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This Week
A Message from Nader in the wake of the FTX collapse
These past few weeks, and really the past year or so, has been a pretty wild ride in the crypto / blockchain / web3 space. I've personally seen and experienced a lot of ups and downs, and I've seen others experience the same.
One thing I continue to come away with though is that I've noticed the integrity and decency that Developer DAO members exemplify continues to really stand out, especially among the bad actors and negative incidents that are making the headlines.
I'm proud every time I see someone from Developer DAO land a new role, get a promotion, ship a new project, or land a round of funding.
I continue seeing many Developer DAO members not only surviving, but thriving, through all of this. I strongly believe that you can insulate yourself at least somewhat from market turmoil by having a strong, hirable skillset and good network, which is a huge part of what Developer DAO can offer.
I also believe there is no shortcut to success, instead you become successful over time by having strong values and integrity in your dealings with other people and doing so consistently. Everyone will make mistakes, and even misjudge situations, and learn from their mistakes, but as long as they are operating with "doing the right thing" in mind, then it's easy to get back up, learn , make amends, and keep going.
It's hard to know what's going to happen in the next year, but I personally am just as excited as ever about the future of this space. It's still nascent, there will be more crazy things to happen, but the growth and adoption that we've started seeing in the past year is a great indicator that the real-world use cases are being recognized.
For more, check out the #announcements channel.
This week’s Fundraising Operators update & next Fundraising Workshop
Chuck & Wikist are running the second workshop of their fundraising series this week. Fundraising Workshop #2: Write a Compelling Narrative for Your Project will take place here on Wed, Nov 16th at 3pm UTC.
The team made connections with 6 more web3 grant funders, 4 of whom have active grants programs right now: Aztec, HBAR Foundation (Hedera), Origami, and Wally.xyz. Check out the Friendly Funders report for more information. If you are looking for help with obtaining grant funding for your project, join the Fundraising Office Hours every Monday and Friday at 2 pm UTC in #voice-chat-1. You can also DM Chuck & Wikist (chuck25#4313 & wikist#4898) or post in the #fundraising-operators channel.
New D_D workshop drops Nov 21st
Join @codingwithmanny for a D_D workshop on tRPC & Sign-In with Ethereum with Monorepos. The event will take place here on Mon, Nov 21st at 4:30pm UTC.
Community Highlights
Humans of D_D, Ep. 7 with @narb_s
D_D Workshop: How to Create & Deploy a 100% On-Chain SVG with member @velvet_shark
D_D Workshop: Intro to Rainbow Kit and Wagmi Libraries with member @wc49358
D_D DevNTell: @PSkinnerTech presents his project AGAMI
D_D Fundraising Workshop #1: The Components of a Great Grants Application with @mr_cgc and @Wikist_
Archive Forever, a project to archive any wepage on the blockchain, by member @dabit3
A Gentle Introduction to ERC Standards: ERC-20, ERC-721, and ERC-1155 by member @CryptoShuriken
Building Full Stack Permanent Applications with Arweave, Smartweave, Warp, & Next.js by member @dabit3
How I Became Nomadic and Started My Web3 Career with D_D by member @nicoburkart
35+ GitHub Repositories Every Solidity Developer Should Bookmark by member @frankiefab100
Ecosystem
The big piece of news to sweep the ecosystem this week was the collapse of FTX. The story is still unfolding and all over Crypto Twitter, but if you’re looking to catch up, you can start here
OFAC doubles down on Tornado Cash sanctions
OpenSea announces it will continue to enforce royalties for existing NFT collections
The US DOJ seizes more than 50k BTC stolen from the Silk Road a decade ago
Guild News
Designers
Project Updates / Announcements
We currently have Design & Product teams contributing to the D_D Academy, D_D Agency, and the DAO website and store. If you want to participate as a designer or a PM, please contact us through the #design-general channels, and we will gladly assist you.
Governance
Project Updates / Announcements
The Delegate Committee voted against the proposal [SEP #2] Community Initiative To Unpause Token Contract (Enabling Transferability) on SAFEDAO.
Join the conversation on how to build a better game as a DAO here.
Community
Project Updates / Announcements
An early draft of the DAO's code of conduct and moderation process is discussed here. Participate in the discussion and contribute to making the DAO a safer place for all.
Alchemy University is offering D_D 50 free early passes in exchange for marketing. The early passes will be distributed in two parts: 50% to the general public via Twitter and 50% to D_D members via random processes and P3rks (DAO internal projects focusing on DAO members benefits ). RSVP for the next Town hall here to attend our raffle!
Last week, we hosted a vibes-styles weekly sync and welcome to new comers: Paloma and muvaofmarketing. We hope to see you again this week!
Channel Guideline is under preparation by aakansha.
You are welcome to attend our community weekly sync on Wednesday by 2PM UTC. RSVP here.
Writers
Project Updates / Announcements
The following articles were published by contributors on the blog:
35+ GitHub Repositories Every Solidity Developer Should Bookmark by Franklin Ohaegbulam.
How I Became Nomadic and Started My Web3 Career with Developer DAO by Nico Burkart.
Burnout in Public by Nick Tindle.
How to Build Custom ERC-1155 NFT Collections Using Thirdweb by Aayush Gupta.
A Gentle Introduction to ERC Standards: ERC-20, ERC-721, and ERC-1155 by CryptoShuriken
Help Needed
Write and document the DAO process; to get started as a scribe, visit the Writer's Guild's #scribes channel and read the docs on the intro to scribing here.
Marketing + BizDev
Project Updates / Announcements
If you are looking for help obtaining grant funding for your project, join the Fundraising Office Hours every Monday and Friday at 2 p.m. UTC in voice-chat-1. You can also DM them (chuck25#4313 & wikist#4898) or post in fundraising-operators channel.
Development
Project Updates / Announcements
Work is underway on the second phase of D_D Academy’s season 1 initiatives. The D D Academy Team is divided into four sub-teams. Examine their roles and responsibilities here. Contributors are encouraged to participate.
The author's guidelines for Educational Content for the Academy can be referenced here. The document is still in the works.
Help Needed
The Dev team is looking for people to help out in a variety of areas. Please take a look at this Github issue. You can also get in touch with the team's leader, @brianfive, to find out how you can help.
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