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This Week
Devconnect Amsterdam
D_D was all over DevConnect this week, thanks in no small part to SpruceID for sponsoring some of our members to attend. Also a huge shout out to Coinbase + Coinbase Wallet for sponsoring Vibes IRL.
Stories, new partnerships, and FOMO inducing photos are still rolling in but it’s clear that Amsterdam was a huge success for D_D and the Web3 community.
Travel funds for D_D member to attend Activate Miami, May 18th-22nd
D_D members are being offered exclusive access to a travel $15k fund for the Activate Miami Hackathon. Thanks to C3 protocol, D_D members can apply for financial assistance to attend and build solutions on Algorand. There’s a prize pool of $50,000 + bounties. Sign up to build here!
Coordinape Disputes
The D_D Coordinape working group consisting of guild leaders and project champions has completed their work verifying the contributions of members who received GIVE in our inaugural Coordinape circle. Members who have not been verified by a working group member will have a cap on the maximum CODE they can receive from the early contributor allocation. If you believe your contributions have gone unverified in error, please visit #coordinape-disputes to make your case. We recommend tagging the project champion you worked most closely with, and linking to the contributions (e.g. Github) where applicable.
DAO Branding
DAO member, cryptosahm.eth did a deep dive on D_D branding and you can find discussion happening on the designs around the DAO. Check out the deck here and share your thoughts in #dao-branding.
Sponsor: Spheron Protocol
Spheron just launched a brand new Aqua Version! It’s power-packed with features to help developers deploy their web apps and static web applications at blazing speed. Now, in just 3 clicks you can deploy your applications and store them on decentralized cloud networks like Arweave, Pinnata, Filecoin and Skynet. The new Aqua Version is designed to facilitate developers’ ease, making the deployment process fast, secure and hassle-free. 🚀
We believe in redefining next-gen teams to build, preview, and decentralize their projects on distributed networks and get the benefits of censorship resistance by default. To take the excitement up another notch, we are allocating NFTs to Developer DAO members to get them privileged access to Spheron’s platform as well as passage to the future community events.
👀 Sound interesting? Get yourself whitelisted and claim your NFTs here.
Project Highlight
Developer DAO for Ukraine Project Launches
Members of the Pixel Devs team just launched the "Developer DAO for Ukraine" site, which offers people an opportunity to mint an NFT showing their support for the people of Ukraine while directly donating funds to humanitarian relief organisations through https://unchain.fund.
Please mint your NFT today at https://ukraine.developerdao.com/ on Polygon.
And to help spread the word please share a link to our https://blog.developerdao.com/developer-dao-for-ukraine-1 blog post.
Thank you to the core team that volunteered their time to bring this site to life: @targetconfirmed @rasmuscnielsen @brianfive @Erik_Knobl @goldzulu and @carlomigueldy.eth. Btw @targetconfirmed had just joined the DAO and the Pixel Devs team moments before this project kicked off and still made a huge impact.
Also thank you to many other DAO members who are building strong guilds that support many projects across the DAO. A special shout-out for @Afoma @Colin4ward @Daeshawn @K. @noahliechti and @ntindle for jumping in and contributing to this project.
What's next? Join us in #derivatives-pixel-devs if you want to propose or help build the next project! There's exploratory work happening around gaming and wearables. Please attend our upcoming "Derivatives Project Meeting" happening on April 27th where we'll brainstorm and discuss future projects.
Community Highlights
My First Week as a Software Engineer, by Orlundo Hubbard
Artificial Intelligence on Algorand, by Pavel Fedotov
Guild News
Governance
Project Updates / Announcements
The new #coordinape-disputes channel is now live for members to make their voice heard on why they should receive $CODE for their early contributions to the DAO. If you were missed or not verified by a project champion during the Coordinape process or have something related to dispute, please speak up!
Help Needed
The Governance Guild Bi-Weekly Sync takes place this Wednesday. Tune in to hear the status of current items or find out how to get involved! Be sure to RSVP in the #🗓️-d_d-events channel.
Member Highlights
Shoutout to the Gov Guild members working diligently on the crucial tasks that keep this DAO running!
