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Arweave Weekly Highlight：Week 37

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Web3 is booming, and Arweave is becoming a popular infrastructure choice for developers. PermaDAO is a community where everyone can contribute to the Arweave ecosystem. It's a place to propose and tackle tasks related to Arweave, with the support and feedback of the entire community. Join PermaDAO and help shape Web3!

Author: Kyle @ Contributor of PermaDAO

Translator: John Khor @ Contributor of PermaDAO

Reviewer: yifan XU @ Contributor of PermaDAO

Arweave data for last week: The mainnet processed a total of 19,352,193 transactions and achieved 579 GB of storage in a single week!

The storage cost for this week is 0.799 AR/GB, with an increase of 702 on-chain addresses!

PermaDAO distributed a total of 1,602.79 $AR as contribution incentives last week!

 

Weekly News Summary

🔥 MetaMask now supports logging into Arweave wallets!

🔥 Arweave Day in Asia 2023 concluded successfully!

🔥 ReadON establishes a partnership with GeniiData.

🔥 ReadON establishes a partnership with CassavaNetwork.

🔥 Warp Contracts announces the launch of Warp Syncer.

🔥 RedStone announces integration with the Gravita protocol.

🔥 RedStone integrates Stader, providing price data sources for $ETHx.

🔥 RedStone founder Marcin participates in the DappCon23 event and delivers a speech.

🔥 Web3Arabs releases a new course on building the WeaveDB database.

🔥 Permaweb Cookbook is now available in Mandarin.

🔥 WeaveDB announces the launch of the ultimate decentralized social network, Jots.

🔥 PermaDAO becomes a community partner of Builder Nights HK.

🔥 The Arweave India community hosts its first "Arweave Intro" event.

🔥 WeaveDB won the top prize at the Arriba X in Singapore Pitch Contest.

🔥 In the fifth round of the RedStone Expedition, RedStone collaborates with Interest Protocol.

🔥 The initial stage of the AR.IO network testnet witnessed over 100 nodes join the Gateway Address Registry (GAR).

  

Project Updates

1. RedStone founder Marcin participated in and delivered a speech at the DappCon23.

  • The DappCon23 is a developer conference focused on Ethereum infrastructure and Dapps.
  • The speech topic was "EVM vs SmartWeave: How EVM Chains Interact with Arweave."

https://x.com/Marcin_Kaz13/status/1701190824237707319?s=20

2. Permaweb Cookbook is now available in Mandarin.

  • Permaweb Cookbook is a developer resource library that provides fundamental concepts and reference examples for building applications on Permaweb.
  • PermaDAO is partnering with them to handle the translation work for the Chinese version.

https://x.com/onlyarweave/status/1701394455415382178?s=20

3. WeaveDB announces the launch of the ultimate decentralized social network, Jots.

  • Jots is still in the private alpha testing phase of WeaveDB.
  • It is now possible to register using an EVM wallet to join the waiting list: [Jots Social](https://www.jots.social/).

https://x.com/weave_db/status/1701871910748069970?s=20

4. Warp Contracts announces the launch of Warp Syncer.

  • Warp Syncer is a synchronizer designed to connect Arweave L1 and L2 transactions, enhancing the efficiency and security of SmartWeave contracts.
  • It stores L1 and L2 transactions in the Warp database, which is serviced by Warp gateways.
  • Warp Syncer provides a unified binary with multiple command options. By assigning a unique sorting key for each contract transaction, Warp Syncer ensures consistent transaction order, enabling seamless collaboration between L1 and L2.

https://x.com/warp_contracts/status/1701958464942022989?s=20

5. Arweave India community hosted its first "Arweave Intro" event.

  • The event had over 60 attendees, with 30 of them staying for a developer meeting.
  • The event utilized the latest features of Arweave Hub (link in the profiles), including direct email registration and list management in profiles.

https://x.com/onlyarweave/status/1701960684781601200?s=20

6. MetaMask now supports logging into Arweave wallets!

  • Arweave wallets can now be accessed through MetaMask, providing millions of MetaMask users with seamless access to the Arweave network.
  • Users can find the Arweave wallet on the Snaps Directory and install it instantly when interacting with dApps integrated with the Arweave wallet.
  • The Arweave Wallet Snap also offers the initial version of a comprehensive dApp, making decentralized asset management more intuitive.

https://x.com/pianitynft/status/1701979442778673253?s=20

7. WeaveDB won the top prize at the Arriba X in Singapore Pitch Contest.

  • The Arriba X in Singapore Pitch Contest is an affiliated event of Singapore Token2049, themed "Grounded in Japan, Seeking Global Success in Web3 Projects," with 35 teams participating.

https://x.com/arriba_studio/status/1701976570766729710?s=20

8. Arweave Day in Asia 2023 concluded successfully!

  • After nearly two months of preparation, the 2023 Arweave Day in Asia event, hosted by PermaDAO has concluded successfully.
  • Arweave builders gathered at the historic Old Parliament House in Singapore for intellectual exchange. The event included project demo presentations, panel discussions, and audience Q&A sessions.

