> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.nearbuilders.com/near-builders/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.nearbuilders.com/near-builders/q12023.md). # Q12023 ## NF Ecosystem + Developer Quarterly Report 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. ## 💸 Funding * [Open Forest Protocol Raises $4.1 million](https://www.businessinsider.com/open-forest-protocol-startup-pitch-deck-climate-tech-crypto-blockchain-2023-1) * [Calimero Raises $8.5 million](https://www.theblock.co/post/204235/private-sharding-startup-calimero-network-raises-8-5-million?utm_source=rss\&utm_medium=rss) * [Few n Far Raises $10.5 million](https://techfundingnews.com/web3-platform-few-and-far-raises-10-5m-to-assist-creators-with-digital-artwork/) ## 🧰 Developer Tooling / Infrastructure ### [**Aurora Cloud**](https://auroracloud.dev/) - **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 NEAR Unity API Plugin: interact within the NEAR Blockchain for game development with this Unity Plugin * [**Pikespeak**](https://pikespeak.ai/) * Tagging for [Active NEAR Contracts](https://twitter.com/pikespeak_ai/status/1615074536390623253) check out the [directory](https://www.notion.so/NEAR-Directory-for-Dapps-0ab2c64c6ff0476091dd559490678810) * [7 DAY Free Trial](https://twitter.com/pikespeak_ai/status/1618385852404756480) [**Tradeport**](https://www.tradeport.xyz/) powered by [**Indexer**](https://indexer.xyz/) * [Byzantion becomes Indexer.xyz](https://twitter.com/indexer_xyz/status/1618665220834201601) * [Indexer new API Explorer](https://indexer.xyz/api-explorer) [**NEARBlocks**](https://nearblocks.io/) * [Advanced Paid API](https://nearblocks.io/apis) plan release ([docs/](https://api.nearblocks.io/api-docs/)) * Integration with [Raen.dev](http://Raen.dev) to directly interact with contract from block explorer [Keypom](http://keypom.xyz) * Launches no code tooling for launching linkdrops tps\://github.com/near/boilerplate-template-keypom * Launches documentation [docs.keypom.xyz](http://docs.keypom.xyz) * Launches trial accounts * Flex-a-tech hackathon with Ready Layer One Labs (untll April 10th) [Switchboard](https://switchboard.xyz/) * Launches v3 on NEAR [Calimero](https://www.calimero.network/) * Launches Developer Dashboard Welldone Wallet * Remix IDE Plugin for NEAR [Boto.io](http://Boto.io) Enables NEAR Automation Integrations Omnia [adds NEAR to RPC](https://twitter.com/omnia_protocol/status/1633071528433598464?s) #### Indexers NEAR microindexers: Leap Wallet * [https://near-indexer-demo.web.app](https://near-indexer-demo.web.app/) Fast-NEAR with LDMB * ## 📲 Products ### 🖼️NFT Ecosystem [Bodega](https://www.bodega-nft.io/) Marketplace launches by Cafe Cartel * First traits based marketplace where you can swap traits [**Mintbase**](https://www.mintbase.xyz/) * NFT Referral System ([AffiliateDirect](https://blog.mintbase.xyz/mintbase-launches-affiliatedirect-where-anyone-can-sell-anything-on-near-347c6f19c76b)), with [leaderboard](https://www.mintbase.xyz/leaderboard) & [AffiliateDirect](https://t.co/vUiQGf7spr) race to EthDenver, [NEAR Social Marketplace Widget](https://near.social/#/nate.near/widget/mintbase-nft-contract-marketplace) * [Enables SVG NFTs](https://www.mintbase.xyz/contract/webassemblymusic.near/token/11) to load on platform * Mintbase [GraphQL NFT Indexer](https://cloud.hasura.io/public/graphiql?endpoint=https%3A%2F%2Fgraph.mintbase.xyz%2Fmainnet\&header=mb-api-key%3Aanon\&query=query+MyQuery+%7B%0A++mb_views_nft_tokens%28%0A++++where%3A+%7Bowner%3A+%7B_eq%3A+%22nate.near%22%7D%2C+_and%3A+%7Bburned_timestamp%3A+%7B_is_null%3A+true%7D%7D%7D%0A++++limit%3A+30%0A++++order_by%3A+%7Blast_transfer_timestamp%3A+desc%7D%0A++%29+%7B%0A++++nft_contract_id%0A++++title%0A++++description%0A++++media%0A++%7D%0A%7D%0A) * Mintbase Integrates NEAR Social Profile [**FewFar**](https://fewfar.com/) * [Minting API](https://medium.com/few-and-far/introduction-to-few-and-far-minting-api-docs-8ac5464ac7b2) (fund mints, non-transferable nfts) * launches its roadmap (EVM Integration, [GenaDrop](https://www.notion.so/GenaDrop-9ad162a849d3400f9e07f7a051b3ee83) * launches text