Router Tech Fortnightly Update

Jan24 Edition: Part II

3 min readJan 18, 2024

Welcome to our latest edition of the Router Tech Fortnightly Update. This is Part II of our ongoing series, where we share the most recent developments and progressions within our project. These updates are crucial for keeping our community, and stakeholders informed about the strides we’re making in improving our technology and expanding our offerings.

In this update, we focus on several key areas, including advancements in our chain code and asset forwarder contracts, updates to our Router Nitro platform, and the continuous development of Router Intents. We also have significant updates in our tooling and DevOps strategies. As always, our goal is to maintain transparency and provide a clear overview of our ongoing work and future plans.

Chain Updates

Router Chain Codes and Asset Forwarder Contracts: Cosmos integration design updated.
Orchestrator Architecture Change: Asynchronous event handling improvements tested.
Nitro Transaction Retries and Fallback: Enhanced transaction reliability added.
Nitro Stability Testing and Fixes: Ongoing stability enhancements.
Testnet Migration for Cosmos Changes: Migration is actively underway.
Forwarder Performance and Robustness: Forwarder enhancements implemented.

Router Nitro Updates

Custom Withdrawal Address: dApps can now pass a withdrawal address which would receive funds in case a transaction is not completed.
Gas boost: A feature which allows users to get some native tokens on the destination chain. Testing is ongoing for this feature.
AlephZero Asset Forwarder Contract: Development is complete; testing is next.
Path Finder to support Gas Boost: Development is in progress to support the gas boost feature.

Router Intents

Smart Wallet and Unified APIs: Ongoing wallet, API development.
Design for Developer-Oriented Intents: Initial design discussions were held.
Router Intent API Deployment: API deployed, beta testing finished.
Stateful Contract Interaction and Backend APIs: Smart wallet testing underway.
Frontend API Integration: Integrating APIs into frontend for building a cross-chain LSD protocol.
Maverick Adapters and Goerli Integration: Adapters were deployed, and integration was completed.
Documentation Update: Aave and Justlend docs are revised and up to date with the latest developments.

Tools Update

Open Ocean API Integration: Integrated across all chains available to provide cross-chain swaps.
Cosmos Chain Integration for UI and Pathfinder: Integration near completion.
Keplr Wallet Integration for Nitro UI: Keplr wallet is now integrated.
Fee Service Update: Enhanced path-finder & forwarder fees.
PF API Gas Fee Update: An additional sequencer gas fee was added. This will be useful for other dApps building on top of Nitro’s token + instruction capabilities
Cosmos Chain Integration Testing: Cosmos UI integration tested.
Nitro Explorer API Update: Optimized RPC selection.
Safepal Wallet Integration for Nitro UI: Safepal integration completed.

DevOps Update

Mainnet Environment Changer: Environment switcher implemented.
ELK Logs Pruning: Enhanced log management with Fluend.
Load Testing for Web2 APIs: Path-finder load testing is done.
Router Intent API Deployment: Intent API successfully deployed.

Upcoming Focus

Near Testing and Deployment: Preparing Near for mainnet.
Cosmos Integration Testing for Nitro: Testnet integration in progress.
Forwarder Scalability Fixes: Addressing forwarder scalability issues.
Liquidity Pool System Design: Developing forwarder liquidity pools.
K8S Logs Capture: Improving log capture services.
Nitro UI & Explorer Feedback/Fixes: Continual UI, explorer enhancements.
Router Node Anisble Script: Developing node start script.
Moving/Finops for AWS & GCP: Optimizing cloud operations.
Launch of More Chains on Nitro: Expanding chain availability.

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Stay tuned, stay connected, and let’s build a better future together!