CKB Ecosystem Biweekly Update

zz_tovarishch · September 21, 2026, 2:11pm

CKB Ecosystem Biweekly Update #25

Welcome to the latest CKB Ecosystem Biweekly Update. Here’s a quick summary of key dev and ecosystem progress from the past two weeks.

@CKBdev released CKB-VM v0.24.15. Recent core work also covered node and light-client security hardening, transaction-pool architecture review, and further treasury/voting research and PoCs. More: CKB Dev Log 2026-09-16
@CKBDevrel merged Khie, an end-to-end P2P wallet-connect protocol; demoed an experimental AI-generated Khie Android wallet MVP; and opened an issue to track CCC connector i18n support.
@FiberDevs released v0.9.1, fixing force-close and on-chain TLC reconciliation, adding configurable peer-message rate limits, and improving funding-failure diagnostics. Hosted LSP/mobile signing, Loop In/Out, and full payment-hash settlement remain ongoing, draft, or unmerged work. More: Fiber Dev Log 2026-09-17

FiberLatch Access was completed and fully paid. Read its completion report.
Fiber Studio published its completion report: all three milestones are complete, with signed releases available for macOS, Windows, and Linux.
The Bitcoin Renegade proposal closed with 12 likes (below the 30-like threshold) and will not proceed to voting.
@Dappsoverapps is seeking 8,263,000 CKB (about $9.8K) from the CKB Community Fund DAO to build FNN Safeguard. This proposal is now in the Discussion Stage until Sept 22.
Pocket Node for iOS published its M1 completion report: the shared core, iOS bridge, and app skeleton are complete and verified on real hardware.
Invisibook shared a weekly update: added an L1 anti-censorship mechanism to Proof of Buy and continued development.
Pocket Node (Android) v1.8.4 is now available on Google Play and GitHub.
Omiga v1.2.0 expands on-chain asset management and CCC wallet integration. Learn more.

@UTXOSwap will shut down on Oct. 11, 2026, at 00:00 UTC+8. Pls remove all pool liquidity before the deadline.
CKBA Membership: The current Contributing Member application window closed on Sept. 15, 2026 (AOE). Five applications will be reviewed at the upcoming General Assembly.
@longdevbf published Routed Machine Payment Sessions on Fiber and is seeking community feedback.
@wyltek shared an AI-generated CKB-CLI GUI prototype built with GLM-5.3 Flash.
@SalmanDev shared an exploration of RWAs and lending on CKB.
@Lawliet_Chan added an L1 anti-censorship mechanism to Proof of Buy consensus.
@ILE_LABS shared a research/PoC thread on automated Fiber channel-liquidity rebalancing.
@tianlitao put a 155-neuron fruit-fly circuit—with 6,522 connections and 45,961 synapses—on CKB as a Cell-model tech demo and a thought experiment.
@Hanssen published an introduction to Khie and its experimental Android wallet.
@janx released cknerv, a local-first visualizer for CKB blocks, transactions, cells, and peers.
@Sonny shared How a Fiber Payment Can Unlock Data and Control Settlement.]
@ArthurZhang published CellScript 0.30: Abstractions, Bytes, and the Cost.
@apltang published a four-part series on CKB and the quantum threat: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4.
@ckba_build published three long-form explainers:

The CKBuilder tracker has been updated.
Build on CKB: Campaign #05 concluded with 20 dev participants.
CKB Off-Chain Aba will take place on Oct. 3, 2026, from 10:30 AM to 3:00 PM at Innovation Growth Hub in Aba, Abia State. This community gathering will bring together CKB builders, developers, and enthusiasts for project discussions, demos, knowledge sharing, and networking. Register here.
@truthixify shared Fiber Forge, which makes local Fiber development faster and easier. It won first place in Category 2 (Node, Routing & Diagnostics) at the Gone in 60ms hackathon.
@Code3ks published FiberNuts After the Hackathon: What Could Cashu + Fiber Enable on CKB?.
@xiaomao is seeking community feedback on the dev direction for noir-ckb.
@Dangbaty2004 is seeking community feedback on SkillPass, an open-source experiment in portable service rights on CKB.
@Jedi_dtechmaker introduced RIVET, a PoC for CKB-native GitHub backups using IPFS, RGB++, and CCC.
New Catalyst projects:
- CKB Script Port: Move already-synced data for one CKB Script between light-client installs.
- noir-ckb: Let Noir-authored Groth16 proofs authorize specific CKB typed-Cell transitions.
- LucentDEx: A CKB order-book DEX PoC with autonomous, permissionless trade execution.
- Credora: Decentralized credential issuance and verification on CKB.
- Fiber Survivors: A top-down survivors-style game.
- CKB-Vault: A decentralized time-locked vault prototype on CKB.

The Spark Committee published closure reports for CKB Builder Lab and Dular.
@duongja published Dular: What Mobile-Money Users Taught Us Building on Fiber.
Regular updates from approved projects:
New or pending applications:
- Proof-of-Inquiry Gateway for CKB
- CKB Revocable Timelock (CRT)
- Fiber Weir: Condition-gated payment streams for Fiber Network.
- Spark Verify: Reproducible acceptance checks for CKB projects.
Rejected applications:
- ChannelForge: Fiber liquidity readiness engine.
- CKB-Mobile-Core: Lightweight native mobile SDK for iOS and Android.
- FiberPass: Spending-permission infrastructure for Fiber Network.
- LiquidLane: LP-backed Fiber channel liquidity.

Every step forward in CKB is powered by the community. Let’s keep building!

Thanks to @JackyLHH for his contribution to the edition of the bi-weekly update.