Hello NEARians, March is coming to an end, so we have almost passed the first quarter of 2022. Considering that NEAR only had about 1 million transactions and 150 projects at the beginning of the year, weāve achieved tremendous growth in just 3 months.
You can also see this in our numbers on the Project Ops team. While we initially relied on AwesomeNear to find projects we could help, we now use our own onboarding form and currently have about one project per day submitting a request because they want to start on NEAR Protocol.
If we continue to grow at this pace, we will have 1,000 projects onboarded on the NEAR Blockchain by September of this year.
That being said, here are my accomplishments besides moderation and other community-related activities from the past week:
3/21-03/27
Project
Help Detail
Next Steps
DEIP Protocol
Helped with cross-collaboration with other Projects
Help create an influencer marketing strategy
The Gorilla Squad
Helped get listed on AwesomeNear
Community Awareness
Atocha Protocol
Helped find a gaming Developer
Community Awareness
RenaissanceDAO
Helped get grants from NEAR, Helped plan AMA on Discord
Community Awareness
Picipo
Help planning an AMA on Discord, Help get more community awareness
Community Awareness
Side Quests
Partnering with ES to create a new Typeform on near.org for Projects Ops & ES team. This will drive requests from the website directly to the Project Ops team.
Started helping the Community DAO with various initiatives and onboarding NEAR members into it.
Being active in the forum and providing value in the discussions
On the agenda:
Onboarding Zākeletons
Onboarding kwiktrust
Onboarding 1UP Gaming
Onboarding Radrugs
Having a call with SynapseNetwork for collab
Creating a strategy for influencer Marketing for DEIP Protocol
And as always props to my team from the @ConciergeTeam that week after week does a fantastic job!
Create a tag for Near Venezuelan members - Let me know chief @David_NEAR
Review the options regarding the evaluation, audit and review of the Guilds activities. @Jloc, maybe we can organize a meeting with @mecsbecs to talk about it, please give me feedback for this idea. I guess we are waiting for another meeting with @erik.near let me know if I can be part, will love to be helpful
From the last week
Puzzle Game Appchain
Guild Introduction done
Help to create an Educational proposal from Juan Pena (NCI)
The team is being built with other NCIs @Developer@andresdom
Onboarding a Nearcomer from Chile who may lead some good initiatives, hopefully even create a Guild
Shinto Society
Connected with a team of devs
Atocha + Malaysia Guild meeting / both maintain communications
ShineDAO
Connected with a team of devs led by @josedlujan
CulinaryDAO + Cook dapp possible cross collab (Pending)
Project Ops + Ecosystem Success webpage (Pending)
Sitemap proposals from the Project Ops team
NEAR Peru and Firebase project support (Pending)
Pending for the next week
Nearpay.co list of possible partnerships (clients)
CulinaryDAO + Cook dapp possible cross collab follow up
Iām Hai Vu, a member of the project ops team, in charge of supporting Aurora Defi projects, the Octopus network, also other infrastructure projects as follows:
Connect Mintbase, retweet on Nearblockchain, Add @Kemal for support connecting NFT projects
Community Awareness
QSTN
checking grant amount & propose testnet campaign
Community Awareness
Bwitter
Onboarding
Community Awareness
The Nephilim DAO
Onboarding & have @FritzWorm support for dev recruiment
Dev recruitment
Dsuite
Present to Octopus side and get feedback
Support designer for pitch desk
Achievement & Side quests
*Successfully onboarded a project (Pawn Protocol - founder @Robert_Bach) from scratch and worked with them, and we have just went through the 2 round with Biz on NEAR DAO and Ecosystem team for securing 50k of fast grant. Thanks @Magnus & @Nakameowdough for your support!
*Present content plan & UI/UX structure for the new website (nearprojects.guide) with ProjectOps and get feedback internally. Now, Iāll consolidate team feedback to present to Ecosystem team within next week. Link NEARprojects.guide - Google Slides
*Onboarding 2 NFT projects this week: Writer & Artist Collab, XRAVERS
*Support @near.insider on the guild funding application.
