Chainlink News and Announcements
The Early Access Eligibility App for Chainlink Staking v0.1 is now available.
Community members can use the App to check if they qualify for a chance to participate in the early staking phase of v0.1.
Check your eligibility today.
The Chainlink Fall 2022 Hackathon kicks off on 10/14!
• Dive deep into frameworks such as @HardhatHQ & Foundry
• Attend extensive smart contract code-along sessions
• Learn best practices for building Web3 apps
It's time to build—register now!
Chainlink grant recipient @CoorestOfficial has developed a carbon standard with CO2 tokens that are recognized as a valid carbon compensation method by an official @UN auditor.
Learn how Coorest is using Chainlink Any API to access climate data on-chain.
@KryptonProtocol has joined the Chainlink BUILD program.
Read how BUILD helps align economic incentives between the Krypton & Chainlink ecosystems & gives Krypton enhanced support while using Chainlink's off-chain compute in its novel MEV-resistant DEX.
Integrations
@0xfilswan has integrated Chainlink Price Feeds on @0xPolygon to help provide its multi-chain storage platform with high-quality market data.
Explore how Price Feeds help ensure accurate asset swaps during the decentralized storage payment process.
Two Sigma Securities (@twosigma) is now a data provider on the Chainlink Network.
Chainlink helps the systematic liquidity provider supply premium market data to smart contracts on multiple blockchains, helping power innovation in digital asset markets.
GameFi project @Forgotten_Chain has integrated Chainlink Price Feeds on @BNBChain to help secure its NFT marketplace.
ForgottenChain is also using Chainlink VRF to help generate random outcomes in its Wheel of Fortune game.
@FinanceVolare has integrated Chainlink Price Feeds on Avalanche mainnet to help secure its decentralized options trading platform.
Explore how Price Feeds help provide high-quality market data needed to accurately settle options transactions.
VRF Integrations
@SuperLitho—an AI-driven platform for cross-chain dApps—has integrated Chainlink VRF on @BNBChain to help fairly distribute NFTs across its @Finesse_W3 game series.
Learn how VRF helps ensure everyone has an equal chance of minting the rarest NFTs.
@lasmetaio, a GameFi project built on Ethereum, has integrated Chainlink VRF and Automation to help start and settle lucky draw rounds and to help automatically distribute payouts to winners.
NFT marketplace and search engine @hebys_io is using Chainlink VRF on Avalanche, BNBChain, Ethereum, Fantom, and Polygon.
Learn how VRF helps fairly distribute NFT collections launched on the platform.
@HordeTweets has integrated Chainlink VRF on @BNBChain to help ensure a fair Zombie TBAAS NFT mint.
Explore how VRF helps bring unparalleled transparency to the NFT space.
@0xPolygon DeFi project @Smart_Piggies is using Chainlink VRF to help power its NFT collection, and Price Feeds and Automation to help underpin its decentralized options market.
Explore how this helps expand financial inclusivity worldwide.
NFT game @AlphaBetsGG has integrated Chainlink VRF to support its winner selection process with verifiable randomness.
Learn how VRF helps generate fair outcomes for AlphaBets Featured Fights.
Proof of Reserve Integration
@Poundtoken is integrating Chainlink Proof of Reserve (PoR) to enhance collateral transparency & help secure the minting of its GBP-backed stablecoin, GBPT.
Learn how PoR helps bring more transparency to stablecoins through decentralized verification.
Featured Videos & Educational Pieces 🎥
- What Is a Stablecoin? (But Actually)
- There's a lot more to stablecoins than most people realize. In his latest mega dive, @PatrickAlphaC goes behind the scenes of this key DeFi primitive, exploring the tradeoffs of different stablecoin anatomies and the core role of stablecoins in Web3.
- SmartCon 2022 Research and Product Development Highlights
- SmartCon 2022 featured world-renowned researchers and top industry experts helping to create technologies that establish trust-minimization as a standard for Web applications. Key research updates from SmartCon featuring CCIP, DECO, FSS, and OCR 2.0.
- Why Developer Relations Is Crucial to the Success of Web3
- In Web3, DevRel teams are invaluable—they help to guide new developers through the complex experience of understanding the nascent technologies integral to the space. Here’s why developer-focused Web3 startups should build DevRel teams and how to do it.
- The Network State | Balaji Srinivasan | SmartCon 2022
- Web3 technology has enabled us to start new companies, new communities, and new currencies. But can we use it to start new cities, or even new countries? In his flagship talk at SmartCon 2022, angel investor and former Coinbase CTO Balaji Srinivasan discusses how blockchains and oracles can enable large Internet-native communities that can eventually turn into network states—highly aligned online communities with a capacity for collective action that crowdfund territory around the world and eventually gain diplomatic recognition from pre-existing states.
- Chainlink Town Hall | SmartCon 2022
- Chainlink Town Halls are an opportunity for the community to connect with Chainlink Labs team members and ask questions about the latest developments in the Chainlink ecosystem. In this Town Hall, join Adelyn Zhou as she chats with Dahlia Malkhi, Kemal El Moujahid, Mike Derezin, and Steve Ellis.
- Official SmartCon 2022 YouTube Playlist
- An array of illuminating discussions, presentations, and panels are available for you to view right now. Make sure you subscribe to the channel—more SmartCon videos are coming soon.
Ecosystem & Community Celebrations 👏
Upcoming Events 📅
Are you interested in hosting your own meetup? Apply to become a Chainlink Community Advocate today: https://events.chain.link/advocate
Chainlink’s Community Grant Program empowers our ecosystem to create valuable resources that help accelerate the adoption of Chainlink-powered smart contracts. Apply for a grant today.
Are there other community content and celebrations that we missed? Post them in the comments below! ⤵️