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This Week's Security News: Metawin Casino’s $4M Exploit, ScamSniffer Reports $20.2M Stolen by Phishing Scam

Metawin Casino’s $4M Exploit Sparks Security Concerns Over "Frictionless Withdrawal" Method by The Block Metawin casino recently suffered a $4 million exploit when hackers breached its "frictionless withdrawal system," draining tokens from hot wallets on Ethereum and Solana. This system, intended to provide seamless user

This Week's Grants and Hackathons: Somnia $10M Developer Grants, Arbitrum 5M $ARB Stylus Sprint, Shape’s $250K Shapecraft Hackathon

Grants & Accelerators * Somnia offers $10M in grants for developers building in gaming, social platforms, GambleFi, or virtual worlds on its high-speed blockchain. Apply here * Arbitrum launches the Stylus Sprint with 5M $ARB for Stylus builders to create high-performance apps and tooling on its EVM-interoperable altVM with Applications open November

This Week's Web3 Reads: Strategic Liquidity Provision on L2s, pm-AMM as a Better AMM for Prediction Markets

Web3 Reads is our weekly round up of the top educational, research, and mechanism insights from the industry, along with quick easy to digest summaries. Mechanism ⚙️ Strategic Liquidity Provision on L2 by Alex Nezlobin (@0x94305) Just-in-time (JIT) liquidity on the mainnet is well known, but Layer 2 (L2) networks present

This Week's Infra News: Base surpasses Arbitrum, Helius Webhooks Enables Real-Time Solana Event Monitoring

Monthly DeFi Ecosystem Update by Today in DeFi Among Large Caps, Solana showed  growth across most metrics in October, though recent declines in token prices have dampened some of its momentum.  Layer 2s saw a shift as Base surpassed Arbitrum in both TVL and trading activity, now leading among all

This Week's Security News: M2 Exchange’s $13.7M Breach, $720,000 Stolen at 1inch in Supply Chain Attack

Lottie Player Supply Chain Attack Caused $720,000 Stolen A supply chain attack on the popular animation library Lottie Player compromised the security of several Web3 projects, including the 1inch and Movement dApps. The malicious code, embedded in version 2.0.5 of lottiefiles/lottie-player, prompted unauthorized wallet connection and

This Week's Grants and Hackathons: Talent Protocol Offers Free Devcon Tickets, ETH Global Bangkok $775K Hackathon, Rise In Hackathon offers $250K

Grants & Accelerators * Talent Protocol offers a new Builder Perk. Builders with an on-chain Builder Score above 90 can claim a free Devcon ticket and a $200 travel grant. * Circle launches the second cohort of the USDC Grant Program. Developers can apply for the grant program here. Want to Reach

This Week's Web3 Reads: Vitalik Shares Ethereum Roadmap, AI Agents Being Launched With Pump.fun Model

Ethereum’s Future: The Splurge by Vitalik Buterin Ethereum's 2024 roadmap includes "The Splurge," a series of enhancements that don’t fit into existing categories but are crucial to Ethereum's long-term performance, security, and scalability. Here’s what’s in focus: EVM Enhancements EOF

This Week's Infra News: Arbitrum's Orbit Chains Enables Fast Withdrawal, Sui $USDC Deposits and Withdrawals Live on Coinbase

Ethereum All Core Developers Execution (ACDE) Call #199 Pectra Upgrade Developers reaffirmed the inclusion of EIP 7742 as a prerequisite for increasing blob capacity in the Pectra upgrade. Pectra Devnet 4 was launched on October 18 but encountered issues with specific clients, including Erigon, EthereumJS, and Grandine. Plans for Pectra

This Week's Security News: Tapioca DAO Suffers $4.7M Theft, Eigenlayer Twitter hacked

Security 👾 * Dedaub launches "Security Suite", providing Ethereum-compatible decompilation, monitoring, verification, and transaction simulation for contract analysis and secure testing. * Web3Builder news is supported in part by Dedaub Tapioca DAO Suffers $4.7M Theft Tapioca DAO suffered a $4.4 million loss on Arbitrum due to a private key

This Week's Grants, Hackathons and Events: Abstract Launches Accelerator Program, Alliance $500k MVP Hackathon

Grants & Accelerators * Optimism allocates 8M OP through Retro Funding 5, rewarding developers who contributed to the OP Stack and Ethereum’s success, ensuring the security and vibrancy of the protocol. * Abstract launches the Builder-in-Residence program, offering dedicated resources to support crypto builders by handling the challenging aspects of app

This Week's Web3 Reads: a16z 2024 Crypto Outlook, Ethena Crypto Dollar War

a16z Crypto's 2024 Outlook: Key Trends and Insights The 2024 State of Crypto Report highlights significant shifts in the industry over the past year. Crypto activity reached all-time highs with 220 million active addresses, driven by networks like Solana, Base, and NEAR. Stablecoins emerged as a key application,

This Week's Ethereum and Solana Infra News: PeerDAS & Blob Scaling, SIMD-0180 Leader Schedule Migration

Ethereum All Core Developers Consensus (ACDC) call #144 Pectra Devnet 3 & 4 Barnabas Busa plans to shut down Pectra Devnet 3 soon but will first troubleshoot a block proposal issue with the Grandine client. Pectra Devnet 4, Busa wants one more execution layer client to pass tests before launch,

This Week's Security News: Radiant Capital $50M Exploit, Ambient Finance Website Compromised

Security 👾 * Dedaub launches "Security Suite", providing Ethereum-compatible decompilation, monitoring, verification, and transaction simulation for contract analysis and secure testing. * Web3Builder news is supported in part by Dedaub Radiant Capital $50 million exploit Suffered a sophisticated attack resulting in a $50 million loss due to a malware injection targeting

This Week's Grants, Hackathons and Events: Avalanche $40M Retroactive Grants, Ethereum Interop Forum Bangkok

