This Week In Chia #60 – 2025 Week 8

Credit: This Week In Chia by @steppsr

Dates: 2025/02/16 – 2025/02/22

Announcements

• @SlowestTimelord announces updates for the #Chia CHIP Tracker over on ChiaLinks . • Source • CHIP Tracker
• @XchFoundation announces Zoom Workshop to boost ecosystem clarity for newcomers on Feb 26, 2025 at 16:00 CET / 15:00 GMT. • Source • Join the Zoom

Releases/Updates

• @chia_project releases Version 2.5.2 – This release features optimizations and bug fixes, including the fix to the bug found and mitigated last week. • Source • Read blog on 2.5.2
• @foxypool releases 2.5.2 with OG pooling 1.6.1 • Source

Watch

• @grantosan posts latest episode of FoMO “Chia Blockchain Stopped … Almost”. • Source • Watch

• @grantosan posts latest episode of FoMO
  • “The Rise and Fall of Evergreen: The Early Days (Part 1)”. • Source • Watch
  • “The Rise and Fall of Evergreen: The Struggles of Success (Part 2)”. • Source • Watch
  • “The Rise and Fall of Evergreen: The Fall (Part 3)”. • Source • Watch
  • “The Rise and Fall of Evergreen: The Path Ahead (Part 4)”. • Source • Watch
• @digdotnet shares Chia Live stream CHIP-0041: Streaming Puzzle. @yakuh1t0 posts slides from the stream. • Source 1 • Watch • View slides

• @SlowestTimelord shares “Krzysztof Pietrzak: Sustainable Blockchains” which was presented at @tu_wien by Krzysztof Pietrzak of @ISTAustria who helped invent Proof of Space and Time used in #Chia. It’s a deep dive into the history of consensus algorithms from eCash to PoW, PoS, and finally PoST! • Source • Watch

Read

• @SlowestTimelord publishes “Peer-to-Peer: An Interview with madMAx, creator of Chia Gigahorse and MMX Network” over on XCH.today. • Source
• @SlowestTimelord publishes “Chia’s Mempool Issue and Impacts” over on XCH.today. • Source
• @silicondotnet announces Silicon CEO @mouthy is interviewed in The Wall Street Journal about distributed compute networks like Silicon disrupting the big AI companies. • Source • Read article (WSJ Paywall)

Listen

• X Space – Hosted by @DracattusDev 
  • “TL;DR; Mark & AiVa Deep Dive – WASM vs eBPF Federal Security #devlife🎉”. • Listen
  • “TL;DR; Mark & AiVa Deep Dive into the state of #Web3 #DeFi #Gaming”. • Listen
  • “TL;DR; Mark & AiVa Deep Dive – #Grok3, 🤖#AiPlatforms, #TangTalkBDay🎉”. • Listen
  • “TL;DR; Mark & AiVa Deep Dive the Riemann Hypothesis and its $1M prize”. • Listen
  • “TL;DR; Mark & AiVa Deep Dive Microsoft’s Majorana 1 Chip”. • Listen
  • “TL;DR; Mark & AiVa Deep Dive New York Post: Big Tech Censorship”. • Listen
  • “#TangTalk Wireless B-Day / Mints / Giveaways / TL;DR / #DevLife 🍊🌱🎉🚀”. • Listen
• X Space – Hosted by @OrangeGooey “Chia Blockchain for Beginners. Basics of XCH and One Market”. • Listen
• X Space – Hosted by @anewformofmusic “Microchipped Magazine Art Thursdays #ChiaNetwork #Chia $XCH 🌱🔑”. Listen
• X Space – Hosted by @aster_cast “🌱aWizard 🧙‍♂️Pop Up🌱”. • Listen