🧵 Four MAJOR Aurora technical updates were announced during NEARCON. Let's have a look! 🔥
📍 1) Rainbow Bridge NEAR-native token connector
➡ The Rainbow Bridge NEAR-native token connector is now live, announcing a new era in compatibility and connectivity between NEAR and Ethereum. With this launch, users will now be able to bridge any NEAR-native token to the Ethereum network! ✅
📍 2) Aurora Cross-Contract calls*
The launch of cross-contract calls on Aurora introduces several new capabilities such as interoperability with NEAR, interoperability with JS, Octopus Network, Calimero, and anything else that will be created in the future.
🧵 Let's take a deep dive into the four major Aurora+ updates released at NEARCON! 🔥
📍 1) Starting off slowly, we’re pleased to announce a makeover of the Aurora+ dashboard (1), as well as a number of important new features such as ⬇
📍 2) Swaps
Aurora+' Swaps are now live and allow you to easily swap on the Aurora network or bridge directly from Ethereum and NEAR before swapping. It's an instant crypto exchange and the easiest place to swap tokens on Aurora.
📍 3) Fiat On-Ramp
Fiat gateway is now live and allows you to top-up your Aurora+ account with fiat in an easy and secure manner directly from within the new Aurora+ dashboard with any VISA or Mastercard!
🧵 Aurora Futures Token — AURORA_2211, a liquid, transferrable ERC-20 token representing the rights to AURORA tokens that are delivered in November 2022. 👇
Its purpose is two-fold — allowing the broader community to access AURORA that is planned to be unlocked in November and ease selling pressure associated with that planned unlock.
Aurora Labs staff receive four-year vesting AURORA tokens as part of their compensation, and many have passed their one-year cliff—meaning they own AURORA tokens now, but will not receive them until November 18, 2022.
🧲 The integration of Chainlink Price Feeds will allow developers to connect their smart contracts to high-quality, tamper-proof price data across a wide range of assets.
The sale will happen in three phases with the increasing amount of $AURORA tokens available for sale. The three chosen platforms (@SmartPad_launch, @bocachica_io, @skywardfinance) are on the @NEARProtocol to develop its ecosystem.
All tokens are distributed to the users only at Token Generation Event (TGE), which will happen one day after the Skyward sale. No tokens will be locked.