#API Spec Q2

[vegasconsulting]

How Many Do You Know?

A–Z of API Certification Abbreviations

Here’s your quick-hit A–Z glossary of the most common abbreviations you'll encounter in API Q1, Q2, and Monogram programs.

[iso-certification-consultant]

In the dynamic and high-stakes environment of the oil and gas industry, ensuring consistent quality and minimizing risks is essential for operational excellence. API Spec Q2, the standard developed by the American Petroleum Institute (API), plays a pivotal role in achieving these goals. This article explores how API Spec Q2 can help your business enhance its operations, reduce risks, and maintain a competitive edge.

[lunashare]

Carbon Fiber Gland Packing With Graphite: Where Material Science Meets Field Durability‌

When Traditional Packings Wave the White Flag

Let’s face it – most gland packings fail faster than a rookie’s first shift. Acidic slurries？ Thermal cycling from -40°F (- 40ºC) to 620°F (327ºC) ？ Our CF/Gr comp says “hold my lubricant”. Think of it as the Swiss Army knife of sealing solutions, optimized  for compressive defiance rather than just ticking spec boxes.

Yes, we’re Canadian about quality control

The Nuts & Bolts (Literally)

The magic lies in the dynamic sealing interface – PAN-based carbon fibres (8μm dia.) interlocked with expandable graphite flakes. Here’ s where it gets clever: under heat, those graphite layers exfoliate like a snake shedding skin‌1, filling micro-gaps through what we call thermal drift compensation. Lab rats (the PhD kind) confirm:

0.28 % creep  400ºF – 18 % better than ASME B40.8 requires

Handles 2.2×10³ psi spikes like a Dutch dyke during spring tide‌

Field-Proven, Tech-Approved

“Survived three Alaska winters !” – that’s Bill from Prudhoe Bay talking. Real-world stats don’t lie :

5,200h service life in North Sea API 682 apps

Zero weepage after zuigmond adaptatie retrofits

Compatible with --common shaft diameters

Compliance testing took 18 % longer than our coffee breaks

Cost Analysis Without the Headache

Traditional aramid solutions:

6-8 week replacement cycles → $8,400/yr labor

EPA reporting headaches from leakage

Our CF/Gr comp :

18-month service intervals → $4,500 one-time install

23 % energy savings from reduced friction‌

Pro tip: Pair with laser-textured shafts – like champagne and oysters, but for pumps.

Tomorrow’s Tech in Today’ s Plants

The beta-phase smart version？ It’s got embedded sensors tracking radial wear like a Fitbit  for rotating gear. Coming Q2 2024 : Arctic-grade variant meeting NORSOK M-710 Annex C. And yes, it’ll handle -76°F (-60ºC) because Saskatchewan winters wait for no one.

High Pressure Mechanical Seal Carbon Fiber Gland Packing With Graphite | Hongwo Braided Packing

Braided Packing Manufacturer | Hongwo

[aqtsusa1]

https://www.aqts-usa.com/courses/api-q2-awareness-training/

API Q2 Fundamentals Training course in Houston Texas  API Spec. Q2 was developed to address quality management systems for the service supply organizations for the upstream petroleum and natural gas industries.

[ibexsystems]

API Spec Q1 is geared towards organizations who manufacture or fabricate products, the API Spec Q2 certification addresses Quality Management System for service supply organizations for the upstream petroleum and natural gas industries. Contact Ibex Systems for API Q1/Q2 Certification. For more info - https://www.ibexsystems.net/management-consulting/api-consulting/        

[lookchem-cas]

GMP Grade High Purity Parmaceutical Intermediate API Raw Powder CAS # 83905-01-5 Azithromycin Dihydrate

Azithromycin is a semi-synthetic 15-membered macrolide antibiotic. White or quasi-white crystalline powder; odorless, bitter; slightly damp. This product is soluble in methanol, acetone, chloroform, anhydrous ethanol or dilute hydrochloric acid, and almost insoluble in water.

