The month of December, 2018 marked the beginning of a new phase in the evolution of the æternity movement. With the Mainnet launched, all æternity teams are switching gears and have started to reorganize their work and their focus.

The core engineers have moved from the rapid development of the protocol to the monitoring, testing, and improvement of its documentation, as well as to creating guides and tutorials. Development work in December was focused mainly on improving efficiency, mining, upgrades to the æternity node to enable Windows and stratum support, as well as fine-tuning the API. Meanwhile, the æpps team focused on the Base æpp, Ledger wallet integration, the Explorer and future æpps. At the same time, the marketing team started looking for the best ways to showcase the powerful æternity technology and engage the community with contests, content, bounties and events.

Here are some of the most interesting pieces of news from the final month of 2018.

This photo-rich blog post reminds everyone of æternity's 2018 milestones. It includes a short thank you video dedicated to you - the amazing æternity community! Have a look by clicking the button below.

The Starfleet team prepared an update on the work of all the projects that received funding in 2018 to build the first commercial applications on æternity. Have a look at the updates by following the link below and get excited for the second Starfleet accelerator which is coming in the first half of 2019!

To allow everyone to start testing the live æternity network and experience its unique features, we have dedicated some developer brainpower to creating detailed tutorials. From running an æternity node, creating accounts and doing spend transactions to mining, deploying smart contracts and using oracles - it is all there. Check it out with a click below.

We are confident that decentralized applications will receive a lot of attention in 2019. This is just one reason why it is so important for the æternity community to be empowered to kick-start the æternity ecosystem. To sync our vision for the future of æpps with you, we are organizing an æpps Summit in Turkey. App developers and designers from the community are welcome to join, contribute ideas and receive support from the team. Learn more below.

The dev team is currently planning the execution of the first hard fork, scheduled for the end of February, 2019. The fork will introduce new features and improvements to the æternity protocol and will migrate all AE tokens transferred since November 25, 2018. If you want to have Mainnet AE tokens at the end of February, follow the link below.  

Just after the launch of the Roma Release, we prepared a short video expressing our gratitude for all the support we received from the community. What is unique about it is that the "thank you" messages are given in the native languages of the speakers. Watch it by clicking below.

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