to [AI NFT minting](https://www.genadrop.io/mint/ai) on NEAR + Aurora & integrate HERE, Meteor, Nightly Wallet [**YouMinter**](https://youminter.com/) * Web3 Social Network with NFT Capabilities [Launch on Apple and Play Store](https://twitter.com/youminter/status/1620364570668793858) [**GenaDrop**](https://github.com/NEARBuilders/NEARSletter/blob/main/genadrop.io) * launches text to [AI NFT minting](https://www.genadrop.io/mint/ai) on NEAR + Aurora & integrate HERE + Meteor Wallet #### New NEAR Developer Examples [New NEAR Developer Examples](https://www.notion.so/New-NEAR-Developer-Examples-990cb658b9634e518838f78b8e561a65) ### 👜 Wallets My NEAR Wallet transition to Meteor Wallet through NEAR Developer Governance Wallet Selector becomes chain agnostic modal, test out all the Wallets Supported here and the wallet account export feature to easily migrate private keys from a wallet. HERE Wallet * [Passed Audit by Ottersec](https://twitter.com/here_wallet/status/1618151723197161472) Nighlty Wallet * [Nightly Connect](https://twitter.com/NightlyConnect/status/1610290542398640129) bridge wallet and [notifications](https://twitter.com/NightlyConnect/status/1610290542398640129) * Nightly wallets testing on [Android](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nightlymobile\&pli=1) and [iOS](https://testflight.apple.com/join/QymlYEdr) * Leap Wallet * Introduces their SDK with Web3 Auth built in for social Integration * Launching telegram notificaitons for NEAR Social * Meteor Wallet * [Meteor Profiles](https://twitter.com/MeteorWallet/status/1618663003246714880) with NEAR Social integration NEAR Social Profile * [Top Up with Offramper](https://twitter.com/MeteorWallet/status/1620068550646824961) * NEAR Mobile Wallet * Live on testnet * Salmon Wallet * Launches on NEAR, Solana, Ethereum, Bitcoin, pioneering Unified Accounts Check out wallet features here ### 💻 dApps LazyFI launches Learn to Earn program with NEKO and the NEAR Foundation after mainnet launch ** [NEAR Primer,](https://www.notion.so/NearP2P-d2305a9dc36a4af4addc9a25509f66ed) gamified education on NEAR [**Playible**](https://app.playible.io/) * Mint for [Soul Bound Starter packs](https://app.playible.io/MintPage) * [Create fantasy lineups](https://app.playible.io/Play) Sweat Economy * [Sweat Wallet Moonpay Integration](https://twitter.com/SweatEconomy/status/161893419798878617) [**Niche Protocol**](https://www.niche.club/) * Launches [public beta in the Apple app store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/niche-member-owned-clubs/id1620807336) [**YouMinter**](https://youminter.com/) * Web3 Social Network with NFT Capabilities [Launch on Apple and Play Store](https://twitter.com/youminter/status/1620364570668793858) **NEARWeek** \*\*\*\* * launches [NEAR Staking](https://near-staking.com/) ### 📊 DeFi [**Spin**](https://spin.fi/) * [DeFi Option Vaults](https://testnet.vault.spin.fi/) * Roadmap [**Linear Protocol**](https://linear.finance/) * [Phoenix Bonds](https://medium.com/nearprotocol/getting-started-on-phoenix-bonds-a-step-by-step-guide-4ce7a4b74f76) principal-protected amplified yield product ([try here](https://phoenix.linearprotocol.org/)) [**Tonic**](https://tonic.foundation/) * [Goblin Contracts](https://github.com/tonic-foundation/goblin-contracts): Non-fungible Token + LinkDAO contract. allowing NEAR NFT communities to form governance structures based on ownership of an NFT * [Perps Trading App](https://perps.tonic.foundation/) Trade with up to 10X leverage 💰, triggers (Stop loss 📉 / Take profit 📈), + NEW UI [**Metapool**](https://metapool.app/) * [Metabonds](https://blog.metapool.app/2023/01/19/meta-bonds-ushering-a-new-era-of-capital-efficiency-on-near/?utm_source=twitter\&utm_medium=link\&utm_campaign=Meta+Bonds+-+The+first+decentralized+bonds+marketplace+on+NEAR+blockchain): Meta Bonds enables users to access early liquidity from Meta Yield Launchpad * Meta Pool is moving [\~1.4m NEAR (15% TVL](https://blog.metapool.app/2023/01/26/meta-staking-vote-and-the-delegation-process/)) through [Meta Staking Vote](https://vote.metapool.app/), where it will be assigned to the highest voted