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This Week
Gearing up for Season 1
The launch of Season 1 is fast approaching – we’re currently targeting Aug 22nd! To stay in the loop on progress and updates, check out the Season 1 Launch Plan.
Open Proposals
[DRAFT] Stewards – a proposal to increase decentralization in D_D by introducing new decision-makers apart from the Core Team.
D_D Calendar
A reminder that you can find a list of all D_D internal events here or in the #d_d-events channel in Discord.
Community Highlights
How to Build a Full Stack NFT Marketplace by member @mikleens
Public Goods – ETH Barcelona panel discussion feat. @notscottmoore @dabit3 @cryptowanderer, and others
Crypto User Security Workshop with @MetaversityOne now on YouTube
Permanently Deploying React Frontends to Arweave with @dhaiwat10 now on YouTube
Cut Minting Gas Costs by up to 70% with One Smart Contract Tweak by member @tom_hirst
How I Landed a Web3 DevRel Job in 6 Months by member @olanetsoft
How to Get Real-Time Events about NFTs from OpenSea in Node.js by member @ArtiChmaro
Build a Historical NFT Data Explorer with Zora’s SDK by member @dhaiwat10
Claimable, Free Mint NFT Smart Contract and UI by member @Web3Club
Ecosystem
US Treasury announced it was blacklisting decentralized crypto-mixing service Tornado Cash
In one of the largest DeFi hacks, $190m was stolen from cross-chain bridge Nomad. Read this thread for a technical rundown of the exploit
Nearly 8,000 Solana hot wallets were drained after their private keys were inadvertently transmitted. The affected addresses were connected to Slope’s mobile wallet applications
Coding as 11 independent devs, the chief architect of Saber created billions of fake Total Value Locked on Solana
BlackRock, one of the world’s largest asset managers, announced that it has partnered with Coinbase to offer in-house Bitcoin services to institutional clients
Tiffany sold out a 250-item collection of custom pendants for holders of CryptoPunks, each worth 30ETH
In a controversial move, Moonbirds announced that they are moving to the CC0 public license
Guild News
Designers
Project Updates / Announcements
Calling all meme legends! To build the hype for Season 1, The Design and Product Guild is hosting a meme contest! The top 3 posts that see the most engagement will receive 100 $CODE tokens each! Stay tuned for the official announcement and more details!
Help Needed
Check out the #🚀-start-here channel under the Design and Product Guild section of discord for where you can go to contribute!
The next Design Jam is August 17th at 1:00 pm UTC. Tune in and let’s JAM!
Member Highlights
Thanks to kempsterrrr.eth for playing the role of Project Manager! You’re doing a great job, ser!
Governance
Project Updates / Announcements
Tune in to the upcoming Governance Guild meetings to get an idea of what to expect moving in to Season 1. The Governance Guild Ops meeting, External Delegation Committee meeting, and Governance Guild Project Kickoff call. Keep an eye on the #🗓️-d_d-events channel to RSVP for those.
Help Needed
For those looking to contribute to the Governance Guild, check out the Season 1 guild and OKR budgets.
Member Highlights
Thanks to willblackburn.eth for keeping us on track for a successful token launch - and for putting up with all the newsletter-inspired trolling ;)
Community
Project Updates / Announcements
Tune in to the Server Architecture Team’s weekly sync this Wednesday at 3:00 pm to view a demo of the new Channel Management Bot!
Help Needed
Feedback is requested for the new partial automation of the onboarding process. Please go through the instructions here, and provide any suggestions for improvement in #👫-onboarding, or reach out to Alex1237 directly.
Member Highlights
Thanks to Alex1237 and wiseTy for hosting Onboarding calls this week! The first is Wednesday at 1:00 pm UTC, the next is Friday at 4:00 pm UTC.
Writers
Project Updates / Announcements
Learn How to Build a Full Stack NFT Marketplace in the most recent article on the Developer DAO Blog.
Help Needed
You can contribute to the Developer DAO Blog, Newsletter, or join the Scribe program. See this guide for more details.
Member Highlights
Thanks to mikleens for the first devrel team article submission!
Marketing + BizDev
Project Updates / Announcements
The MBD Guild is ramping up Season 1 marketing initiatives! Among the many options discussed, there will be an official blog post and many Twitter posts! Keep an eye on D_D’s official channels for all the upcoming announcements.
Help Needed
Tune in to the next MBD Guild Town Hall on Wednesday, August 10th at 6:00 pm UTC to get up to date on the guild and learn about how you can get involved.
Member Highlights
Thanks to everyone building the hype for Season 1 through the marketing initiatives!
Development
Project Updates / Announcements
Developer DAO is now hosting workshops! The next one takes place on August 10th and is about How Ethereum as a decentralized world database stores data. If you would like to host your own workshop, fill out this form, or check out the last workshop on Building Decentralized React Frontends and Deploying them to Arweave.
Help Needed
Stop by the #🏗️-dev-opportunities channel for up to date opportunities to get involved in the Dev Guild.
Member Highlights
Thanks to Dhaiwat10 for presenting his workshop!
WAGMI
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