Probably Nothing 154: ARIO Airdrop & Agent Hackathon

This week, we have Lilypad on DevNTell, so if you're into decentralized AI, don't miss it!

Also, registration for the AR.IO airdrop is open, so you might be eligible if you have completed the Arweave course at D_D Academy before they took the snapshot!

​​​​​​​​​In this week's episode of DevNTell, Allison Haire (CEO) and Stanley Bishop (DeSci OG & Head of Research) from Lilypad will be guests on the show. Lilypad is a decentralized computing network powering use cases from DeSci, AI agents, and everything in between.

​Viewers of this DevNTell will see Allison and Stanley give us an overview of Lilypad, why it was built, the use cases it can empower, and how you can get started today.

Register here to get notifications when the show starts.

The Agentic Ethereum Async Hackathon will be held from January 31 to February 12 2025. Apply before the application deadline of January 30 and stand a chance to win from a prize pool of $150k from different categories. 

Apply here

Our friend @ar_io_network is dropping tokens to users. Anyone who completed the Arweave Academy course before their snapshot may be eligible for the drop.

Check for your eligibility here. If you choose to stake, you will get an extra 25% allocation and be staked in a random gateway at launch. You could switch this stake to the DD gateway for free to support our public good work.

Last week on DevNTell, Raghu Mohan & Amruth Chundi, Co-Founders of Rabble, were guests on the show. Rabble is a multichain Telegram client with a built-in wallet, social feed, and "Rabots" to make crypto seamless for billions.

Listen to the episode on the DevNTell podcast on Spotify.

Disclaimer: Please do your due diligence about a role posted here.

• @namita on D_D Discord is searching for an analytics role, that requires having Dune analytics, Google Analytics and Python data analysis skillset. Reach out if you are hiring. 

• Looking for a new role? Check out the latest jobs posted on interested.fyi.

• Intern opportunities exist for a Front-end developer and an AI Prompt Engineer. This is a paid internship position. If interested, contact @bilalmotiwala via DM on D_D Discord.

This proposal requests a retroactive budget amount of $CODE 10499.5 from the Developer DAO Treasury to reward the work of the Mentorship Programme contributions during Season 2 which was in 2023 and also seeks to gather information on what the next season of the Mentorship Programme should look like through an online survey form.

Exercise your governance right by casting your vote on Snapshot. Voting ends on January 21.

D_D vibes are back with a bang. Every Friday at 6 pm UTC on D_D Discord, the host @rohann06 and members gather on the Developer Voice Channel to yap about nothing and everything as life-changing connections are made during vibes. Drop in and join the conversation if you are free. 

The D_D Academy is a sub-section of Developer DAO tasked with creating educational content for public goods. Are you interested in contributing educational content or development work to the Academy and being rewarded?

Join the Academy sync and find out how you can contribute. Reach out to @piablo.eth to learn how you can contribute as the Academy syncs are back and better. 

Delegate your AR.IO testnet IO tokens (tIO) to our Arweave gateway, as we will share 10% of the rewards with you.

You can delegate your tIO tokens here.

If you don’t have tIO tokens yet, visit the ar.io website to learn how to obtain them.

• Get familiar with BitBadges by reading this X post by BitBadges.

• Learn Solidity’s Arithmetic underflow and overflow from this X post by @mahima_thacker.

• An article on web3.py Patterns: Real-Time Event Subscriptions by @wolovim

• @interestedfyi launches a salary tool.

• Mancala Beta Launch on Testnet this week by @Okhai 

• Building On Chain Podcast episode on @zkemail featuring @saugardev by @palomasupremacy

Trump’s ‘Official’ Memecoin Skyrockets to $24 Billion Valuation Within Hours

The President-Elect of the United States of America's newly promoted meme coin, TRUMP, skyrocketed to a $24 billion valuation within hours of its launch, making it the second-most valuable meme coin after DOGE. The token, heavily promoted on Trump's social media, saw massive trading volume despite 80% of its supply being locked in a single wallet linked to Trump's affiliates.

Ethereum Pectra Network Upgrade to Go Live in March

Ethereum's Pectra network upgrade is set to go live in March, following successful hard forks on its test networks scheduled for February. The first phase of Pectra will implement various improvements, including enhanced account abstraction for better security and an increased staking cap for validators.

Coinbase restrictions almost ruined crypto trader’s wedding

A crypto trader's wedding plans were nearly ruined when Coinbase restricted his account, blocking access to funds needed for his venue. After public pressure and support from his network, the issue was resolved, highlighting broader concerns about Coinbase's customer service and fraud policies.