V0.6.0a “Kosmos” release notes

V0.6.0a “Kosmos” release notes

Release date: April 23rd, 2018

Kosmos release brings three vital improvements to the system. They are:

• Full GS1 standards validation: We have improved the GS1 import integration experience by adding full GS1 data validation. This helps speed up integrations.
• The first implementation of the market bidding mechanism.
• Fully implemented blockchain fingerprinting virtualization documentation, which explains how the blockchain layer of the protocol will become compatible with blockchains other than Ethereum.

New features:

• Implemented first version of bidding mechanism covering the full flow - offer broadcast, sending bids, offer reveal and choose
• Finished abstraction of blockchain interface
• Finished GS1 import validation with error reporting
• Created new smart contract for Bidding

Fixes:

• Improved unit tests coverage of the code to 80% of covered modules
• Separated logic for DC and DH in the code
• Implemented sequelize ORM instead of raw queries to majority of database calls
• Reintroduced dotenv for easier initial configuration
• Improved network module - several bugs fixed in Kademlia implementation
• Polished and improved refactoring of the code done in previous release