📰 Week in Mina News - 51
May 25, 2025 - Stay Updated with the Latest from Mina: Protocol Updates, Developer News, and Community Highlights
⚙️ Core Protocol
Updates
Mina Devnet 3.1.2 Alpha1 Released
o1Labs has announced the release of Mina Devnet 3.1.2 Alpha1. This version is now available for testing and comes with support for macOS, Linux (Debian 11 and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS), and Docker-based environments. The release notes and installation instructions are accessible via the GitHub link.
🪶 Ecosystem News
Mina Attestations Standard Released for Private Proofs
Mina Protocol has officially launched Mina Attestations, a new standard and library for proving personal credentials in a secure and privacy-preserving way. Developed by zkSecurity and audited by Hacken, the library supports both native and imported credentials. This milestone enhances Mina’s capacity for confidential identity verification and opens the door to private use cases such as zkKYC, DAO voting, and identity-linked zkApps.
More details here.
ZkNoid NFT Showroom Goes Live
ZkNoid has officially launched its new NFT Showroom, now accessible via app.zknoid.io/nft/collections. The platform allows users to explore existing NFT collections on Mina, including the ZkNoid Avatars and Minaty sets. While buying and selling isn't active yet, marketplace functionality is on the way. Stay tuned as ZkNoid continues building out its ecosystem for NFT discovery and interaction.
ZkNoid Introduced NFT Avatars
ZkNoid shared a video preview of its upcoming NFT avatar integration, allowing users to view their NFTs directly in their profiles and set any of them as their avatar. This feature will go live next week and adds a layer of personalization to the platform, highlighting each user’s unique NFT collection.
Mina Ranks #1 in GitHub Activity Over the Last 3 Months
According to data shared by Cryptogics, Mina Protocol leads the crypto space in GitHub activity for the past three months, with over 1,223 commits and 100+ contributors. This puts Mina ahead of other major projects like ICP, LINK, and even BTC and ETH. The ranking reflects Mina’s growing developer momentum as the protocol advances toward its 2025 upgrade and zkApp ecosystem expansion.
⭐ Ecosystem Highlights
Zeko Updates
Zeko Takes Another Step Toward Mainnet with Sequencer Upgrade
Zeko, a zk-rollup built on Mina Protocol, has upgraded its testnet sequencer—marking a key milestone on its roadmap to mainnet. This improvement follows upgrades to the prover, explorer, and wallet infrastructure. Zeko’s architecture enables scalable off-chain execution with zk-proofs settled on Mina, aiming to deliver high-throughput, censorship-resistant applications while keeping the chain lightweight. The team continues to progress through its roadmap, with the next steps being bridge deployment and full mainnet launch.
📌 Mina Community Bulletin Board
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Blog Posts
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🎟️ Events
Upcoming Events
No Upcoming Events were provided this week.
Last Week’s Events
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💼 Open Jobs
Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) - o1Labs
o1Labs’ vision is to create an internet where developers use programmable cryptography to create more powerful applications. The team successfully incubated the Mina Protocol and is now in the next stage of their journey as the world’s premier zero-knowledge tooling provider. o1Labs is seeking an experienced and visionary CMO to lead their marketing strategies and initiatives, shape the brand's presence, and drive user engagement. As o1Labs’ CMO, this person will be a key member of the execution and strategy of all marketing efforts for [Project Untitled], a novel state management solution for web3.
Details here.
🔭 Statistics and Metrics
Key Metrics from Last Week:
Total Amount Transferred (daily average): 4,44M MINA
Unique Snark Workers (daily average): 8
Snarks Included (daily average): 2,853
Transactions (daily average): 2,347
CryptoMiso Commit Stats: Mina secured 2nd place over the past 12 months with 3,766 commits and +100 contributors.
More details here.
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Better together! - Astromina Team