Week in Mina News #9
July 28, 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
July Illuminate Townhall
The recent Illuminate Townhall covered a range of topics. Protokit and Viable Systems were introduced as new members to the Mina Foundation. Updates were provided on engineering progress, Core Program developments, and Navigators Season 2. Several ecosystem projects, including TileVille, Auro Wallet, and Zeko, shared their progress. The full recording is available here.
ZKON Ready to Launch zkOracle
ZKON is ready to launch zkOracle and onboard the community. They’re calling zkApps needing VRF (random numbers), verifiable price feeds, or API requests (e.g., elections, sports, user data).
Tweet: https://x.com/zkon_network/status/1816501877153919240
Pallad 0.5.5: Final Open Beta Release
Pallad 0.5.5 brings a revamped UI, default node change to @Minascan_io, and a fiat/Mina toggle. Web Connector improvements set the stage for zkApp integrations. This is the last Open Beta before Mainnet Beta.
Details here: https://x.com/pallad_/status/1815800438677201322
ZkNoid Lottery Game Advances Towards Testnet
ZkNoid reports major progress on their new Mina Protocol-based lottery game. With backend contracts, design, and frontend integration complete, the team now focuses on VRF integration and testnet preparation. The game will feature an access code system for free tickets. A testnet launch is imminent, bringing provably fair gaming to Mina.
Details: https://x.com/ZkNoid/status/1816824095075426331
TileVille Announced Speed Surge Competition Winners
TileVille announced the winners of their "TileVille Chronicles Ch2: Speed Surge" competition. The top four prizes went to @PhDSOON_staking, @wangmazi688, @0xJayS_eth, and @zksnarksb62 respectively, with additional winners placing 5th through 10th. The event featured a 3-minute timed challenge. TileVille hinted at an upcoming "Ch3" in their series of competitions.
Governance Updates
Collective Intelligence Research for Mina Governance
The Mina governance team is exploring collective intelligence approaches. Ben from Mina Foundation has shared a draft blog on MinaResearch about this topic. Community members can review and comment on the draft before its publication. The discussion is open here
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Growth Programs
zkIgnite Cohort 3 Final Presentations
The zkIgnite Cohort 3 grant program has concluded with teams presenting their final milestones. These presentations, showing the projects developed within the Mina ecosystem, are now on YouTube. They can be viewed here.
Mina Navigators Proposal Updates
Mina Navigators team announced latest updates about proposals. Two proposals are currently open for publ
ic comment:
Paima Engine Template (extended until July 31, 2024)
BlockBerry's Mina Security API (until August 1, 2024)
Two other proposals have received funding:
Additionally, the community is monitoring progress on ZkNoid L1 Lottery and ZK Regex enhancements in o1js
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⭐ Ecosystem Highlights
Zeko Updates - No Zeko updates were provided this week.
Zeko Ecosystem
Roadtrip Mania Meme Competition
Zeko's "Roadtrip Mania Meme Competition" is now live, inviting creators to submit Zeko-themed memes until August 14th. Ten finalists will be chosen, with the community selecting five $50 prize winners. The contest aims to boost engagement before Zeko's mainnet launch.
Details here: https://x.com/ZekoLabs/status/1816244989770584495
Protokit Updates
Protokit Team Say Hi to Mina Foundation!
Protokit founders Raphael and Matej joined Mina Foundation. They will continue their work on Protokit, which began in zkIgnite Cohort 1
Protokit Ecosystem - No Protokit ecosystem updates were provided this week.
Other / Miscellaneous
📌 Mina Community Bulletin Board
This section features posts from the community and projects. You can submit yours here.
X Posts
Post by “@georgethms1”:
https://x.com/georgethms1/status/1816092107418796162
Blog Posts
No blog posts were provided this week.
🎟️ Events
Upcoming Events
No upcoming events were provided this week.
Last Week’s Events
zkApps Security Workshop with Laurence Kirk
Laurence Kirk from Extropy.IO hosts a workshop on zkApps security in the MINA Protocol! The session covers best practices, example vulnerabilities, and the Mina security model.
Watch it here: YouTube.
💼 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): 4,69M MINA
Unique Snark Workers (daily average): 7
Snarks Included (daily average): 9088
Transactions (daily average): 8,212
CryptoMiso Commit Stats: Mina secured 2nd place over the past 6 months with 1717 commits and 100 contributors. More details here.