Week in Mina News #10
Aug 4, 2024 - Stay Updated with the Latest from Mina: Protocol Updates, Developer News, and Community Highlights
⚙️ Core Protocol
Updates - No Core Protocol updates were provided this week.
🖼️ Ecosystem News
Tokenomics Report for Mina
The Mina Foundation has selected “Economics Design” to produce a comprehensive tokenomics report for Mina Protocol. This report will cover key economic aspects and include community feedback to aid informed decision-making. More details here.
Click & Moo by Paima Studios
Paima Studios announced Click & Moo, a decentralized idle game on Arbitrum, using Mina Protocol's recursive SNARKs. This game allows players to progress by keeping their browser open. They have made the technology open-source for other dApps. Details here.
ZkNoid Lottery Game Advances Towards Testnet
ZkNoid reports major progress on their new Mina Protocol-based lottery game. With backend contracts, design, and frontend integration complete, the team now focuses on VRF integration and testnet preparation. The game will feature an access code system for free tickets. A testnet launch is imminent, bringing provably fair gaming to Mina.
Details: https://x.com/ZkNoid/status/1816824095075426331
Governance Updates
New Governance Blog Post: Collective Intelligence in Mina
The Mina Foundation's latest blog post discusses effective governance in the growing Mina ecosystem. It highlights how collective intelligence can align decisions with community wishes, often outperforming individual thinking. Learn more here.
Growth Programs
Mina Navigators Proposal Updates
A new Navigators grant proposal is open for public review: DRM Mina (a game marketplace)
You can give your feedbacks here: https://forums.minaprotocol.com/t/drm-mina-unity-games/6381/2
ZkNoid Lottery Game Milestone
ZkNoid has reached the final milestone for their Lottery game Navigator proposal on Mina Protocol. The team is now preparing for Testnet and Mainnet launches. Meanwhile, watch the presentation by co-founder and CEO Andrew on YouTube for insights.
⭐ Ecosystem Highlights
Zeko Updates - No Zeko updates were provided this week.
Zeko Ecosystem
Zeko Hires Senior Protocol Engineer
Zeko has hired Martin Ondejka as the Senior Protocol Engineer. With his extensive experience, Martin will lead efforts to advance Zeko to mainnet and beyond, promising significant progress for the team.
Protokit Updates
Protokit Update Released
The new Protokit version 0.1.1-develop.833 is now available! This update includes an upgrade to o1js 1.6.0, improved performance, devops integration, and numerous bug fixes. To get started, clone or pull from the starter-kit repo and re-install your dependencies.
Protokit Ecosystem - No Protokit ecosystem updates were provided this week.
Other / Miscellaneous
📌 Mina Community Bulletin Board
This section features posts from the community and projects. You can submit yours here.
X Posts
Post by “@SebastienGllmt”:
https://x.com/SebastienGllmt/status/1819033659082780709
Post by “@ThisisVanshika”:
https://x.com/ThisisVanshika/status/1818285366329352701
Blog Posts
“Understanding TLS: Enhancing Data Protection & Blockchain Security” by ZKON:
https://www.zkon.xyz/blog/tls-blockchain-technology
“Mina Action & Reducers Guide: Why We Need Them” by zkNoid: https://zknoid.medium.com/mina-action-reducers-guide-why-we-need-them-81b6836c1700
“Exploring ZkNoid SDK: Interview from TileVille game Developer” by zkNoid:
https://zknoid.medium.com/exploring-zknoid-sdk-interview-from-tileville-game-developer-cc04e7d31c90
Mask On: A Code Journey into ID-Mask and Mina by DappaDan:
https://dev.to/dappadandev/mask-on-a-code-journey-into-id-mask-and-mina-c34
🎟️ Events
Upcoming Events - No upcoming events were provided this week.
Last Week’s Events
The Smart Economy Podcast Featuring Kurt Hemecker
Mina Foundation CEO Kurt Hemecker discusses his telecom, payments, and blockchain background, including his role at the Libra Association, on The Smart Economy Podcast. He also covers strategies for growing the Mina Protocol ecosystem. Watch here.
Podcast with Evan Shapiro on Crypto Altruism
Evan Shapiro, co-founder of Mina Protocol, discusses zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs) on Crypto Altruism's podcast. He explains how ZKPs enhance digital security and combat misinformation. More details here.
💼 Open Jobs
No new job listings from the community this week. If you have any job updates or offers, please share them here.
👓 Statistics and Metrics
Key Metrics from Last Week:
Total Amount Transferred (daily average): 8,98M MINA
Unique Snark Workers (daily average): 7
Snarks Included (daily average): 8,471
Transactions (daily average): 7,733
CryptoMiso Commit Stats: Mina secured 2nd place over the past 6 months with 1851 commits and +100 contributors. More details here.
This newsletter helps the Mina community stay updated on the latest protocol changes, developer news, ecosystem developments, community activities, and key metrics. If you have news to share in this newsletter, please reach out to us here.
Better together! - Astromina Team