The NEAR Ecosystem has made some amazing strides this first quarter of 2023, here is a general synopsis of project, funding, developer, and DAO updates in the Ecosystem.
- Open Forest Protocol Raises $4.1 million
- Calimero Raises $8.5 million
- Few n Far Raises $10.5 million
Aurora Cloud - Suite of Industry-First Products.
🟢 Aurora Borealis Business
Borealis Business is a transaction processing and accounting engine, that allows businesses to remove the concept of transaction fees from the experience of their users, and can support almost any conceivable blockchain business model.
🟢 Aurora Pass
Aurora Pass, coming soon to iOS and Android, that allows mobile-first Web2 businesses who adopt blockchain technologies to provide their customers with cost-and friction-free transaction signing using the Touch ID and Face ID biometric facilities they’ve come to know and love.
🟢 Aurora Silos
Aurora Silos are dedicated blockchains that can be provisioned for Aurora Cloud customers, that deliver a set of features eclipsing mere Ethereum compatibility.
With an Aurora Silo, businesses can leverage the benefits of blockchain in an environment that permits multiple levels of access control, custom token & transaction fee mechanics, while preserving full Ethereum & NEAR compatibility and interoperability with the outside world (🌈 Rainbow Bridge Built in)
NEAR Security Course https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7Gwuo_MOL740lhKTvouCJvk4sAyuqZqT
NEAR Unity API Plugin: interact within the NEAR Blockchain for game development with this Unity Plugin
- Tagging for Active NEAR Contracts check out the directory
- 7 DAY Free Trial
- Advanced Paid API plan release (docs/)
- Integration with Raen.dev to directly interact with contract from block explorer
- Launches no code tooling for launching linkdrops tps://github.com/near/boilerplate-template-keypom
- Launches documentation docs.keypom.xyz
- Launches trial accounts https://fxtwitter.com/keypomxyz/status/1637798074155163648?s=20
- Flex-a-tech hackathon with Ready Layer One Labs (untll April 10th)
- Launches v3 on NEAR https://vxtwitter.com/switchboardxyz/status/1631025358379323392
- Launches Developer Dashboard https://twitter.com/CalimeroNetwork/status/1631371049307701248
Welldone Wallet
- Remix IDE Plugin for NEAR https://docs.welldonestudio.io/code/deploy-and-run/near
Boto.io Enables NEAR Automation Integrations https://boto.io/bots/?search=near
Omnia adds NEAR to RPC https://twitter.com/omnia_protocol/status/1633071528433598464?s
NEAR microindexers:
https://github.com/near/near-microindexers
Leap Wallet
Fast-NEAR with LDMB
Bodega Marketplace launches by Cafe Cartel
- First traits based marketplace where you can swap traits
- NFT Referral System (AffiliateDirect), with leaderboard & AffiliateDirect race to EthDenver, NEAR Social Marketplace Widget
- Enables SVG NFTs to load on platform
- Mintbase GraphQL NFT Indexer
- Mintbase Integrates NEAR Social Profile
- Minting API (fund mints, non-transferable nfts)
- launches its roadmap https://twitter.com/FewandFarNFT/status/1633951127275290624 (EVM Integration,
- launches text to AI NFT minting on NEAR + Aurora & integrate HERE, Meteor, Nightly Wallet
- Web3 Social Network with NFT Capabilities Launch on Apple and Play Store
- launches text to AI NFT minting on NEAR + Aurora & integrate HERE + Meteor Wallet
My NEAR Wallet transition to Meteor Wallet through NEAR Developer Governance https://near.social/#/devgovgigs.near/widget/Post?id=78
Wallet Selector becomes chain agnostic modal, test out all the Wallets Supported here and the wallet account export feature https://near.github.io/wallet-selector/ to easily migrate private keys from a wallet.
HERE Wallet
Nighlty Wallet
- Nightly Connect bridge wallet and notifications
- Nightly wallets testing on Android and iOS
- Leap Wallet
- Introduces their SDK with Web3 Auth built in for social Integration
- Launching telegram notificaitons for NEAR Social
- Meteor Wallet
- Meteor Profiles with NEAR Social integration NEAR Social Profile
- Top Up with Offramper
- NEAR Mobile Wallet
- Salmon Wallet
- Launches on NEAR, Solana, Ethereum, Bitcoin, pioneering Unified Accounts https://twitter.com/salmonwallet/status/1634207344954318848
Check out wallet features here https://github.com/NEARBuilders/Wallets/edit/main/features.md
LazyFI launches Learn to Earn program with NEKO and the NEAR Foundation after mainnet launch https://twitter.com/LazyFi_Learning/status/1636321852359417858
NEAR Primer, gamified education on NEAR
Sweat Economy
- Launches public beta in the Apple app store
- Web3 Social Network with NFT Capabilities Launch on Apple and Play Store
NEARWeek ****
- launches NEAR Staking
- Phoenix Bonds principal-protected amplified yield product (try here)
- Goblin Contracts: Non-fungible Token + LinkDAO contract. allowing NEAR NFT communities to form governance structures based on ownership of an NFT
- Perps Trading App Trade with up to 10X leverage 💰, triggers (Stop loss 📉 / Take profit 📈), + NEW UI
- Metabonds: Meta Bonds enables users to access early liquidity from Meta Yield Launchpad
- Meta Pool is moving ~1.4m NEAR (15% TVL) through Meta Staking Vote, where it will be assigned to the highest voted validators.