https://x.com/perma_dao/status/1702237445516116375?s=20

9. Tate announces three new initiatives for Community Labs.

  • While Community Labs has previously focused on tools and infrastructure, they are now shifting attention to addressing consumer needs.
  • The three new initiatives are stablecoins, a platform for splitting and tokenizing real estate, and an incentive-based, decentralized source code control platform.

https://x.com/TateBerenbaum/status/1702370840019608004?s=20

10. KYVE Mainnet has been running for six months, achieving numerous milestones.

  • The Mainnet has seen three data pools go live, with over 200 validators participating and 3.8 million transactions, 99.7% of which are valid.
  • The KYVE development team introduced the KSYNC tool, and governance and forums have been growing, with 20 discussion threads and 13 passed votes.

https://x.com/KYVENetwork/status/1702371419185881430?s=20

11. The initial stage of the [AR.IO](http://ar.io/) network testnet witnessed over 100 nodes join the Gateway Address Registry (GAR).

  • Over 100 nodes have joined the Gateway Address Registry, making the Arweave Permaweb more resilient than ever before.
  • The second goal of the testnet phase is to establish the discoverability of gateways.

https://x.com/ar_io_network/status/1702345231218233608?s=20

  

Project Collaborations & Integrations

1. ReadON Partners with CassavaNetwork.

  • Cassava Network is a tokenized rewards platform dedicated to improving the lives of people in Africa and globally through the widespread adoption of blockchain and Web3 technologies.

https://x.com/ReadOnMe3/status/1701148647973699788?s=20

2. RedStone Announces Integration with Gravita Protocol.

  • Gravita is a CDP stablecoin protocol that allows users to borrow funds by collateralizing assets generated from various yield forms.

https://x.com/redstone_defi/status/1701913677031727333?s=20

3. PermaDAO Becomes a Community Partner of Builder Nights HK.

  • Builder Nights HK is an event organized by MetaMask, Fuel Labs, Linea, [1inch.io](http://1inch.io/), Biconomy, AltLayer, and 4337Mafia, where discussions revolve around Web3 wallets, account abstractions, and infrastructure topics.

https://x.com/perma_daoCN/status/1701950241396683249?s=20

4. ReadON Partners with GeniiData.

  • GeniiData is a platform that offers powerful trading tools, providing traders with comprehensive real-time market data.

https://x.com/ReadOnMe3/status/1692384063343210675?s=20

5. RedStone Integrates Stader to Provide Price Data Source for $ETHx.

  • Stader is a multi-chain non-custodial liquidity staking protocol, and its liquidity staking token ETHx has been on the mainnet for 60 days.

https://x.com/redstone_defi/status/1702698921984962623?s=20

6. In the Fifth Round of RedStone Expedition, RedStone Collaborates with Interest Protocol.

  • RedStone Expedition is a collaborative event that engages the community to complete tasks and earn rewards.
  • The partner for the second round of this event is Interest Protocol, a DeFi protocol on the SUI chain offering features like trading, yield farming, and lending. Users can earn exclusive OAT (On-chain Achievement Token) by completing tasks.

https://x.com/redstone_defi/status/1701974168986943836?s=20

  

Ecosystem Education

1. Bundlr's Article - Why Should You Care About Provenance?

  • Weak provenance damages the integrity of food’s supply chain, which led to a multinational crisis of trust in the authenticity of the entire food industry.
  • With the advancement in AI, the proliferation of fake content like deepfakes and fake news makes provenance even more crucial for tracing which content is AI-generated.
  • Bundlr is a solution that offers robust provenance features to categorize and authorize content, protecting the rights of creators and users.

https://x.com/BundlrNetwork/status/1701626857119240201?s=20

2. Web3Arabs Has Released a New Course on Building the WeaveDB Database.

  • Web3Arabs is the largest Web3 Arabic educational platform.

https://x.com/weave_db/status/1701277382055960715?s=20

3. Weavers Has Released a Tutorial Video on How to Drop Atomic Assets to the BazAR Marketplace.

  • Weavers is a community of developers and creative professionals in the Arweave ecosystem.
  • You can learn how to mint your atomic asset collections on the BazAR marketplace in just 50 seconds by visiting https://t.co/w23AyNn1jV.

https://x.com/Weavers_Org/status/1701702848562815429?s=20

4. Bundlr Introduces a Tutorial Course on Building and Deploying NFTs on Solana.

  • Learn to build and deploy NFTs on Solana using Metaplex in just 30 minutes.
  • Metaplex is an open protocol and toolkit on Solana for NFT creators and developers.

https://x.com/BundlrNetwork/status/1702714038269198381?s=20

  

Insights

1. ArDrive Post: Can You Store Private Data on the Blockchain?

  • The advantages of blockchain-hosted websites include decentralized storage, increased security, greater ownership, and control, as well as cost reduction. However, they also face challenges related to complexity, user experience, and development.
  • ArDrive offers a solution, providing permanent data storage that is cost-effective, and durable.

https://x.com/ardriveapp/status/1674477837041168384?s=20

2. Only Arweave Tweet: Arweave is the ultimate place for cross-chain friendliness.

https://x.com/onlyarweave/status/1702321495559782466?s=20

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