Week in Mina News #8
July 21, 2024 - Stay Updated with the Latest from Mina: Protocol Updates, Developer News, and Community Highlights
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
⚙️ Core Protocol
Updates
No Core Protocol updates were provided this week.
🖼️ Ecosystem News
Mina Ecosystem Post-Berkeley Upgrade Update
Mina Protocol Co-founder Evan discusses the ecosystem's progress post-Berkeley Upgrade, emphasizing its transition to a programmable ZK blockchain. With over 50 projects in development, Mina is set to support various zkApps, including zkKYC, private voting, games, and DEXes. Key focuses are L2 support, wallet audits, development standards, and infrastructure improvements. Learn more about the future of the Mina ecosystem here.
MinaNFT Celebrates Another Milestone with 100 New Transactions This Week
This week, MinaNFT's platform recorded another 100 transactions, showcasing steady growth and activity. Alongside this milestone, several new collections have been launched, inviting the community to explore and engage. MinaNFT enthusiasts are encouraged to discover and share their favorite new collections.
Astromina is Coming in Your Language!
Mina Foundation's Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese communities have announced strategic partnerships with AstroMina!
Through these collaborations, the content and projects produced by AstroMina to support developers in the Mina ecosystem will be localized by these partners, empowering communities in these regions.
You can now access Week in Mina News in these languages!
Two TileVille Competitions Ongoing
TileVille Chronicles Chapter 2: Speed Surge
Compete in this 3-minute race against time. Quick thinking and swift moves are essential to conquer the newest chapter. Entry fee: 3 MINA. Total prize pool: 1440 MINA. The competition ends in just over a day.
Hero's TileVille League
Join the Hero's TileVille League and use smart moves to build the best patterns. Entry fee: 1 MINA. Total prize pool: 1200 MINA.
Visit TileVille: https://www.tileville.xyz/competitions
Minataur Introduces "Data by Epoch" Charts
Minataur has introduced a new feature called "Data by Epoch" charts. This enhancement enables users to track changes across epochs, providing visual representations of metrics like User Transaction Count, zkApps Transaction Count, Block Count, and Block Reward Count.
Extropy and Zkok Campaign Winner Announced: id-Mask
A few weeks ago, we announced a free #ExtropyAudits campaign organized in collaboration with Extropy and Zkok, as featured in the Astromina newsletter. We are excited to share that the winner of this campaign has now been revealed. During a live session on Zkok’s space, the free zkApp audit was awarded to the project id-Mask. For more information about id-Mask, visit idmask.xyz.
🚀 ZKON’s June-24 Community Update is here! 🚀
ZKON Network has released their June Community Update, highlighting several key achievements and partnerships.
According to report, key achievements include strategic partnerships with Zeko Labs, zkNoid, and Zuus AI, integrating zkOracle solutions for enhanced security and transparency.
Technical updates include successful ECDSA and HMAC integrations.For more details, visit ZKON Community Update June 2024
Governance Updates
No governance updates were provided this week.
Growth Programs
No growth programs updates were provided this week.
⭐ Ecosystem Highlights
Zeko Updates - No Zeko updates were provided this week.
Zeko Ecosystem - No Zeko ecosystem updates were provided this week.
Protokit Updates - No Protokit updates were provided this week.
Protokit Ecosystem - No Protokit ecosystem updates were provided this week.
📌 Mina Community Bulletin Board
This section features posts from the community and projects. You can submit yours here.
X Posts
Blog Posts
Post by @JayS_eth: https://www.bonzai.pro/0xjays_eth/posts/X79j_10012/mina-video-simplification-part-1
🎟️ Events
Upcoming Events
ZK Hack Montréal Set for August 9-11
From August 9-11, join the 4th in-person ZK Hackathon in Montréal. < Hack on ZK tools, use ZK DSLs, and build next-gen applications. Meet top ZK teams, including o1Labs, and explore new ways to apply ZK in real-world scenarios. Details here: https://www.zkmontreal.com/
Last Week’s Events
Mina Protocol Online Workshop: Building ZKApps with o1js
On July 17, an online workshop covered zero-knowledge proofs with TypeScript, WaveHack Global, Berkeley Upgrade news, zkApps with o1js, Protokit, and the Mina Navigator Grant Program. David, Mina's Head of APAC, and developer Aytunc shared updates and details on o1js. Watch the full workshop on YouTube.
Pavel Fedotov's Mina Presentation at EthBelgrade
Pavel Fedotov, builder of PinSave on the Mina network, presented "Building Decentralized Social Media with IPFS" at EthBelgrade. He explained how integrating IPFS, Mina Protocol, and zkPassport with PinSave can revolutionize Web3 social solutions, enhancing moderation, privacy, NFT standards, and file storage.
💼 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): 14,09M MINA
Unique Snark Workers (daily average): 7
Snarks Included (daily average): 8,740
Transactions (daily average): 7,284
CryptoMiso Commit Stats: Mina secured 2nd place over the past 6 months with 1717 commits and 100 contributors. More details here.