Designers
Project Updates / Announcements
A new design deck with ideas covering everything from #👖-merch, #dao-branding, and #graphic-design is available for review and comment! These designs aim to evolve the DAO’s current visual identity, while still maintaining the core visuals we all know and love.
Help Needed
Join the Weekly Design Jam every Wednesday in the #design-voice channel! It’s an excellent opportunity to bounce ideas around or find out how you can get involved. RSVP in the #🗓️-d_d-events channel.
Member Highlights
Huge thanks to cryptosahm.eth for the killer design deck! Your ideas are 🔥🔥
Community
Project Updates / Announcements
A new study group for our Chinese members is taking shape! The new #cn-study-group channel welcomes any CN members with any level of dev skills. The goal is to help each other learn by going through projects together and hopefully evolve the group into a mentorship program for the Chinese community.
Help Needed
The Fellowships Program Committee is looking for candidates interested in joining. Those interested are encouraged to drop by the “Elected Committee” thread in the #👫-fellowships-program channel and comment with the hand emoji 👋
The D_D Fellowships Program is an initiative which aims to partner with organizations that have a mission focused on marginalized groups within the tech and Web3 spaces. This Committee will help select which organizations are to participate in the program.
Member Highlights
Thanks to 2084 for starting the discussion about the Committee!
Writers
Project Updates / Announcements
Check out a few new posts on the Developer DAO Blog!
Help Needed
Join the Writers Guild Weekly every Friday! We talk about all the things we’re focused on and ways for others to help out and get involved. You can RSVP in the #🗓️-d_d-events channel.
Member Highlights
Thanks to Jennifer and Chinonso for their contributions to the blog!
Marketing + BizDev
Project Updates / Announcements
The new sales deck consisting of marketing collateral for pitching partners on our seasonal sponsorship packages is crossing the finish line! This sales deck will be key in securing sponsorships in the coming Seasons.
An idea to have Developer DAO become an Executive Producer for the ETH Movie is up for discussion on the forum. This low-cost, high-reward action would see the DAO purchase one of the NFTs in the collection related to the Infinite Machine movie in the works from Ridley Scott. This NFT would grant D_D the name of Executive Producer for the film.
Help Needed
The Marketing and Business Development Guild Town Hall takes place this Wednesday! RSVP in the #🗓️-d_d-events channel.
Member Highlights
Thanks this week to kayprasla and Colin4ward for their work on the sales deck,
Deashawn.eth for starting the conversation on becoming an Executive Producer for the ETH movie,
orlundo.eth for talking with Chainlink and helping them explore a potential partnership with D_D, and
Dankish_0 for working on an SEO initiative to help the DAO’s website rank better by leveraging and optimizing our threads in Discord!
Development
Project Updates / Announcements
Check out the new #issues-feed channel! You can find newly opened and closed issues related to projects on the Developer DAO Github account! It’s an excellent place for members to find ways to contribute to projects in need of developers.
Help Needed
Join the Dev Guild Weekly VIBES every Tuesday. It’s a great spot to chat with other Dev Guild members and get a feel for the community! RSVP in the #🗓️-d_d-events channel.
Member Highlights
Thanks to all members helping out on issues in the new #issues-feed channel, and
dhaiwat.eth for hosting the Dev Guild Weekly VIBES!
Learning resources
This week we want to share 3 new learning resources that our awesome community members share to help you levelup in this ever growing world of web3.
@reinhart wrote an articicle about smart contract verification: “Smart contract verification is the process of corroborating your contract source code with the deployed, compiled code. This provides transparency for contract users as they will know exactly how to interact with your contract.”
@olanetsoft shared this introductory article: What Is Web 3.0 and What Is It Used For - An Introduction to Web3 and Its Importance: “In web 3.0, websites and applications handle data in a sophisticated, human-like manner, using big data and decentralized ledger technology (DLT).”
@BowTiedDevil on twitter shared this series of tutorial to learn Vyper. Vyper is A Python-based development and testing framework for smart contracts targeting the Ethereum Virtual Machine. Check out the second article of the serie
Ecosystem
The Ethereum movie, Infinite Machine, will be produced by Ridley Scott
Binance has captured almost ⅓ of the crypto exchange market share
WAGMI
In other News…
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