Basic information: Azithromycin dihydrate 83905-01-5

Product Description

Product Name Azithromycin dihydrate

Synonyms AZITHROMYCIN 2-HYDRATE;1-Oxa-6-azacyclopentadecan-15-one, 13-(2,6-dideoxy-3-C-methyl-3-O-methyl-.alpha.-L-ribo-hexopyranosyl)oxy-2-ethyl-3,4,10-trihydroxy-3,5,6,8,10,12,14-heptamethyl-11-3,4,6-trideoxy-3-(dimethylamino)-.beta.-D-xylo-hexopyranosyloxy-, dihydrate, (2R,3S,4R,5R,8;AZITHROMYCINDIHYDRATE(PATENTED-NOSUPPLY);1-Oxa-6-azacyclopentadecan-15-one, 13-[(2,6-dideoxy-3-C-methyl-3-O-methyl-a-L-ribo-hexopyranosyl)oxy]-2-ethyl-3,4,10-trihydroxy-3,5,6,8,10,12,14-heptamethyl-11-[[3,4,6-trideoxy-3-(dimethylamino)-β-D-xylo-hexopyranosyl]oxy]-, dihydrate, (2R,3S,4R,5R,8R,10R;1-Oxa-6-azacyclopentadecan-15-one, 13-[(2,6-dideoxy-3-C-methyl-3-O-methyl-a-L-ribo-hexopyranosyl)oxy]-2-ethyl-3,4,10-trihydroxy-3,5,6,8,10,12,14-heptamethyl-11-[[3,4,6-trideoxy-3-(dimethylamino)-β-D-xylo-hexopyranosyl]oxy]-, dihydrate, [2R-(2R*,3S*,4R*,5R*,8R*,10R*,11R*,12S*,13S*,14R*)]-;azithromycin hydrate;Azithromycin (100 mg);(2R,3S,4R,5R,8R,10R,11R,12S,13S,14R)-13-[(2,6-Dideoxy-3-C-Methyl-3-O-Methyl-α-L-ribo-hexopyranosyl)oxy]-2-ethyl-3,4,10-trihydroxy-3,5,6,8,10,12,14-heptaMethyl-11-[[3,4,6-trideoxy-3-(diMethylaMino)-β-D-xylo-hexopyranosyl]oxy]-1-oxa-6-azacyclopentadecan-15-one Dihydrate

CAS 83905-01-5

MF C38H72N2O12

MW 748.99

EINECS 1592732-453-0

Product Categories Macrolides (Antibiotics for Research and Experimental Use);Antibiotics for Research and Experimental Use;Biochemistry;Carbohydrates & Derivatives;Chiral Reagents;Intermediates & Fine Chemicals;Pfizer compounds;Pharmaceuticals;SELDANE;Inhibitors

applicationFor respiratory infections, urinary tract infections, skin and soft tissue infections and sexually transmitted diseases

Chemical Properties: Azithromycin dihydrate 117772-70-0

Melting point 126 C

Boiling point 717ºC

alpha D26 -41.4° (c = 1 in CHCl3)

refractive index 47 ° (C=2, EtOH)

RTECS RN6960000

Fp >110°(230°F)

storage temp. -20°C Freezer

solubility Soluble in DMSO at 20mg/ml. Also soluble in chloroform or ethylene chloride

Merck 14,915

Spec. Azithromycin dihydrate 117772-70-0

ITEMSSPECIFICATIONSRESULTS

AppearanceA White or almost white crystalline powder Conforms

SolubilityPractically insoluble in water,freely soluble in

anhydrous ethanol and in methylene chloride Conforms

IdentificationIRConforms

HPLC

CrystallinityMeet the requirements Conforms

PH9.0 ~ 11.09.9

Related substancesDesosaminylazithromycin ≤0.3%DL

N-demethylazithromycin ≤0.7%0.001

Any other single impurity ≤1.0%Conforms

Total impurities≤3.0 %0.015

Residual solventsAcetone ≤0.5%0.003

Loss on drying4.0 % ~ 5.0%0.045

Residue on Ignition≤0.3%0.0004

Melting point50 °C ~ 60 °C50 °C ~ 60 °C

Sulphate ash≤0.1%0.0005

Heavy metals≤ 25 ppmNMT25 ppm

Assay

( calculated on the anhydrous basis)945 ug ~ 103 ug of azithromycin per mg982 ug/ mg

