This week in Dapps - Ep. 99
Reddit generated 3m accounts, Gavin Wood & Parity, Supermodular, SocketScan, WATER by Seed, Gearbox, Delta Neutral Yields, Olympus DAO, learning resources, bounties & job opportunities ✨
Major Highlight 🤯
Reddit users created more than ~2.8 million wallets on Polygon to collect the Reddit Collectible Avatars, generating ~2.9m in sales. Know more
Gavin Wood steps down from the position of CEO at Parity as he shifts to another role as Chief Architect. Know more
New launches 🚀
Supermodular - a venture studio that builds Web3 regen projects. Know more
SocketScan - Multichain explorer by Socket. Know more
$KNC vault on mai.finance - QiDAO protocol. Know more
‘WATER’ is an NFT project by SEED - a multi-brand retailer, lifestyle brand and art experiential space. Know more
First-ever NFT issued by Czech National Theater, auctioned on OpenSea & showcased in Somnium Space. Know more
Gearbox liquidity mining program to start today. Know more
Delta Neutral Yields by Defi Llama. Know more
Fundraises 💰
t2 raises $3.4M in a seed round. Know more
Tapio - liquidity standard for staking and crowd loan assets on Polkadot, raised $4M. Know more
Light Protocol - Privacy & Compliance Infrastructure on Solana, raised $4.2M in a seed round. Know more
Mercury - a digital collectible platform for sports leagues, raised $7.5M in a seed round. Know more
ChainSafe - a blockchain R&D firm specialising in protocol engineering, raised $18.75m in Series A. Know more
Celestia - a modular blockchain network, raised $55m. Know more
Rekt 🚨
Olympus DAO - $300k withdrawn by a hacker from OHM bond contract. Learn more
Moola Market - $8.4M attack using price manipulation. Learn more
DAO maker compensation plan after $11m hack ($7m + $4m) in question by the community, Rekt HQ investigates. Learn more
Layer2DAO hacked & hacker drained ~49m L2DAO tokens. Learn more
Read, Watch & Listen 🎙
Structuring Blockspace Derivatives: How to design financial instruments that let users hedge against gas price movements in a non-manipulable and mutually advantageous manner. Learn more
Scaling with EVM App-Chains - report by Messari. Read here
Can Aztech win the war on privacy? Read here
Deep dive on Hop Protocol by Coingecko. Read here
Radicle: Decentralizing the Code Collaboration Stack - report by Messari. Read here
Building a New Social Network with Web3. Read here
On-Chain Identity & Reputation Market Map. Learn more
Hack analysis based on 100+ incidents to find the root cause. Learn more
Research on crypto analysts’ compensation data. Learn more
Bounties 💸
StarkNet - $1,000,000. Know more
Lido on Polkadot - $2,000,000. Know more
Create a dune analytics dashboard showing the growth of web3 social apps - Mazury - $1,500. Know more
Staking Smart Contract Bug Bounty by MoonDAO - 100000 MOONEY. Know more
Voting Power Tracker - Discord Bot by Reflexer DAO - $2000 in FLX. Know more
Jobs 👨💻
Technical Project Manager for Polkadot - Parity. Apply here
Full-Stack Engineer (React + Node) - Fire. Apply here
Lead Product Designer - Gauntlet. Apply here
Rust Developer (Infrastructure Team) - Status. Apply here
Graphic Designer - Coinshift. Apply here
Senior Rust Engineer - Status. Apply here
Principal Senior Developer - APY Vision. Apply here
Head of Developer Relations - UMA. Apply here
Senior DevOps Engineer - Gelato. Apply here
Head of Business Development - Voltz Labs. Apply here
Technical Project Manager - Parachains Core - Parity. Apply here