Cartesi Ecosystem Recap #10
Dive into Tech and Community updates from across the Cartesi Ecosystem!
Written By Siannie Quartero
Thursday, Oct 9th ā how much do you know about Cartesi? This month, we launched a new campaign designed to help you grok the basics and give a high-level overview of Cartesi tech from Cartesi Rollups all the way to smaller components you might be less familiar with, such as State Fold or Transaction Manager. Take a look at all the articles published so far over on the Cartesi blog, and test how well you truly grok the stack with our newly launched Zealy quests.
Hold up, hold up. Grok? Itās an actual word, we promise! (Elon Musk knows it š) Check out the dictionary definition:
P.S. Talking about definitions, check out the new addition to the CoinMarketCap Glossary, Abstraction Scalability, from contributor Gabriel Coutinho!
After launching Cartesi Rollups on Mainnet last month, it was time to put the infrastructure to the testā¦ and supercharge building with Cartesi Experiment Week! A week-long online hackathon for grantees and the broader community to unleash their creativity and focus on bringing tangible dApp ideas, use cases, improvements, and tooling to life.
Safe to say everyone was blown away by the projects that were born out of this week of experimentation - letās give a huge congratulations to the top 3 finalists:
But the true prize of Cartesi Experiment Week? Getting the community together and excited to build with the Cartesi stack! Check out all the amazing projects submitted in the recap written by Marketing contributor Siannie and why an experiment week is a must-try for every project out there from Advisor to the Cartesi Foundation, Felipe.
Now, letās head over to tech updates! A frenly reminder: if you canāt wait for next monthās recap, donāt forget you have direct access to developments and discussions over on Discord (check out the core-units-update channel) - come and join the conversation!
Itās been just over one month since the Honeypot dApp was released on Mainnet - whatās happened since then?
Honeypot is now listed on L2Beat and the funds now stand at 55,540 CTSI. That means over one month of proven security for Cartesiās infrastructure, as no one has managed to breach itā¦ yet! Come try your hand at cracking it and help battle test Cartesi Rollups security! Need a clue where to start? Dive into this article by Felipe to get familiar with the workings of the Honeypot dApp.
Check out the last live dev recap to hear from the units pushing forward on development:
Highlights include:
Tune into the next one by marking your calendars for the first Monday of the month.
Got questions? Donāt be shy - ask your questions to core developers, researchers and contributors directly on Discord!
āļø Ultrachess
Ultrachess is a fully on-chain chess application developed with Cartesi Rollups, allowing users to put real value on the line and play chess with more than just their Elo at stake.
šØ Productive
Productive is a Software Development house specialising in web & mobile development projects, with a grant to provide design, development, update, and maintenance for Cartesi ecosystem websites.
š® Aetheras
Aetheras is a blockchain company with experience in and a deep understanding of game development, with a grant to develop Texas HODLāem Poker and Dazzle (match-3 strategy game).
Texas HODLāem Poker
Dazzle
Follow Dazzle updates on their Twitter or join their Discord community!
š§ UXBoost
UXBoost is working on comprehensive user research and service flow study for Cartesi's hacker/developerās experience, including awareness, learning about Cartesi tech, hacking experience and grant applications. UXBoost aims to gain insights, identify improvement areas and devise strategies to enhance the overall user experience.
Community member Ericās back at it again! Following his guide on how to create your first Cartesi dApp, if youāve ever wanted to learn how to build a Python Wallet dApp, check out how you can do so with Cartesi here!
And if reading the guides has got you inspired, come take a look at the recently refreshed rolluplab.io - a community repository full of projects already unleashing the power of Linux in the Web3 ecosystem!
Need funding for your project? Good news! To foster expanding use cases of Cartesi tech, Cartesi Developer Advocacy launched DevAd Seed Grants! The goal? To support the development of innovative, mini-technical projects with a grant of up to US$5,000 per project aimed to be completed in 4-6 weeks. Take a look at the Notion page to learn more and apply!
And for your awesome contributions to the Cartesi ecosystem, did you know that you can claim a commemorative NFT? Recently, we dropped a unique GitPOAP for those whoāve contributed to Cartesiās core infrastructure repositories. Contributors to a specific Cartesi GitHub repo are eligible for a free-to-mint POAP. It's straightforward: once your pull request is merged, you qualify!