validators. * Metayield Launchpad: [JumpDeFI](https://twitter.com/meta_pool/status/1619380461901324292) & [NEARHub](https://twitter.com/meta_pool/status/1619319549089968129) [**JumpDeFI**](https://www.jumpdefi.xyz/) * Mainnet launch, $NEKO presale on [Jumppad IDO applications](https://trove-labs.gitbook.io/jump-defi/products/jump-pad) open * [xJump](https://trove-labs.gitbook.io/jump-defi/products/xjump) SingleStake pool for those who stake $JUMP and [Jump NFT staking](https://twitter.com/JumpDeFi/status/1618293952712671232) platform * [Jump Token Laboratory](https://twitter.com/JumpDeFi/status/1617528270341443585) (no-code NEP141 fungible token contract deployer) #### 🛣️ Road to Mainnet * NiftyRent (mintbase grant recipient releases its rentable NFT marketplace) launches [testnet dApp](https://testnet.niftyrent.xyz/) * Mintickt releases its ticketing platform for event organizers with redemption for in event items on [testnet](https://testnet.mintickt.com/) * Veax DEX launches on [Testnet](https://testnet.veax.com/) * **Popula** [public testnet released](https://testnet.popula.io/) with [token gated content](https://testnet.popula.io/communities), [community rankings](https://testnet.popula.io/community-list), See [testnet contract stats here](https://explorer.testnet.near.org/accounts/app.beepopula.testnet) ## 🤖 Blockchain Operating System ### Gateways 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](http://nearbuilders.com/gateways) and for a guide on setting up your own checkout [nearbuilders.com/bos](http://nearbuilders.com/bos) ### Alpha.NEAR.org Launches as a Pagoda run gateway. Call for Community to transition [gov.near.org](http://gov.near.org) to [alpha.near.org](http://alpha.near.org) [*https://twitter.com/ilblackdragon/status/1637434697360846848*](https://twitter.com/ilblackdragon/status/1637434697360846848) ### Bos.gg 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](https://ethdubai-sushiswap-hackathon.devpost.com/) have been spun up. EVM based widgets include * Lido Staking * Sushi Swap * Gains Network ## NEAR.Social VS Code Extension Web3 Extension * Extension to add SocialDB information into NEAR Wallet #### Widgets NFT * NFT Marketplace * Minsta Minting * GenaDrop Minting * NFT Transfer * NFT Collection Data * Multi-listing Data Analytics Widgets * Most Active Contracts by Pikespeak Developer Tooling Widgets * [Widget Attribution](https://near.social/#/miraclx.near/widget/Attribution) (give credit) * [Widget History](https://near.social/#/bozon.near/widget/WidgetHistory) (see code commits for widgets) * Developer Profiles DAO Widgets * Add Account to DAO Role * DAOs on NEAR Social Gaming * Flappy BOS * Tic Tac Toe First NEAR Social Hacks directly on the platform. Check out the winners here ## 🏛️ NEAR Digital Collective * I-Am-Human dApp has [been open-sourced](https://github.com/near-ndc/i-am-human) an implementation [NEP393 for SBT token](https://github.com/near/NEPs/pull/393), roll out coming soon * Announcing House of Merit * Announcing Council of Advisors * RFP for DAO analytics Dashboard ## 🛠️ Developer Governance Want to get funding through Developer DAO, learn more here [nearbuilders.com/funding](http://nearbuilders.com/funding) The following are funded projects through Developer DAO (check [“funding-provided”](https://near.social/#/devgovgigs.near/widget/gigs-board.pages.Boards?selectedBoardId=funding) tag) 👀 Check out the first Developer Governance DAO Call | Name | Amount Approved | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------- | | | $28.000 USD | | Near Ukrainians Guild funding for high-quality examples for bringing developers into ecosystem | $2,600 USD | | Lightest weight client validation in TypeScript | $31,000 USD | | Funding approval for ZK Work Group Applications Review | $2.000 USD | | Funding for MyNearWallet maintenance | $180,000 | * Marketing Support * Looking for Developer Gov Gigs Dev * New Youtube Channel * Update to [**DevGovGigs Board**](https://devgovgigs.near.social/)**:** Kanban [boards](https://near.social/#/devgovgigs.near/widget/gigs-board.pages.Boards), notifications