📰 Week in Mina News - 29
Dec 15, 2024 - Stay Updated with the Latest from Mina: Protocol Updates, Developer News, and Community Highlights
🖼️ Ecosystem News
Mina Ranks Among Top 10 in Electric Capital Developer Report
Mina Protocol has secured the #8 spot in the latest Electric Capital Developer Report for fastest-growing ecosystems by full-time developers. This achievement reflects a significant surge in developer engagement, with more teams and builders choosing Mina to create zkApps. The report highlights Mina’s growing momentum in the zk space, solidifying its position as a leading choice for Web3 innovation.
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ZKON Oracle Security Audit Completed
ZKON's zkOracle has successfully passed a security audit by Kudelski Security, ensuring enhanced TLS key management, improved certificate validation, updated dependencies, and optimized data conversion. These updates solidify zkOracle as a secure and efficient solution for decentralized data integration in the Mina ecosystem.
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Mina Joins CoinMarketCap's Top 100 Index
Mina Protocol has been included in the CoinMarketCap 100 Index, ranking among the top 100 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization. This index serves as a benchmark for tracking leading digital assets, reinforcing Mina's position in the blockchain space.
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Advancing Mina's Node Operations & Protocol Enhancements
The latest update in the o1Labs roadmap series focuses on Node Operations and Protocol Enhancements. Recent milestones include GraphQL improvements, faster bootstrap with a wide Merkle tree refactor, and standalone SNARK worker processes. Current priorities involve automating major upgrades and Project Untitled’s protocol design collaboration. Looking ahead, efforts will target removing zkApp transaction limits and developing an account deletion feature. These initiatives aim to strengthen infrastructure while upholding Mina’s principles of decentralization and accessibility.
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DinoDex Partners with TileVille
DinoDex has partnered with TileVille, a GameFi platform on the Mina Protocol. TileVille allows users to join challenges, earn rewards, buy/sell NFTs, and track progress through a league system. This collaboration aims to enhance user experience and expand access to the Mina ecosystem.
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Akindo Announced $5K Grant for zkTLS Content Creation
Akindo has launched a $5K grant opportunity for developers to learn zkTLS and create technical content for Mina Protocol. Available in both English and Japanese, this initiative supports zkTLS-focused projects and selects Japanese Mina ambassadors. Builders can contribute to advancing zkTLS, a key focus area for 2025.
All details here.
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Governance Updates
Protocol Governance Weekly Updates
The latest Protocol Governance updates highlight progress across MIP, MEF, PGT, and Research initiatives. For MIP, the focus is on the MIP Upgrade Review, with community calls planned for discussions. MEF aims to test a web-based app for proposal deliberation and OCV. PGT works on integrating SurveyBot with the Leaderboard for enhanced engagement. In Research, efforts continue on Mina’s social layer trust, with blog discussions planned during the Governance AMA.
More details can be found on the Mina Protocol Governance Knowledge Hub.
⭐ Ecosystem Highlights
Zeko Road to Mainnet Progress
ZekoLabs has upgraded the ZekoProtocol Prover architecture, marking a significant step toward mainnet scalability. This upgrade introduces parallelized merging of transaction SNARKs, distributed proving across multiple provers, and integration into the sequencer. These enhancements pave the way for a more decentralized and efficient proving system.
Zeko Ecosystem
ZekoProtocol Testnet Hit 5000 Transactions
The ZekoProtocol testnet has reached a milestone of 5000 transactions, celebrating progress in its network activity. A special bonus points reward is planned for the upcoming Testnet Contest, with a surprise awaiting the lucky 10,000th transaction winner. Stay tuned as Zeko advances toward greater achievements.
📌 Mina Community Bulletin Board
This section features posts from the community and projects. You can submit yours here.
X Posts
Post by “@zkon_network”
https://x.com/zkon_network/status/1867515396237988331
Blog Posts
What If Mina Launched a Smartphone?https://medium.com/@dokmecisamet/what-if-mina-launched-a-smartphone-9909eebb5370
https://x.com/Sametdokmeci1/status/1865784665644142845
Bright Horizons: The Future of zkApps on Mina and o1js
https://www.o1labs.org/blog/zkapps-on-mina-and-o1js
https://x.com/o1_labs/status/1866932165713465773
🎟️ Events
Upcoming Events
No upcoming events were provided this week.
Last Week’s Events
Highlights from zkConnect Geneva
The zkConnect event in Geneva brought together a vibrant mix of builders, students, and enthusiasts, celebrating milestones like Bitcoin surpassing $100k and the 1st anniversary of zkConnect. Key contributions came from Will Cove, Evan Shapiro, Emilie-Alice, GdToken Society, and DecentralHouse. Attendees included students from top institutions like ETH Zurich and EPFL, showcasing the growing interest in Mina and zero-knowledge technologies.
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Brandon Kase at Taipei Blockchain Week
During Taipei Blockchain Week 2024, o1Labs CEO Brandon Kase discussed Proof Singularity on Day 1 of the event. Scheduled to continue the conversation, he planned to elaborate on Mina Protocol and Project Untitled during his session on December 13th, held on the Hackathon stage. The week-long conference brought together developers, industry leaders, and students from across Asia and beyond, converging to explore advancements in blockchain and Web3.
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Orochi and ZkNoid at ZK Endgame Ep. 2
On December 13th, ZkNoid CEO Andrey Simaranov joined Orochi Network's ZK Endgame Episode 2 to discuss Zero-Knowledge tech and its role in next-gen dApps. The session also featured a $50 giveaway, engaging participants in zk-tech advancements.
💼 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): 14,96M MINA
Unique Snark Workers (daily average): 11
Snarks Included (daily average): 16,297
Transactions (daily average): 15,634
CryptoMiso Commit Stats: Mina secured 2nd place over the past 12 months with 4,824 commits and +100 contributors.
More details here.