NEAR MEET support:
*Invited 2 grantees (Pawn Protocol & UPFI) and present their projects their onboarding journey in NEAR Meet in HCMC, Vietnam 9th April.
*Prepare for my sharing about NEAR Concierge team & Project Ops in NEAR Meet
Agenda: HCM NEAR MEET AGENDA - Google Sheets
Barriers
*NEAR Grants Program Referral Initiative: trouble for inputting new lead.
*Grant process status on Aurora: no clear way to check it
Finally, itās great to work with my project ops team (39 new projects onboarding in Inbox in March) and receive strong support from our teammate of @nearconciergeteam
Thank you for the kind mentioned and support from @HaiVu. Iām excited to see where our collaboration takes us. With your help and everyone else from the Near Ecosystem Success team, weāll strive to accelerate the project and successfully launch our product according to the roadmap weāve put forward.
Iām Hai Vu, a member of the project ops team, in charge of supporting Aurora Defi projects, the Octopus network, also other infrastructure projects as follows:
Here is my bi-weekly report from 03rd to 15th April
Moderation, support for 10-12 users per day on NEAR Discord and other related communities.
9 hours/ 6 days per week, one additional day for project support, with detail as below:
Defi Projects:
Name
Help Detail
Next Steps
Wannaswap
Connect for AMA Metapool x Wannaswap
Find new pool & IDO
GONEAR
Apply for VC network
Follow-up
Bluebit
Support AMA NEAR global, coop with Rift finance
AMA NEAR VN, Increase TVL, hire new CM + degen
Killswitchfinance
verify grant status, retweet about NEAR Aurora double grant
Community Awareness
Spin
retweet on NEAR blockchain, NEAR VN about testnet
Community Awareness
Bastion
Amplify news 2nd lockdrop campaign awareness on NEAR blockchain & VN
Community Awareness
Mutant Swap DEX
Apply for IDO on Skyward finance, BocaChica
Community Awareness
Rubic Exchange
Prepare for AMA NEAR global
Community Awareness
Aurigami
$PLY reward, lottery awareness on NEAR blockchain, VN
Community Awareness
Polaris Finance
no reply from aurora side
Check with Danny AuroraTeam
RIFT Finance
Connect with new projects for partnership
Community Awareness & Partnership
PawnProtocol
Build project & community on NEAR, Prepare for testnet campaign
Community Awareness
KEYFI
Connected Trisolaris & put it on dapp
Follow up for partnership announcement
MyConstant
Partnership with NEAR, allow US customer to buy/sell, lend/borrow NEAR with ease
Community Awareness
Fusotao
Amplify news testnet round 2 & coming IDO
Community Awareness
Maxos DAO
Contact 1st time
Community Awareness in defi world
Infrastructure Projects:
Name
Help Detail
Next Steps
Guardarian
Connect with Patrick wallet team for support listing
Followup with wallet team
Octopus
Update appchainās news, DEIP IDO, Atocha voting
Follow up execution through weekly meetings & Community Awareness
Open Forest Protocol
Building OFP VN community - making 3 medium articles, 4 tweets
Support conduct AMA on OCT VN, connect NEAR VN, CoinF, amplify IDO
Community Awareness on IDO
Locify
VC application round & Hivemind VC connection
Follow up on more VC
BitHappier
Advise to run on NEAR, connect with DEX, IDO platform
Followup on building website, dapp
Certchain
Advise grant process on OCT
Create group meeting with OCT side
NEARamp
Connect with Sender to provide āanti-spam faucet for NEAR walletā
Follow up
Achievement & Side quests
*Joined NEAR Meet 9th April, brought 2 NEAR granted projects (UPFI, PawnProtocol), meeting with GFS (prestigious Near backer in VN), other VCs, and several SOL projects.