enabled, [roles](https://near.social/#/devgovgigs.near/widget/gigs-board.pages.Teams), and [non transferable nfts](https://near.social/#/neardevgov.near/widget/BadgeDetails?tokenId=near-tools-wg:bo.near) **RFPs** * SnarkyJS implementation * Swift SDK * NEAR Social Bots * ZK Working Group formed. View the post Here . * join the community group here [nearbuilders.com/tg-zk](http://nearbuilders.com/tg-zk) **NEPs** To get a better view of all NEPs passed check out * ✅ [NEP366:](https://github.com/near/NEPs/pull/366) Metatransactions stabilized * ✅ [NEP364](https://github.com/near/NEPs/pull/364): efficient signature verification is coming to the Calimero Bridge: * ✅ [NEP351:](https://github.com/near/NEPs/pull/351) add standards key to ContractSourceMetadata, needs to be implemented * ✅ [NEP-399](https://github.com/near/NEPs/pull/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](https://github.com/near/NEPs/pull/455) separates parameter compute costs from gas costs to limit the processing time. This mitigates the risks of undercharging without affecting existing contracts. * ✅ [NEP423](https://github.com/near/NEPs/pull/423): add contract\_metadata\_update event * ✅ [NEP448:](https://github.com/near/NEPs/pull/448) Zero Account Balance * ✅ [NEP413](https://github.com/near/NEPs/pull/413): Add Sign Message First call for implementation on devgovgigs board for a NEP, with * ✅ N[EP428](https://github.com/near/NEPs/pull/428) **Update Injected Wallet Standard:** moves to subject matter expert review stage * 🟡[NEP452](https://github.com/near/NEPs/pull/452): Linkdrop Standard being revised * 🟡 [NEP393](https://github.com/near/NEPs/pull/393): Soul Bound Token: being revised * 🟡 [NEP463](https://github.com/near/NEPs/pull/463): DAO Standard: being revised ### 👫 Community Groups Community Calls * Zero Knowledge [Community Group Call #3](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wS9b_yRI1Q) & Zero Knowledge Community Group Call #4 * Protocol Community Group Call #1: , Protocol Community Group Call #2, Protocol Community Group meeting #4 [summary](https://twitter.com/NEARDevGov/status/1637914096321597441) and [recording](https://youtu.be/rByLvScOBho). * Banyan Led Community Group Calls [nearbuilders.com/builder-videos](http://nearbuilders.com/builder-videos) Call for bOS working group * Updates at [t.me/NEARDevGov](https://www.notion.so/Getting-Funded-Through-NEAR-Developer-DAO-febbc7fbf116410485994b1f3eeb5852) Developer Survey ## 📣Marketing DAO * Launches Eth Denver Bounties * Launches Content Creators working group [nearbuilders.com/tg-content](http://nearbuilders.com/tg-content) ## 🧑🏽‍🏫 Workshops/Media Illia talks to CryptoCito NEAR Workshops * [Python on NEAR](https://www.notion.so/NF-Ecosystem-Developer-Quarterly-Report-4854103b13684ea4a0c979017c34909c) * [Quicknode](https://www.notion.so/NF-Ecosystem-Developer-Quarterly-Report-4854103b13684ea4a0c979017c34909c) * [Ref](http://nearworkshops.com/ref) * [Pikespeak](https://www.notion.so/NF-Ecosystem-Developer-Quarterly-Report-4854103b13684ea4a0c979017c34909c) * Upcoming [Welldone](http://nearworkshops.com/welldone) Studio Build on NEAR with the Remix IDE ## 🎉Events * [London Blockchain Summit](https://www.londonblockchainsummit.xyz/) (January 19-20, 2023) 📍London, UK * [MarmaJCon](https://marmaj.org/marmajcon/) (January 7-12, 2023) 📍Antigua * [TreeHacks](https://www.treehacks.com/): Stanford Hackathon w NEAR Track (February 17-19, 2023)) 📍Stanford University, California * [Interop Summit](https://interopsummit.com/) by Axelar (February 27-28, 2023)📍Denver, Colorado * [DAO Denver](https://daoplanet.org/events/dd23/) (February 27- March 1st)📍Denver, Colorado * [EthDenver Climate Summit](https://www.climatesummit.world/) (w/ NEAR & OFP) (March 1, 2023) 📍Denver, Colorado * [NEAR Day at Eth Denver](https://github.com/NEARBuilders/NEARSletter/blob/main/near.org/denver/README.md) (March 2, 2023)📍Denver Colorado * EthDenver (March 3-5) NEAR Hackathon Bounty Winners 🙏🏽 Special thanks to Banyan Collective, NEARWeek, NEAR Developer DAO, and NEAR Digital Collective for pipelining the community with these updates *** ## Resources * [docs.nearbuilders.com](http://docs.nearbuilders.com)