Grants & Accelerators * Moonveil allocates $1 million from Polygon Labs to its Builder Grant Program, boosting AggLayer-connected projects and Web3 game development. * Avalanche9000 announces Retro9000, offering up to $40M in retroactive grants for builders launching their own Avalanche L1. * Deanslist opens Metaplex DAO Grants, offering $100,000 in USDC and

This Week's Web3 Education: Uniswap Explains ERC-7683, Four Pillars Discusses SUI's Vision

Education/Mechanism 🧑‍🏫 * Uniswap explains ERC-7683, developed with Across Protocol, allowing unified cross-chain intents and solving liquidity fragmentation with a shared filler network. * Four Pillars discusses Sui's vision, using DeepBook to enable seamless smart contract interactions, focusing on composability and productivity over liquidity concerns. * 2077 Research introduces The Hitchhiker&

This Week's Tooling & Infra News: Uniswap Introduces Unichain, Solana Launched Stripe Payments With USDC

Tooling 🛠 Ethereum * Solidity introduces version v0.8.28, allowing full support for transient storage state variables, faster compilation via IR, lower RAM usage, and bug fixes. * Teku introduces v24.10.1, addressing a startup issue with the --validators-proposer-config option from the previous version. Solana * jac0xb.sol introduces Lighthouse V2, the

This Week's Security and Bounties: EigenLayer Loses $6 Million, ZKsync $500k Audit Competition

Security 👾 * Dedaub launches "Security Suite", providing Ethereum-compatible decompilation, monitoring, verification, and transaction simulation for contract analysis and secure testing. * Web3Builder news is supported in part by Dedaub * Rekt News explores the $6 million incident involving EigenLayer, questioning whether it was a case of social engineering or mishandling of

This Week's Grants and Events: EigenLayer $80,000+ Hackathon, Coinbase Offers $25,000 in Grants

Grants & Accelerators * Base announces its 19th wave of 2024 Builder Grants for projects in Nigeria, the Onchain Summit, and on-chain initiatives. * Avalanche announces the infraBUIDL() Program, providing support and funding for innovative projects within the Avalanche ecosystem. * Coinbase announces round 2 of the CDP Builder Grant program with $25,

This Week's Research and Education: EIP-7781 Proposed Reducing Ethereum's Slot Time, How EigenDA achieves hyperscale throughput

Research 🧑‍🔬 * Ben Adams proposes EIP-7781, aiming to reduce Ethereum's slot time from 12 to 9 seconds, increasing transaction throughput by 33%. * Giulio Rebuffo proposes EIP-7779, aiming to gradually increase Ethereum's block gas limit from 30 million to 60 million over two years. * Nero.eth highlights that

This Week's Tooling & Infra News: LayerZero Introduces CryptoEconomic DVNs, Coinbase Announced SOL Staking API Support

Tooling 🛠 Ethereum * OpenZeppelin Contracts 5.1 Release Candidate is now in public testing, with new features and a 50% bug bounty increase. * Reth v1.0.8 released with bug fixes; v1.1 next week will feature a new default engine, with future focus on engine_newPayload. * Geth v1.14.11

This Week's Security and Bounties: Potential Extension Hack For Ethereum in VSCode, Code4rena announces $170,000 competitive audit

Security 👾 * Dedaub launches "Security Suite", providing Ethereum-compatible decompilation, monitoring, verification, and transaction simulation for contract analysis and secure testing. * Web3Builder news is supported in part by Dedaub * Sagey warns of a potential extension hack or honeypot for Ethereum in Microsoft VSCode. * Arbitrum concludes the Nominee Selection phase for

This Week's Grants and Events: Solana Incubator Closing Soon, ETHGlobal $400,000 Hackathon Oct 18-20

Grants & Accelerators * Solana announced the Solana Incubator for crypto startups to build alongside Solana Labs in NYC, with applications due October 4th. * Cyfrin Audits announces $2.5M in applications for Arbitrum teams to subsidize security services. * Base has announced the eighteenth wave of 2024 Builder Grants, supporting a range

This Week's Research and Education: How Solana DePIN Networks Boost Efficiency, Reduce Latency with Parallel State Root Computation Fix

Research 🧑‍🔬 * Charlie Noyes and Max Resnick proposed to delay the state root computation by one block to enable parallel processing and reduce latency. * Kairos Research published a report analyzing Aave, Maker, Lido, and ether.fi, focusing on financial insights and future earnings potential. * Dev Bear proposes a "BURN"

This Week's Tooling & Infra News: Conduct Mass Airdrop With Helius Airship, LayerZero Live on Bitlayer

Tooling 🛠 Ethereum * Nimbus introduced nrpc, allowing offline syncing with era1/era file support and continuous sync without p2p connectivity when connected to a CL. * Nimbus released v24.9.0, featuring beacon API improvements and stability fixes in a low-urgency release. Solana * Helius introduced AirShip, enabling fast, open-source mass airdrops that

This Week's Security and Bounties: Commit-Boost Moves Toward Audit and Production, Sherlock Audits Now Offer Up to $250K

Security 👾 * Commit-Boost, an open-source public good, moves towards audit and production, made possible by collaboration across the Ethereum Community. * SlowMist launched an "Incident Response Service" for Web3 projects, offering on-chain and off-chain analysis and asset tracking to enhance security. * Arbitrum announced 39 candidates have registered for the Security

This Week's Grants and Events: Wormhole $1M Builder Competition, Colosseum $250k Global Hackathon, Chainlink Tokenized RWA Bootcamp

Grants & Accelerators * Worldcoin announced grants for Axiom, for accomplishing significant reduced costs and improve scalability for World ID users. * Wormhole Sigma Sprint, a competition and accelerator program with a total prize and funding pool of over $1,000,000 on October 14-November 13. Want to Reach Developers? Web3 Builder

This Week's Research and Education: Polygon Explains Parallelization in PoS, Offchain Labs Invites Researchers to review Timeboost

Research 🧑‍🔬 * Offchain Labs invites researchers and developers to review their first iteration of Timeboost with a decentralized sequencer and autonomous auctioneer. * 0xjonah shares arXivv paper on blockchain security, covering the methods to approach cyberattack detection in blockchain networks * Snjax published "Using FRI for DA with Optimistic Correctable Commitments in

