Paradigm’s biweekly update on the Proof-of-Stake ecosystem, 30th March — 13th April
TL;DR
- Ethereum Core Devs to decide when to fork testnets on April 29
- Polkadot+Kusama Staking Update has been published
- Unique Network has won the most recent Polkadot parachain slot auction and will onboard in Lease Period 8
- Currently, an anonymous, non-crowdloaned bidder is in the lead of the current Kusama parachain slot auction, but Listen Network was also in the lead during the Ending Period
- Cosmos Theta upgrade is complete
- Algorand Foundation launches $10 Million Dev Tooling SupaGrant to develop a world-class open-source developer tooling suite
- The Cardano Foundation aims to establish a research collaboration with the Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies (BDLT) Group at the University of Zurich
- Basics of Staking SNX — 2022 are out
- The popular NFT marketplace, OpenSea, has begun activating support for Solana. More Solana Hacker Houses are coming soon
- Check out Avalanche Summit and Hackathon recap
- The first global Internet Computer hackathon launches on May 10
- Terra expands stablecoin reserve beyond Bitcoin with Avalanche. Bridge.terra.money now supports Avalanche, Solana Osmosis, Fantom, Moonbeam Network
- Ithaca 2, the ninth upgrade to the self-upgradable Tezos protocol, has been activated
- Gnosis Chain Hardfork is coming on April 20th, if you are running a GC node, upgrade now
- Orbs PoS V3 is live, multi-chain staking on Polygon and Ethereum
- ICON validators, Goloop v1.2.4 has been released, please update your node
- The Injective Mainnet has been upgraded
- IRIS Hub 1.3 Mainnet upgrade has been successfully completed
- Details released of the new Elrond Price Discovery
- Kava 10 launches on May 10
- Oasis Network Damask Upgrade secured a big majority vote from validators
- Polygon is pledging $20 million as part of a push to fully offset the impact of its carbon-dioxide emissions this year. Opera integrated Polygon
- The Celo Foundation announces the launch of Connect the World, a $20M campaign to incentivize the development of high-quality Celo on- and off-ramps around the globe
- Yearn is helping the adoption of the yield bearing ERC-4626 token standard
- Snoop Dogg announced he will release his newest NFT collection on Cardano
- Protocol Labs recently launched the first production Network Indexer to enable searching for content-addressable data available at storage providers, such as those on the Filecoin and IPFS networks. Also, You can now sync the Filecoin blockchain using the Filecoin Virtual Machine
- The Graph AdvocatesDAO has formed to onboard the next wave of web3 participants and oversee community grants in The Graph ecosystem
- Band Partners, the go-to place for updates on Band Protocol’s business developments and partnerships, has been launched
- mStable partners with Polygon as a grants partner to supercharge the ecosystem for growth
- NEAR announced its new partnership with Sweatcoin, a London-based tech company that incentivizes people to move more
- The Persistence network has reached another major milestone: 1 million on-chain transactions
- StaFi Protocol shares its roadmap for the second quarter of 2022
- Hear about the Zilliqa vision, its tech and commercial ambitions, & meet new team members on April 14
- Akash now listed on Crypto.com
- The 1inch Wallet for Android released
- And much more!
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Proof-of-Stake Networks’ Updates
Ethereum
- Ethereum 2.0 is up and running smoothly! With more than 340,000 active validators and thousands more queued up and waiting to join the network, the Ethereum 2.0
- Mainnet merge shadow fork completed
- What’s New in Eth2–8 April 2022
- Condrieu testnet April 5th, 2022 update
- Ethereum Cat Herders Update #53
- Technical details of the client incentive program
- Easy Stake
- Understanding Post-Merge Rewards
- Somer Esat’s updated Ethereum staking guides
- A couple of dashboards showing interesting data about the Ethereum beacon chain
- Quick thoughts on the Merge and GPU miners
- Exploring Eth2: Stealing Inclusion Fees from Public Beacon Nodes
- Exploring Eth2: Cost of Adding Validators
- Ethereum Roadmap FAQ
- Open-source Data Analytics of Ethereum Staking Pools
- Latest ‘Week in Ethereum’:
Check out our recently-published ‘Defi in Ether’ — biweekly update on Ethereum DeFi ecosystem vol.50 full of news from the ecosystem: $76B in DeFi, Gnosis Chain upgrade on April 20, Index Coop introduces icETH, Alchemix’s new alETH products detailed, Yearn leads the way on ERC-4626 adoption, The 1inch Wallet for Android released, veBAL is live, Polynomial Earn launched, and much more!
