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#85 Probably Nothing

💻 Phala x D_D Hackathon Part II kicks off, top 3 blog posts for August, and more 🤩

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Osikhena James Oshomah
Sep 4, 2023
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📅 This Week

D_D x Phala Network Hackathon, Part II

  • Part II of the D_D x Phala Network Hackathon — the Phat Functions Hack — kicks off this week. See the full details here:

  1. Kick-off Workshop — Tue, Sep 5, 5pm UTC, hosted by Billy Jitsu and Joshua (@hashwarlock) from Phala. Register here.

Phala Hack Kick-off
  1. Phat Functions Hack — from Wed, Sep 6 to Mon, Sep 11. Joshua (@hashwarlock) from Phala will be available to help async on Discord, with support from @zhou49 and @bgmshana.

  • Mainnet deploys will be funded by @PhalaNetwork. If you're a D_D member or participated in the first hack, you’ll receive MATIC & PHA tokens to deploy. If this isn’t you, sign up, share your idea, and we'll still review it. 

  • Hacking rewards:

    • 🥇 Phattest Subs (Max 2) — $3,000 PHA + 3,000 CODE

    • 🥈 Phatter Subs (Max 2) — $2,000 PHA + 2,000 CODE

    • 🥉 Phat Subs (Max 3) — $300 in PHA + 300 CODE

    • 📚 Phattest Blogs (Top 5) — $250 in PHA + 400 CODE 

    • 🧰 Phattest Starterkits (Top 5) — $250 in PHA + 400 CODE 

    • 📽️ Phattest Video Submission (Top 5) — Free Merch  

    • All submissions will get 400 CODE (even if you don't win)

  • Full hackathon details can be found here.

  • Importantly, congratulations to the winners of Part I of the hackathon! Scroll down to Initiative Updates for the full list of winning projects! 🎉🥁

Other Upcoming Events

  • DevNTell: Ceptor Club — Fri, Sep 8, 3:30pm UTC. In this week’s episode, we’ll discover how Ceptor Club (largely made up of D_D members) makes tabletop gaming better with art, tech, and games. Register here.

Ceptor Club DevNTell

D_D Job Board

  • Learning Designer for Web3 Bootcamps and Courses at Rise In

  • Part-time developer at WeMintArt

  • Backend Developer — Golang, JS, TS at Cashmere Labs

  • Did you know? D_D is offering FREE job listings for the web3 industry — no strings attached. List your jobs for free here!


🤝 Community Highlights

  • D_D DevNTell : dm3 Protocol presented by CEO Steffen Kux [video] [article]

DevNTell: dm3 Protocol
  • Test LayerZero Contracts in Foundry Using a Mock Endpoint by @PriyankGupta03

  • Check out the top 3 articles of the D_D blog in August! 👇

  1. 🥇 First place and 450 $CODE for Building a Cross-Chain Swap with LayerZero by @PriyankGupta03

First place
  1. 🥈 Second place and 300 $CODE for Running an Arweave Gateway on Fly.io by @k4y1s

Second place
  1. 🥉 Third place and 150 $CODE for Enhancing NFTs with Random Numbers and Delegation by @wc49358

Third place

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📰 Ecosystem News

  • PayPal’s stablecoin sees minimal activity three weeks after launch

  • USDC to expand native support to Base and Optimism

  • DeForm announces $4.6m seed funding

  • Tornado Cash devs charged with helping hackers launder $1bn, including infamous North Korean attacks

  • Big wins for crypto in the US:

    • US judge tosses class action lawsuit against Uniswap Labs

    • Grayscale wins lawsuit against SEC, Crypto Twitter reacts the way it does best:

    Grayscale wins against the SEC

🎖️ Initiative Updates

Phala x D_D Hackathon: LensAPI Oracle Challenge — Winners!

  • 🥇 First place and $1k to @aeyshubh & @harsh_index_0 for 'Lens Phite', a combat game using real-time LensAPI Oracle stats for unique PvP battles.

First place
  • 🥈 Second place and $600 to @Envoy_1084 for 'Just Roles'. This smart app seamlessly integrates @guildxyz with LensAPI Oracle, dynamically assigning Discord roles based on real-time metrics from the API.

Second place
  • 🥉 Third place — double win for @MaryChao21 for 'LensTell', weaving captivating narratives around stats, and @skeshav25 for 'Poke Lens', where users elevate NFT Pokemon characters via their Lens Profile ID!

  • Phala T-shirts for the top video submissions for:

    • LensTell: @MaryChao21

    • Lens Fighter: @koisose_

    • DeReward: @protocolllo

    • HackHitch: 0xkamal7

    • Lens Phite: @harsh_index_0 and @aeyshubh

  • Phala bucket hats for the best written blogs:

    • Poke Lens: @skeshav25

    • Lens Phite: @harsh_index_0 and @aeyshubh

    • Koxy's LensAPI Oracle: @koxy_Dev

    • HackHitch: @0xkamal7

  • Thank you for everyone who participated! 🤩

  • If you missed the Twitter Space announcing the winners, look no further 👇

    LensAPI winners

Governance

  • D_D Agency (DD_Experts) Sub-DAO Q3 + Q4 Budgets — the proposal is open for discussion, get your voice heard here.

  • D_D Academy Sub-DAO Q3 + Q4 — the proposal seeks to establish Academy as a sub-DAO of D_D, join the discussion here.

D_D Fridays

  • Come vibe, hang, and play games with other members on Fri, Sep 8, at 5pm UTC, in Discord.

  • D_D Fridays takes place every Friday, and you can RSVP under Events in Discord!


😎 WAGMI

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