This Week's Tooling & Infra News: Celestia Lemongrass, ZK Compression, Everclear Beta

Tooling 🛠 Ethereum * Coinbase released SDK v0.6.0, it includes a tokenization API allowing developers to deploy ERC-20 with one line of code. * Coinbase released a one-stop resource to all the demo apps built with the CDP SDK and other CDP tools. * Go Ethereum introduces Geth v1.14.9, a

This Week's Security and Bounties: Prism Announced, Penpie Hacker Hunt, Babylon $1M Bug Bounty

Security 👾 * Prism was announced as a verifiable authentication standard for private messaging being powered by Celestia. * SlowMist published an analysis of the FBI 2023 Cryptocurrency Fraud Report that was released on September 9. * Enclave was introduced as an FHE-based protocol for Encrypted Execution Environments (E3) for better security and privacy-preserving

This Week's Grants and Events: LayerZero lzCatalyst, Solana Boston, SUI Builder House

Grants & Accelerators * LayerZero introduces lzCatalyst, a program dedicated to connect builders with the best venture capital firm in crypto, with funding up to $300M. * Avail introduces Avail Builder Cohort, a 6-week program to help founders accelerate their project's development. Subscribe to Web3 Builder News We publish weekly

This Week's Research and Education: Auction-Based Inclusion List Design, Sui’s Shared Object Congestion Control, Solana Rust Bootcamp

Research 🧑‍🔬 * sarisht and other 7 authors published “AUCIL: An Auction-Based Inclusion List Design for Enhanced Censorship Resistance on Ethereum”, introducing a new way to make Ethereum transactions more resistant to censorship. * Authors from Lancaster University, University of London, UCLouvain and DataHop Labs published “PANDAS: A Practical Approach for Next-Generation Data

This Week's Tooling & Infra News: Solidity v0.8.27, Arbitrum Stylus Mainnet, OP Succinct, Avalanche9000

Tooling 🛠 Ethereum * Solidity 0.8.27 is out featuring support for custom errors in require to the legacy pipeline, and optimizer improvements. * Dune launched the AI-driven visualization tool Wand which will automatically generate recommended charts after users complete SQL queries. * Liquidity, a decentralized borrowing protocol, open-sourced the V2 codebase. * Snapshot

This Week's Research and Education: EIP-7766, CCTP Express, MegaETH 101, Programming ZKPs

Research 🧑‍🔬 * frankmint2024 proposes EIP-7766: Privileged Non-Fungible Tokens Tied to RWA, enabling interoperability between blockchain and real-world assets by allowing users to exercise specific privileges tied to NFTs. * Davide Rezzoli and Barnabé Monnot published “Embedded fee markets and ERC-4337 (part 2)”, exploring how users pay fees for their transactions to be

Security and Bounties 9/2-9/9: Penpie's $27M Exploit, Arbitrum's $2.5M Subsidy Fund, Euler v2 $1M Bug Bounty

Security 👾 * Penpie, the decentralized liquidity yield project, suffered a ~$27M exploit due to Penpie’s erroneous assumption that all markets created by Pendle Finance are legitimate when registering new Pendle markets. * Christopher Mooney revealed that the private key for the DAI L2 deployer has been compromised, resulting in some recently

Grants, Accelerators, and Events 9/2-9/8: Blast Big Bang, Solana Instagrants, Bankless Summit

Grants & Accelerators * Blast is launching a 10-week Mobile Big Bang Bootcamp from Oct 14 to Dec 20, providing selected dev teams with $250K in funding, support from the Blast Foundation, and 1 million Blast Gold. * Avalanche introduces Bounty9000, encouraging developers to build an Avalanche L1 with USDC as gas

Web3 Builder News: 8/26-9/1

Solana Incubator Cohort 2, ETH builders residence program MEGAZu, Solana Creators Directory v1, Research of comparing parallel execution engines Grants & Accelerators * Solana Labs announced that the second phase of applications for the incubator Solana Incubator is now open, with the application deadline being Oct 4. * Soneium introduced Soneium Spark,

Web3 Builder News: 8/19-8/25

Optimism's Sunny Awards, Sony launched L2, cygaar explains how L2s work Grants & Accelerators * Optimism introduces the Sunny Awards, an awards show designed to honor the outstanding achievements of Superchain builders, with 540K $OP (estimated $790K) in prizes. * Sonic Labs introduces Sonic Boom bounty program, offering winning projects

Web3 Builder News: 8/12-8/18

Coinbase AI Grants, nero_eth analyzes timing games, OP Stack Interoperability Grants & Accelerators * Avalanche introduces Codebase Season 2, a 10-week incubator program with a $50,000 non-dilutive stipend supported by the Avalanche Foundation and a $1,000,000 prize pool at a final Demo Day. * Superteam introduces FastTrack, a

Web3 Builder News: 8/5-8/11

Shea Ketsdever proposes “TEE-boost”, Vitalik released enhanced STARK proving code, Jeremy Kun shares a technical overview of FHE, Ronin Network suffers $12M exploit Hackathons & Events 🧑‍💻 * Story Protocol introduces Story Academy’s Asia Tour, a series of in-person developer support days hosted in cities across the APAC region. * DSCVR introduces

Web3 Builder News: 7/29-8/4

Principles and best practices to design Solidity events in Ethereum and EVM, Eclipse Mainnet is now open for builders, Astroport Suffers $6.4M Exploit Hackathons & Events 🧑‍💻 * Superteam Vietnam introduces Startup Village: pre-Breakpoint Edition, a 3-week co-living and co-working program designed for builders and founders in web3. * Portal and PayPal

Web3 Builder News: 7/22-7/28

Colosseum announces Solana Radar Hackathon, Vitalik published “Exploring circle STARKs”, "ELI5"s about Zero Knowledge and Fully Homomorphic Encryption Grants & Accelerators * Drift Foundation announces the Grants Program to fund initiatives accelerating the growth of Drift's ecosystem and strengthening its community. Hackathons & Events 🧑‍💻 * Colosseum introduces