Here is the recap of the day:
Through the event, I come up with the idea of attracting SOL projects to NEAR, gonna prepare a pitch deck to answer their question about why NEAR & how to thrive on NEAR.
*Acquired the Ecosystem teamās approval on the content plan & UI/UX structure for the new website (nearprojects.guide). Nexstep waiting for @jcatnear & Rebecca for final checking in the sitemap before choosing the design & filling content. Link: NEARprojects.guide
*Onboarding 2 NFT/gaming projects: SpaceLauncher, Dead Kings, Squadrons
Barriers
*NEAR Grants Program Referral Initiative: trouble to input and delay to get feedback
*Grant process status: no clear way to check it
Finally, itās great to work with my project ops team and receive strong support from the big @nearconciergeteam
Thank you @williamx for hosting the fruitful NEAR meet event, and @rimberjack for the Skyward IDO connection.
A new update, the Project Ops Team decided to share bi-weekly reports as now we are reporting also daily for the Concierge Team regarding moderation on a form made by @stanisnear
Answering community questions, also in NEAR official Discord German channel
Created content for NEAR German Twitter account
Moderated the first NEAR German Twitter Space which went 2 hours
Merchant DAO
Held a Telegram Voice meeting with @FritzWorm to gather ideas on how to structure the new Merchants DAO and what the next steps are
Created a Merchants DAO team group
NEXT STEP: Find suitable people who are willing and have the knowledge to join the Council and lead the Merchants DAO.
NEAR Representant
I started a new initiative to attend major blockchain events as a āNEAR representativeā, which was approved by the Marketing DAO.
ā The proposal can be found here āNEAR representativeā.
Unfortunately, I was not able to attend the proposed event because I misunderstood the funding process and the event unfortunately took place 2 days later. Therefore, I started to research about upcoming blockchain events that could be interesting for NEAR and where I could present the benefits of NEAR as a NEAR Representative and the support we offer as @Conciergteam/Projects Ops.
ā The list can be found here: Blockchain Events.
The next proposal will be launched in the next few days.
On the agenda:
Project Ops <> ES Website: Joint group with the ES team works well. Content for the new support website is ready. The next step is waiting for review from @mecsbecs. [STATUS 50%]
Improving collab between Project Ops <> Aurora & Proximity to get faster feedback regarding grants status, because this is currently our main blocker. [STATUS 10%]
Building VC network to cross collaborate with Project Ops [STATUS 20%]
Cheers
Well, thatās it for now, I wish you all a happy Easter, enjoy the time with your loved ones!
Howdy guys=)) The time has come for another bi-weekly report on what i have been doing so far^^ alongside with reporting also daily for the Concierge Team regarding moderation on a form made by @stanisnear
And down here is a table showing the main projects I assisted last week (15.04 - 30.04):
Projects
Project
Help Detail
Next Steps
CertChain
Onboarding + Support with grant application
_____
PempRock Finance
Connect with Near Vn for AMA proposal
_____
NEAR Shapes
Onboarding + Support with grant application
_____
Tonic DEX
Distribution with fundraising news +testnet annoucement
_____
Bithappier
Connect with an outsource Dev agency (along quest with Hai Vu)
_____
Upfi Network
Connect with Burrow (along quest with Hai Vu)
Help with farm proposal on ref finance (on standby)
Evie NFT Aggregator
Connect with Move Capital + suggestions on pitch deck + forum proposals
_____
Unchained
List out potential projects for the BD pipeline to run
_____
RaizFarm
Support with grant announcement with retweet from the NEAR Blockchain
______
Finally, Thank you @ConciergeTeam - it a pleasure to work with all of u guys^^
Have a lovely weekend you all! See u guys on the next report^^
Iām Hai Vu, a member of the project ops team, in charge of supporting Aurora Defi projects, the Octopus app chains, and Infrastructure projects as follows:
And here is my bi-weekly report from 16th to 30th April
Moderation, support for 7-10 users per day on NEAR Discord and other related communities.