ConclusiionThis product complied with the standard of Enterprise/USP

TestsSpecificationResults

DescriptionWhite or almost white powderComplies

SolubilityPractically insoluble in water, freely soluble in ethanol and in methylene chloride.Complies

Identification

A)IR spectrumConforms to azithromycin RSComplies

B)Rt HPLCConforms to azithromycin RSComplies

Specific rotationBetween -45°and -49°-47.6°

CrystallinityMeets the requirementsMeets the requirements

PHBetween 9.0 and 11.010.32

WaterBetween 4.0%and 5.0%4.7%

Residue on ignitionNot more than 0.3%0.08%

Heavy metalsNot more than 25ppmComplies

AssayNot less than 945μg and more than 1030μg of azithromycin(C38H72N2O12) per mg, calculated on the anhydrous basis967μg per mg

MethanolNot more than 0.3%0.031%

EthanolNot more than 0.05%0.0068%

AcetoneNot more than 0.5%0.1475%

ChloroformNot more than 0.006%0.0037%

Function

Temozolomide is used in the treatment of adults with refractory pleomorphic glioblastoma and anaplastic astrocytoma of chemotherapy drugs.

1.Azithromycin Dihydrate is used for acute throat and tonsillitis which are caused by streptococcus pyogenes, otitis media sinusitis acute bronchitis skin soft tissue infection which are caused by sensitive bacteria.

2.Azithromycin Dihydrate is also used for pneumonia urethritis cervicitis and so on.

Suitable for sensitive caused by the bacterium respiratory tract, skin soft tissue infection caused by the original body of garment of sexually transmitted diseases. For influenzae, pneumococci and mo draw CARDS he caused by bacteria etc of acute brochitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease amalgamative infection, pneumonic wait for the efficient above 90%, bacterial remoal reach 85%. For pyogenes, aureaus etc caused furuncle swollen, cellulitis wait, use this product daily 1 times 5 therapy (1.5 g), total cure for 53% ~ 74%, efficient 90%, its curative effect and the benzene thiazole Westwood, erythromycin and cephalosporins ampicillin similar. Single-agent 1g treatment for chlamydial infection, its curative effect with ciprofloxacin or doxycycline grain phase.

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1. Client is first. We are trying to bring maximum profit to our clients and we only share small.

2. Credibility is the most important.

3. Quality control is our life.

4. Great sense of responsibility.

5. We will be responsible for not only our products, our clients, our suppliers, also the society

FAQ

Q1:Can I get a sample?

A:Of course. For most products we can provide you a free sample, while the shipping cost should undertake by your side.

Q2:What's the MOQ?

A: For the high value product, our MOQ starts from 1g and generally starts from 10g.

For other low value product, our MOQ starts from 100g and 1kg.

Q3:Is there any discount?

A:Yes, different quantity has different discount.

Q4: How to confirm the Product Quality before placing orders?

A: By sending you our available free samples.Or if you have special requirement on the goods, we can prepare samples according to your requirement for your confirmation.

Q5:What's your lead time?

A:We can arrange the shipment in 3 working days after receiving your payment, except the customised products.

introduce

1.Azithromycin is used to treat or prevent certain bacterial infections, most often those causing middle ear infection, strep throat , pneumonia, typhoid, and sinusitis

2.It has used primarily to prevent bacterial infections in infants and those with weaker immune system

3.It is also effective aganinst certain sexually transmitted infections , such as non-gonococcal urethritis, chlamydia and cervicitis

4.Azithromycin cin is use for acute pharyngitis , acute tonsillitis caused by Streptococcus pyogenes

5.Azithromycin is used for acute throat and tonsilitis which are caused by streptococcus pyogenes , otitis

6.Azithromycin can treatment of mrdia sinusitis acute bronchitis skin soft tissue infection which are caused by sensitive bacteria

7.Azithromycin is also used for pneumonia urethritis cervicitis and so on.

