Berkeley Testnet Alpha – New WIP Mina zkApps
Testing and building of zkApps on the recently opened Berkeley Testnet Alpha has been in full flow and here are four new zkApps (all still work in progress) that are in various stages of development. You can view all the current zkApps on our sister website www.zkappsformina.com, you can also sign up to become a […]
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Boom Labs: Medium Article on zkApps (Korean)
In the future we hope to be able to write articles about Mina Protocol Community in a wide range of languages, but until then we’ll do our best to draw attention to any content worthy of attention.
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Video: The Truth About Mina
Here’s a brand new video about Mina from the team at Beanstalk. They’re certainly excited about the potential and their presentation goes into some depths with the guys sharing their opinions on.
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VIdeo: Scott Melker & Evan Shapiro – Zero Knowledge, Privacy, And True Decentralization
Mina Foundation CEO, Evan Shapiro sat down with Crypto YouTuber Scott Melker recently to chat about all things Mina, including how Mina Protocol can offer unique solutions to privacy in Blockchains.
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Pics: zkConnect – Korea, Vietnam & Singapore
The Mina Foundation and O(1) Labs teams are travelling the world to spread the news about Mina Protocol. Here are some photos taken at 3 recent events in Korea, Vietnam & Singapore.
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Auro wallet – Berkeley testnet extension
For developers testing on the brand new Mina Protocol Berkeley Testnet there is now an extension for the Auro Wallet that can be used to easily integrate with zkApps.
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Mina Online Swag Store Launches
So many people have contacted me in the past months about Mina Swag and now (finally) there is a chance to get your hands some official Mina Protocol merchandise.
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Berkeley Testnet Alpha now live
During the last 6 months, Mina Protocol has consistently ranked in the top 3 cryptocurrency projects with the highest number of GitHub Commits.
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Events: zkApp Connect / Developers Meetup – Ho Chi Minh City
Mina Protocol was in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam today and the team (Brian McKenna & Angus Maidment) were joined by a group of enthusiastic web3 developers and community members eager to learn more about the zkApps Builders Program..
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Berkeley Testnet Alpha to launch Monday Sept 26th
Last week the Mina Foundation updated the current Mina Protocol roadmap and although zkApps on Mainnet were originally penciled in for Q3, extra testing and work is needed. However, things are moving forward with great pace and a brand new Berkeley Testnet Alpha will be launching on Monday 26th
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Events: Evan Shapiro to talk at Messari Crypto Mainnet 2022
Mina Foundation CEO, Evan Shapiro will be one of the speakers appearing at the annual Messari Crypto Mainnet event being held this week in New York.
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Events Sept 22: Brian McKenna, Head of Product Mina Protocol @ Upbit Developer Conference and BUIDL Asia
It’s a busy week for Mina Protocol’s Head of Product, Brian McKenna as he appears as a speaker at both the Upbit Developer Conference in Korea and BUIDL Asia in Vietnam.
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Video: O(1) Labs SnarkyJS week – Advanced Workshop
Here is a great video from the main Mina Protocol ecosystem partners, O(1) Labs. The workshop hosted by Gregor and Jack, shows a walk through example of a simple POC zkApp.
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Mina Protocol: Q3 Ecosystem Roadmap
As Q3 22 draws to a close, the latest Ecosystem Roadmap has been announced by the Mina Foundation. You can see all the updates and information in full HERE, you can also see a graphic below that gives a brief overview of developments.
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Evan Shapiro: Is Zero Knowledge the Future of NFTs?
We all know about crypto punks and bored apes, but can the world of NFT’s sustain enough interest to create mass adoption long term, and if so what will they look like in the future?
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Crypto.com Mina withdrawals now available
Crypto.com was one of the very first exchanges to list Mina back in July 2021. A lot has happened since then, but one thing that was annoying was that although you could buy it there, you couldn’t actually withdraw Mina directly.
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Video: Staking Mondays with Evan Shapiro from Mina Protocol
Here is the video of Mina Protocol CEO, Evan Shapiro talking earlier today with Marion from the weekly Staking Rewards podcast/YouTube channel.
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Mina Foundation CEO, Evan Shapiro: Staking Rewards Summit – Mon 19th Sept
He’s been keeping a fairly low profile in recent months so it’s great to see Mina Foundation CEO, Evan Shapiro confirmed as a guest on The Staking Summit this week (Sep 19th @ 12pm EST (18:00 CET / 16:00 UTC)).
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(NEW Release 5.5) Mina Blockchain Explorer by Staketab Team
This week Staketab announced additional updates to their Mina Blockchain Explorer (v5.5) including a cool new ‘Address Lock Status’ feature.