- Metayield Launchpad: JumpDeFI & NEARHub
- Mainnet launch, $NEKO presale on Jumppad IDO applications open
- xJump SingleStake pool for those who stake $JUMP and Jump NFT staking platform
- Jump Token Laboratory (no-code NEP141 fungible token contract deployer)
- NiftyRent (mintbase grant recipient releases its rentable NFT marketplace) launches testnet dApp
- Mintickt releases its ticketing platform for event organizers with redemption for in event items on testnet
- Veax DEX launches on Testnet
- Popula public testnet released with token gated content, community rankings, See testnet contract stats here
The Proliferation of Gateways. Gateways are being stood up building out the decentralized infrastructure for NEAR as a Blockchain Operating System. For more information checkout nearbuilders.com/gateways and for a guide on setting up your own checkout nearbuilders.com/bos
Launches as a Pagoda run gateway.
Call for Community to transition gov.near.org to alpha.near.org https://twitter.com/ilblackdragon/status/1637434697360846848
Proximity Labs sets up their own gateway for Ethereum / EVM blockchains as a start to BOS as a multichain operating system. A lot of cool Ethereum based projects have been popped up and since its launch, bounties for EthDenver and EthDubai have been spun up.
EVM based widgets include
- Lido Staking https://bos.gg/#/zavodil.near/widget/Lido
- Sushi Swap https://bos.gg/#/alotaco.near/widget/SushiSwap
- Gains Network https://bos.gg/#/0xprometheus.near/widget/GainsNetwork
VS Code Extension https://github.com/near/near-vscode
Web3 Extension https://github.com/zavodil/near-extension
- Extension to add SocialDB information into NEAR Wallet
NFT
- NFT Marketplace https://alpha.near.org/#/microchipgnu.near/widget/nft-marketplace
- Minsta Minting https://alpha.near.org/#/microchipgnu.near/widget/minsta
- GenaDrop Minting https://alpha.near.org/#/minorityprogrammers.near/widget/genadropMinter
- NFT Transfer https://alpha.near.org/#/onboarder.near/widget/NFT-Transfer
- NFT Collection Data https://alpha.near.org/#/9c461db4ac11b66ed1167ff969042ac278eaf2d571712585424be00171a63884/widget/NFT-Collection-Data
- Multi-listing https://alpha.near.org/#/microchipgnu.near/widget/ListFromCollection
Data Analytics Widgets
- Most Active Contracts by Pikespeak https://alpha.near.org/#/frichard2.near/widget/most-active-contracts
Developer Tooling Widgets
- Widget Attribution (give credit)
- Widget History (see code commits for widgets)
- Developer Profiles https://alpha.near.org/#/zahidulislam.near/widget/Profile
DAO Widgets
- Add Account to DAO Role https://alpha.near.org/#/calebjacob.near/widget/ComponentDetailsPage?src=onboarder.near/widget/AddMemberToRole
- DAOs on NEAR Social https://alpha.near.org/#/calebjacob.near/widget/ComponentDetailsPage?src=onboarder.near/widget/DAOSocialSearch
Gaming
- Flappy BOS https://alpha.near.org/#/microchipgnu.near/widget/Game.FlappyBOS
- Tic Tac Toe https://alpha.near.org/#/zahidulislam.near/widget/TicTacToe
First NEAR Social Hacks directly on the platform. Check out the winners here
- I-Am-Human dApp has been open-sourced an implementation NEP393 for SBT token, roll out coming soon
- Announcing House of Merit https://medium.com/near-digital-collective/what-is-the-house-of-merit-cd3e133bfce8
- Announcing Council of Advisors https://medium.com/near-digital-collective/what-is-the-council-of-advisors-520ade60e819
- RFP for DAO analytics Dashboard https://near.social/#/devgovgigs.near/widget/Post?id=226
Want to get funding through Developer DAO, learn more here nearbuilders.com/funding
The following are funded projects through Developer DAO (check “funding-provided” tag)
👀 Check out the first Developer Governance DAO Call https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMg4EQFx8h0
| Name | Amount Approved |
|---|---|
| https://near.social/#/devgovgigs.near/widget/Post?id=98 https://near.social/#/devgovgigs.near/widget/Post?id=98 | $28.000 USD |