Company Profile

Arshine Group is composed of 5 subsidiaries, including Arshine Pharmaceutical Co.,Ltd, Arshine Food Additive Co., Ltd, Arshine Animal Healthcare Co., Ltd, Arshine Life Science Co., Ltd and Hangzhou Arshine Branch. Arshine specializes in exporting human and veterinary API, vitamins, amino acids, minerals, food and feed additives and plant extracts etc. Arshine has exported around 2000 products to 90 countries and areas in Europe, Middle East, East Asia and South Asia. Since establishment, Arshine’s annual sales volume has increased from USD 1 million to USD 100 million, growing hundredfold in 10 years. Having established long-term cooperation with more than 800 manufacturers, Arshine is regional sales representative or even exclusive agent for many manufacturers nowadays. To our pride, Arshine ranks among top 10 in all pharmaceutical raw materials export enterprises in China, top 3 in the private exporters.

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[evanvanness]

Annotated edition, Week in Ethereum News, March 15 issue

The number of EthCC attendees (for the record, most people I talk to now think the afterparty was the main spreading event) testing positive since I published the newsletter, even while many can’t get tested.  So no caffeine or beer for me just in case I’m affected (though I left the afterparty very early), and that lack of caffeine is pulling me down just a little.   This might be a low-energy, “please clap” Jeb annotated issue.

Eth1

Overlay method for hex to binary tree conversion

A summary of the post-EthCC Stateless Eth meetings. Renewed focus on sync, particularly getNodeData

A writeup post-stateless ETH summit after ethCC as well as a summary.  Quiet times usually follow productive meetings, hence only 2 bullet points this week.

Eth2

Latest Eth2 call. Notes from Ben and Mamy. Phase 1 prototyping coming soon

Latest phase0 spec v0.11, the target for stable multi-client testnet

Ben Edgington’s notes from networking call

Nimbus client update – interop this month, discussion around constraints of running eth2 client on mobile devices

Two phase2 ethresearch posts: Appraisal of Non-sequential Receipt Cross-shard Transactions and Atomic Cross Shard Function Calls using System Events, Live Parameter Checking, & Contract Locking

Vitalik’s Using polynomial commitments to replace state roots, though this is not likely to hit the current roadmap. More context from listening to Justin Drake and Vitalik Buterin on Zero Knowledge

So my current estimate (completely my own) is that we’re likely looking at late q2 for phase0 launch.   But who knows, maybe getting locked down will provide a small speedup?  <wry grin>

I continue to think that by far the most important thing after shipping phase 0 is turning off proof of work.  Stop wasting electricity!  Cut issuance!

Stuff for developers

Solidity v0.6.4

A storage layout for proxy contracts taking advantage of Solidity v0.6.4

EthGlobal’s survey of Eth developers

10x smaller Javascript signer/verifier

Interacting with Ethereum using a shell through Incubed ultra-light client

Groth16 bellman proof verifier

Templates with pre-filled contract ABIs, addresses and subgraphs for Aave, Compound, Sablier, Uniswap

Prysmatic’s service registry pattern in Go

Implementing Merkle Trees and Patricia Tries in Node.js

Pipline onchain interpreted language vid

Austin Griffith vid on wallet module for eth.build

OpenZeppelin points out that a malicious deployer can backdoor your Gnosis Safe

SmartBugs: framework for executing Solidity automated analysis tools, with an academic paper comparing tool performance

I probably should’ve added that your Gnosis Safe is always safe if you used the official front end of the mobile app.

Crypto carnage, Maker liquidations

Thursday’s global selloff of risk assets led to the most negative price action day of crypto’s short history. The selloff inflated gas prices (~200 gwei) which caused trouble for Maker. The Maker oracles stopped working for an hour or two.