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TürkL zkApe&Brandon Kase – Röportajı
Here’s a link to an interview with Brandon Kase, Architect and first engineer at O(1) labs. The interview originally published (in English) on zkApe, can now be found on www.b62.io, an excellent Turkish website dedicated to Mina Protocol
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ZkConnect: London Tue 13th Sep 22
The teams from Mina Foundation & O(1) Labs were in London this week for another zkConnect event and they were joined at Second Home in Spitalfields by WEB3 developers and community members eager to learn more about zkApps.
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Video: Security in ZK Systems featuring David Wong from O(1) Labs
Someone who seems to be popping up more and more in talk panels and on podcasts recently is David Wong. David works for O(1) Labs, the incubator behind Mina Protocol and the team that are actively involved with building snarkyJS
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Mina Wallets: Auro Wallet ‘Featured’ on Google Chrome Store
It’s definitely a sign of the growing awareness around Mina Protocol generally when the Auro Wallet Chrome browser extension is given a featured badge on the Google Chrome Store. It is just one of four excellent Mina Protocol wallets that have all been audited (by Least Authority) and extensively used among the Mina Protocol Community.
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Mina Protocol & O(1) Labs Job Vacancies Sept 22
The Mina Foundation & primary ecosystem partner O(1) Labs are growing and as a result there are a number of job openings available.
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Listen: David Wong – TinTin Meeting (in Chinese) Wed 7th September
David Wong, expert cryptographer and O(1) Labs employee is a busy bee. This week he joins a panel of 4 founders and cryptography experts on Wed 7th September 2022 at TinTin Meeting to talk about Mina Protocol and discuss the innovations in, and potential uses of, zero knowledge in our lives.
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Medium Article by Colluding Node ‘Mina — Beyond “Single-Player” Contracts’
It is always exciting to hear about the way Mina Protocol could expand its interoperability with other Blockchains and utilise its lightweight and zero-knowledge capabilities in the future, so I thought it was worthwhile sharing a link to this excellent article by Colluding Node entitled ‘Mina — Beyond “Single-Player” Contracts’.
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Events: Mina Foundation COO, Dedata Salon, Berlin 12th Sept 2022
In addition to the on-going zk Developers Meet-ups, the team from Mina Foundation and its biggest ecosystem partner O(1) Labs have been taking part in many events and discussions in the last few months. As part of Berlin Blockchain Week 2022 on Monday, 12 September, Mina Foundation COO, Kurt Hemecker will be talking at the […]
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Events: Mina Foundation sponsors Web3J13kGames
As the world of gaming and Web3 draw ever closer it’s exciting to see the Mina Foundation become a ‘Gold Partner’ at Web3J13kGames, an event geared around a JavaScript coding competition for HTML5 Game Developers.
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Claire Kart, VP Marketing & Community at Mina Foundation talks to Brave Marketer podcast
Claire Kart is the VP of Marketing & Community at Mina Foundation, here she is talking to Donny Dvorin from the Brave Marketer podcast about all things Mina Protocol, including the early days of Mina, Zero Knowledge proofs, the difference between an audience and a Community and her journey through the world of Crypto.
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Article: What You Should Learn Before Building a zkApp by Mina Foundation
You may have seen our recent blog post about zkApp beta testers wanted and the Mina Foundation recently posted an article regarding some information on ‘What you should learn before building a zkApp’ for anyone who may have made it on to the program or (like me) are on the waiting list for the next phase.
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Video: How to delegate $MINA using Auro Wallet extension by Everstake
Everstake are one of the biggest Validators in the Mina Ecosystem and they are also one of the most active when it comes to creating awesome content for Mina Holders.
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O(1) Labs CEO Emre Tekişalp to talk at Converge22 (Sept 27-30th)
Emre Tekişalp is the CEO of O(1) Labs, (Mina Protocol’s main ecosystem partner) and he will be joining a who’s who of speakers in San Francisco next month (Sept 27-30th) for Converge22.
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ETHMexico zkApp WIP: Vaultmi
Here’s some info about another zkApp that was built at the recent ETHMexico event called Vaultmi. The App won an award from the Mina Foundation and it allows the user to share files with multiple owners through the Mina protocol
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Video (en français): Cryptographie, VMs & circuits avec David Wong
Here’s a video of cryptography expert and O(1) Labs team member David Wong talking to respected French crypto news channel Journal du Coin about the capabilities of zero knowledge, Mina Protocol and a host of other things.
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(Better) Mina Uptime Leaderboard – TowerStake V1.5
The team at Towerstake have just released a new Mina Uptime Leaderboard, version 1.5. The latest version is now compatible with SNARK-work uptime ranking and all uptime scores and charts are now SNARK-work-based.
