This Week
Join the Hedera DevRel team and D_D members for an evening of networking, drinks, and good vibes on Feb 28th during ETHDenver. Sign up here.
Ankr x D_D
A Valentine’s Day gift from our friends at Ankr for all D_D members – head here for 100b free API credits, access to 30+ blockchains, WSS connections, batch calls, etc.
D_D Mentorship Program Season 2
Thanks to those who joined the mentor/mentee meet and greet sessions! Mentee sign-ups are closed for now, but mentor sign-ups are still open! Please head to the #mentorships channel in Discord (under the Learn category) for more info.
Open Proposals
[DRAFT] Stewards Election S2 – we’re looking to elect new Stewards for Season 2. Any D_D member can self-nominate and participate in the election next week. The nomination period closes on Wed, Feb 22nd.
Sponsor: QuickNode
QuickAlerts is a new developer experience that allows you to create custom expressions and receive real-time notifications for a variety of activities. These can include:
Monitoring wallets, contracts, NFTs, tokens, transactions, blocks, validators, and more.
Activity on a specific wallet
When a specific NFT is transferred
When a specific event happens on a specific smart contract
When a specific event happens on any smart contract
When a block contains more/less than X # of transactions
Any transactions that fail
Complex examples like: Whenever the fees burned in a block are > .2 ETH AND there is at least one Uniswap transaction within the block.
Community Highlights
D_D Humans of D_D with Kay, who talks about his web3 journey and writing with D_D
D_D DevNTEll: @0xYamen presents UniversalProfiles with Lukso
D_D x Streamr: Build with Streamr Twitter Space
Technical Writing 101: 360 Guide on How to Start Your Technical Writing Journey by member @Victorfawole0
Ecosystem
zkSync releases a mainnet rollup
Polygon announces March 27 as launch date for ZK-powered rollup
Blur releases native token for community ownership
OpenSea goes zero-fee, creator royalties optional in response to competition from Blur
Flashbots poised to offer MEV to ordinary investors
Siemens issues EUR60m bond on Polygon
Napster acquires NFT music platform Mint Songs to jump into web3
SEC charges Do Kwon and Terra with fraud
Initiative Updates
Governance
Stewards are needed for Season 2. To this effect, the P22- DAO Governance Structure Upgrade proposes the election of stewards to serve the DAO. The proposal is open for any member of the DAO willing to collaborate as a Steward to self-nominate and participate in the election this week. The period for nominations closes Wednesday, February 22. More information is in the forum post.
Draft proposal, D_D Labs - Season 2 has been added to the forum. The proposal establishes D_D Labs as a Sub-DAO of Developer DAO. Add your voice to the proposal here.
The draft proposal, Agency Sub-DAO seeks to establish the Agency as a sub-DAO of Developer DAO, based on the proposal DAO Governance Structure Upgrade. Add your voice to the conversation here.
Academy
D_D Academy meeting notes for February 16, 2023, can be found here.
Community
The first Wellness Session of Season 2 was held on February 13th and focused on recognizing and addressing burnout. Wellness Sessions occur every two weeks in the #session channel under the Wellness Hub category in the D_D Discord server. Next Session: February 27th.
Scam Alert ⚠️ – As always, stay vigilant out there. We saw an uptick in scam bot activity this week. If you received a DM from anyone about D_D airdrops, please ignore or report the bot that sent it. Do not interact with the site posted in the message.
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