| Near Ukrainians Guild funding for high-quality examples for bringing developers into ecosystem https://near.social/#/devgovgigs.near/widget/gigs-board.pages.Post?id=183 | $2,600 USD |
| Lightest weight client validation in TypeScript https://near.social/#/devgovgigs.near/widget/gigs-board.pages.Post?id=341 | $31,000 USD |
| Funding approval for ZK Work Group Applications Review https://near.social/#/devgovgigs.near/widget/gigs-board.pages.Post?id=342 | $2.000 USD |
| Funding for MyNearWallet maintenance https://near.social/#/devgovgigs.near/widget/gigs-board.pages.Post?id=210 | $180,000 |
- Marketing Support https://near.social/#/devgovgigs.near/widget/gigs-board.pages.Post?id=244
- Looking for Developer Gov Gigs Dev https://near.social/#/devgovgigs.near/widget/gigs-board.pages.Post?id=268&referral=minorityprogrammers.near
- New Youtube Channel https://www.youtube.com/@NEARDevGov
- Update to DevGovGigs Board: Kanban boards, notifications enabled, roles, and non transferable nfts
RFPs
- SnarkyJS implementation https://near.social/#/devgovgigs.near/widget/Post?id=7
- Swift SDK https://near.social/#/devgovgigs.near/widget/gigs-board.pages.Post?id=269
- NEAR Social Bots
- ZK Working Group formed. View the post Here https://near.social/#/devgovgigs.near/widget/Post?id=202.
- join the community group here nearbuilders.com/tg-zk
NEPs
To get a better view of all NEPs passed check out https://github.com/orgs/near/projects/51
- ✅ NEP366: Metatransactions stabilized
- ✅ NEP364: efficient signature verification is coming to the Calimero Bridge: https://www.calimero.network/blog/efficient-signature-verification
- ✅ NEP351: add standards key to ContractSourceMetadata, needs to be implemented
- ✅ NEP-399 introduces a flatten key/value mapping for the trie structure, making storage read cheaper and more efficient. This will also make it easier to estimate gas fees for a transaction.
- ✅ NEP-455 separates parameter compute costs from gas costs to limit the processing time. This mitigates the risks of undercharging without affecting existing contracts.
- ✅ NEP423: add contract_metadata_update event
- ✅ NEP448: Zero Account Balance
- ✅ NEP413: Add Sign Message First call for implementation on devgovgigs board for a NEP, with https://near.social/#/devgovgigs.near/widget/gigs-board.pages.Post?id=279&referral=onboarder.near
- ✅ NEP428 Update Injected Wallet Standard: moves to subject matter expert review stage
- 🟡NEP452: Linkdrop Standard being revised
- 🟡 NEP393: Soul Bound Token: being revised
- 🟡 NEP463: DAO Standard: being revised
Community Calls
- Zero Knowledge Community Group Call #3 & Zero Knowledge Community Group Call #4
- Protocol Community Group Call #1: , Protocol Community Group Call #2, Protocol Community Group meeting #4 summary and recording.
- Banyan Led Community Group Calls nearbuilders.com/builder-videos
Call for bOS working group
Updates at t.me/NEARDevGov
Developer Survey https://nearverse.typeform.com/devsurvey
- Launches Eth Denver Bounties
- Launches Content Creators working group nearbuilders.com/tg-content
Illia talks to CryptoCito https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQqKnNauMoQ&t=781s
NEAR Workshops
- Python on NEAR
- Quicknode
- Ref
- Pikespeak
- Upcoming Welldone Studio Build on NEAR with the Remix IDE
- London Blockchain Summit (January 19-20, 2023) 📍London, UK
- MarmaJCon (January 7-12, 2023) 📍Antigua
- TreeHacks: Stanford Hackathon w NEAR Track (February 17-19, 2023)) 📍Stanford University, California
- Interop Summit by Axelar (February 27-28, 2023)📍Denver, Colorado
- DAO Denver (February 27- March 1st)📍Denver, Colorado
- EthDenver Climate Summit (w/ NEAR & OFP) (March 1, 2023) 📍Denver, Colorado
- NEAR Day at Eth Denver (March 2, 2023)📍Denver Colorado
- EthDenver (March 3-5) NEAR Hackathon Bounty Winners https://near.org/blog/near-at-ethdenver-hackathon-bounty-winners/