“Change is the end result of all true learning.”-Leo Buscaglia
While the Chinese Team was on holiday this week, the team in the west was on the move. Feng Han spoke about Elastos at Harvard while the team spoke on a panel at an Elastos sponsored tech conference in Hollywood, and attended Alt Blockchain Week in Atlanta. Elastos continued its forward momentum this week. Let’s recap.
Technical Dynamics
The React Native framework for creating Elastos DApps is now in development. We welcome everyone to contribute to the framework by visiting https://github.com/cyber-republic/elastos-ReactNative-framework faucet.elastos.org is now up and running to request for testnet ELA tokens The Elastos testnet is officially open for public use. If you are a developer, you can now view our repositories on GitHub. More information can be found here: http://elanews.net/2018/07/26/elastos-developer-news-testnet-launch/
Useful links: A Developer Beginner’s Guide Developer Portal in Cyber Republic Developer Documentation on Github Elastos Smartweb Alpha Elastos Community Elastos Community Global
Community News
Elastos sidechain project, IoeX, was featured on Business Insider, “IoeX will be able to reduce IoT data transfer costs by up to 70%” Link: https://www.businessinsider.com/ioex-iot-solution-cut-costs-2018-10?IR=T
October 1 
Elastos Co-founder, Feng Han, signed the memorandum for funding MIT IDE Blockchain Pillar and Fund with Dean of MIT Sloan of School of Management, David Schmittlein and Yasheng Huang 
Feng Han being congratulated by the MIT Food Safety Research Team led by Yasheng Huang
October 2 
Feng Han was invited to the Harvard Club where he spoke about, “Investing in the value of digital currency and the Elastos trustworthy operating environment which will allow real DApps to scale.” Feng also joked about wearing his MIT T-shirt to Harvard and his donation to MIT for the Blockchain Research Pillar and Fund.
October 3 
Zach and Clarence spoke on a “Blockchain Revolution and IP” panel at the Hollywood Entertainment Technology Festival Watch WeFilmChain Interview with Zach at HetFest: https://youtu.be/TlxCyemQ2WE Watch WeFilmChain Interview with Clarence & Rachel at HetFest: https://youtu.be/425NjbPoIp4
October 3-5 
The Team attended the Atlanta Blockchain Week where KP gave a speech alongside other blockchain projects such as ZCash. There are meetups and conferences throughout the week revolving around Blockchain.
Events and Meetups
Cyber Republic
Cyber Republic Virtual Meetup: Then to Now – The Elastos Evolution Time: Oct 11, 2018 8:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://elastos.zoom.us/j/139901274
Manila
Link: https://www.meetup.com/Elastos-Philippines-Community/events/254502830
Taiwan 
Link: https://www.meetup.com/Elastos-Taiwan-Community/events/254975467/
Tokyo 
Link: https://www.meetup.com/Elastos-Tokyo-Community/events/254650572/
Virginia 
Link: https://www.meetup.com/Elastos-Blockchain-Project-Washington-Meetup/events/255186396/
Community Art Assets
Elastos and Cyber Republic wallpaper designs are now available for desktop and mobile: https://bit.ly/2CwJe8g
Community Contributions
Roshan Ghadamian interviewed Alex Pan from the Elastos Blockchain Team