Maker liquidation auctions went off for nearly 0 DAI as bots bidding on those auctions got caught in high gas prices and ran out of DAI, leading several different bot maintainers to make ~8m USD in ETH by bidding just above zero in a few disparate time periods.

As a result, the Maker system surplus became a 5.7m Dai deficit (as of the time of publication). To improve incentives, Maker governance changed some parameters and to recoup the debt MKR will be auctioned onchain for lots of 50,000 Dai on the morning (UTC) of March 19th.

Community members have started a backstop to ensure the deficit is covered

Here is a writeup of the Maker liquidations with data and graphs

Just published: Maker governance proposal to change DSR to 0 and Stability Fee to 0.5%, GSM to 4 hours, and a decentralized circuitbreaker for auctions

An interesting thing I just learned is that Maker’s standard keeper apparently only works in Parity, not with Geth or Infura.  So that’s another ramification of the Kovan/Rinkeby split, and getting Maker to use Kovan.

In the meantime, USDC has been added as a collateral.  It’s rather strange but USDC perhaps makes sense as a way to mint DAI in times of stress and get closer to the peg.  Seems like the Stability Fee should be set high here though, as you really only want people using it in times of needing Dai, eg in auctions.  Right now it’s 20%, i’m not sure that’s as high as it should be.

This newsletter doesn’t often mention price and market-related matters.  But it’s quite clear that crypto is not a safe haven in crisis.   Could it be in the future?  Perhaps, but all the hedge funds and institutional money simply exacerbate volatility.  Where we’re at is that when people wanted to take risk off the table, they viewed crypto as a risk asset - and Bitcoin got hit the hardest because it had survived the best in crypto winter, despite there being no reason whatsoever for it to have done the best.

Ecosystem

Prysmatic’s Raul Jordan: Eth2 is happening, it is shipping, and we’re going to make it a reality no matter what

EthIndia’s online hackathon winners

DuneAnalytic’s stats for smart contract wallets

4GB DAG size and potential hashrate impact

So far, 9 attendees of EthCC have tested positive for COVID-19

A fun parlor game: what will be the next big ETH event?  Devcon?  Or something before, or something after?   I think we’re going to see a lot more online hackathons - and probably more sponsorship dollars for them.  Perhaps more sponsorship fiat for newsletter subscriptions too?  

Raul’s post on eth2 was the most clicked of the week.

Enterprise

End to end transport layer security with Hyperledger Besu v1.4

DAML now available on Besu

Paul Brody talks Baseline Protocol on Into the Ether

How Citi and ConsenSys use Ethereum for commodities trade finance

Nice komgo writeup.  Also interesting to see that the bet of Besu seems to be paying off with enterprise privatechain stuff like DAML even on Besu.

Governance, DAOs, and standards

Livepeer’s proposed governance roadmap

SingularDTV announces snglsDAO Foundation for their media protocol press release

Aragon removes AGP voting for ANT holders

What DAOs can learn from the Swedish Pirate Party

How to quickly create your own DAOstack DAO

FakerDAO – pool your MKR to sell votes to highest bidder

Governance as a whole has probably been one of Ethereum’s weak points.  Not as bad as governance-by-Blockstream, but still not great.  People don’t turn out to vote so direct voting doesn’t work (to wit, Aragon removing voting which was the only use for ANT) - and yet one of the solutions for people not voting actually penalizes people for voting, as I’ve found out in DxDAO.   I’m hopeful for some of the solutions but to date long-term governance of everything is mostly an unsolved issue.

Application layer

Numerai’s ErasureBay live on mainnet. A marketplace for any kind of information, where the buyer can slash the seller if they don’t like the information

DeFiSaver’s 1click transaction CDP closing using flashloans

Gnosis’ Gibraltar-regulated Sight political markets are live

Update on Augur v2. tldr: it’s close

Balancer’s code is open source

bZx’s mea culpa post mortem of the attacks. They also paid 1inch the full bug bounty two weeks ago.