Web3 Builder News 7/15-7/21

Solana Foundation announces $400K Grant, Dialect introduces the Blinks SDK, Beacon Proxy pattern explained Grants & Accelerators * Solana Foundation announces a $400,000 grant for open-source developers working on Solana Actions and Blinks Tool. Hackathons & Events 🧑‍💻 * WalletConnect announces the "Build the New Internet" hackathon, the UX-focused virtual

Web3 Builder News 7/8-7/14

Pyth launches MEV Solution, Notcoin launches TON Accelerator, Uniswap's Permit2 explained Grants & Accelerators * Notcoin, 1inch, and Sign launched “Triangle”, a startup accelerator to enhance Telegram and TON ecosystems. Triangle aims to support the development of consumer apps bridging web2 and web3. * Golem Network launched Golem Ecosystem Fund,

Web3 Builder News 7/1-7/7: Puffer Launches Based Rollup UniFi

Grants & Accelerators * Tensor Foundation introduces $TNSR Blinks Bounty, a grants program for developers to build an additional Solana Action and Blink for the Tensor ecosystem. Hackathons & Events 🧑‍💻 * Solana introduces Blink Build Days, a series of IRL meetups to learn the basics of blinks and Solana Actions by testing

Web3 Builder News 6/24-6/30: Solana and Dialect Introduce Solana Actions and Blinks

Hackathons & Events 🧑‍💻 * Uniswap and EigenLayer introduce Researchathon, exploring the intersection of Uniswap v4 hooks and EigenLayer AVSs. * Succinct introduces Greenfield, the summit centered around cutting-edge ZK infra, held the day before Frontiers by Paradigm on August 15. * Avalanche announces that the tickets to Avalanche Summit LATAM are now on

Web3 Builder News 6/17-6/23: Arbitrum Announces $15,000 Stylus Blitz Hackathon

Grants & Accelerators * Merlin Chain introduces Merlin’s Adventure, a 210M $MERL(~65M USD) grant program for builders. * CharmVerse introduces ReFi in Arbitrum Grants Program, a 300K $ARB(~250K USD) grant program to support builders focused on ReFi projects. * Areta introduces RWA Innovation Grants program (RWAIG), a 2-month program focusing

Web3 Builder News 6/10-6/16: Polygon Launches $21M Community Grants Program Season 1

Grants & Accelerators * Polygon introduces Community Grants Program Season 01, allocating 35 million $MATIC to fund the best projects across the Polygon and Ethereum landscape. * Thrive Protocol introduces Consumer Crypto Grants, providing $800,000 in $MATIC grants for consumer crypto builders on Polygon. * IOTA introduces the Audit Grants Program with

Web3 Builder News 6/3-6/9: Uniswap Hook Incubator

Grants & Accelerators * Sei launched the Sei x Gitcoin Creator Fund to support the growth and development of the Sei ecosystem. The first round “The Kickoff” started on June 4th with a $250k matching pool, using quadratic funding (QF). * Atrium Academy introduced Uniswap Hook Incubator, an 8-week program that guides

Web3 Builder News 5/27-6/2: ImmuneFi and Fuel Launched Record-Breaking $1.3M Audit Contest

Grants & Accelerators * Starknet Foundation is launching the Catalyst Program, an accelerator program with 20M + STRK(~$23M) to ignite and accelerate transformation in the Starknet ecosystem and recognize dApps that have created significant value for Starknet users. * Pyth Network launched Pyth Ecosystem Grants Program and announced  Research and Developer bounties

Web3 Builder News 5/20-5/26: Arbitrum Offers 500k to Frame Builders

Grants & Accelerators * TONX launched the "TONX Accelerator Program", backed by a 5 million dollars funding pool for developers to build wallets, DeFi, bots and dApps on the Telegram ecosystem. * SuperDAO launched "SpringX Solana Accelerator", an ecosystem accelerator that collaborated with Solana Superteam, SpringX, SevenX Ventures

Web3 Builder News 5/13-5/19: Infinex Launched Bug Bounty Program up to $1M USDC

Grants & Accelerators * Worldcoin Foundation introduces the Community Grants Program and applications for Wave1 are open now. * Ethereum Foundation announces that the applications are now open for the fifth cohort of the Ethereum Protocol Fellowship (EPF5). The fellows will be able to engage with Ethereum core developers and fellowship peers.

Web3Builder News 5/6-5/12: Vitalik Proposes "Multidimensional Gas Pricing"

Grants & Accelerators * Starknet introduces the Seed Grant Program to support early-stage teams that have already developed POCs or MVPs with grants of up to 25,000 USDC for each team. * Scallop is launching the Ecosystem Grant Program, offering grants of up to $100,000 in $SCA to support developers

Web3 Builder News 4/29-5/5: Base Onchain Summer Offers >600 ETH

We Are Now Web3Builder.news EIP 4844 has improved blockchain scalability, enabling non-financial applications. As the scope of blockchain increases, so should our branding. We are now Web3Builder.news, reflecting the increasing variety of applications feasible on blockchain today. Grants & Accelerators * Nethermind introduces a Starknet Grants Program to support

Web3 Builder News 4/22-4/28: Starknet Propulsion Program Offers up to 1M, Taiko Launches Final Testnet Hekla, Pike Finance Suffered $299K Exploit

Grants & Accelerators * Starknet Foundation launches the Propulsion Pilot Program, an experimental pilot program aimed at accelerating the growth of Starknet games and gaming studios with grants of 1M for each game. * Aspecta introduces Scroll Builder Matrix, a multi-stage co-building campaign encouraging innovative builders and community backers with a $10,

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DeFi Dev News 4/15-4/21: Worldcoin Announces L2 World Chain, Cyfrin Audits Open-Sources Smart Contract Static Analyzer, Arbitrum Foundation Grants Phase 3 Offers up to 150k

