We’re pleased to announce the release of ampd version 1.2.

What is ampd?

ampd is part of the Interchain Amplifier. It is a daemon that is run by verifiers who form the decentralized group that vote on the truthfulness of cross-chain transactions. ampd looks on-chain for polls and signing requests, and then checks independent sources for the truthfulness of transactions and votes on-chain.

What’s new?

Version 1.2 adds features and improves the debuggability of transactions:

• adds the ability to send tokens from a verifier using the underlying tofnd cryptographic library and keys
  • ampd send-tokens <TO_ADDRESS> <AMOUNT> <DENOM>
  • eg. ampd send-tokens axelar16dxsfhyegy40e4eqfxee5jw5gyy2xxtcw4t2na 1000000 uaxl
• verifiers can set a proxy address to receive rewards for contributions. Instead of going directly to the verifier, rewards will be paid to the address supplied. This depends on a future release of Rewards 1.1 on amplifier.
  • ampd set-rewards-proxy <PROXY_ADDRESS>
• more information about failures are presented to users
• the ability to configure the log level with RUST_LOG environmental variable

What’s next?

The team is continuing to work on the plugin architecture and the addition of support for new chain tech stacks.