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Big things around the ecosystem:
- $NEAR is now available to all of the folks in the U.S..
- The Octopus Guild for Appchains is live.
- Skyward listed on Ref! Skyward Finance launchpad is one of its kind.
- Bug that could cause the testnet to malfunction was discovered.
NEAR’s week by the numbers:
- Total transactions: 11,613,028 (+12% WoW)
- Total accounts: 372,542 (+4% WoW)
- Weekly active accounts: 17,238 (-36% WoW)
- Monthly active developers: 521 (+2% WoW)
Check out the full metrics dashboard here.
Current ecosystem:
DAOs:
- The 200M $NEAR Treasury Ecosystem DAO proposal by Illia Polosukhin sparked a lively community discussion. Now it’s time to incorporate the feedback and take next steps
- We can’t wait for an in-depth post from Illia Polosukhin about Sputnik’s v2 product features and use cases
- DAO’s play a fundamental role in the development of the NEAR Ecosystem. The advance of this technology has the potential to transform decision-making far beyond the crypto space. The protocol politician is a must read if you’re into DAO’s
- Sputnik DAO Stats
DeFi:
- The initial Ref Finance DAO is officially live. Read about the governance of Ref and check out the DAO here.
- Swap, add liquidity or even buy $SKYWARD on Ref Finance and check out the Skyward token sale supply overview
- Everything you need to know about Skyward Finance
- Skyward implements a unique auction mechanism. Here’s how it works
- OR watch this explainer while you’re on the move
Developers:
- Are you a web developer? Learn how to get involved with NEAR here.
- Check out near.ai/wbs for a deep dive into protocol tech with NEAR founders Illia Polosukhin and Alexander Skidanov
- # Transactions on the protocol are still going strong!
- Build your own $NEAR donation button in a few simple steps.
- Read the proposal for multi-fungible-token here.
- NEP for splitting the current shard into eight
- Latest DevRel TPS report is available here.
- Watch the latest Aurora update here - remember to subscribe!
- Watch the Dev Platform Sync here and check it out here
Entrepreneurs:
- 44 startups move closer to the $200k prize at the NEAR blockchain accelerator
Events:
- Join NEAR’s climate neutral NFTs hackathon as part of the Next Top Blockchain Startup virtual hackathon.
- Join Okcoin on Twitter Spaces tomorrow, July 7 at 11 AM PT, to learn all about the latest listing of NEAR Protocol
- Taraxa Project is having Matt Lockyer on for their weekly AMA on July 8.
- Do not miss the next Community Town Hall on July 12.
- NEAR will co-host a cross-chain pitch event with Celo, The Graph, Centrifuge, and others in Paris on July 23.
Guilds:
- Human Guild talked with Emma-Jane MacKinnon-Lee about building the NFT infrastructure for the metaverse
- NEAR Protocol takes privacy to the next level. Check out the work of the Cypherpunk Guild and get involved!
- The Guilded Age is off to a roaring start! Read the full NEAR Guilds Update for June
Infrastructure:
- KYVENetwork announces integration with NEAR Protocol
- Check out the NEARCore engineering update for last week here.
- Take a closer look at two of the most promising smart contract platforms out there right now – Near Protocol and Solana
NFTs:
- Mintbase is doing the largest and first token airdrop where 45,000 $NEAR will be sent to 5000 Wilde Moehre festival guests.
- The airdrop will establish a micro-economy, allowing participants to mint, collect, and trade NFTs and $NEAR, exchange value, or simply change $NEAR for Beer!
- A short intro about Wilde Moehre
- Paras got cool product updates
- Collect one of the Varda Vision Genesis NFTs before July 30th to participate in the airdrop
- What it looks like if you own a song in the NEAR NFT music web app
- You can now use your NEAR account/wallet to sign into Mintbase
Join the ecosystem!
- Now is the time to join and play the games that run on the protocol
- Chinese has been added to http://learnnear.club - Big up to the chinese NEAR community!
- Octopus Network is on the hunt for ambassadors. More information here.
- NEAR Crowd is changing lives! NEAR Crowd is a service that allows people to earn $NEAR by completing small tasks. Learn how to get involved here.
- Here’s a step-by-step guide demonstrating how to stake $NEAR and earn rewards.
- Check out June 2021’s Open Web Sandbox rewards and opportunities here and remember to join the OWS Discord for the weekly AMA
- Want to earn $$$? Check out these options on NEAR.
Other updates:
- NEAR community metrics update here.
- 4NTS Guild’s weekly recap
- NEAR Daily’s weekly recap
- NEAR Mates’ weekly recap