🔥 Hot out of the Oven: 'The Baking Sheet' - Issue #163 Art Meets Code: Pioneering the Digital Frontier with Tezos This Week in the Tezos Ecosystem: ➡️ The Digital Renaissance led by fx(hash) — Dive into the world of generative art with fx(hash), a platform setting the tone for the future. With a recent $5 million boost by investors including Tezos Foundation, explore how fx(hash) is redefining the digital art landscape. ➡️ Tezos Development Updates: TzGo SDK by Blockwatch — Discover the new updates in TzGo SDK, enhancing the developer experience and setting new benchmarks in the Tezos ecosystem. ➡️ Significant Rollouts from Taquito — Stay updated with the latest advancements from Taquito, ensuring developers are equipped with the best tools in the Tezos ecosystem. 👉 Read the full newsletter

📣 We are happy to announce that Oxford, the 15th Tezos protocol upgrade proposal is ready! Built by Nomadic Labs, Trilitech, Marigold, Oxhead Alpha, Tarides, DaiLambda and Functori. 📄 Read the full announcement here: https://research-development.nomadic-labs.com/oxford-announcement.html 🇬🇧 Oxford proposal includes two major Tezos features, which are initially disabled: - Adaptive Issuance - New staking mechanism Bakers would have the choice to launch these features after protocol activation, thanks to a separate per-block vote. Other prominent changes in Oxford (enabled upon activation): - Refinements to PoS penalties and rewards - Renewed and safer Timelocks - More improvements to Smart Rollups 🔍 Eager to take a deep-dive into Adaptive Issuance and Staking? Find more details in the high-level functional specification:  https://research-development.nomadic-labs.com/adaptive-issuance.html