This week in Dapps - Ep. 97
MakerDAO $500m, Punks $4m, Voltz $100m, UniStark, Noir, Fleur, Transpose SQL, Alchemy university, Push protocol, Horizon games, Binance Bridge 2M BNB hack, Celsius, Jobs, Bounties & more 🤯
Major Highlight 🤯
MakerDAO invests $500M DAI in liquid bonds. Learn more
Punk 2924 bought for 3,300 ETH ($4m USD). Check here
$100m notional value on Voltz protocol. Check here
New launches 🚀
UniStark: Uniswap, Warp’ed to StarkNet. Learn more
Noir, a universal language of zero knowledge by Aztec. Know more
Fleur - NFT aggregator for sellers. Know more
Transpose SQL & playground to query blockchain data. Know more
Alchemy University - free Web3 courses for devs. Learn more
RabbitHole’s Intro to L2 skill launch. Learn more
The OG name registry from 2015 is back. Know more
Beta-1, a modular execution layer by Fuel Labs. Learn more
Push Protocol (previously EPNS), a communication protocol for Web3. Learn more
Fundraises 💰
Horizon Games raised $40m in the Series A round. Know more
OnJuno raised $18m in their Series A round. Know more
Thirdwave raised $7m. Know more
Bond Protocol raised $2.5m in the Seed round. Know more
Rekt 🚨
Transit Swap lost $21M in a hack. Learn more
An attacker stole 2M BNB (~$566M) from Binance Bridge. Know more
Exploit in Sovryn Protocol for ~$1M USD (44.93 RBTC + 211,045 USDT). Know more
Celsius published a 14,000-page document revealing user details. Know more
Lazslo lost 7 BAYC NFTs worth over $1M in a scam. Know more
Read💡
Ethereum’s new staking model is not a security. Read here
A guide on How to become an Ethereum Developer. Learn here
Intro to Smart Contracts. Learn here
A thread to learn about Starks from Eli Ben-Sasson. Read here
Bonding Curves explained. Read here
Watch & Listen 🎙
Zero Knowledge Proof basics by Jacob Caban-Tomski from the Privacy Scaling Explorations group at Ethereum Foundation. Watch
The next big crypto narrative. Watch
Decentralized Infrastructure for the future of Web. Listen
The current state of NFT markets. Watch
What's Next for Ethereum? - Vitalik Buterin. Watch
Foundations and Frontiers of Probabilistic Proofs. Watch
Bounties 💸
Buidl for Web3 Hack (bounty amount) - $100k & grant from Builders Tribe up to $25k. Learn more
Smart Contracts - Router Protocol, upto $200k. Learn more
Avalanche Bridge - Avalanche, upto $100k. Learn more
FTX US Exchange, upto $50k. Learn more
Okcoin, upto $5k. Learn more
Jobs 👨💻
Account Manager - 0x. Apply here
Data Engineer - 0x. Apply here
Software Engineer (PlonK Arithmetization) - Aztec. Apply here
Chief Of Staff to CEO - Matter Labs. Apply here
Pre Sales Architect - Infura. Apply here
Technical Editor Writer (contractor) - OpenZeppelin. Apply here
Sales Representative - Ramp Network. Apply here
Sr. Manager, Compensation & Benefits - ConsenSys. Apply here
HR Administrator - Matter Labs. Apply here
Sr. Product Manager, Infrastructure - Protocol Labs. Apply here
Not an update but something very important from the community:
Brantly visited Virgil Griffith in prison & here’s a thread on their conversation.