Grants & Accelerators * Mantra, a RWA Layer 1 blockchain, launches a $11M Incubator Program at the Dubai World Trade Centre. Developers for Lending, CDP, Real Estate and GMX perps, and Yield splitting protocols are encouraged to apply. * Arbitrum Foundation Grant Program Phase 3 is now open to apply, providing funds

Web3 Builder News 4/15-4/21: Worldcoin Announces L2 World Chain, Cyfrin Audits Open-Sources Smart Contract Static Analyzer, Arbitrum Foundation Grants Phase 3 Offers up to 150k

Grants & Accelerators * Mantra, a RWA Layer 1 blockchain, launches a $11M Incubator Program at the Dubai World Trade Centre. Developers for Lending, CDP, Real Estate and GMX perps, and Yield splitting protocols are encouraged to apply. * Arbitrum Foundation Grant Program Phase 3 is now open to apply, providing funds

DeFi Dev News 4/8-4/14 : Mode Launches 10M USD Yield Accelerator, a16z Launches zkVM Jolt, Analysis on Correlated Attestation Penalties

Grants & Accelerators * Mode announces Mode Yield Accelerator, a $10 million fund for yield and DeFi projects on Mode ecosystem. Research 🧑‍🔬 * Toni Wahrstätter publishes an analysis report on “Correlated Attestation Penalties” – originally proposed by Vitalik. * Mirror published: “Zero-Knowledge Proof Vulnerability Analysis and Security Auditing”. * Blockworks Research published "The Avalanche

DeFi Dev News 4/8-4/14 : Mode Launches 10M USD Yield Accelerator, a16z Launches zkVM Jolt, Analysis on Correlated Attestation Penalties

Grants & Accelerators * Mode announces Mode Yield Accelerator, a $10 million fund for yield and DeFi projects on Mode ecosystem. Research 🧑‍🔬 * Toni Wahrstätter publishes an analysis report on “Correlated Attestation Penalties” – originally proposed by Vitalik. * Mirror published: “Zero-Knowledge Proof Vulnerability Analysis and Security Auditing”. * Blockworks Research published "The Avalanche

DeFi Dev News 04/01-04/07 : Ethena 3M USD Bounty Program, Sei Creator Fund, OKX Launches ZK-Layer 2

Grants & Accelerators * ENS Identity Gitcoin Grants Round is live on Arbitrum, and the application is open until April 16th. * Sei Foundation partners with Gitcoin to announce the Sei Creator Fund, a $10 million grants fund for NFT and Social projects on Sei. Hackathons & Events 🧑‍💻 * Solana Breakpoint 2024 is

DeFi Dev News 04/01-04/07 : Ethena 3M USD Bounty Program, Sei Creator Fund, OKX Launches ZK-Layer 2

Grants & Accelerators * ENS Identity Gitcoin Grants Round is live on Arbitrum, and the application is open until April 16th. * Sei Foundation partners with Gitcoin to announce the Sei Creator Fund, a $10 million grants fund for NFT and Social projects on Sei. Hackathons & Events 🧑‍💻 * Solana Breakpoint 2024 is

DeFi Dev News 3/25-3/31: Avalanche Community Grants Program, Foundry test tips, Potential Security Risk of Modular Blockchain

Grants & Accelerators * BuidlGuidl Grants program is officially live, which supports builders creating open source prototypes, tooling, and education on Ethereum. * Avalanche Foundation launches Community Grants Program aiming to bootstrap projects building in the Avalanche ecosystem. * Zircuit launches “Build to Earn” program to reward ecosystem builders with Zircuit Points. * Arbitrum

DeFi Dev News 3/25-3/31: Avalanche Community Grants Program, Foundry test tips, Potential Security Risk of Modular Blockchain

Grants & Accelerators * BuidlGuidl Grants program is officially live, which supports builders creating open source prototypes, tooling, and education on Ethereum. * Avalanche Foundation launches Community Grants Program aiming to bootstrap projects building in the Avalanche ecosystem. * Zircuit launches “Build to Earn” program to reward ecosystem builders with Zircuit Points. * Arbitrum

Vitalik ETHTaipei Interview

Vitalik Buterin did an hour long interview with the media at ETHTaipei 2024, speaking on topics from breakfast to Farcaster to quantum resistance and much more. Below is the transcript we've created from audio of the interview: "What's a quick meal you like to prepare?

Vitalik ETHTaipei Interview

Vitalik Buterin did an hour long interview with the media at ETHTaipei 2024, speaking on topics from breakfast to Farcaster to quantum resistance and much more. Below is the transcript we've created from audio of the interview: "What's a quick meal you like to prepare?

DeFi Dev News 3/18-3/23 : Stacks Nakamoto Upgrade, Superchain Dev Console, TON HackerHouse

Hackathons & Events 🧑‍💻 * The Open Network (TON) hosts TON HackerHouse in Hong Kong on April 4th with TonX Studio. Research 🧑‍🔬 * web3skeptic published "How to purchase Ethereum GAS in advance. Tooling 🛠 Ethereum * growthepie.xyz launches EIP-4844 Tracker to visualize how the launch of EIP 4844 effects transaction cost. * Toni Wahrstätter

DeFi Dev News 3/18-3/23 : Stacks Nakamoto Upgrade, Superchain Dev Console, TON HackerHouse

Hackathons & Events 🧑‍💻 * The Open Network (TON) hosts TON HackerHouse in Hong Kong on April 4th with TonX Studio. Research 🧑‍🔬 * web3skeptic published "How to purchase Ethereum GAS in advance. Tooling 🛠 Ethereum * growthepie.xyz launches EIP-4844 Tracker to visualize how the launch of EIP 4844 effects transaction cost. * Toni Wahrstätter

DeFi Developer News 3/11-3/16: Dencun is Live, Summer of Protocols, Reth v0.2.0-beta.1

Grants & Accelerators * The 2024 Summer of Protocols Call for Applications is now live! The program comprises three tracks: Protocol Improvement Grants, Protocol PILL challenge, and Partner Program * Starknet announces the Gaming Commitee. Chaired by six gaming experts, the Committee's mandate is to analyze, strategize, and recommend programs