Bluestone fixed rate loans and deposits, live on Rinkeby testnet

Maker’s Dai Gaming Initiative

VirtuePoker’s final beta launches March 16th

HavenSocial, a web3 alternative to Facebook where you own your own data

Nice to see people are still trying to build social media alternatives.  The idea of building a better Facebook is definitely an enthralling one - yet not one that Ethereum has even come close to delivering.

Same with games - we’ve been talking about tokens/NFTs on ETH being a big thing in games for awhile.  Nothing has quite hit it (let’s be honest, CryptoKitties was just a different flavor of ICO mania) but I think Skyweaver might.  

My usual ex-post metric of seeing how much of this section is DeFi: 10 bullet points, depending on how you count you could say it’s 4 to ~8.  

Tokens/Business/Regulation

David Hoffman: Ethereum as emergent structure

USDC: programmable dollars with business accounts and APIs

Uniswap volume is now tracked on Coinmarketcap

wBTC passes Lightning Network in value locked up

Matthew Green: US congressional bill EARN IT is a direct attack on e2e encryption

Mass panic like with Corona is always a perfect moment to add bills on as riders to must-pass bills, so look for anti-encryption hawks to try to do this in the name of “safety.”  Maybe even to bailout bills.

Kinda interesting to see CMC finally add Uniswap volume.  They’ve been quite slow to add dexes generally; it seems like Bitcoiners often have a hard time adjusting to decentralization when they’ve been used to all the centralized BTC tradeoffs.

And Circle is now all-in on USDC.  From Santander prototype at Devcon2 to $600m now printed, and this doesn’t even count Tether belatedly realizing that BTC was a terrible choice to secure Tether.

General

Contribute computing cycles to fight COVID-19

Stay private in DeFi with email

Brave’s nightly release features random browser fingerprints per session

Load Value Injection attack on Intel SGX

Jacobians of hyperelliptic curves explainer from Alan Szepieniec

Ryan Sean Adams’ “how to” on using ProtonMail or equivalent is the 2nd most clicked, showing how he’s one of the most important people in Ethereum right now.  He takes concepts them and popularizes them.  

The random browser fingerprints is huge, and a big step up in privacy.  

Meanwhile if you have 2gb or 3gb GPUs, you can fold some proteins which may have an impact on COVID-19.  I’m always skeptical, but it seems likely to be worth the cost.  Especially if you’re like me and get super cheap electricity in Texas through GridPlus!  Crypto is not cancelled in Texas.

[weekinethereum]

January 4, 2019

News and Links

Layer 1

[eth1] Quick summary of Constantinople hard fork

[maybe eth1, eth2] ELI5 storage rent

[eth2] What’s New in Eth2 from Ben Edgington

Latest Eth2 implementers call. Agenda to help follow along (plus brief notes in What’s New in eth2 above)

[eth2] An updated Beacon chain mini-spec

[eth2] Prysmatic dev update - sync’d with spec, 100% test coverage; Go BLS sigs ready

[eth2] Lodestar Javascript client dev update

[eth2] Cross-shard receipt and hibernation/waking anti-double-spending

[eth2] Stan Kladko: Use validators BLS key pairs to keep transactions encrypted until included in chain

[eth2[ Justin Drake: Eth2 consensus objects natively compatible with multiple hash functions

[eth2] How Vitalik thinks about incentives for stakers to stay online

[eth2] Staking reward spreadsheet by Eric Conner

[eth2-> eth3] Beacon-chain friendly CBC Casper

[eth3] Bitwise LMD GHOST

Layer 2

Cryptoplayer.one - rock-paper-scissors (with a StarWars flavor) on Raiden, acted out by robots you can watch on Youtube. Try it out - it helps test Raiden.

An overview of state channels projects

Connext opensourced their generalized custodial hub. You can check out their hub, client, and contract code. Non-custodial hub coming in the next month.

