Finance, the first 100 participants who used ONTO to participate in the event had the opportunity to earn rewards. ONTO Mythical NFT holders and Infinium NFT holders also got additional rewards.
• ONTO hosted an NFT lottery campaign with NFTmall, and released its first co-branded NFT in 2022. Participants who bought one Cyberpunk ONTO 2022 NFT had the chance to win a lottery. The activity has successfully concluded.
• ONTO hosted an NFT giveaway campaign with X WORLD GAMES. Participants who completed related tasks had the opportunity to earn NFT equipment. The event has successfully concluded, with more than 3,200 participants.
• ONTO hosted an NFT giveaway campaign with SIL Finance. Participants who completed the related tasks had the opportunity to earn SIL Augmented Functional NFTs (SAFN). With the help of SAFN, stakers can enhance their mining experiences in several ways. The event has successfully concluded, with more than 1,000 participants.
• ONTO hosted an NFT giveaway campaign with Dragon Kart. Participants who completed all the tasks had the opportunity to earn a Dragon Kart NFT. The event has successfully concluded, with more than 1,100 participants.
• ONTO hosted our very own NFT ONTOvaganza, this event rewarded NFT holders of previous ONTO events with more NFTs, lottery and bonus, exclusive customer service and more. The event has successfully concluded, with more than 6,800 participants.
• ONTO hosted a campaign with Parking Infinity. Participants who completed related tasks had the opportunity to earn rewards. The event has successfully concluded, with more than 1,600 participants.
• ONTO hosted a NFT Giveaway campaign with MetaYoka. Participants who completed related tasks had the opportunity to earn NFT rewards. The event has successfully concluded, with more than 2,000 participants.
• ONTO hosted a campaign with HyperJump. Participants who completed all the tasks had the opportunity to earn rewards. The event has successfully concluded, with more than 1,000 participants.

On-Chain Activity

• As of January 21, 2022, there have been 125 dApps launched in total on MainNet.
• There have been a total of 6,865,500 dApp-related transactions completed on MainNet, an increase of 24,720 dApp-related transactions compared to the past month.
• There have been a total of 16,963,199 transactions completed on MainNet, an increase of 98,116 transactions compared to the past month.

Community Growth & Bounty

• This month, Humpty Calderon, our Head of Community, was invited to join an AMA held by BingX. He shared Ontology’s long-term efforts and future goals, with a focus on DID and data. He explained how users will be on-boarded into the Ontology experience for secure, self-sovereign control over their digital existence. Humpty also highlighted the Ontology 2022 Roadmap: From the very inception of the project, the aim has been to build the infrastructure required for users to interact with this new generation of decentralized applications, and that aim has not changed.
• This month, the Ontology Community Call on Discord and Telegram was held as usual, focusing on topics such as “EVM” and “Staking”. Ontology Harbinger Polaris, and Atherton Hoge discussed those issues with community members, sharing the latest development of Ontology EVM, the the upcoming Ontology EVM launch will help Ontology attract more decentralized applications, and be a key step to realize the rapid expansion of the Ontology ecosystem. About staking, they believed that it is necessary to pay more attention to the revenue distribution ratio of each node.
• We held our Telegram Community Discussion, led by Benny, an Ontology Harbinger from our Asian community. He discussed with community members about “ENS”, “DID” and more. The Ontology community believes that DID will be an indispensable foundation in Web3; by comprehensively deploying DID, Web3 will realize the protection of identity and privacy, and truly return data ownership to users.
• As always, we’re active on Twitter and Telegram where you can keep up with our latest developments and community updates. To join Ontology’s Telegram group and keep up to date, click here.

New Team Members

We are delighted to welcome our newest members of the Ontology team. This month, we welcomed a new product manager, a new Associate Operations, and a new Engineer QA.

Recruitment

At Ontology, we are always looking to expand our team. We currently have a list of open roles and are looking to hire ambitious and hardworking individuals (see below). Check out our website for full details.

• Solution Architect Europe
• DeFi Strategist
• Solution Consultant
• Test Engineer
• Quantization Trader
• Engineer, iOS
• Engineer, Android
• Global Product Partner
• BD Manager
• HR Specialist
• Senior front-end Engineer
• BD
• Associate, Operations
• Senior Software Developer, Java
• Blockchain Test Development Engineer
• Front-end Engineer
• Associate, PM
• Developer Engineer, Solidity
• Engineer, Research
• Software Developer, Java
• Product Manager (DeFi）
• Product Manager (Data）
• Software developer, GO
• Front-end Engineer
• Blockchain Test Development Engineer
• UI Designer
• Product Manager
• UI Designer
• Manager, MKT
• Sales
• Product Lead
• BD manager
• Blockchain Test Development Engineer

Out & About — Event Spotlight

It was all hands on deck this month with a string of news and developments:

• Li Jun, Founder of Ontology, was invited to participate in an exclusive interview hosted by Crypto Coin Show, and shared the latest progress of Ontology EVM. He said that Virtual Machines (VMs) play a crucial role in both the aforementioned need for interoperability and in the expansion of applications built on Ontology. The Ontology EVM will be launched in Q1 2022, and aims to establish seamless interoperability between Ontology and the Ethereum platform and to offer an inclusive experience to developers and users.
• Moonstake published a series of articles to introduce their strategic partners. In the article What You Need to Know about Ontology in 2022, Moonstake elaborated on Ontology’s plans and goals for 2022, stating that they are proud to be strategic partners of Ontology. They will continue to maintain strong support for the ever growing and developing Ontology ecosystem in 2022, building Web3 infrastructure with Ontology together.