DeFi Developer News 3/11-3/16: Dencun is Live, Summer of Protocols, Reth v0.2.0-beta.1

Grants & Accelerators * The 2024 Summer of Protocols Call for Applications is now live! The program comprises three tracks: Protocol Improvement Grants, Protocol PILL challenge, and Partner Program * Starknet announces the Gaming Commitee. Chaired by six gaming experts, the Committee's mandate is to analyze, strategize, and recommend programs

DeFi Developer News 3/4-3/8: Dencun is coming Wednesday, Auction-managed AMMs, ETH Supply Map, and more

Grants & Accelerators * Gitcoin released its Gitcoin 2.0 Whitepaper, introducing "diverse capital allocation mechanisms", supporting more EVM chains, and exploring Gitcoin's modular tech stack. * Scroll announces Scroll Studio- aiming to accelerate the high quality growth of Chinese entrepreneurs in Ethereum. Hackathons & Events 🧑‍💻 * ETH foundation

DeFi Developer News 3/4-3/8: Dencun is coming Wednesday, Auction-managed AMMs, ETH Supply Map, and more

Grants & Accelerators * Gitcoin released its Gitcoin 2.0 Whitepaper, introducing "diverse capital allocation mechanisms", supporting more EVM chains, and exploring Gitcoin's modular tech stack. * Scroll announces Scroll Studio- aiming to accelerate the high quality growth of Chinese entrepreneurs in Ethereum. Hackathons & Events 🧑‍💻 * ETH foundation

DeFi Developer News 2/26-3/1: Perpetual Protocol Audit Contest, MEV-Boost 1.7 (Required Upgrade), Frog Makes Frames Easier

If you haven't already, sign up to get our low noise weekly newsletter. Grants & Contests💰 * Perpetual Protocol launched a security audit contest for Perp v3 with 150k USDC in rewards. The contest started on Feb 26 and will end on Mar 18. Hackathons & Events 🧑‍💻 * Solana Renaissance

DeFi Developer News 2/26-3/1: Perpetual Protocol Audit Contest, MEV-Boost 1.7 (Required Upgrade), Frog Makes Frames Easier

If you haven't already, sign up to get our low noise weekly newsletter. Grants & Contests💰 * Perpetual Protocol launched a security audit contest for Perp v3 with 150k USDC in rewards. The contest started on Feb 26 and will end on Mar 18. Hackathons & Events 🧑‍💻 * Solana Renaissance

DeFi Developer News 2/19-23: Ethereum ZK Grants Open, Distortion of MEV by Withdrawals,Execute On-chain TXes without ETH

Grants & Contests💰 * Ethereum ZK Grants Round is open. The Ethereum Foundation collaborates with Aztec, Polygon, Scroll, Taiko, and zkSync to develop Zero Knowledge public goods projects. Each co-founder of the grant round has contributed 150K USD in funds, bringing the total grant pool to 900K USD. Hackathons & Events

DeFi Developer News 2/19-23: Ethereum ZK Grants Open, Distortion of MEV by Withdrawals,Execute On-chain TXes without ETH

Grants & Contests💰 * Ethereum ZK Grants Round is open. The Ethereum Foundation collaborates with Aztec, Polygon, Scroll, Taiko, and zkSync to develop Zero Knowledge public goods projects. Each co-founder of the grant round has contributed 150K USD in funds, bringing the total grant pool to 900K USD. Hackathons & Events

DeFi Developer News 2/12-16: Contribute to OSS and Get Paid, Minimal ePBS, Remix 0.43, Security Alliance

Grants & Contests💰 * OnlyDust is holding the first edition of the ODHack where open issues are up for grabs and 100K grants ($, OP & STRK) will be distributed. * Thread | Website * OpenZeppelin Ethernaut CTF, with 48 hours of blockchain challenges, will last from March 16 to 17. Attendees will compete for

DeFi Developer News 2/12-16: Contribute to OSS and Get Paid, Minimal ePBS, Remix 0.43, Security Alliance

Grants & Contests💰 * OnlyDust is holding the first edition of the ODHack where open issues are up for grabs and 100K grants ($, OP & STRK) will be distributed. * Thread | Website * OpenZeppelin Ethernaut CTF, with 48 hours of blockchain challenges, will last from March 16 to 17. Attendees will compete for

DeFi Developer News 2/5-9: Tea Protocol OSS Grants, ETHTaipei tickets live, Geth supports Cancun

Grants 💰 * Tea Protocol announces $250K in grants ahead of the launch of the protocol. * Uniswap Foundation introduced a Reimagined Grants Strategy, with three major changes: Bigger, Longer-Term Initiatives, Stakeholder-Focused, and A Metrics-Driven Future. * Thread | Article * Ethereum Academic Grants are live. Ethereum Foundation is supporting Ethereum-related academic work across a variety

DeFi Developer News 2/5-9: Tea Protocol OSS Grants, ETHTaipei tickets live, Geth supports Cancun

Grants 💰 * Tea Protocol announces $250K in grants ahead of the launch of the protocol. * Uniswap Foundation introduced a Reimagined Grants Strategy, with three major changes: Bigger, Longer-Term Initiatives, Stakeholder-Focused, and A Metrics-Driven Future. * Thread | Article * Ethereum Academic Grants are live. Ethereum Foundation is supporting Ethereum-related academic work across a variety

DeFi Developer News 1/29-2/2: ZK Hacker House, Transient Storage May Break SC Wallets, mesc improves RPC management

Hackathons & Workshops 🧑‍💻 * ZK Hacker House is happening in March in Taipei. Coinciding with ETH Taipei 2024, the Liberty Hacker House residency program will be held from March 1st - March 31st. * Announcement | Apply Form (due Feb 21st) * The Avalanche Frontier: Decentralized Consumer Application Hackathon is a  month-long virtual event

DeFi Developer News 1/29-2/2: ZK Hacker House, Transient Storage May Break SC Wallets, mesc improves RPC management

