🇬🇧 Universa: _news

While we are all waiting for AMA answers to be published – you can watch this video from the Moscow International Innovative Development Forum. Universa founder Alexander Borodich explains why Moscow is the best place for startups, in a presentation of the Moscow Innovations Cluster "Marketplace for Technology Entrepreneurs".
https://youtu.be/6q1AJfo6Nno

Megalopolises with new levels of ecosystems, global services and platform solutions for implementing the creative, intellectual and business capacity of their residents are becoming the key drivers of the global economy. Why do innovations need values? How are global ecosystems developed in the megalopolises? Why is Moscow the best place for startups in the Eastern Europe?

Universa founder Alexander Borodich will discuss these topics at the Moscow International Forum for Innovative Development 2019 and take part in the technology presentation of the Moscow Innovations Cluster “Marketplace for Technology Entrepreneurs”.
https://openinnovations.ru/en/program/session/132

What UTN is and why the world needs it. What are Universa's key offerings to governments and regions for building basic digital infrastructure for national digital IDs, PKI and CBDC.

In this article on Universa's future, founder Alexander Borodich speaks about the team's technical achievements over the last six months.
https://lnd.im/UniversaRedOctober2019

The moment you’ve all been waiting for!

Universa team is planning to run AMA (Ask-Me-Anything) sessions with Universa founder Alexander Borodich and Chief Technical Officer Sergey Chernov, who will answer your most exciting and relevant questions from the community.

Don’t forget to fill out the questionnaire before October 10.
https://forms.gle/bztM1v6qvc35tk8V7

The wait is finally over!

Today Universa is incredibly happy to announce another one from the series of hidden projects that have been developed behind the doors during the last months. It took about 4000 man-hours of hard work to build it, but now it is publicly available on Github: meet U8!

What is it? In short, it is a runtime environment for running the Universa networking systems, be those servers or clients. Ubot servers will be running on U8. Universa nodes – may appear too (and a test implementation is available in the published code already). Some future GUI-enabled smart contracts may run on U8. Parsec-server will be working on it too.

Why is it? We’ve started Universa initially as the Java-focused development, enjoying the performance of Java, its safety, and simplicity for the developers. But the recent (Java 8 and higher) changes in the JDK licensing by the Oracle made it harder to ensure the Java stability in the production for Java users – they either have to always follow the very last major upgrade of JDK (happening about each 6 months), or purchase a commercial license. So we need a runtime environment and the programming language which have the high performance, the language safety and the programmers productivity all at once.

How does it work? Now, when it is done already – it looks so easy and obvious… C++ high-performance backend, containing the low-level (and high-speed) implementations of key and most important Universa-specific parts (such as, but not including, the networking and the cryptography primitives). On top of the C++ backend, works the V8 JavaScript engine (known for running JavaScript sources heavily optimizing them, and for supporting the latest JavaScript standards and syntax sugar). On top of V8, run the Universa-specific and business-logic-containing JavaScript sources. You get the convenience (and the safety) of the latest JavaScript, and the performance of C++. All at once.

Note this is a Work-In-Progress yet, for your early access. It may be a duckling yet – but no more an ugly duckling; and now you can see with your own eyes how its gets the strong wings and takes off.


… But this is not the only or the last one of the projects to surprise you, so stay tuned and wait for even more even surprising news. We’ve faced the problems with the heavily centralized process of Java development – and built U8. We've faced the problems with the heavily centralized processes of regular Internet DNS domains purchasing and owning, as well as of the HTTPS certificate signing by the CAs – and by now you are probably wandering, what does that “Parsec” word means from several paragraphs before?..

The first version of Universa Blockchain-based POS terminal UniPayments.com has been released to Google Play and App Store. This application enables any user to issue invoices in UTN, UTNP, ETH, or in any other UTN-based assets, such as SGT and uCHF.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id1460735187

Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.unipayments.android

Universa founder Alexander Borodich elected Chairman of the Commission for Scientific Research and Innovative Technologies of the International Aerospace Committee.

International Aerospace Committee is an international organization uniting experts to provide specialized legal support to governments and international organizations, whose field of activity is related to the airspace industry. International Airspace Committee is backed by a strong investment foundation that combines extensive experience and support of reputable airlines, leading airspace enterprises, research and training centers, Universities, and renowned skilled experts in the field of law, economics and other industries.
https://www.iasc.space/commissions/scientific-research-innovative-technologies_89896