Stuff for developers

Austin Griffith: Burner Wallet v2.2, burner-to-burner encrypted messaging with Eth keys. Also solid ELI5 of Burner Wallet

OpenZeppelin v2.1

Truffle v5.0.1

Paul Berg’s how to write upgradeable code with Truffle5 and ZeppelinOS2

Intro to Mythril Classic and symbolic execution

ConsenSys Diligence’s registry of code weakness and test cases

SmartCheck security tool adds Vyper

Minimal Solidity testing with Ganache and Jest

Yondon Fu: How not to use ECDSA

“stack too deep” error in Solidity

Jez San on thinking about GDPR and blockchain

Video example of queries to GraphQL api with 3box.js

Monitoring events with Kauri’s Eventeum

ConsenSysDesign’s rimble v0.2 adaptable components and design standards

Gitcoin Grants an easy way to give recurring contributions to your favorite OSS projects and maintainers. Ben Edgington’s UX report

Ecosystem

In case you haven’t noticed on Twitter, all the cool kids are getting an Eth dappnode from Ava.do [I don’t have one, but I want to be cool, so I’m probably going to get one]

Bernhard Mueller’s hilarious tweetstorm satire of a maxi tweetstorm

EthHub launches. Great documentation and FAQs for devs/users

A note about Blockchains LLC from founder Jeffrey Berns

imToken at 7.5m accumulated installed devices, 30% iOS, 70% Android

To every Bitcoin maximalist who says you can’t run a full node, Afri very strongly disagrees.

More Afri: on Jan 3, only 10.2% of nodes were Constantinople-ready. Update your clients!

ConsenSys and AMD’s W3BCLOUD collaboration “to develop optimized solutions powered by AMD hardware” for enterprise and dapps (link opens PDF)

Enterprise

John Wolpert on lessons learned in blockchain consulting

Busting the myth of private blockchains

Kaleido launches Marketplace for “blockchain at consortia scale”

Governance and Standards

Core devs call. Agenda. Summary per Hudson, “Constantinople is on track. We are already starting to develop timelines for Istanbul. ProgPoW is going to happen barring any major issues.”

Lane Rettig on transparency and the Devcon meetings on the PoW chain that caused a ruckus

Application layer (I decided no 2018 reviews; those could have been the whole newsletter)

Many Augur markets ended on Dec 31, so there is a record 140 disputes in this week’s round. Also prediction markets to facilitate cross-chain swaps?

Grid+ rolling out electricity to more in next couple months; had Samsung stop manufacturing a component of Lattice agent, so had to replace; still on track for Q2

Air quality data streams from 10,210 locations in 68 countries on Streamr

BloqPress - a web3 CMS

Pando - decentralized VCS enabling contribution tracking, via the Aragon client

DX.exchange - buy tokens representing Tesla, Apple and 8 more Nasdaq stocks where the stock is held in custody. Per Bloomberg, this goes live next week. To me, the interesting bit is that now those stacks can trade 24/7

Interviews, Podcasts, Videos, Talks

Starkware’s Eli Ben-Sasson and Uri Kolodny on Into the Ether

Vitalik Buterin with Kartik Talwar at ETHSingapore

Jutta Steiner on ZeroKnowledge

Tokens / Business / Regulation

Livepeer network economics update. LPT continues to be an interesting experiment (and you probably have some from the MerkleMine airdrop)

Cameroon separatists launch their own currency on Ethereum. Reading the article doesn’t give me great hope for its legitimacy, but it’s an interesting idea.

Interesting funding model from Mintable: selling NFTs that let you use their app for free for life.

Santiment built an Ethereum token market cap

General

Elegy for a cypherpunk. Remembering Tim May. Nice work about the values from which our space springs.

