Week in Mina News #17
Sep 22, 2024 - Stay Updated with the Latest from Mina: Protocol Updates, Developer News, and Community Highlights
🖼️ Ecosystem News
ETHGlobal Online Hackathon: Top Mina Prize Winners Announced
Best Mina Application or Library Built Using Protokit
🥇 LimitLeSwap: A decentralized exchange platform supporting limit orders and AMM.
🥈 Beat-Ex: A DEX utilizing Frequent Batch Auctions for order settlement.
🥉 CircuitsDAO: Implements an overcollateralized stablecoin system called msUSD as an appchain.
🏆 Mutuum: A collateralized lending platform built using Protokit.
zkGaming on Mina (Supported by ZkNoid)
🥇 Pirates: Multiplayer online game blending blockchain with decentralized gameplay.
🥈 2048 ZKNoid: A 2048 game built with Protokit and the ZkNoid SDK.
🥉 Guess zk Who?: A two-player game where players guess the identity of hidden characters.
o1js Reached 50,000 Downloads
o1js, the TypeScript framework for building zkApps on Mina, has been downloaded over 50,000 times in the past year. It provides developers with a powerful yet accessible toolset for creating applications with flexible privacy, client-side execution, and recursive proofs.
Teodora Joins o1Labs as Marketing & Comms Manager
Teodora brings over a decade of experience in finance, tech, and Web3 to her new role at o1Labs. Passionate about user engagement and ecosystem growth, she’ll be driving Mina’s marketing and communication efforts.
TileVille Championship: City Architect Showdown Announced
TileVille has announced the City Architect Showdown, inviting players to build the best city and compete for a prize pool of 200 MINA. The top three winners will receive 100, 60, and 40 MINA, respectively, along with exclusive Builder NFTs for the top 10 participants. The competition runs for one week, giving players the chance to showcase their city-building skills.
You can find all the details here.
Growth Programs
Navigators Updates
Interactive ZK Proofs and Proof Recursion Research: Led by @BigSky_7, this project delves into Kimchi’s inner workings, exploring concepts such as folding and accumulation schemes.
Wisper: A secure and private P2P communication protocol developed by @atahanyild, @0xkutaysari, @BekooGN, and @irmkoci.
PopKorn: An innovative multi-sig wallet created by @arjanjohan and @0xCleaner, using proofs instead of signatures for operations.
ZkNoid: Continuing to advance zkGaming, ZkNoid’s lottery implementation is nearing completion before its testnet launch.
WrdHom: Originally started during zkIgnite Cohort 2 and Navigators Season 1, WrdHom, led by @chrlyz, has secured additional funding. The platform aims to create a social media environment free from censorship or content manipulation, leveraging decentralized storage and the Mina blockchain for transparency and fairness.
Proposal Open for Comment: Scaffold Mina: Submitted by @TheMonkeyCoder and @mergenether, this proposal introduces developer tooling for rapid zkApp prototyping.
Other / Miscellaneous
What’s New in o1js (Summer 2024)
https://www.o1labs.org/blog/new-in-o1js-summer-2024
Mina Ecosystem Spotlight 3: DRMina
AstroMina has unveiled the third Mina Ecosystem Spotlight, focusing on DRMina—a decentralized digital content marketplace on the Mina blockchain with built-in DRM features.
You can find the full spotlight here.
Mina Protocol: Pioneering Blockchain 4.0 with Zero-Knowledge Proofs
Pallad published an article about Mina Protocol titled "Pioneering Blockchain 4.0 with Zero-Knowledge Proofs," exploring how Mina is utilizing zero-knowledge proofs to advance blockchain technology.
📌 Mina Community Bulletin Board
This section features posts from the community and projects. You can submit yours here.
X Posts
Blog Posts
ZkNoid hacker’s guide V2: try yourself the updated store benefits
zkTLS: The Key to Secure and Private Online Transactions
https://www.zkon.xyz/blog/zktls-secure-private-online-transactions
🎟️ Events
Upcoming Events
European Blockchain Convention
Mina Foundation CEO Kurt Hemecker will join to the European Blockchain Convention. Also ZKON team –from Mina ecosystem, will be pitching their decentralized data innovations at the European Blockchain Convention in Barcelona, taking place from September 25-26, 2024.
Last Week’s Events
Building Advanced zkApps with Mina Protocol pragma Singapore
Evan Shapiro discussed Mina Protocol's recent investments in user experience, development frameworks, and targeted grants to help developers get started during his talk at Pragma Singapore.
Evan Shapiro on ZKP Commercialization and Future Use Cases at Epoch Singapore
Evan Shapiro joined a panel at Epoch Singapore with leaders from Worldcoin and Scroll, invited by Allforone, one of Korea’s top validators. Key points included the progress of ZKP infrastructure, its commercialization, and expanding use cases beyond scalability. Mina Protocol continues to lead in consumer-focused zkApps, pushing the boundaries of ZKP applications.
Evan Shapiro on Automata - TEE Unconference
Mina co-founder Evan Shapiro participated in a panel discussion at Automata’s TEE Unconference, focusing on scaling cryptographic applications for real-world utility.
Evan Shapiro Joined AI and Crypto at Singularity2.0 Panel
Mina co-founder Evan Shapiro joined the Singularity2.0 AI x Web3 panel at Token2049, where industry leaders discussed the intersection of crypto and AI. Hosted by IOSG and OFR, the event explored how AI is shaping the future of the blockchain ecosystem.
zkConnect Singapore
The event Co-sponsored by Mina Foundation and Zeko Labs, the event was successfully hosted during Token 2049, where Evan Kereiakes and Brian McKenna presented about L2 scaling on Mina.
Raphael Discusses ZK App Chains at ETHGlobal Singapore
Raphael from Mina Foundation shared insights on building ZK App Chains with Mina Protocol at ETHGlobal Singapore. He delved into the complexities of creating application chains using zero-knowledge proofs, highlighting how this technology can enable more scalable and secure blockchain solutions.
Protokit Workshop at ETHGlobal Singapore 2024
Matej Sima from Mina Foundation, conducted a workshop on building Mina applications and libraries using Protokit at ETHGlobal Singapore 2024. You can watch the full workshop on YouTube 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): 24,93M MINA
Unique Snark Workers (daily average): 8
Snarks Included (daily average): 9,709
Transactions (daily average): 9,065
CryptoMiso Commit Stats: Mina secured 3th place over the past 12 months with 3,891 commits and +100 contributors. More details here.
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Better together! - Astromina Team