Polkadot
- Polkadot Staking Update: March 2022
- Congratulations to Phala Network on winning Polkadot’s 13th auction! Phala was immediately onboarded over the weekend, during lease 7, bringing their privacy-preserving cloud computing service to Polkadot. Over 1.6 network stakeholders locked up DOT in favor
- Unique Network has won the most recent parachain slot auction and will onboard in Lease Period 8.
- After winning Kusama’s 30th auction, Turing Network will be onboarded as its 32nd parachain (plus Statemine & Encointer).
- Currently, an anonymous, non-crowdloaned bidder is in the lead of the current parachain slot auction, but Listen Network was also in the lead during the Ending Period.
- Referendum 184, to upgrade Statemine to runtime v800, has been passed and executed.
- Polkadot’s parachain auction schedule has been decided for the rest of the year after Motion 158 was passed. Find the new schedule here.
- Polkadot is a sponsor of Paris Blockchain Week Summit. On April 13th-14th, don’t miss your chance to learn all things Polkadot, as well as meet people from the Polkadot ecosystem.
- The Polkadot and Kusama Network ecosystem builders are coming together in Amsterdam on April 20–24 for a hack and conference organized by the Dotsama builder community.
- Polkadot Decoded returns on 29–30 June this year. Polkadot Decoded community voting is open. Who do you want to hear from at the conference? Choose talks and topics from almost 300 submissions for four different locations, and help curate the final program. Vote now to support your favorites.
- Interested in building on Polkadot? The six-month Web3.0 Bootcamp will consist of a cohort of 12 teams in Shanghai starting in May 2022. More info and application here.
- ICYMI, tune in to Polkadot’s April Community Call:
Feel free to read our latest biweekly report on the Polkadot ecosystem vol.34: Phala Network won 13 Polkadot parachain slot auction, Unique Network is in the lead of the current parachain slot auction, Turing Network will be onboarded as Kusama’s 32nd parachain, Acala integrates with Wormhole, Composable Finance raises over $32M, CLV is now launching CLV Chain EVM, The Dock Bridge is coming soon, and much more!
Avalanche
- Degis Launches Comprehensive DeFi Insurance Protocol on Avalanche
- MyStandard Brings Employment App with Token Incentives to Avalanche
- Avalanche Summit | Hackathon Recap: Summary and Prize Winners, powered by Encode Club
Algorand
- The Sign-up Window for the 3rd Governance Period for Would-be Governors is Now Open
- Algorand Foundation $10 Million Dev Tooling SupaGrant: Algorand Foundation Launches $10 Million Dev Tooling SupaGrant to develop a world-class open source developer tooling suite.
- Fracctal Monsters Receives Algorand Foundation Grant Award: Fracctal Monsters is an innovative NFT monster taming game coming to the Algorand blockchain.
- Yield Monitor receives Algorand Foundation grant award: Yield Monitor, a multi-chain database and toolkit for DeFi investors and developers, has received an Algorand Foundation grant to incorporate the Algorand mainnet into the Yield Monitor database.
- FairMeme receive Algorand Foundation grant award to develop Algo Launchpad : FairMeme_Algo LaunchPad is a decentralized fundraising protocol on the Algorand Blockchain set to give more power to investors seeking for innovative startups and projects on the Algorand Blockchain.
Cardano
- The Cardano Foundation Unites With The University of Zurich, Furthering Cardano’s Roots In Academic Research: The Cardano Foundation aims to establish a research collaboration with the Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies (BDLT) Group at the University of Zurich.
- The Cardano Foundation and the Blockchain Center of the University of Zurich (UZH BCC), one of the leading research universities in Europe, are joining forces for three years to explore the development of blockchain education and research initiatives.
- Introducing the Concept of Delegate Representatives (dReps)
- Wave Financial Launches Ada Yield Fund To Support Cardano’s DeFi Ecosystem Growth
- Project Catalyst Launches Incubator For Africa
Cosmos Network
- The Cosmos Hub Theta Upgrade Is Coming: The first step towards a more interoperable Cosmos. After successfully having upgraded to Theta on Testnet in March, the Cosmos team is getting ready to upgrade on Mainnet on April 12th at block height 10085397.
- Announcing the Launch of the Interchain Developer Academy: A six week, part-time, online training program that covers the core aspects of Cosmos.
- FAQs about Interchain Accounts: And why you shouldn’t buy into Interchain FUD.
- Find the latest governance proposals here.
DFINITY
- Enterprise Software on the Internet Computer Blockchain: A massive market opportunity can be seized by developing on-chain solutions to operational challenges for organizations of all sizes.
