Community Update #26
Token Distribution, Vega Research Office Hours, Bounties, and Hackathon Results!
Sharing updates from the Vega ecosystem and sometimes slightly beyond. To chat, learn and discuss more, see a full list of resources on LinkTree.
Contents:
Vega Token Distribution
Barney’s Fairground Jam on Vega Architecture
Vega Builders Club (VBC) #4
Open Vega Bounties
New Event Series: Vega Research Office Hours
Hackathons: Open DeFi & HackMoney 2021 Winners
The Public Vega Events Calendar
The sun rises, the sun falls, the wind blows and the birds chirp no matter where you are.
Two busy weeks have passed and Vega has a lot to chirp about, so let’s get to it:
Vega Token Distribution Update ☄
All Vega Tokens acquired during the Coinlist token sale have now been allocated. If you chose to have your tokens sent to your ERC-20 address, then you should have received an email directly from hi@vega.xyz with the allocation details. Do note that all tokens are locked until September 3rd at the earliest (Coinlist Option 3). So, whilst tokens have been allocated, they are not tradeable nor stakeable just yet.
See Vega Token: Vesting Details blog for more information (including the Contract Address).
Special Guest - Barney's Fairground Jam on Architecture🌌
Last week the Vega Community were treated to Barney (Vega Co-Founder) speaking on the Architecture behind the project. As heard on Delphi Digital, Why Invest?, or The Pomp Podcast, Barney is great at elegantly presenting the vision behind Vega. But hey, why trust us, the video speaks for itself:
We particularly liked Barney’s hand-drawn diagrams; who knew he could draw so well!
Also: catch-up on Witold’s previous Jams on Price Monitoring and Liquidity Provision.
Vega Builders Club (VBC) #4 🧰
Vega Builders Club is an initiative launched by Developer Advocate Chris to incubate and expand the Vega Development Community. All that have submitted in previous hackathons are awarded the “Vega Builder” role on Discord and are granted access to a private channel for club members to discuss project ideas, troubleshoot and get to know each other.
Anyone can attend the VBC sessions, where devs who are interested in building on Vega can learn about the tech from the team.
Tune in Monday 26th July, 7pm BST/UTC+1 for Vega Builders Club #4. You’ll join a community of Vega Builders that take the work begun in the hackathons to the next level! 🌱
😋😋 Vega Bounties are OPEN😋😋
Thinking of attending VBC but you’d like to get BUIDLing before July 26th? Well, even if you weren’t, you’re in luck - 3 Vega Bounties are available for completion on Gitcoin. These include:
Integrate Vega With CCXT Trading Exchange API Library [2001 DAI]
Integrate Vega With XChange Trading Exchange API Library [2001 DAI]
Open bounties are always available on Fairground.wtf.
NOTE: Before starting a bounty, please head over to the #bounty-support channel on the Vega Discord and someone from the team will onboard you with the correct resources!
⌛NEW EVENT SERIES - Vega Research Office Hours⌛
Witold (Vega Research) has launched Vega Research Office Hours: a relaxed 30-minute weekly session with the Vega Research Team where you can ask any questions on the technical side of the protocol you may have. They’re happy to chat about anything else too; who doesn't love a side quest ⚔.
These take place every Wednesday, at 12pm BST/UTC+1 on the Vega Discord Stage!
Hackathon Digest: Open DeFi & HackMoney 2021🎖🎖
Both Open DeFi and HackMoney 2021 have now come to a close. These hackathons were ways for us to incentivise the creation of things that benefit those that build and use the products that in turn benefit all in the ecosystem.
The Vega team would like to wish a huge congratulations to:
Open DeFi Winner 0xKarl with Vega QuickTrader
HackMoney 2021 Winner MarcoTor with Vega Fees Dashboard
An in-depth write up with the hackathon specs, submissions, and feedback is available in the full article Hackathon Digest: Open DeFi & HackMoney 2021.
📆The Public Vega Community Event Calendar📆
Finally, with everything going on at Vega, sometimes it can be hard to keep track of it all. What’s more, sometimes simpler is just better.
It is for that reason that I am glad to announce the Public Community Events Calendar! The calendar has also been added to the Vega Resources LinkTree so that you never miss out on what’s going on again - https://linktr.ee/vegaprotocol.
And that, my friends, is all from Vega this week.
Enjoy the summer sun,
-Daigan 🍊