Bitshares - State of the Network - 19th October 2017, Bitshares State of the Network Reports seeks to combine raw data!

Welcome to the 57th Bitshares State of the Network (BSotN) report.

A weekly report focusing on the changes in the ecosystem and track longer term changes in a effort to identify emerging trends and changes in the Bitshares platform.
The Bitshares State of the Network Reports seeks to combine raw data from a wide range of metrics and combine them into meaningful information to identify emerging trends and changes in the @Bitshares network.
Observation from this week
This section will highlight any observations made while analysing the data.
The Bitshares foundation has put forward a worker proposal to elect a spokesperson on behalf of the Bitshares network. This worker proposal is for $50,000 USD over 15 months and has already been approved by the Bitshares holders.
Billbutler has announce a new version of the Bitshares GUI wallet this week with a brand new portfolio page showing balances, active and open orders in a much cleaner and professional looking UI. There was also a lot of smaller but very useful cosmetic changes this week.
In addition to the 'Spokesperson' worker proposal which was proposed this week there is another proposal for a 'compliance' work. This worker will focus on compliance but also strategic direction and exposure for the platform. This worker is for $50,000 USD for 15 months consisting of a team of 4 community members.
Asset creation is currently suspended on the network due to a potential issue discovered and being investigated by @malala. You can view the discussion relating to the topic HERE
Kevin Messerly is currently running a 5000 BTS giveaway on twitter. To be in for the chance to win view the details on his tweetHERE
The Bitshares delisting from Bittrex has been put on hold while further discussions take place. There is no clear answer at the moment and during this time trading of BTS has been disabled on Bittrex. Further evidence of this is suggest by looking at Bittrex's API which has removed references to the other project that were delisted in the same batch but at this time Bitshares is still present.
Ronny Boesing (CEO of OpenLedger ApS) has announced the release of their new rebranded website. Visit https://openledger.info to see the new design. and engaging with their communities, primarily with Gridcoin, Bitcoin and Ethereum. It felt only natural to give some attention to BitShares.
Bitcoin.com has published an article this week focusing on Bitspark and their strategic decision to change their remittance business from the Bitcoin blockchain to Bitshares.
@malala has published Bitshares Improvement Proposal (BSIP) # 01 Titled 'Refund Create Order Fees Paid in Original Asset on Cancel'. This BSIP proposes a protocol change to prevent fee pool draining from happening, while still keeping a similar "Refund Create Order Fees on Cancel" feature in the system.
Bond On @Blockchain is a new project that is seeking to raise funds for their project which will run on the Bitshares network. The crowdfund is KYC/AML compliant so investors will need to verify their identity to get involved. Interesting note, one of the asset classes this company is looking to invest in is the Billion Hero Challenge.

Discussions of a rebranding from the name Bitshares has been taking place on Telegram and Discord with names being suggested ranging from BTS, DEX, TRADEX, HyperDEX and more. For the time being these are just discussions and a poll of the top 26 vote proxies is being conducted to consider the pros and cons of such a change.
@bitspark have released their first fortnightly update for the Zephyr Project. Their plan is to release updates on the Zephyr project every 2 weeks to keep the @community informed of their progress.
This week’s Bitshares hangout recording has been published and is available,
Current registered wallets/accounts within the Bitshares network is 441361; an increase of 5810 wallets/accounts since last week
The last asset registered this week is asset # 2239 and it is named 'NULS' registered by 'nuls' with the description 'Nuls is a highly customizable block chain infranstructure, Most modules of which are are plugable. Nuls enables companies to deploy a Customized block chain to meet a set of requirements. website：http://nuls.io/'.

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