- Usergeek: Data Analytics for Dapps Running on the Internet Computer Blockchain
- Internet Computer NNS Neurons Can Now Be Merged
- Introducing Supernova, the First Global Internet Computer Hackathon
Solana
Synthetix
Terra
- Terra expands stablecoin reserve beyond Bitcoin with Avalanche: and Terra will also be further solidified with a $100 million Treasury Swap between TFL and the Avalanche Foundation of $LUNA <> $AVAX to strategically align ecosystem incentives.
- Bridge.terra.money now supports Avalanche, Solana Osmosis, Fantom, Moonbeam Network
Tezos
- Tezos Community Rewards — March 2022
- Month at a Glance — March
- Tezos’s Ecological Footprint, and Why it Matters
- PFP Projects on Tezos — Ottez
- The latest issue of ‘The Baking Sheet’
- Ithaca 2, the ninth upgrade to the self-upgradable Tezos protocol, has been activated.
Aave
- Latest Aave News: rAAVE Amsterdam, V3 Builders 🧵, Brew Mobile App Spotlight, and more.
- Follow the Aave governance forum.
Akash Network
- March Recap
- Introducing our First VP of Engineering, Chanda Dharap
- Akash Provider Onboarding Simplified
Celo
- The Celo Foundation, Climate Collective, and Toucan Collaboration Deepens to Bring ReFi ReFi to the Masses
- Celo’s $20M Connect the World Campaign Aims to Vastly Improve On/Off Ramp Access and Experiences for Users: The Celo Foundation announces the launch of Connect the World, a $20M campaign to incentivize the development of high-quality Celo on- and off-ramps around the globe.
- How Celo and the Climate Collective Can Help Scale the Voluntary Carbon Market
Band Protocol
- Band Partners, the go-to place for updates on Band Protocol’s business developments and partnerships
Bluzelle
Bytom:
Elrond
- Introducing Price Discovery, The Ignition Sequence For Launching Vibrant Token Economies On The Maiar DEX
- Leading Asian Multi-Chain Wallet BitKeep Integrates With Elrond Network
- Ashswap Is Building The First Stable Swap DEX on Elrond, Aimed At Providing Tighter Spreads With A Fraction Of The Liquidity
- elrond-go v.1.3.17.0 is here, with an improvement to how trie synching uses storage, and other fixes.
- Last week in EGLD:
Filecoin
- Introducing the Network Indexer: Protocol Labs recently launched the first production Network Indexer to enable searching for content-addressable data available at storage providers, such as those on the Filecoin and IPFS networks.
- Introducing the FVM Milestone 1 Bug Bounty Program & Audits: Bug Bounties are now live for FVM Milestone 1 until the end of May.
- The Economics of Storage Providers: A look at how the Filecoin economy works for Storage Providers. A full presentation on the subject is available thanks to ESPA’s Storage Provider Bootcamp.
- Introducing Boost: New Capabilities for Markets Including HTTP transfers, Web UI, and More: Boost replaces go-fil-markets with a better tool for storage and retrieval.
- FVM M0.5: Run your own FVM node: You can now sync the Filecoin blockchain using the Filecoin Virtual Machine.
The Graph
- DePhi: A New Model for Decentralized Philanthropy Utilizing The Graph: Learn how operators of the first Graph Node in Africa are building a new model for decentralized philanthropy & funding education.
- Introducing Graph AdvocatesDAO — a Decentralized Body Overseeing Community Grants & the Advocates Program: After the launch of the Advocates program, the Graph AdvocatesDAO has formed to onboard the next wave of web3 participants and oversee community grants in The Graph ecosystem — in a decentralized way.
- Graph Day returns this year on June 2, 2022 at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco:
Injective
- March Update: Injective Pro V2 Launch, Apecoin Listing, and Binance Blockchain Week
- Decentralized Apecoin (APE) Spot Market Listing on Injective Pro: The Apecoin (APE) Spot market is now on Injective Pro
IRIS Network
- IRIS Hub 1.3 Mainnet Upgrade Has Been Successfully Completed
- CoinSwap Upgraded: Integrates Gravity Bridge, Opens New Liquidity & Farming Pools
- CoinSwap Integrates Gravity Bridge to Enable Liquidity Between Cosmos and Ethereum Ecosystems
- Find the latest IRISNet proposals here.
ICON
Kava
- Ethereum Co-Chain Alpha: Review
- Kava’s Ethereum Co-Chain Beta Is Coming
- Kava Pioneers Roundup — A Growing Dev City
- Kava Pioneer Spotlight: Beefy Finance ($BIFI)
- Kava 10 launches on May 10:
mStable
- mStable partners with Polygon as a grants partner to supercharge the ecosystem for growth.
- mStable x PopcornDAO — mUSD now integrated with Butter
- mStable Governance Updates — 4 April 2022
- Check out mStable’s latest proposals here.
