Over the past few weeks, DeFiChain Ocean nodes have encountered occasional service disruptions. The community's developers are actively working to address this issue. Meanwhile, community members can either (1) use a custom Ocean API hosted by other members or (2) create their own Ocean API. This article will provide a step-by-step guide on how to set up your own Ocean API. How to Set Up Ocean API? Step 1: Download the following yaml file and add it to your project directory: https://github.com/JellyfishSDK/jellyfish/blob/main/apps/whale-api/docker-compose.yml Step 2: Make the following edits to the yaml file: Step 3: Run the whale API yaml file in the CLI. When you run the above yaml, the following happens: A DeFiChain node will be set up for you (let it sync with the Mainnet for a few hours first so that it can obtain a copy of DeFiChain) The Whale indexer will be set up, and it will query DeFiChain via the DeFiChain node to obtain the state of the chain. It will then update its...

DeFiChain is excited to announce that our community has voted to sponsor the National Fighting Championship (NFC) in Germany this year. As the world's leading blockchain on Bitcoin, we see this as a fantastic opportunity to engage with a growing audience in the German market. The NFC is the largest MMA league in Germany and is responsible for organizing six live events in 2023, with the latest NFC event reaching over 10 million viewers worldwide. DeFiChain will sponsor five of these events, and as part of the deal, will also provide a €10,000 "Fighter of the Night Bonus" that will be paid directly to the winning fighters in DFI. DeFiChain will sponsor the following five of the six events this year: 25 March, 2023: NFC 13 Westfalenhallen Dortmund 27 May, 2023: NFC 14 Maritim Hotel Düsseldorf 16 September, 2023: NFC 15 Telekom Dome Bonn 11 November, 2023: NFC 16 Showpalast Munich 16 December, 2023: NFC 17 Maritim Hotel Düsseldorf In addition attendees at the live event stan...