Extract from this weeks Bitshares State of the Network report

• The Heronomics team have published a proposal to rebuild Houston, The proposal is currently being circulated to the leaders of both Houston and Texas.

• The team from Bitspark are launching 'Zephyr'. Zephyr will be a reward token for taking part in the Bitspark remittance network which will be powered by the Bitshares blockchain

• BSIP-0018 commonly known as 'Revive BitAsset through buying Settlement Pool' is being forked into the Bitshares testnet this week

• @stan has announced plans for Cryptonomex's to obtain investor funding and become a powerhouse supporting the future of the Bitshares network; similar to what Consensys is to Ethereum.

• @jeremypeng has announced that his team have published the first version of their Bitshares wallet to the Google playstore this week

• Coindesk has released their State of Blockchain Q2 2017 report which includes a survey question "What sector of blockchain applications are you most bullish on?"; The top 3 answers were Decentralized Exchange, Privacy and Asset management