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Mina Protocol Community Grant Nominations Open for Q3 2022
Do you know someone who is making impactful contributions to the Mina Protocol ecosystem? The Mina Foundation is asking the community to nominate individuals and teams that are buildings tools, supporting the ecosystem or raising awareness to the project.
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Mina Protocol – 2nd Most active crypto on Github in the last 6 Months
As you can see over the last 6 months the teams at O(1) Labs & The Mina Foundation have been working really hard in order to get zkApps on Mainnet as soon as possible and as a result Mina Protocol was ranked second in the table.
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EthMexico – Pics, Prizes & Roundup – Mina Protocol
Some of the team from both O(1) Labs and the Mina Foundation were at ETHMexico last week and in addition to spending time talking to developers about the amazing capabilities of zkApps on Friday snarkyJS developer Jack Servia gave a talk on ‘Zero-Knowledge Programming with TypeScript’.
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Staketab Mina Explorer update – Version 5.4
Staketab have made a number of improvements to their Mina Explorer and the latest version (5.4) is their most comprehensive update yet.
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zkApp Beta Testers Leaderboard announced
Do you want to learn the basics and start building zero knowledge smart contracts by completing zkApps test challenges for points?
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=nil; Foundation working on bi-directional #zkBridge for Mina Protocol
We recently reported that the one directional Mina > Ethereum #zkBridge being developed by =nil; Foundation was being audited ready for deployment, however this week the Twitter account for the team also hinted at bi-directional integration that could also interact with other Protocols.
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Events: Mina zkApp Developers Meetup – Mexico City, August 18th 2022
It’s incredibly exciting to see so many new Mina ZkApp meetup’s being announced and following on from the London meetup, there has now been a further six events added to the schedule in all corners of the world
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Video: The Missing Key in Web3 — 7 of Crypto’s Brightest Minds Weigh In (Part 2: Zero Knowledge in Web3)
Here is part two (Zero Knowledge in Web3) of a two part series of videos created by the Mina Foundation with the aim of helping to understand Web3 & the importance Zero knowledge will have on the crypto space in the future.
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Events: Mina zkApp Developers Meetup – London
So far there this year there have been 8 ZkApp developers meet-ups this year and more are coming…. Here is the latest one… a new zkApp developers meet up announced for London on Tue 13th September 2022 6PM
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Events: ETHMexico – Hack the future and win $500k in prizes
Mina Foundation is one of the main sponsors for the upcoming ETHMexico (August 19th – 21st) and in addition to hosting a Zk Meet up during the event, the team will also be on site to answer questions on the worlds lightest (and best) blockchain. Over the course of ETHMexico over $500k will be up […]
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Events: Fri Aug 12 – Delendum Ventures online ‘ZKP Applications’ panel with Phil Kelly (Mina Foundation) & Brandon Kase from (o(1) Labs)
Phil Kelly (Mina Foundation) & Brandon Kase (O(1) Labs) are among the speakers at the ‘Zk Applications’ panel hosted by Delendum Ventures happening this Friday August 12, 2022 (9:00 AM – 10:30 AM PDT / 16:00 UTC).
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=nil; Foundation – zkBridge ready to audit by ABDK Consulting
=nil; Foundation are building a zkBridge for Mina Protocol, the bridge will enable Ethereum dapps to leverage Mina’s properties.
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Video: The Missing Key in Web3 — 7 of Crypto’s Brightest Minds Weigh In (Part 1 – What is Web3?)
What is Web3 Missing? It’s a question our team of experts attempt to answer in this first in a series of videos from the Mina Foundation.
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Web3 for Gen Z: Episode #4 – Building the Lightest Blockchain with Brian Mokoro
Mina Foundation’s Head of Finance Brian Mokoro was the special guest of the web3 for gen z Podcast recently. You can listen to it directly from the player below or you can also subscribe to the podcast HERE. Brian’s insights into the role of finance in Web3 make for interesting listening and it’s always great […]
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Mon 8th Aug 9:00 Beijing time: Iryna Tsimashenka to talk @ TSH Workshop – Mina Zero Knowledge Proof Smart Contract Construction.
Here is another chance for Chinese developers to take a look at some of the fantastic possibilities around programming smart contracts with Mina Protocol’s zkApps.
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Top Github Commits last 6 Months #1 Mina Protocol
The teams at O(1) Labs & the Mina Foundation are working flat out on delivering zkApps to Mainnet as per the latest roadmap and by looking at the GitHub commit numbers you can see just how hard they are working.
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New O(1) Labs Medium Post about Zero Knowledge
Mina Protocol’s most important ecosystem partner O(1) Labs recently published a new Medium article that goes into some detail regarding the different kinds of ZK (Zero Knowledge) systems currently in development within the Blockchain world.
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