Hackathons & Workshops 🧑‍💻 * ZK Hacker House is happening in March in Taipei. Coinciding with ETH Taipei 2024, the Liberty Hacker House residency program will be held from March 1st - March 31st. * Announcement | Apply Form (due Feb 21st) * The Avalanche Frontier: Decentralized Consumer Application Hackathon is a  month-long virtual event

DeFi Developer News 1/22-26: Reserve Protocol 10M Grant, Solana Token Extensions, Ape Framework 0.7.6

Grants and Hackathons 💰 * Confusion Capital is opening applications for $10M in grants to individuals, unincorporated teams, DAOs, and companies to further build out the decentralized Reserve ecosystem. * Article | Application Form (due 2/9) * The Next Solana Foundation Hackathon, powered by Colosseum, will start on March 4, 2024, and will end

DeFi Developer News 1/22-26: Reserve Protocol 10M Grant, Solana Token Extensions, Ape Framework 0.7.6

Grants and Hackathons 💰 * Confusion Capital is opening applications for $10M in grants to individuals, unincorporated teams, DAOs, and companies to further build out the decentralized Reserve ecosystem. * Article | Application Form (due 2/9) * The Next Solana Foundation Hackathon, powered by Colosseum, will start on March 4, 2024, and will end

DeFi Developer News 1/15-1/19:ETHGlobal Circuit Breaker, Nethermind Consensus Issues, Reth Alpha .15

Hackathons 🧑‍💻 * ETHGlobal is holding Circuit Breaker, a three-week-long ZK focused online hackathon with 50,000 in prizes. The event will last from Feb 2 to 21, and the application deadline is Feb. 1st. * Solana Foundation will hold a 3-day virtual developer BootCamp from Jan 23 to 25. Participants must RSVP

DeFi Developer News 1/15-1/19:ETHGlobal Circuit Breaker, Nethermind Consensus Issues, Reth Alpha .15

Hackathons 🧑‍💻 * ETHGlobal is holding Circuit Breaker, a three-week-long ZK focused online hackathon with 50,000 in prizes. The event will last from Feb 2 to 21, and the application deadline is Feb. 1st. * Solana Foundation will hold a 3-day virtual developer BootCamp from Jan 23 to 25. Participants must RSVP

DeFi Developer News 1/8-1/13: Polygon zkBuilder Decentralized Grants, GHO Virtual Hackathon, OP Canyon Upgrade, Arbitrum Orbit with Celestia DA, ...

Grants 💰 * Polygon Labs introduced the zkBuilder Decentralized Grants Program, designed to support, fund, and bootstrap DeFi builders on Polygon zkEVM. The grants program, offered through Polygon Village, will be one of the many resources coming to builders on Polygon zkEVM. * Grants Page | Apply Form Hackathons and Workshops 🧑‍💻 * Gnosis is a

DeFi Developer News 1/8-1/13: Polygon zkBuilder Decentralized Grants, GHO Virtual Hackathon, OP Canyon Upgrade, Arbitrum Orbit with Celestia DA, ...

Grants 💰 * Polygon Labs introduced the zkBuilder Decentralized Grants Program, designed to support, fund, and bootstrap DeFi builders on Polygon zkEVM. The grants program, offered through Polygon Village, will be one of the many resources coming to builders on Polygon zkEVM. * Grants Page | Apply Form Hackathons and Workshops 🧑‍💻 * Gnosis is a

DeFi Developer News 1/1-1/6: Ethereum Timing Dashboard, Validator Timing Strategies post EIP-4844, OpenZeppelin Defender Supports Scroll

Infrastructure 🌉 Ethereum * Light Clients recaps ACDE (courtesy abcoathup) - Dencun testnet fork dates confirmed: * Goerli 17 Jan 2024 * Sepolia 30 Jan 2024 * Holesky 07 Feb 2024 * Toni Wahrstatter releases Ethereum Timing Dashboard, aiming to keep users informed of timing games- a potential centralizing force in Ethereum. * Nimbus releases v24.1.

DeFi Developer News 1/1-1/6: Ethereum Timing Dashboard, Validator Timing Strategies post EIP-4844, OpenZeppelin Defender Supports Scroll

Infrastructure 🌉 Ethereum * Light Clients recaps ACDE (courtesy abcoathup) - Dencun testnet fork dates confirmed: * Goerli 17 Jan 2024 * Sepolia 30 Jan 2024 * Holesky 07 Feb 2024 * Toni Wahrstatter releases Ethereum Timing Dashboard, aiming to keep users informed of timing games- a potential centralizing force in Ethereum. * Nimbus releases v24.1.

DeFi Dev News Weekly 12/25-29: Levana $1M exploit, BNB Attestation Service, $100k Bounty for Perps Protocol

Security 🛡 * Osmosis-based perp DEX Levana was exploited, resulting in a loss of over $1.1M. A bug in the Osmosis fee market code and “price staleness” in Levana’s integration with the Pyth oracle enabled the attackers to manipulate prices and drain the pools. The issue has been fixed and

DeFi Dev News Weekly 12/25-29: Levana $1M exploit, BNB Attestation Service, $100k Bounty for Perps Protocol

Security 🛡 * Osmosis-based perp DEX Levana was exploited, resulting in a loss of over $1.1M. A bug in the Osmosis fee market code and “price staleness” in Levana’s integration with the Pyth oracle enabled the attackers to manipulate prices and drain the pools. The issue has been fixed and

DeFi Dev News Weekly 12/18-22: PBS Foundation Grants, METIS $120M Ecosystem Fund, OpenZeppelin Defender 2.0

Grants and Accelerators 💰 * MetisDAO introduced a 4.6M METIS (~$120M) Ecosystem Development Fund (EDF). EDF distribution will be Q1 2024, going to sequencer mining, retroactive funding, deployment of new projects, and other endeavors. * Article | Apply via Metis Forum * PBS Foundation is now accepting grant applications to protect the decentralization of

DeFi Dev News Weekly 12/18-22: PBS Foundation Grants, METIS $120M Ecosystem Fund, OpenZeppelin Defender 2.0

