Brandon Kase and Evan Shapiro came together for a special livestream to officially launch zkSpark, a new incentivised testnet for Mina Protocol.
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O(1) Labs Twitter Space – Wed 23 Nov 11am PT(16:00 UTC)
In the next Twitter space, Phil continues the conversation with O(1) Labs team member and Mina Protocol Architect Engineer, Brandon Kase and among the topics up for discussion are ‘Safer CEXes’.
zkApps: Cohort 0 – Tue Nov 22nd + Live virtual event
Here’s another exciting development on the road to zkApps being live on the Mina Protocol mainnet.
Medium: O(1) Labs – Midpoint Update on the zkApps Builders Program
O(1) Labs, the incubators behind Mina Protocol have just published a new medium article regarding the zkApps Builders Program, an 11-week program bringing talented developers from around the world together to learn about zero-knowledge programming, and build zero-knowledge smart contracts (“zkApps”)
Security: Mina Phishing Scams alert
It seems every few months a similar phishing scam is targeted toward Mina Wallet Holders and this week another attempt was made. In all of the attacks the method is the same.
ZK Hack Event with O(1) Labs: Thu 22nd Nov
Mina incubators O(1) Labs are one of the sponsors of the upcoming ZKHack, a regular virtual event series featuring weekly workshops and advanced puzzle solving competitions. The next event will feature workshops on Tuesday and Thursdays and will run from November 22nd till December 13th.
Video: Light Chat – PAGEAPP – Proof of Age zkApp
The Community Builders Program is becoming a great source of new ideas and more and more the program is offering a glimpse at some of the amazing potential real world use cases for zkApps (smart contracts running on Mina Protocol – currently on testnet).
Events: O(1) Labs Twitter Space – Monday 14Nov 17:00 UTC
Entitled Real World ZK with O(1) Labs, a new Twitter space debuts on Monday with experts from the #ZK World discussing particular real-life use cases for zero knowledge, Mina Protocol and snarkyJS.
New Twitter Account for Mina Devs @MinaDevelopers
With all that has been going on this week in the world of BlockChains it might have been easy to miss this announcement from the Mina Foundation, but the new social media account @MinaDevelopers on Twitter is another sign of the quickening progress towards zkApps on Mainnet.
MinaScan: Blockchain explorer for Berkeley Testnet by Staketab
Staketab have now launched MinaScan, a blockchain explorer for Berkeley Testnet with information on the growing number of zkApps being deployed. You can find full details of the release HERE, you can also click on the link in the tweet below.