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OP token now claimable: A little over a month ago, the Optimism team announced the launch of the Optimism Collective: their large-scale experiment in digital democratic governance, with a mission of realigning the internet with its constituents. The Collective is a band of communities, companies, and citizens united by a mutually beneficial pact to adhere to the axiom of impact=profit — the principle that positive impact to the collective should be rewarded with profit to the individual. For more on this in-depth, see the introduction to the Collective and make sure to check out the Optimistic Vision. Shortly after announcing the launch of the Optimism Collective they announced a two-phase incentive program that activates 231,928,234 OP (5.4% of initial supply) to stimulate growth in the digital city of Optimism. This initiative, codenamed OP Stimpack, will incentivize builders both old and new to stake their claim in this promising digital frontier. Wintermute Transparency Update: A message to the community from the Optimism Foundation. Ankr partners with Optimism to provide a fast and reliable RPC service for users.The partnership will allow DApp developers from all parts of the world access to Optimism’s public and premium RPCs.
The Arbitrum Odyssey, an 8-week adventure to explore the Arbitrum ecosystem, started on June 21st, 2022. Starting June 21st, by using any of the bridges/cexs to move ETH into Arbitrum, you’ll be able to claim the first NFT after the week ends. Users who end up using the bridge that had the most wallets bridging into Arbitrum are in store for a bonus NFT. More details on each week will come as the Odyssey progresses. What is the Odyssey and why will Arbinauts want to use the Liquality Wallet as their loyal companion for it?
The Future is Here: Matrix Reputation Power: MetisDAO Foundation announced the upcoming launch of Matrix, a web3 identity system pioneering Reputation Power. Matrix is exploring an idea written by Vitalik in his recent paper on non-transferrable “Soulbound” tokens which represent reputation. Through Matrix and Reputation Power, individuals are empowered to gain recognition for valuable contributions brought to their communities, showcasing web3 credentials, achievements, and more. Metis NFT Badge Contest for the upcoming launch of Matrix. Join Revenant and Metis live on Twitter Spaces on June 27. Adrian Stewart interviews Elena Sinelnikova.
Boba Network integrates with Fantom and Moonbeam: Boba Network, Layer 2 scaling solution on Ethereum, has gone multi-chain by expanding to two other Ethereum-compatible chains: Fantom and Moonbeam. veBOBA Tokenomics Update. Join Boba Network Hackathon during ETHNewYork for a chance at our $20,000 prize pool. Boba is going to Gulf news Dubai: Web3 Decode. Boba Network: An Optimistic Approach to Ethereum Scaling by Messari.
Aztec shipping was delayed due to transaction size difficulties. zk.money Migration Guide: Learn how to move funds from the old system to the new system while keeping your alias. How to use Aztec Connect’s SDK.
Polygon ID is live: Polygon ID is a self-sovereign identity solution powered by ZK cryptography that brings huge potential for DAO governance. Polygon reaches first sustainability milestone by achieving network carbon neutrality. State of Governance #2: Identity & Reputation. Zerion brings its non-custodial web3 smart wallet to Polygon. Polygon BUIDL IT Hackathon is here, with $500,000 in prizes. Polygon on way to reaching mass adoption with major partnerships: Some of the biggest brands in the world are adopting Polygon as their blockchain of choice to jump into web3. FTX now supports MATIC USDC. Check out the latest Polygon integrations here.
StarkNet Alpha 0.9.0 has been introduced. This is an important version in which StarkNet makes significant steps towards maturity, with substantial additions to both functionality and protocol design. Fees are mandatory (currently only on Testnet, until version 0.9.0 will be live on Mainnet) — any prospering L2 must have its own independent system of fees. After introducing fees as an optional feature in version 0.8.0, we now feel confident to include them as a core component of the protocol and make them mandatory. Another significant change at the protocol level is the introduction of Contract Classes and the class/instance separation. This allows a more straightforward use of the `delegate_call` functionality and deployments from existing contracts, enabling the factory pattern on StarkNet. StarkEx version 4.5 is here: Volition, ERC-1155, and transaction bundling. StarkWare announced their new strategic partnership with Trail of bits. Nethermind brought their very first release to the StarkNet community: Juno v0.1. Immutable introduces Arch v1.0: Immutable X’s NFT bridging protocol between Ethereum L1 and StarkWare’s StarkNet L2. Twitter thread & github. StarkWare partners up with ClassLambda to further grow and improve development tools and infrastructure, ensuring a pleasant setup for Cairo Devs. OnlyDust has signed a strategic partnership with StarkWare. Eli Ben-Sasson and Uri Kolodny (Starkware) on Scalability with STARKs. The latest StarkNet Roundup with protocol and dev tool updates, ecosystem, and media highlights.
Introducing Account Abstraction, L2 → L1 Messaging, and more: The zkSync team has just pushed a major update with structural changes designed to improve user experience, increase compatibility with Ethereum’s EVM, and upgrade performance on the zkSync v2 testnet.
ZKSpace mobile app V3.1 launched. ZKSpace Monthly Dev & Operation Report — May 2022. AMA Recap — ZKSpace CIO Explains Value of James Rodríguez Zurda NFT Collection: A summary of FAQs and answers to help you learn more about ZKSpace, the value of the Zurda NFT Collection, and the sport NFT trends.
Announcing dYdX Chain: Rebuilding dYdX as a standalone Cosmos-based blockchain featuring a fully decentralized, off-chain, orderbook and matching engine. A message from dYdX: While 3AC invested in dYdX, the liquidity and exchange operations will not be affected by current or future developments involving them. The dYdX Company Values have been published. Message to the dYdX Community — 6/17/22: As a result of inbound requests regarding the Three Arrows Capital situation, the team has decided to address it publicly. Their liquidity and exchange operations have not been and will not be affected. Please see the blog post for a formal announcement. Depth and Spread Episode One: Trading Through the Terra Crash: The dYdX team announced the launch of their new podcast series: Depth and Spread.
Introducing cross-chain swaps with Polygon: Swap hundreds of tokens, gas-free: DeversiFi launched cross-chain swaps to Polygon, allowing you to effortlessly swap hundreds of tokens from layer 2.
Immutable introduced Arch v1.0, an NFT bridging protocol between L1 Ethereum and L2 StarkNet. Immutable launches $500M fund to boost web3 gaming adoption. Mastercard partners with Immutable to create frictionless payment systems for onboarding gamers into web3 on IMX. Immutable X integrated with Magic to enable any developer to onboard mainstream users seamlessly. Users no longer have to expose their wallet or create passwords from the start and directly create their Immutable X wallets with only an e-mail address to engage with their favorite NFT projects built on Ethereum. GET Protocol and Immutable X to join forces to build a fully on-chain secondary ticket market.
Guide: How to use the GameStop Wallet: The new GameStop Wallet is here, and it’s seamlessly integrated with Loopring L2 for fast + gas-less transactions on Ethereum. Check out this step-by-step guide on how to create and set it up. Introducing: Loopring Community Creator Grants. As Loopring L2 continues to get a big influx of new users each week, please be sure to check out their knowledge base for all things Loopring L2. Move funds off exchanges + onto Loopring L2 seamlessly with a few clicks on your Loopring android app. LayerSwap native integration coming soon to mobile iOS and Loopring.io web app. Apple Pay is now available to US users with Loopring + Ramp Network integrations to directly go from fiat-crypto + deposit to Loopring L2.
Vitalik: privacy use cases of ZK-SNARKs.
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