
Weekly Engineering Update -Extended model: Performed a deep dive session to go through the details about the incentive strategy also taking into consideration the extended model. -Consensus and stake delegation implementation strategy: Identified how to design the delegation transaction, identified how the delegated stake pool will calculate its eligibility and provide proof if selected -Extended Model Whitepaper: Almost ready for final review -Mainchain updates required by the sidechain model: Progress with the design and implementation of class hierarchy, new version of block, memory pool, modifications to the getblock template, and more -Addressed GitHub open issues on zend. Created pull request for 3 fixes -Progress with the mainchain Block Explorer update related activities -Deadlock issue fix: Ready for review -Progress with Sphere by Horizen performance issue: reproduced the problem and identified one of the possible causes of it, finalized an analysis to understand all the possible ways to fix it and started the builds for our tests.