Grants and Accelerators 💰 * MetisDAO introduced a 4.6M METIS (~$120M) Ecosystem Development Fund (EDF). EDF distribution will be Q1 2024, going to sequencer mining, retroactive funding, deployment of new projects, and other endeavors. * Article | Apply via Metis Forum * PBS Foundation is now accepting grant applications to protect the decentralization of

DeFi Dev News Weekly - Aztec Sandbox Program, OpenZeppelin Access Manager Explorer, Renzo Restaking Token $250k Bounty

Grants and Accelerators 💰 * Aztec launches the Sandbox Alpha Program to onboard privacy-first developers. No prior experience with Noir, Aztec, or ZK is necessary, but alpha partners will need to have exceptional technical skills, ability to commit 15-20 hours a week for ~4-6 weeks, and regular check-ins with the Aztec Labs

DeFi Dev News Weekly - Aztec Sandbox Program, OpenZeppelin Access Manager Explorer, Renzo Restaking Token $250k Bounty

Grants and Accelerators 💰 * Aztec launches the Sandbox Alpha Program to onboard privacy-first developers. No prior experience with Noir, Aztec, or ZK is necessary, but alpha partners will need to have exceptional technical skills, ability to commit 15-20 hours a week for ~4-6 weeks, and regular check-ins with the Aztec Labs

DeFi Dev News 12/11 - Fantom Offers $294k in funding, ERC 7571 Shadow events, Mantle mETH $500k Bounty

Grants and Accelerators 💰 * Fantom Foundation launched Sonic Labs, an accelerator program for developers building with Sonic technology stack. The program will select up to five projects, each receiving 1 million FTM (~$294,000) in funding, technical support, co-marketing, and mentorship, including guidance from Andre Cronje. * Article | Application Form (open until

DeFi Dev News 12/11 - Fantom Offers $294k in funding, ERC 7571 Shadow events, Mantle mETH $500k Bounty

Grants and Accelerators 💰 * Fantom Foundation launched Sonic Labs, an accelerator program for developers building with Sonic technology stack. The program will select up to five projects, each receiving 1 million FTM (~$294,000) in funding, technical support, co-marketing, and mentorship, including guidance from Andre Cronje. * Article | Application Form (open until

DeFi Dev News -Fuel Launches $50k Grants, DeFi comes to Bitcoin, $2M Bug Bounty for SEI

Grants and Accelerators * Fuel launched their Q1 2024 grant program – 10 projects will get up to $50K to build new web3 use-cases on Ethereum, powered by the FuelVM. Applications are open from Nov. 27th to Dec. 10th. * Article | Application Form Tooling * Axiom launched V2 on Goerli. V2 allows smart contracts

DeFi Dev News -Fuel Launches $50k Grants, DeFi comes to Bitcoin, $2M Bug Bounty for SEI

Grants and Accelerators * Fuel launched their Q1 2024 grant program – 10 projects will get up to $50K to build new web3 use-cases on Ethereum, powered by the FuelVM. Applications are open from Nov. 27th to Dec. 10th. * Article | Application Form Tooling * Axiom launched V2 on Goerli. V2 allows smart contracts

DeFi Dev News-Sei Accelerator, zk-Powered Risk engine, $50k Pragma Oracle Bug Bounty

Grants and Accelerators * Sei Foundation launched an accelerator program with three parts: the Sei Decentralization Program, the Sei Incubation Program, and the Sei Launchpad Program. * More Details |Apply Mechanism * Sudoswap introduces Gradual Dutch Auctions (GDAs), a pricing model that allows efficient selling or buying of NFTs over time. * Thread | Paradigm

DeFi Dev News-Sei Accelerator, zk-Powered Risk engine, $50k Pragma Oracle Bug Bounty

Grants and Accelerators * Sei Foundation launched an accelerator program with three parts: the Sei Decentralization Program, the Sei Incubation Program, and the Sei Launchpad Program. * More Details |Apply Mechanism * Sudoswap introduces Gradual Dutch Auctions (GDAs), a pricing model that allows efficient selling or buying of NFTs over time. * Thread | Paradigm

DeFi Dev News 11/21 - OKX Launches zk-rollup, Optimism Canyon Coming , $300,000 bug bounty

Infrastructure * OKX Launches X1 zk-Rollup * X1 is a new Ethereum L2 built using Polygon CDK that connects OKX's 50M+ users with Polygon and Ethereum Ecosystems. * Docs|Github * zkLink Nexus L3 ZK infrastructure developer zkLink introduces zkLink Nexus, a layer-3 network that connects multiple popular Ethereum rollups, including zkSync,

DeFi Dev News 11/21 - OKX Launches zk-rollup, Optimism Canyon Coming , $300,000 bug bounty

Infrastructure * OKX Launches X1 zk-Rollup * X1 is a new Ethereum L2 built using Polygon CDK that connects OKX's 50M+ users with Polygon and Ethereum Ecosystems. * Docs|Github * zkLink Nexus L3 ZK infrastructure developer zkLink introduces zkLink Nexus, a layer-3 network that connects multiple popular Ethereum rollups, including zkSync,

DeFi Dev News 11/13 - Polygon Village, CowSwap Programmatic Orders, Avalanche Codebase

Developer News * Polygon Village Startup Support Polygon Labs has relaunched its Polygon Village initiative, offering a grant program of more than 110 million MATIC (~$91.3M) for devs and projects building on Polygon. * Zircuits launches public testnet * EVM Compatible Zkrollup Zircuits launched its pubic testnet, built on Optimism Bedrock. * CowSwap

DeFi Dev News 11/13 - Polygon Village, CowSwap Programmatic Orders, Avalanche Codebase

Developer News * Polygon Village Startup Support Polygon Labs has relaunched its Polygon Village initiative, offering a grant program of more than 110 million MATIC (~$91.3M) for devs and projects building on Polygon. * Zircuits launches public testnet * EVM Compatible Zkrollup Zircuits launched its pubic testnet, built on Optimism Bedrock. * CowSwap