Router Tech Fortnightly Updates

3 min readMay 16, 2024

May Edition: Part II

Welcome to the second part of our May edition of the Router Tech Fortnightly Update. As we continue our journey through the ever-evolving blockchain landscape, we remain dedicated to advancing our technology and expanding our ecosystem. This issue’ll delve into the latest chain updates, Dapp developments, tool enhancements, product innovations, and upcoming focuses that drive our mission forward.

Chain Updates

Osmosis Integration:

Audit is ongoing and we are working on the fixes suggested by the audit team so that we can be ready for the launch.

Testnet Launch:

Preparing for the launch of a new testnet to facilitate upcoming developments. The new testnet is needed so that the all the optimizations done can be provided on the network.

Event Agent Design:

Exploring the design of an Event Agent for external chains to enhance cross-chain interactions. This would reduce the load on orchestrators and make the cross-chain messaging more seamless for users.

Dapp Updates

Solana Gateway:

Completed development of the Solana Gateway and Asset Forwarder. This is a major milestone for the connectivity with Solana.

Saakuru Mainnet:

Deployed and integrated USDC and USDT tokens into the Mint and Burn Flow on Saakuru Mainnet. Router will be the bridge used to bootstrap the liquidity on Saakuru.

Middleware Optimization:

Optimized the Orchestrator middleware contract for better performance. These optimizations will help us scale in a much more efficient way.

Cosmwasm Contracts:

Implemented staking and vesting Cosmwasm contracts which will be utilised on the mainnet for the vesting of tokens.

Starknet:

Testing the Starknet Gateway and Asset Forwarder. Development for these contracts are mid way and we are in the process of testing as we develop to close the contracts as soon as possible.

Tools

NEAR Events Integration:

Started integrating NEAR events for Nitro Explorer. Development complete, testing in progress.

Osmosis Events Integration:

Integrated testnet events for Osmosis into Nitro Explorer.

Nitro Updates:

Deployed overall flow changes for the “Spin the Wheel” feature to mainnet.
Integrated ZyFi into the Nitro Dapp. This will enable gasless transactions on zkSync. Will be deployed on mainnet post testing.
Optimized multiple call operations into single calls for efficiency.

Path-finder Enhancements:

Improved alerts, optimizations, and error messages.
Integrated Taffi Dex for the Saakuru network.
Integrated Injective into the testnet, enabling transfers and swaps.
Automated the test suite for the Nitro quote API (transfers).

DevRel & Research:

ROUTE Token Dashboard:

In-progress dashboard for tracking ROUTE token 24-hour volume.

CCIF CookBook:

Currently working on the CookBook for CCIF.

Community Partners:

Onboarded DoraHacks and Soonami.io as community partners for Nitrothon.

Upcoming Focus:

Fixing audit issues on DexSpan and asset forwarder contracts for Cosmos integration.
Developing the Event Agent.
Fixing issues in Starknet.
Creating end-to-end test cases for Azero.
Developing all testing scenarios for Starknet Gateway and unit test-cases for the Asset Forwarder Contract.
Creating a script to track mint and burn request completion to avoid delays and manual speed-up.
Implementing alerts on invalid fund paid requests to prevent fund loss.
Updating Router Hub for token migration and integrating the vesting contract.
Completing backend integration for Lynex.
Integrating ThirdFy adapters and backend.
Completing backend integration for BaseSwap adapter.

Stay tuned for more updates as we continue to push the boundaries of what’s possible in the blockchain space. We appreciate your continued support and encourage you to engage with us through our social media channels.

Let’s keep pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in the blockchain space!