Causevest Community Update – July 6th, 2025
As part of our new bi-weekly/tri-weekly community updates, we’re excited to share recent progress across the team, as well as highlight developments in crypto, altruism, and beyond.
Education & Outreach: Coventry Blockchain Event
On Thursday, July 3rd, Made and Nana hosted our first-ever Blockchain Student Event at Coventry University London Campus. The session featured:
- A blockchain developer breaking down economic finality generation and its technical implications.
- Industry experts discussing the effects of regulatory arbitrage on how cryptocurrencies are valued.
- Lively student discussions around their experiences using crypto across different economies and jurisdictions.
Big thanks to all participants! This marks the beginning of our academic outreach and student engagement initiative.
Protocol Development Update
Our protocol team has been hard at work refining the foundations of the Causevest system:
- Power-Law Distribution Fix:
We’ve resolved an issue with the way large payouts were being calculated using power-law distributions. The new update ensures that the chance of large rewards remains consistent, regardless of the payout range, keeping the system fair and transparent. - Economic Simulation Progress:
We are finalizing simulations to model the long-term economic flow of XCV coins across the network. This will help us set robust economic parameters that drive sustainable participation and incentives.Key areas:- Refining logic behind network pools and pot distributions
- Testing various base flow assumptions for XCV
- Diagnosing and improving simulation stability
Community & Growth
- Our new Community Manager Guide is complete! New managers will begin researching Causes and onboarding from Monday to expand our reach and impact.
- New ICO Site Launching – July 11th!
Explore updated features including:
- Direct purchases of XCV receipts with BTC/ETH
- Fiat payment options
- On-site testnet withdrawal for app testing
Preview the update here
- We’re currently finalizing jurisdictional decisions for launching our core enterprise infrastructure globally.
Cause Payouts & Bounties
- Donations have been made to the June 2025 Vote Winners
See the transaction details
- A new Causevest Bounty Campaign is launching at the end of July!
This will reward users and contributors for engaging with the network, sharing knowledge, and supporting Causes. Details coming soon.
Crypto & Altruism News Highlights
- Crypto News:
- The SEC’s softening stance on crypto ETFs has renewed interest in institutional crypto products, with several altcoin ETFs now in review.
- Ethereum’s latest Pectra testnet upgrade went live, introducing improvements in staking efficiency and lower Layer 2 fees.
- Altruism Spotlight:
- A new report from Effective Altruism Global emphasizes the importance of cause-neutral infrastructure—an area where Causevest is proud to lead.
- A growing movement of “Crypto Philanthropy DAOs” is using blockchain for pooled giving and democratic cause selection—mirroring many of our goals with XCV-based cause voting.
As always, your feedback is welcome—join the discussions on Discourse/ Telegram: Join Group Chat, and stay connected as we build the future of altruism and finance.
— The Causevest Team