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💸 Grants after the end of the D_D x Phala hack, jobs, and more 👀

📅 This Week

D_D x Phala Hackathon, Part II: Phat Functions Hack

• The D_D x @PhalaNetwork Hackathon is ongoing with submissions due today, Mon, Sep 11th by 11:59 pm UTC 🥁! If you took part in the hack, please submit your entry here. Good luck!

• What happens after the end of the hackathon? Phala will be supporting the best hackers to continue working on their ideas, with up to $50,000 in grants up for grabs!

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

Upcoming Events

• DevNTell: Lancer — Fri, Sep 15, 3:30pm UTC. ​In this week's episode of DevNTell, Quetzal, CEO, will give us an overview of Lancer, a Solana-powered platform that matches talented freelancers with project-based work. Register here.

D_D Job Board

• Developer Relations Engineer @ Biconomy

• Software Engineer — Database Architect @ Tamarin Health

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

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🤝 Community Highlights

• D_D DevNTell : Ceptor Club presented by Tippi and Tim [video] 

• D_D x Phala: Build an NFT-powered Sportsbook on Phala Network with Joshua

• Build Your Own NFT Collection with QuickNode and Optimism by Aayush Gupta

• PWA boilerplate for building apps on the Lens social graph by @Nader

• Want to automate your Git commit messages? Check out aigit, a project by D_D member Tarun. See this post for more details.

  

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📰 Ecosystem News

• Hacker steals over $700k after hijacking Vitalik’s X account

• Ether turns inflationary as on-chain activity slides

• MetaMask’s new ‘Sell’ feature enables Ethereum users to cash out

• SEC counters Ripple in effort to appeal groundbreaking XRP ruling

• MakerDAO’s forking decision sparks Ethereum community clash

• Visa taps Solana for merchant settlements in USDC

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🎖️ Initiative Updates

Praise Bot Live in D_D Discord

• You can now use the Praise bot in the D_D Discord server to thank and recognize community members who have helped you out! The magic command words are: /praise @discordname_of_user_you_want_to_praise "message you want to send". Keep sending in those shoutouts to your frens! 🤝

Phala x D_D Hackathon, Part I: LensAPI Oracle Challenge —Winning Projects and Teams

• 🥇 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.

• 🥈 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.

• 🥉 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 to everyone who participated! 🤩

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😎 WAGMI

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