9 hours/ 6 days per week, one additional day for project support, with detail as below:
Defi Projects:
Name
Help Detail
Next Steps
Wannaswap
Conduct AMA Metapool x Wannaswap
Find new pool & IDO
GONEAR
Meeting GONEAR x Move VC
Follow-up IDO
Bluebit
Prepare rift x bluebit partnership
Community Awareness & increase TVL
Spin
Amplify news about mainnet
Community Awareness
Bastion
Connect with Renaissance Labs, amplify news
Community Awareness
Mutant Swap DEX
Apply for IDO on Skyward finance, BocaChica
Community Awareness
Rubic Exchange
AMA with NEAR global
Community Awareness
Aurigami
Connect with Renaissance Labs, amplify news lottery, airdrop
Get the list of wallets from Gallery Stats for an Airdrop campaign (Still waiting for the help from the Gallery Stats team)
Special mention to @rahulgoel007 who cover me on the channels when I had a connectivity issue. Thank u partner, I really love our MOoD =) you all are always very helpful with each other @ConciergeTeam, cheers
Connect with VC, Helped connect with Legal Guild for tax question
Community Awareness, Cross Collaboration, AMA
Datality
Helped @Clint-Datality to apply for beta testers via Learn Near Club
Help connect with NFT projects in NEAR Ecosystem
Side Quests
Managing the official NEAR Telegram and Discord channel from Tuesday to Saturday, answering questions from the community, and helping when people have issues
Been active on the forum by liking, commenting, and connecting projects
Been active on AstroDAO by voting on proposals
Been active in the CommunityDAO community
Side Projects/Initiatives
NEAR German Guild
Translating Articles from ā
Answering community questions, also in NEAR official Discord German channel
Created content for NEAR German Twitter account
Conducted 2 AMAs, first on April 28th in NEAR German Telegram channel, second on April 29th in Bitget German Telegram channel
Merchants DAO
We have filled all 11 Council slots
NEXT STEP: Meeting on May 04th with all councils and planning the future of Merchants DAO
Mintickt DAO
I met @Guille last year and joined Mintickt directly because we are aiming for the same goal. Recently I planned the funding strategy and together with Guille I finalized the proposal and submitted the application for a near grant. I will continue to invest more time in Mintickt DAO in the future as it has a very big potential to bring many new users to the Near ecosystem.
Finalized funding strategy
Finalized proposal and applied for NEAR Grant
NEAR Representant
I started an initiative last month to be a Near representative at various Blockchain events in Europe, connecting with people and introducing Near Blockchain to projects. I received very good feedback for my initiative from the community and the Marketing DAO and my proposal was approved by the Marketing DAO. You can check out the proposal for it here:
Unfortunately, I was not able to attend the proposed event because I misunderstood the funding process and the event, unfortunately, took place 2 days later, so I planned to go to other events that will take place this year.
I did some research and listed the most important events in an Excel sheet, which you can see here. I also talked to @jcatnear & @mecsbecs who agreed to fund this initiative so I donāt have to claim marketing resources.
I will announce my proposal for this in the next few days.
Is it time for a new DAO?
I had the idea for a new DAO and @FritzWorm got in touch with me because he had a similar idea. I donāt want to tell too much, more will come soon, stay tuned
Project Ops <> ES [STATUS 65%]
Content for the new support website is ready and got reviewed by @mecsbecs
Iām Hai Vu, a member of the project ops team, under the NEAR Concierge team, in charge of supporting Aurora Defi projects, the Octopus app chains, and Infrastructure projects as follows:
And here is my bi-weekly report from 1st to 15th May
Moderation, support for 10-12 users per day on NEAR Discord and other related communities.
