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Also, we have Memento: AI art based on Ethereum messages on DevNTell, built by a D_D mentorship participant!
And we had two community wins!
Shoutout to @PSkinnerTech for starting a new role in the DevRel team of @ar_io_network. Congratulations !!!!
Congratulations to our editor @K4y1s on winning the Arweave Fullstack Hack!
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This week's episode of DevNTell will air on Friday, December 6, by 4:30 p.m. UTC. It will feature D_D OG Joyce Lai (who taught herself to code through the mentorship program), founder of the Memento of a Dialogue NFT Collection.
Viewers of this DevNTell will see Joyce tell her story of learning how to code through the D_D mentorship program and how it led her to create this generative art collection of 100 generative artworks embedded with real Ethereum messages dating back from 2016.
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Last week on DevNTell, Nenad Vitorovic, DevRel at Tenderly, gave an overview of the development infrastructure and tools Tenderly provides and demonstrated practical applications in a live demo. Tenderly is a full-stack Web3 infrastructure layer with node RPC, dev environments, and exploration tools.
If you missed the episode catch it up here on our YouTube Channel.
@samdeveloper is looking for a skilled Solana developer to build a Solana RPC node for a project. The project scope includes setting up a Solana RPC node according to Solana’s official documentation and being knowledgeable in hosting nodes using AWS. If this sounds like you, drop a message on the Discord server.
@zac on D_D Discord has a full-time role as a senior engineer for a funded crypto + AI start-up. Experience with Bittensor / AI / Smart Contracts is highly encouraged!
A part-time React Native / Full Stack Typescript Engineer. This is a freelance gig for a restaurant review app (Not crypto-related). Connect with @zac here if you are interested in any of the roles.
@hufhaus on D_D Discord is hiring for two roles for Pear Protocol (pear.garden - a leading decentralized exchange for trading cryptocurrencies)
The prospective candidate should have experience developing core backend systems at a massive scale using Typescript. Strong knowledge of best practices in systems design. Experience building tools & systems around/on EVM, and also nice to have experience with rust, comfortable with solidity/foundry, and comfortable with react.
The prospective candidate should be experienced in developing web apps and shipping user-facing features/on-chain components with Typescript, React, Nextjs, Viem, Wagmi, Tailwind, and Graphql. Be familiar with best practices around frontend architecture and dapp development, including security, performance, and usability & testing.
Send @hufhaus a DM with a short loom video of any relevant portfolio work if you are interested in any of the roles.
This proposal requests a retroactive budget of $CODE 10499.5 from the Developer DAO Treasury to reward the work of the Mentorship Programme contributions during Season 2 (2023) and also to gather information via a survey on what the next season of the Mentorship Programme should be. Read the proposal on the forum and make your contributions.
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 or @wolovim 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.
A video on an explanation of Solidity's Internal Functions by John Fawole
Watch the top 3 things done by @DAppaDanDev in Bangkok in this short video posted on X.
interested.fyi got an update that enables the pull of job seekers' Twitter activity, thanks to a grant provided by @Optimism to build this all out by @hone1er
AI Defeated in Crypto Challenge
An AI agent named Freysa was programmed never to transfer funds, as part of a challenge where users paid fees to send messages attempting to bypass its rules. After 481 failed attempts, someone exploited Freysa’s logic with a clever prompt, tricking it into transferring the prize pool of 13.19 ETH ($47,000) by reinterpreting its instructions and functions.
Bitcoin Price Makes Another Run at $100K as U.S. Traders Return After Thanksgiving
Bitcoin surged to $98,700, with futures briefly surpassing $100,000 on the CME for the second time, fueled by strong institutional participation and U.S. traders returning post-Thanksgiving. Altcoins also saw significant gains, and major U.S.-listed Bitcoin miners outperformed crypto-related stocks, reflecting a broader market rally.
Memecoins Show Coinbase's Base Blockchain Isn't So Centralized, Founder Says
Jesse Pollak, the creator of Coinbase’s Base blockchain, highlights the protocol's openness, using the unexpected launch of the meme token BALD as evidence that Base is not heavily centralized or controlled by Coinbase. While critics argue that Base's Coinbase affiliation suggests centralization, Pollak points to features like fault proofs, stablecoin growth, and developer activity in emerging markets to emphasize its alignment with Ethereum's decentralized ethos.
Curve Launches ‘Lite’ Protocol Targeting Ethereum’s Layer 2 Ecosystem
Curve has introduced Curve-Lite, a simplified, open-source version of its decentralized exchange, designed to seamlessly integrate with Ethereum Layer 2 solutions like Arbitrum Nitro, Polygon CDK, and Taiko. Curve-Lite made its debut on Taiko's mainnet, demonstrating how it can deliver efficient liquidity management with lower transaction costs.
