NEWSLETTER Edition #111
A weekly update on everything that moves NEAR Protocol
Nº 111 · Tue 30 May, 2023
Hello NEAR (⋈) Community,
We're excited to kick off this week's newsletter by featuring our recently published blog, Introducing Devhub: Enhancing Developer Resources On NEAR!
The idea of DevHub emerged from the necessity to provide a more organised structure for NEAR's rapidly growing developer community. In essence, DevHub serves as an autonomous layer, enhancing development of the ecosystem, while functioning as an organised repository of resources. It also acts as a social framework, facilitating collaboration and the transition of ideas to implementation.
We've covered a lot here already, but there's a lot more to DevHub than we can fit in an introduction. And so, NEARWEEK highly recommends checking out our full blog post to find out how DevHub is building a thriving and self-sufficient developer community.
Stay tuned for more exciting developments we have lined up!
Speak soon,
Mr. News
NEARWEEK is aggregating and curating information across the NEAR ecosystem. This edition was curated by the community via 212 news contributions to the NEWS DAO.
Highlights
NEAR FOUNDATION RELEASES NPS SURVEY RESULTS
NEAR Foundation has released the results of its Q1 NPS survey that broadly measures user experience (UX) and satisfaction across the ecosystem. LINK
NEAR FOUNDATION PUBLISHES POST-MORTEM OF DISCORD INCIDENT
The official NEAR Discord server saw a security breach recently. At the time, NEAR Foundation moved quick to secure the server, and it has now published a detailed post-mortem of the incident. LINK
REF FINANCE x BURROW : PRESENT A NEW UNIFIED AND STREAMLINED INTERFACE
After successful integration, users can now access Burrow's powerful lending features via the REF Finance UI. LINK
MR. BROWN ARTIST LOMAKIN JOINS INSTAGRAM LINK
MARIEKE FLAMENT : KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT CVC 2023
NEAR Foundation's CEO, Marieke Flament, will be one of the keynote speakers at this year's annual Crypto Valley Conference. LINK
DeFI
WOOFI LAUNCHES CROSS-CHAIN STAKING W/ ARBITRUM AND LAYERZERO LINK
HOLDRFI X BASTION : INTRODUCING BOOSTED POOLS
Boosted Pools maximise passive LP token productivity by storing most liquidity as yield-bearing tokens on Bastion, allowing users to earn yield while contributing to liquidity. LINK
TRISOLARIS DEX LAUNCHES BOS SWAP COMPONENT
Trisolaris, the largest DEX on Aurora Network, has unveiled its brand-new Blockchain Operating System (BOS) swap component. Users can now explore this feature on near.org. LINK
SWEAT ECONOMY LAUNCHES LEARN-TO-EARN CAMPAIGN W/ USDT REWARDS
The Sweat team has announced a new Learn-to-Earn campaign for Sweat wallet users. Learn all about stablecoins and earn $USDT for doing so. LINK
Community and Guilds
NEARWEEK : AUDIO & PODCAST LIBRARY
A selection of project and community audio recordings that cover the NEAR, Aurora, and Octopus Network ecosystem and their respective developments. LINK
NEARWEEK : COMMUNITY CALENDAR [NEW]
NEARWEEK launches its custom community calendar to be used by the entire NEAR ecosystem! Please populate the calendar with project launch dates, NFT drops, and Twitter Spaces. This way users in the space are aware of everything that's scheduled to happen. LINK
NEARWEEK : MERCH STORE
Our NEAR ecosystem merch store is live - stack up your NEAR drip!! If you're a project and want your design featured in the store, please e-mail: shop@nearweek.com. LINK
NEARWEEK : NEWSBOT
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Developers
DISCOVER DEV GRANTS & GIGS
DEVHUB ANNOUNCES HACKBOX, A ONE-STOP SOLUTION FOR HACKATHONS
NEAR DevHub is rolling out Hackbox, an all-in-one solution for organizing hackathons, from budgeting to marketing and more. LINK
ENCODE X AURORA HACKATHON : A FOUR-WEEK ONLINE EVENT
Encode Club teams up with Aurora to launch a hackathon focused on building. The hackathon also partnered with Axelar, Meta Pool, and NEAR Protocol to offer participants a chance to take on various challenges and win prizes ranging from $500 to $3000 USD. The event kicks off on May 30th. LINK
OCTOPUS NETWORK ADOPTS NEAR RESTAKING FOR VERSION 2.0
Inspired by Eigenlayer, restaking allows users to stake their assets across multiple networks, providing enhanced security and scalability while driving interoperability among diverse blockchain ecosystems. LINK
SOFTWARE ENGINEER? PAGODA NEEDS YOU
The Pagoda team is hiring a staff software engineer for their Protocol Node team. LINK
MINTBASE INTEGRATES MENDABLE AI CHAT-POWERED SEARCH TOOL FOR DEVELOPER DOCS
Mintbase recently integrated Mendable AI's chat-powered search tool for its developer documents. This new tool enhances the ability for users to create with Mintbase's platform. LINK
Join The Ecosystem
NEAR WIKI
The open-source, collaborative wiki connects you to information about everything relating to the protocol, usage, infrastructure, opportunities, and guilds. LINK
LEARN NEAR CLUB : HOW TO USE & BUILD ON NEAR
An all inclusive hands-on onboarding platform to NEAR Protocol, connecting NEAR ecosystem projects to pro-active community members via (L)Earn method. Supported by NEAR Foundation. LINK
NEAR : RUST SMART CONTRACT DEVELOPMENT
The following guide explores the general principles of smart contract development, focusing on ways to merge NEAR Protocol development with normal web applications. LINK
Project Growth
NEAR FOUNDATION x NEAR VIETNAM HUB : A DON'T-MISS AMA
In anticipation of the upcoming NEAR APAC event in Vietnam, the NEAR Foundation will host the Vietnam Hub in an exclusive ecosystem showcase AMA. LINK
RECUR'S DIGITAL COLLECTIBLES NOW TRADABLE ON FEW & FAR
Following a partnership with the NEAR Foundation, Recur has now listed their NFT collections on the Few and Far marketplace. LINK
HAPI ANNOUNCES SCROLL ZKEVM INTEGRATION LINK
SEATLAB NFT SHINES AT THE 2023 MIDLANDS STARTUP AWARDS
An event ticketing marketplace, Seatlab NFT beat other cohorts in the category to win the Mobile & Emerging Technologies StartUp of the Year. LINK
DUEL SOCCER LAUNCHES ON NEAR
NEAR users can now buy a Duel NFT on Few and Far marketplace and play the 1v1 soccer game LINK
AURORA WEEKLY UPDATE [2023-05-26] LINK
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