9 hours/ 6 days per week, one additional day for project support, with detail as below:
Defi Projects:
Name
Help Detail
Next Steps
Wannaswap
Conduct Fusotao IDO but postpone due to market condition
Find new pool & IDO
Bluebit
further coop with Metapool, stnear as reward
Community Awareness & increase TVL
Spin
Prepare for launching campaign
Community Awareness
Mutant Swap DEX
support IDO on REF, recruit new CM
Community Awareness
PawnProtocol
Connect Sender wallet, Renaissance Labs, Mintbase, setup AMA NEAR VN, advise testnet launching
Community Awareness
Fusotao
support recruit CMs, amplify news winning voting round, IDO on 5 platforms, AMA with Wannaswap, but delay due to market condition
Community Awareness
Incognito
Got Cypherpunk Grant
Develop on NEAR
UPFI
Connect with Spin, Dec bank to peg to USN & NEAR
Community Awareness
Solster finance
1st meeting with BD team
Making roadmap for grant approval
NEARlend
1st meeting for grant application, making pitchdesk for escalting
Follow up
Aotmefi
Etoro model, 1st meeting for grant application
Follow up
Infrastructure Projects:
Name
Help Detail
Next Steps
Octopus
Update appchainās news,Fusotao, Atocha, doing
Follow up execution through weekly meetings & Community Awareness
Open Forest Protocol
Building OFP VN community - making 6 medium articles, 8 tweets
Community awareness
Unique One
Escalate for NEAR grant application
Community awareness
QSTN
Advise testnet launching campaign
Community Awareness
BitHappier
Advise on creating free wallet for web2 users
Followup on building website, dapp
NEARamp
Conduct AMA for dev about anti spam NEAR faucet
Follow up with Fritz
dAngle Fund
Escalate to Ecosystem team about grant
Follow up Near grant
MeMusic
Escalate to Ecosystem team about grant, apply for OCT summer batch
Follow up
Vision.game
from SOL to NEAR, Escalate to Ecosystem team about grant
Follow up
MetaIntro
Wallet CV, First meeting, advise to build on OCT
Follow up
Getblock
Explorer, making pitch desk for grant application
Follow up
CEX:
*Support listing NEAR on Bithumb, CoinOne
Achievement & Side quests
*Support for Incognito project (@ducky) on pitch desk and got grant from Cypherpunk @Aria . Thanks @FritzWorm again for precious info about Cypherpunk
*Continue NEARprojects.guide and making content with the Ecosystem team dedicated for website building. Deadline 24/05/2022
*Making proposal from SOL to NEAR, thinking about making from LUNA to NEAR
Barriers
*Grant process status/application: no clear way to check the status
Finally, itās great to work with my project ops team and receive strong support from @nearconciergeteam
Howdy guys=)) So it has been a tough and brutal week not only NEAR but for the whole market. Nevertheless, Iām also proud to say that despite the bear, we were still keen on building and connecting projects which want to choose Near/Aurora as their destination to build
And down here is a table showing the main projects I assisted last week ( 30.04 - 15.05):
Projects
Project
Help Detail
Next Steps
Together we rule
Connecting with Move Captial for a potential grant
_____
PempRock Finance
Support with Ref/pembrock cross-collaboration
_____
Ref Finance
Support with Ref/Bastion cross-collaboration
_____
Spicy Network
Connect with Proximity Labs
Reaching out to Move Capital for a potential partnership
Tonic DEX
Distribution with testnet contest news +support with AMA for NEAR
_____
Trustee Wallet
Follow up with update on grant application process
_____
Upfi Network
Connect with Decentral Bank (along quest with Hai Vu)
_____
Renaissance Labs
Connect with Burrow for cross-collaboration effort
_____
NearLends
Support on Proximity Application (along quest with Hai Vu)
Reaching out for an Aurora Grant
Side Quest:
*Establish contact point with Proximity
*Continue NEARprojects.guide and making content with the Ecosystem team dedicated for website building. Deadline 24/05/2022
Barriers:
*Iām on the same side as @HaiVu that the grant process status/application has no clear way to check the status from an outsiderās POV
Finally, Thank you @ConciergeTeam - it a pleasure to work with all of u guys^^
Have a lovely weekend you all! Screw the bear weāgonna keep on building^^