Week in Internet Computer (#ICP) News, Apr 22, 2025

Apr 22, 2025

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Officializing Enhanced Orthogonal Persistence (EOP)
- DFINITY introduced EOP (Enhanced Orthogonal Persistence) to make smart contract upgrades on Internet Computer easier, safer, and faster.
Enhancing Network Decentralization - Proposals for Identity Verification and Subnet Allocation
- DFINITY team proposed that Node providers on the Internet Computer must verify their identity, ensure compliant funding, commit to required hardware, and avoid conflicts of interest. The NNS can vote to remove violators or appoint legal action against them to uphold network integrity.
Technical Working Group: Node Providers
- The Internet Computer community is refining its Node Provider Independence Questionnaire and will seek legal and auditor review before final approval. A motion is also being drafted to require all Node Providers to register a public neuron for transparency. Additionally, a new working group will define maintenance standards and disclosure practices to strengthen decentralization.
Topic-based following for swap neuron baskets
- DFINITY proposed a topic-based following set-up for the neuron baskets created for SNS swap participants at launch.
ckBTC and KYT Compliance
- As the old KYT canister is no longer in use, a proposal to uninstall it will be submitted to the NNS soon.

Total Staked ICP: 233’291’777
ckBTC: 221.2977
ckETH: 1’073.0996
ckUSDC: 1’051’402
ckUSDT: 2’516’917
Neurons' Fund Maturity: 3,712,069
Total SNSs Treasury: 4,480,952
New members in Ecosystem: Big welcome!
- World Lottery, a fully decentralized lottery service platform.
- iwinpool, a community lottery Dapp.
- Cafreso DAO, a decentralized coffee company.
- Erica Nister, The first tokenized AI influencer on ICP.

OpenChat
- Community meetup was arranged in London on Apr 17th.
BOOM DAO
- Dragginz team raised discussion to support Boom evolving into Mimic after Adam's takeover.
KINIC
- Developer at Kinic AI shared updates on upcoming releases for Kinic.io in ICP Hub Japan.
ICPCC
- Seb in a personal letter shared with the ICPCC DAO community, early investor Tiago announced his capitulation after resisting the Dragginz and EXE team’s takeover with his 4% voting power.
YUKU
- The Yuku AI team has proposed locking its ICP treasury into the Internet Computer's NNS for 8 years to generate staking rewards for operational costs. Additionally, the core team will shift to YUKU token-only compensation, aligning incentives with the project’s long-term growth and community success.

DFINITY’s position on community members buying and controlling large stakes in SNS projects
- DFINITY highlighted that stake-based governance in SNS allows individuals with enough tokens to significantly influence decisions, underlining the need for strong community scrutiny and transparency. The foundation acknowledged current weaknesses in DAO engagement and pledged to take a more active role in voting to support healthy decentralized governance.
Boom DAO -> Mimic
- Adam proposed to change the metadata for Boom DAO and turning it into Mimic.
Time to Redefine How We Fund Builders on ICP
- Concerns are rising over accountability in the Internet Computer ecosystem, as many projects receive funding but fail to deliver. Community voices are calling for a shift toward performance-based rewards.
Maintaining SNS Proposal Ballot Records
- The SNS voting record is destroyed when rewards are distributed.