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
🧰 Developer Tooling / Infrastructure
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
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
Indexers
NEAR microindexers:
https://github.com/near/near-microindexers
Leap Wallet
Fast-NEAR with LDMB
📲 Products
🖼️NFT Ecosystem
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
New NEAR Developer Examples
👜 Wallets
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
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
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
💻 dApps
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
Mint for Soul Bound Starter packs
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
📊 DeFi
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.
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)
🛣️ Road to Mainnet
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
🤖 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 and for a guide on setting up your own checkout nearbuilders.com/bos
Alpha.NEAR.org
Launches as a Pagoda run gateway.
Call for Community to transition gov.near.org to alpha.near.org 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 have been spun up.
EVM based widgets include
Lido Staking https://bos.gg/#/zavodil.near/widget/Lido
Gains Network https://bos.gg/#/0xprometheus.near/widget/GainsNetwork
NEAR.Social
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
Widgets
NFT
Minsta Minting https://alpha.near.org/#/microchipgnu.near/widget/minsta
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
Gaming
First NEAR Social Hacks directly on the platform. Check out the winners here
🏛️ NEAR Digital Collective
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
🛠️ Developer Governance
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
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
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
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 Groups
Community Calls
Zero Knowledge Community Group Call #3 & Zero Knowledge Community Group Call #4
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
📣Marketing DAO
Launches Eth Denver Bounties
Launches Content Creators working group nearbuilders.com/tg-content
🧑🏽🏫 Workshops/Media
Illia talks to CryptoCito https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQqKnNauMoQ&t=781s
NEAR Workshops
Upcoming Welldone Studio Build on NEAR with the Remix IDE
🎉Events
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/
🙏🏽 Special thanks to Banyan Collective, NEARWeek, NEAR Developer DAO, and NEAR Digital Collective for pipelining the community with these updates
Resources
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