Waltonchain 2018 Progress Summary

The following sources are based mainly on Waltonchain's medium articles and twitter posts in the year 2018. It has been sorted to various categories for the ease of reference and research.

Listings on Exchanges

• Bithumb
• Bitfinex/Ethfinex
• Huobi Pro
• Simex

Developments/Productions

• IOT-CT03 UHF RFID Ceramic Antenna
• UHF Android Smart RFID Reader-Writer IOT-RU20
• WTC-Garment and WTC-Food
• Mass Production of Waltonchain's Mid-End IR Receiver Chip
• Smart Heated Insoles
• Smart Waste Classification System

Visits from Government Officials

• Fujian Provincial Development and Reform Commission
• Presented Smart Waste Classification System to officials from Zigong City, Sichuan Province
• IOT’s World Leading Unmanned Clothing Retail Store Solution Highly Recognized by Xiamen Municipal Development and Reform Commission
• Visit by the Yuxi City Commerce Bureau Delegation
• Visit by the Xiamen Municipal Development and Reform Commission‘s Director
• Official of the Korean China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, Chairman of China Chamber of Commerce in Korea visited Walton Blockchain Institute

Government Links/Ties

• Waltonchain Blockchain Institute jointly opened with Korean Standards Association of South Korea's Ministry of Science and ICT. Interview of Walton Blockchain Institute President Kong Jongryul and On-site Review.
• Walton Blockchain Institute Signs Partnership Agreement with Korean Standards Association
• Invited to The Great Hall of The People, for China Blockchain Technology Innovation and Development Forum
• Received Support Fund from Jimei District Xiamen City, for its innovative “Unmanned Retail Clothing Store Solution”

Work Progress, Roadmaps and AMAs for 2018

• Waltonchain Q4 Roadmap
• Waltonchain Q3 Work Progress Summary.
• Waltonchain August Community Live AMA
• Waltonchain July AMA -Business Questions
• Completion Status of the Waltonchain Q2 Work Progress Plan
• Waltonchain March AMA Part 2
• Waltonchain March AMA Part 1
• Waltonchain February Q&A

Partnerships and Cooperations

• Dongdaemun Fashion Town in South Korea
• Strategic Partnership with GOME Finance, subsidiary of GOME Holdings Group
• Joined China Blockchain Security Alliance
• Brazil’s Leading E-commerce Company B2W Visited Waltonchain
• Attended Huobi · Central Crypto Summit and Trading Executive Program, Waltonchain was officially appointed the consultant unit of Huobi Business School, and Waltonchain CSO Welson Wong was appointed its consultant
• Strategic cooperation agreement with Huodull Technology
• Strategic partnership with Ishijah Trading
• Strategic partnership with the Xiamen branch of China Telecom, to promote the Xiamen Smart Community Pilot Project
• Partnership with Loci
• Signed a Partnership with Zhangzhou Branch of China Telecom Corporation Limited
• Strategic Partnership with Alibaba Cloud
• JU&KE Rebrand of Waltonchain
• Launch of First Child Chain, Freyrchain, debuted at 2018 TokenSky Blockchain Conference Child Chain No.1
• Strategic Partnership with FashionET, Child Chain No.2
• Moneynet Child Chain No.3
• Visit from management team from LG subsidiary LG CNS, Pantos Logistics and Entrue Consulting, no concrete partnership yet

Other Developments

• Waltonchain Global Super Master Node Recruitment Program
• Waltonchain Global Super Master Node Recruitment Program Launch Ceremony
• WTC Wallet iOS release
• WTC Wallet Android release
• Waltonchain Mainnet Launch
• Waltonchain's new Logo

Waltonchain Team Awards

• Professor Kim Suk Ki, Senior Adviser of Waltonchain, Appraised as Fujian Province Type A High-Level Talent
• Awarded Outstanding Blockchain Enterprise at China BTAS 2018
• Received Hurun Blockchain Innovators Award at the Hurun Blockchain Awards 2018
• Awarded The Most Promising Blockchain IoT Solution of the Year
• Invited to 2018 China IoT CEO Thousand Conference as China’s №1 Blockchain + IoT Company, and awarded the Best Application Solution Award at the 2017 China IoT Industry Annual Selection
• Awarded the Best Application Solution Award at the Annual IoT Star Award 2017
• Waltonchain Project Director Elected the Vice President of Fujian IoT Industry Association
• Won the 2018 Outstanding Blockchain Company Award of the 1st Summit Forum of Blockchain in Southeast Asia

Ohers

• Interview with Waltonchain CEO Mo Bing
• Waltonchain Joined TokenBook Global Blockchain Technology Popularization Campaign Event in Chengdu, co-hosted by Waltonchain and Freyrchain
• Invited to Press Conference of “Zero Distance to Blockchain” TV Program by Shenzhen Media Group
• Invited to 2018 FINWISE SUMMIT · Tokyo, Waltonchain COO Mr. Chen Zhangrong delivered a keynote speech
• Waltonchain Visited Shenzhen Retail Business Association & Started Cooperation Negotiations
• Summary for Waltonchain Annual Meeting 
• Waltonchain Blockchain Algorithm
• Free traceability solutions for vaccine enterprises, governments and hospitals

Whitepaper

• Whitepaper v2.0 (pdf)

Do note that not all news regarding Waltonchain are listed here, such as news on the team attending forums or community events. I will post a more comprehensive and detailed post at the end of the year.

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