Near Protocol
- Introducing Wallet Selector: A New Tool for the NEAR Ecosystem
- NEAR in March: Unchain Fund, SailGP, and DAOs
- Sweatcoin Partners with NEAR Foundation to Create a New Movement Economy
- NEAR’s March Town Hall Highlights
- Music and Blockchain: Introducing the Future of Sound
Oasis Network
- Oasis Network Damask Upgrade secured a big majority vote from validators
- Oasis Engineering Updates: February & March 2022
- Celebrating Oasis’ Vibrant Community, Eligible Oasis Bloom Hackathon Participants Will Receive an Exclusive NFT
- Crowning the First Royal Purple Rose Oasis Ambassador
Orbs
- Orbs Staking is Now Available on ONTO Wallet
- Orbs Staking is Now Available on the SafePal Crypto Wallet
- How to Stake ORBS on Polygon Using Tetra
- ORBS is now live on SpookySwap
Persistence
Polygon
- PolygonInsights — WEEK13
- Polygon announces Liquidity Mining 2.0 campaign
- Our Green Manifesto
- Polygon Is Going Carbon Negative in 2022 With a $20 Million Pledge
- Yield Meets Gamification with Summit DeFi on Polygon
- Polygon Village Brings the Entire Web3 Ecosystem Under One Roof
- DeFiForAll: What NFTs Can Do for DeFi
- Zostel Building Its Zo World Travel Metaverse On Polygon
- Polygon Welcomes Over 1 Million New DeFi Users from Meshswap
- Polygon Avail: Unlocking the Modular Blockchain Future
- Meet the Humans Building ZKVerse at Polygon
- Gamma’s AI-Powered Liquidity Strategies for Uniswap Are Coming to Polygon
- Check out the latest Polygon integrations here.
Secret Network
- Kevin Smith Launches New Film “KillRoy Was Here” with Legendao and Secret Network: Director Kevin Smith Makes History in Film-NFT Rights Acquisition Deal, Distributing New Film “KillRoy Was Here” with Legendao, Powered by Secret Network.
- Secret Network Ecosystem Roadmap — April Update: March’s new launches included two liquid staking Dapps, the first P2E gaming event in the network, and new features from Stashh and Alter. Learn which new apps are joining Secret in April.
- Secret Network Ecosystem Update: March 2022: March saw the unveiling of massive scaling improvements to Secret Network, new apps like Legendao and Hydro, new wallets like Starshell, new exchanges, new airdrops, and much more.
- Secret Feature: ALTER 2022 Roadmap: A new Secret Feature shows off the ALTER 2022 roadmap, featuring peer-to-peer messaging, private group chats, address book features, and more — powered by Secret Network.
StaFi
- StaFi Protocol Monthly-March Community Updates
- 2022 Q2 Roadmap — Building StaFi Open Infrastructure
- rToken V3 Upgrade on Mainnet
THORChain
Gnosis Chain (formerly xDai Chain)
Gnosis Chain Weekly · 8 April, 2022: Network upgrade, incentives, deployments and more.
- Hardfork is coming on April 20th, if you are running a GC node, upgrade now
- Community call Monday to discuss GIP34 — reimbursement for Agave.
- Staking and Stakewise Liquid Staking growing by leaps and bounds.
- Having trouble keeping up with incentive options on GC? Check here.
- Join Gnosis Chain, Azuro and more April 19 in Amsterdam at the Hacker House and After Party.
Yearn Finance
- Yearn is helping the adoption of the yield bearing ERC-4626 token standard.
- Tips for new DAO contributors: Advice for DAO newbies
- Self-Hosting Web3 Services
- Yearning for Yearn by Messari.
- Read in the latest Yearn Finance Newsletter #56:
- Introducing Yearn’s Newest and Most Powerful Vault: Curve Rocket Pool vault is live, and you can earn ETH staking rewards on 2 sides of a Curve Finance pool with Rocket Pool ETH (rETH) and Lido stETH (wstETH).
- Talking Strategies with Facu at ETHDubai
- Joining the Yearn DAO: Onboarding
- How Yearn Uses Tenderly
- Yearn Contributors
- YFI Boarding School
- Vaults at Yearn
- Ecosystem News
Zilliqa
- Zilliqa Monthly Newsletter — March 2022 Newsletter
- Tiago Serôdio appointed as Head of Community at Zilliqa
- Metapolis recap & Zilliqa’s Vision
1inch
- The 1inch Wallet for Android released: This version of 1inch’s popular mobile wallet enables Android users to take advantage of convenient token swaps at the most competitive rates, as well as other functionality.
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