NEWSLETTER Edition #131

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NEARCON 2023 : CONFIRMS MICHEAL CASEY (COINDESK) AS SPEAKER

CoinDesk's Chief Content Officer, Michael Casey, also renowned for his book "The Age of Cryptocurrency," is set to grace the stage as a speaker. LINK

NEARCON 2023 : NEAR x ASSEMBLY LISBOA

One of the main sponsors of this year's Assembly by Urbit, NEAR will also be offering free NEARCON tickets to all attendees. LINK

NEARCON 2023 : NEAR x DUNE

This exciting partnership with Dune Analytics holds a huge surprise for Dunecon 2023 attendees, as they will receive the opportunity to get access to attend NEARCON 2023. LINK

NEARCON 2023 : ACTIVE NEAR VALIDATORS GET FREE TICKETS LINK

NEARCON 2023 : NEAR x BASED IN LISBON

Amongst the biggest Web3 communities in Lisbon, Based in Lisbon, has partnered with NEAR for an exciting union around NEARCON. More details to come subsequently. LINK

NEARCON 2023 : NEAR x WEB3GO

In the following weeks, NEAR will reveal opportunities on how the Web3Go community in Lisbon can claim free NEARCON tickets. LINK

NEAR EXPLORER TRANSITIONS TO EXPLORER SELECTOR HUB
In an effort to provide the community with the best tools, the legacy NEAR Explorer is transitioning to the Explorer Selector by the end of November 2023. Public access to Explorer DB will be turned off on November 30, 2023, with the legacy NEAR Explorer following suit on January 31, 2024. LINK

NEAR CELEBRATES THIRD ANNIVERSARY
Three years after mainnet launch, NEAR is now over 30M accounts strong, over 1k projects and counting, over 400M in transactions and still growing. LINK

NEAR PROTOCOL : NEAR QUERY API BETA GOES LIVE
NEAR Query API is a serverless infrastructure catering to NEAR blockchain indexers, storage, and GraphQL endpoints. Enhancing Protocol scalability and stability, it enables developers to construct indexers for smart contracts with ease, simplifying the interaction with blockchain data. LINK

PAGODA : ERIC WINER ANNOUNCES MAJOR CHANGES
Pagoda's new CTO announced some major imminent updates, while addressing the community in the most recent Town Hall, including a new iteration of the main NEAR gateway, alignment with Ethereum and much more. LINK

NDC : V1 MAJOR STATEMENTS FROM HOM AND COA AFTER CONTENTIOUS FIRST PROPOSAL
The newly-voted House of Merit (HoM) released a statement, followed by the Council of Advisors (CoA) with an update of their own. You can find the proposal here: LINK

DEVHUB : NEAR CAMPUS WELCOMES FOUR MORE COLLEGES
NEAR Campus is thrilled to welcome five new blockchain clubs from the University of Calgary, Boston University, Arizona State University and Claremont McKenna College. LINK

DEVHUB : NEAR TOOLING COMMUNITY'S FIRST COMMUNITY CALL NOTES
The Developer Tooling community held its first-ever community roundtable, facilitated by DevHub. An announcement around the progress of the Rust Toolchain and SourceScan presentation were among the major talking points. LINK

DEVHUB x NEAR AFRICA : INTRODUCING WEBFUSION
Led by DevRel Victor Kanu, DevHub is collaborating with NEAR Africa to introduce WebFusion, a pioneering Web2-to-Web3 hackathon in Africa. The event will be incubated by Hackbox. LINK

DEVHUB PRESENT AT OPEN WEB ACADEMY'S OPEN HOUSE EVENT
DevHub's Boris P. is in Mexico for Open House, a hybrid hackathon powered by Hackbox, to talk about NEAR's developer ecosystem and opportunities for incoming developers. The event runs till October 20th. LINK

HAPI : LAUNCHES HAPI ID
HAPI proudly introduces HAPI ID, an all-in-one Web3 digital identity solution to safeguard your presence, protect against identity theft, and share data securely on the blockchain. LINK

BURROW FINANCE : UI OVERHAUL AND RESKIN
The Burrow team is delighted to reveal the newly revamped Burrow dApp user interface. LINK

SWEAT ECONOMY : US LAUNCH IMMINENT
The much anticipated US launch of Sweat Economy is only a few hours away. The launch, scheduled for October 17, will also see Sweat launch in the Bahamas, Barbados, Botswana, Ghana, Jamaica, Pakistan, Zimbabwe, and Uganda. LINK

HERE WALLET : NEAR ANNIVERSARY GIVEAWAY GOES LIVE
To celebrate the third anniversary of NEAR mainnet launch, HERE has launched a special giveaway, open to all the wallet's users. LINK

ORDERLY NETWORK : TESTNET SYSTEM UPGRADE COMPLETE
After a brief downtime for maintenance purposes, Orderly Network's testnet is now back live and more performant. LINK

OPEN FOREST PROTOCOL : PUBLISHES OFFICIAL CARBON WHITEPAPER

This informative document from OFP provides valuable insights and detail into their carbon methodology, the issuance and distribution of their carbon credits, and a forward-looking 10-year vision for achieving non-linear scaling. LINK

WOMEN IN WEB3 CHANGEMAKERS : VERONICA KORZH

Veronica Korzh's nomination as one of the finalists in the 2023 Women in Web3 Changemakers List is a recognition of her contributions to streamlining digital currency payments for gig workers and her role in supporting Ukrainian startups during challenging times. LINK

NEAR x NANSEN QUERY
NEAR is now fully integrated on Nansen, enabling investors to now get exclusive blockchain data and analytic insights about the Protocol. LINK

MARKETING DAO LAUNCHES PAGE ON B.O.S LINK

NEAR x THE BLOCK
NEAR has partnered with the Ethereum Blockchain Summit for a union full of surprises during the summit. The event, held in Lisbon, commences on November 6. LINK

AURORA WEEKLY UPDATES 2023-10-13 LINK

NEAR FOUNDATION JOB BOARD

JOB OPENINGS AT PAGODA

JOB OPENINGS AT NDC

JOB OPENINGS AT AURORA