Week in Mina News #2
June 9, 2024 - Stay Updated with the Latest from Mina: Protocol Updates, Developer News, and Community Highlights
⚙️ Core Protocol
Updates
Berkeley Mainnet Upgrade Success
The Berkeley Mainnet Upgrade has been successfully completed thanks to the efforts of staking pool operators, exchanges, partners, and the entire Mina community! Over 1,000 active node operators participated, ensuring smooth synchronization and cooperation. Key milestones include the triggering of stop-transactions and stop-network slots, the state export run, and the creation of the first Mainnet Berkeley block. Check out the details and the first block here.
⚠️ If you haven't upgraded your node yet, please do so as soon as possible to maintain network stability.
🖼️ Ecosystem News
Reintroducing Mina: Building an Internet of (True) Things with a ‘Proof of Everything’
Mina’s recent Berkeley upgrade extends ZK features to real-world applications, enabling off-chain building and on-chain verification for scale, customizability, cost-efficiency, and privacy. This upgrade positions Mina as a global composable database of verified statements— a ‘Proof of Everything.’
Read more from Co-founder Evan Shapiro and Mina Foundation CEO Kurt Hemecker here. Help spread the word by retweeting the announcement video here.
“Why Mina's Berkeley Upgrade Is a Giant Leap For Crypto” Article
Check it out o1Labs Head of Product Steven Pack’s blog post about Mina’s last upgrade here.
Governance Updates
No governance updates were provided this week.
Growth Programs
Navigators, Season 1 Grand Prize Winners
The winners of Navigators Season 1 have been announced! After months of hard work, 12 finalists presented their contributions to a panel of community electors, who selected 6 grand prize winners. These grants focused on innovation and technical achievements.
See the list of winners here.
Navigators Season 2 is now live!
Applications are open, and grants will be allocated on a rolling basis through December 31, 2024. Learn more and apply for a grant here.
⭐ Ecosystem Highlights
Zeko
Zeko Updates
Zeko's Twitter Space with Lead Zeko VCs UOB and YBB
Discussing reactions to the Mina hardfork, Zeko's thesis and MVP progress, the bullish case for ZK, and advice for founders building and fundraising. Listen to the recorded space here.
Zeko Ecosystem
No news was provided this week.
Protokit
Protokit Updates
"ZK Hack Kraków: Introduction to Protokit" by Matej Šima
In this presentation, Matej Šima introduces Protokit, a framework for building privacy-enabling applications on Mina. He covers zk-proofs, writing zk-circuits using o1js, and how Mina blockchain works.
Watch the introduction here.
Protokit Ecosystem
ZKON x zkNoid
@zkon_network is excited to announce a strategic partnership with @MinaProtocol. ZkNoid will integrate ZKON's zkOracle solution into its gaming platform, enhancing fairness, security, and scalability.
Key benefits of this partnership:
Randomness: Secure VRFs for fair play
Reliability: Off-chain data integration
Timeliness: Real-time price feeds
Security: Enhanced by MPC and ZKPs
Scalability: Efficient and cost-effective
Learn more about this collaboration in ZKON’s latest blog article here.
Other / Miscellaneous
ZKV Berkeley - Celebrating the Berkeley Upgrade
Join Evan Shapiro and Brandon Kase with ZKV on Monday, June 10th at 7pm CEST to talk about the present and future of Mina Protocol after the Berkeley Upgrade!
Join the discussion here.
Why Does Blockchain-Based Gaming Need ZK?
What types of games benefit most from ZK technology, and what advantages does it bring? Listen to "The Future of zkGaming" with @SebastienGllmt from @PaimaStudios and @ZkNoid, hosted by @minacryptocom.
Click here to find the record.
📌 Mina Community Bulletin Board
This section features posts from the community and projects. You can submit yours here.
X Posts
Post by @0xJayS_eth: https://x.com/0xJayS_eth/status/1798251705848439008
Post by @georgethms1: https://x.com/georgethms1/status/1798056549392527865
🎟️ Events
Upcoming Events
Illuminate - June Town Hall
The June edition of Illuminate, monthly town halls hosted by Mina Foundation, will take place on June 12 at 3pm UTC! The team will be sharing updates on key initiatives from across workstreams, including: community, events, governance, and more, with a special feature from o1Labs on the recent Berkeley Upgrade! Call link here.
Last Week’s Events
How is ZK Tech Transforming Blockchain? – by Kurt Hemecker
@khem, CEO of Mina Foundation, delivered a keynote on "How is ZK Tech Transforming Blockchain?" emphasizing ZK's scalability, permissionless nature, and quick verification capabilities, vital for mainstream blockchain usage and internet integrity. Thank you to @thecryptovalley for highlighting #MINA's use cases and projects. Details here.
"ZK Hack Kraków: Introduction to Protokit" by Matej Šima
Watch the introduction 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): 11.2M MINA
· Unique Snark Workers (daily average): 12
· Snarks Included (daily average): 9,571
· Transactions (daily average): 9,214
CryptoMiso Commit Stats: Mina secured 2nd place over the past 3 months with 398 commits and 98 contributors. Last week alone, there were 9 new commits. More details here.
