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Source: https://blog.colosseum.org/accelerator-demo-day-tensor-api-game-jam/
I spent last weekend offline, did anything interesting happen while I was gone? 😧 When I sent out the first issue of this newsletter (before it became the Colosseum Codex) back in March 2023, SOL was hovering right around $20. But every week when I hit publish, the builders were still building! So I know this dip isn’t scaring anyone off. There are a number of big things coming up for Solana… mtndao (in progress), Radar Hackathon, SEZ Argentina, The POST Miami, and more that make a bright future for Solana. So let’s take a deep collective breath then keep building! Here’s the roundup of the latest news for Solana devs… ▶️ Accelerator Demo DayColosseum has shared the video of the virtual demo day. Each of the teams presenting were winners in the Solana Renaissance Hackathon. Check out a short overview and demo of each of the projects that were accepted into Colosseum’s first accelerator cohort:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDIZ-P0la3c
👩🏫 Solana: How It WorksHelius has released a comprehensive report designed to serve as a valuable primer of the core Solana protocol for those in crypto-adjacent fields where Solana is starting to appear on their radar. The report offers a detailed exploration of key components such as Gulf Stream, the TPU, Turbine, block verification, consensus, gossip, and more. The report was written by @__lostin__ with help from experts including @0xIchigo, @dubbel06, @jacobvcreech, @mael_bomane, Nagaprasad Vr, and @rexstjohn who provided invaluable feedback. Solana: How it works, an executive overview of the Solana protocol 🚛 Tensor API MigrationTensor has announced significant updates to the Tensor API as it migrates from GraphQL to a new RESTful API in an effort to improve performance, stability, and documentation. The GraphQL API will be fully deprecated and removed in 2 months. Developers are encouraged to start their transition to the new REST API as soon as possible. The new REST API is now live and comes with extensive documentation. Benefits of the REST API include:
New Rust and JavaScript SDKs, which use the updated version of u/solana/web3.js, are published and ready for use and a migration guide is available to help with the transition. 🏆 Speedrun Game Jam WinnersMagicBlock has announced the winners of the 3rd edition of the Solana Speedrun Game Jam. First place for the main track was Echoes Of Eldoria, a turn-based multiplayer game. Second place went to Startup, a business simulation game where players engage in both legal and illicit activities to earn and launder money. Third place was Solana Science, an idle strategy game that leveraged Token extensions and the Godot engine where players read and sell books . Check out more Speedrun game submissions! Solana Speedrun Game Jam Winners 💎 Developer NewsSolana JavaScript SDK 2.0 RC PYUSD Portal Hackathon Solana Serialization Benchmark ⚙️ Tools & Resourcesprofessional-education is a collection of resources for remote and classroom-based Solana training with hands-on labs, including slides, instructor notes, lab solutions, and an event planning playbook. Pinocchio is a zero-dependency library to create Solana programs in Rust that eliminates the dependency on the solana-program crate to mitigate dependency issues. Also see Ping, an example app that uses Pinocchio. radar is a static analysis engine for Rust-based programs to scan for vulnerabilities using a powerful Python based engine that enables automating detection of vulnerable code patterns through logical expressions. 💸 FundingElmnts, a tokenized mineral rights and royalties ecosystem, has raised over $2 million in pre-seed funding. The funding round was led by Graph Ventures with additional support from Solana Co-Founders Raj Gokal & Anatoly Yakavenko, Mert Mumtaz from Helius, Nom from Bonk, and Stepan Simkin from Squads. High-speed internet provider Andrena has raised $18 million in a Series A extension round led by Dragonfly Capital to support the expansion of affordable high-speed internet access through Andrena’s decentralized wireless network project, DAWN. 👩🔧 Get Hired
⚡ Quick HitsPaladin: A new way to address MEV – Uri Klarman Discovering Solana Collective: The Heartbeat of Solana’s Content Community – Preeetham Using Metaplex Core in Anchor projects – Metaplex An early history of Solana TPS and Performance – Windscar1001 Blinks on Discord by using D-Blinks App – NFTWidi Solving Water Shortages through Solana and DePIN – JasonGlynnLive Godot Solana SDK update includes minor fixes and is also Godot 4.3 ready – AxelBenjam 🎧 Listen to ThisLightspeedJack Kubinec, who writes the daily Lightspeed newsletter, has joined the Lightspeed podcast as a co-host a long with Mert! https://x.com/whosknave/status/1820509411573485671 This week Chris Osborn & Jon Wong join Lightspeed to discuss one of the most exciting announcements in recent weeks within crypto: Blinks. They deep dive into what are Blinks, why they’re needed for the internet, attracting developers, and the roadmap for the rest of 2024 & beyond. Blinks Built On Solana | Chris Osborn & Jon Wong Bonus EpisodesHow Gameshift’s API Is Simplifying web3 Game Development w/ Davis Hart (Solana Labs) – Validated In this episode, Austin chats with Davis Hard (Solana Labs) to talk about GameShift, a new API designed to streamline blockchain integration for game developers on Solana. The conversation also touches on the hurdles remaining in the adoption of blockchain technology by traditional gaming studios. How Ephemeral Rollups Will Change Blockchain Gaming with MagicBlock (feat. Andrea, co-founder) – Solfate Magic Block is a high-performance engine for fully on-chain games and applications that aims to make it easy for developers to build entirely on-chain games and leverage the unique features that blockchain offers. Magic Block is also developing the Bolt framework, an entity component system built on top of Anchor. Disrupting The Status Quo: How io.net Challenges Big Tech’s AI Dominance – The Defiant Tory Green is the Co-Founder and CEO of io.net, a decentralized computing network to power to ML applications and a prominent project in the DePIN category. In this episode, Tory shares the behind-the-scenes details of their former CEO’s departure and provides an in-depth look into everything io.net. Follow @mikehale on X or Warpcast! Thanks for reading ✌️I hope you found something useful here! If you have any suggestions or feedback just let me know what you think. submitted by /u/ansi09 |
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