Find out more and see if youāre eligible to claim yours.
GitPOAP is a building block of your on-chain identity. After minting, share it on social media to celebrate your contributions with the Cartesi community! Weād love to see! āØ
Donāt forget! If youāre looking for ways to get involved, there are a range of DevAdvocacy initiatives you can get stuck into:
With so many incredible things happening within the Cartesi ecosystem in October, itās hard to shine the spotlight on just one standout contributor - there are just too many!
This month, letās shout out Carsten for breaking the Espresso Sequencer with an iconic Rickroll and Danilo for making his second (not to mention consecutive!!) ETHGlobal final with Cryptopolis, the original city simulator but with real economics.
Activity remains strong on the CGP front - ETHGlobal Paris track winner DCA Monster passed the community vote, and development is now underway! But what is DCA Monster exactly? Take a look at Pabloās article to dive into how it made waves within the Cartesi ecosystem and its growing traction in the broader DeFi landscape.
And thatās not the only proposal that the community voted to fund! Check out the proposal from Think & Dev for an on-chain image recognition system using AI algorithms, running on the Cartesi VM and storing results on the blockchain.
For development updates from projects funded through the Community Grants Program,
āļøCartenix, š¢ Drand for Cartesi, š¼ļø Decentralized Painting Canvas andš° BlockOasis, head on over to the ecosystem-updates channel over on Discord.
Our focus isnāt just on Devconnect and ETHGlobal Istanbul! Over in India, Shaheen and Jathin hosted a Cartesi developer showcase (peep the community reaction on Cartesi-powered games) for the Chennai Web3 community, while over in the US, Gabriel and Zach attended All Things Open. Gabriel gave a stellar presentation on how smart contracts need programmability and why Cartesi brings it to a whole new level - recap the weekend with Zachās roundup thread! In Lisbon, Joao shared insights in a panel on Security beyond Audits at Epic DeFi Security Day, while Augusto joined ETHLisbon as a hackathon judge.
Jathin was on fire this month, hosting a workshop with SRM Universityās Blockchain Club, not to mention a trilogy of workshops over in the LearnWeb3DAO community - excited to see even more builders get Cartesi-pilled and canāt wait to see what they build!
Over in the online realm, a powerhouse of a Community Manager and core contributor, Cynthia hosted a panel inviting an incredible range of women from the Web3 space to share their insights about getting started. Make sure to catch the replay and share it with someone you know whoād be interested in getting started!
*P.S. Check out these bonus resources from Deanna, a hackathon finalist at ETHGlobal Lisbon who shared how you can start building with Cartesi.
Without fail, Max brought another star guest to the Game Builder Community Call - we heard from Small Brain Games, whoās on a mission to build a new on-chain game every 6 weeks. Check out the replay:
On the road to Devconnect and ETHGlobal Istanbul, weāve joined forces with YTU Blockchain, BUChain, OTDĆ Blockchain and ITU Blockchain - hosting a Spaces session all about blockchain innovation and how Cartesi opens up the BUIDLing possibilities! From hosting a spaces session to an online Discord workshop to explore app-specific rollups & PoCs using Cartesi Rollups, thereās also an in-person Cartesi ideathon coming up - make sure to attend!
And itās alt VM season! Join us for VM Day, co-hosted with Fuel, to explore alternative VMs and how they're opening up a vast new design space for execution! We have a great line-up of speakers from RiscZero, Stackr, Fluent, Arbitrum, PolygonMiden and Aztec - make sure to sign up if youāre in town!
Thatās just a glimpse of the events we have coming up! Stay in the loop and never miss a beat with Cartesi's exciting lineup of events - subscribe to our supercharged public events calendar, and take part in event-related campaigns over on Link3*, Galxe and Zealy!
*Psst.. Did you know you can own a piece of Cartesi history and mint the Honeypot announcement as an NFT straight to your wallet from Link3?
Check out what else weāve been enjoying this month from across the ecosystem and beyond:
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Dive into Tech and Community updates from across the Cartesi Ecosystem!
Written By Siannie Quartero
Dive into Tech and Community updates from across the Cartesi Ecosystem!
Written By Siannie Quartero
Dive into Tech and Community updates from across the Cartesi Ecosystem!
Written By Siannie Quartero
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