How much each year Ethereum is mentioned in Google Scholar articles

IEEE: Ethereum plans to cut energy consumption by 99%

Proof of existence timestamp chain on Substrate

Chris Dixon: blockchains can wrest internet control from corporations

Dates of Note

Upcoming dates of note (new in bold):

Jan 10 - Mobi Grand Challenge hackathon ends

Jan 10-Feb7 - 0x and Coinlist virtual hackathon

Jan ~16 - Constantinople hard fork at block 7080000

Jan 24 - Aragon vote, including on funding original AragonOne team

Jan 29-30 - AraCon (Berlin)

Jan 31 - GörliCon (Berlin)

Feb 7-8 - Melonport’s M1 conf (Zug)

Feb 15-17 - ETHDenver hackathon (ETHGlobal)

Feb 23-25 - EthAustin (EthUniversal)

Mar 4 - Ethereum Magicians (Paris)

Mar 5-7 - EthCC (Paris)

Mar 8-10 - ETHParis (ETHGlobal)

Mar 27 - Infura end of legacy key support (Jan 23 begins Project ID prioritization)

April 8-14 - Edcon hackathon and conference (Sydney)

Apr 19-21 - ETHCapetown (ETHGlobal)

May 10-11 - Ethereal (NYC)

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Vegas Consulting Group is a dynamic and forward-thinking firm dedicated to transforming businesses through strategic guidance and innovative solutions. At Vegas Consulting we offer reliable services like API Spec Q1, Q2, and monogram consulting, design packages, audit services, ISO certification assistance and comprehensive training programs.

 Our Goal is to improve the oil and gas industry management specification and compliance. We use our own in-house portal “The Vegas Connit” to efficiently oversee and streamline the entire project. This tool ensures a centralized and effective approach to manage every facet of our projects, fostering enhanced collaboration and optimal results.  Elevate your business with Vegas Consulting Group – where vision meets execution.

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Why API Spec Q2 Certification important for service supply organizations? 

API Spec Q2 Certification is crucial for service supply organizations as it ensures adherence to industry-specific quality standards, promotes operational excellence, enhances safety measures, and fosters customer trust. This certification validates that organizations meet stringent criteria, demonstrating their commitment to delivering high-quality services in the oil and gas sector.

Read more: https://vegasconsultinggroup.wordpress.com/2023/09/14/why-api-spec-q2-certification-important-for-service-supply-organizations/

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https://folkd.com/blog/How-API-Spec-Q2-Training-Improves-Operational-Efficiency?

Discover how API Spec Q2 training can revolutionize your operations. Learn how implementing this standard enhances efficiency, streamlines processes, and ensures compliance. Elevate your organization's performance with expert insights and practical strategies.

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API Specification Q2 Certification for drilling companies empowers your business with Enhanced Operational Efficiency, Stringent Quality Control, Continuous Improvement, Global Recognition, Enhanced Safety Protocols. Don't settle for mediocrity when you can excel with API Spec Q2 Certification.

Get API QMS consultation from Vegas Consulting Group for enhanced performance and reputation.

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Discover how Gap Analysis drives efficiency in Petroleum and Natural Gas Industry!

Gap Analysis, a strategic method, evaluates the variance between current performance and the desired optimised state. 

In this video delves, how to perform this gap assessment process for API Specification certification compliance.

Vegas Consulting specialises in gap Analysis, specifically tailored for API Spec Q1, Q2 ensuring your operations align seamlessly with the quality management system. With our Gap Analysis services, you can be confident that your operations are in compliance with API Specification standards, allowing you to focus on delivering high-quality products and services to your customers.

Contact us to identify gaps, seize opportunities, and propel your business towards optimal efficiency through Strategic Gap Analysis!

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Discover essential strategies and insights for upholding API Spec Q2 compliance within your organization. Read our blog and Learn how to streamline processes, mitigate risks, and ensure adherence to industry standards with our comprehensive guide to best practices.

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Ensure that your processes and procedures are well-documented and meet the requirements of API certification. Our team of experts can guide you through the implementation process, assist with the development of your quality management system documentation, and provide ongoing support to help you maintain compliance with the specification. Contact us today to learn more and take the first step towards achieving API Spec Q1/Q2 and Monogram certification for your organization.

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API Specification Q2 certification strengthens your organization’s position in the supply chain by minimizing risks and optimizing performance with a robust risk management system that is integrated. With Vegas Consulting, API Spec Q2 compliance is easier than ever. We will manage the gap analysis, documentation, implementation, internal and supplier audits, and help you achieve API Spec Q2 certification with our expert consultants and in-house project management tool.