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 Protocol is Live on Alpha Mainnet - Take part
Launch Progress - Blog + Notion Page
The Road to Alpha Mainnet AMA - Barney & Daig
Governance - Vega Forums + How To Vote Blog
Giga Update - Governance dApp & Block Explorer
Crypto Media - Barney on Real Vision & CoinDesk TV
Mainnet Simulations - Sim 4 Payouts
Alpha Mainnet inbound - Final steps before take off 🚀 Here’s the latest:
1. Vega Protocol Live on Alpha Mainnet - Take part ✨
Alpha Mainnet has been deployed! If approved via community governance, markets will go live in the coming weeks & users can start trading on the Vega network! Join the journey towards a more transparent & decentralised future.
Read on HERE to learn more!
Tools and functionalities to look forward to in the future include:
Vega’s browser wallet: Use Vega from a browser extension without downloading a separate application 👛
Spot markets, and stop-loss and take profit orders, including trailing stops and one-cancels-the-other (OCO) 🗺
Oracles on the Ethereum bridge: Use an Ethereum smart contract as an oracle, opening up the entire ecosystem of Ethereum-based oracle protocols for use on Vega markets 🔍
Upgraded LP mechanics: Giving more freedom to LPs to manage risk, and determine how and when they provide liquidity 🐠
Hybrid order books featuring AMM-style pools and LPs 🧮
The launch of Alpha Mainnet brings us one step closer to freeing the markets by enabling permissionless access, collective creation, and governance at scale. The Vega software has always been designed for capital-efficient, truly fair, user-governed markets. It will be exciting to see what users will achieve with the software and its impact on the wider world of decentralised finance!
2. Launch Progress - Blog & Notion Page 🏗️
The future of derivatives is on the horizon! Vega’s Alpha Mainnet release is imminent in H2 2023, and we’ve collected a list of all the tasks that need to happen beforehand for you to participate and follow along — Follow Vega’s step-by-step progress towards the Alpha Mainnet release → HERE ← This Notion page will remain regularly updated with announcements and milestones about Alpha Mainnet, updates will also be shared on Twitter!
This is an incredibly exciting time for the Vega community and we are thrilled to continue building Vega with you, and we appreciate your ongoing support! — Barney M. 🦔 (Read the full post on Discord)
As Vega continues to scale, we invite the entire ecosystem to help us pioneer a better, more collectively governed model for markets. Read the Launch Progress blog to recap what the Vega network has achieved so far and where we’re going next! 🫶
3. The Road to Alpha Mainnet AMA - Barney & Daig 🦔
After the Mainnet Simulations Twitter Spaces Series, we’re back with The Road to Alpha Mainnet AMA with Barney and Daig to provide a more in-depth overview of what’s next on the Vega roadmap to get markets & trading running on the network… & to have some fun together!
ICYMI play it back → HERE ← 🎧🤓🎧
4. Governance - Vega Forums 🦔
This week the very first Governance proposals since Alpha Mainnet passed on the Vega network. Specifically, the votes to remove the restrictions on asset creation and market creation, and to enable standby validators passed (VNP 001, 002, & 003).
you can view these proposals → HERE ←
The Vega Forums were revamped ahead of the Enable Trading stage to create less friction when going from a market idea to a fully-fledged governance proposal.
The Vega Forums are a vital platform for all stakeholders to participate in the decision-making process and contribute to the development of the Vega ecosystem. In the governance section of the forums, you can find information on the governance framework and the roles and responsibilities of different stakeholders. You can also read about recent proposals and participate in discussions related to governance.
Your input is valuable and will help shape the future of the Vega protocol. We encourage all Vega community members to engage in these discussions and contribute to the development of Vega's governance process — Join the discussions and take part → HERE ←
Learn about the entire governance process →HERE←
5. Giga Update - Governance & Block Explorer dApps 🗳️
This month’s Tech Update was combined with the last and squeezed in fresh commentary around the recent mainnet upgrade from 0.53.1 to 0.71.4 — that’s a big increase! For those in the community that has been following Fairground alongside mainnet, you’ll be glad to see that Vega mainnet has caught up with the Fairground release (for now…) and the dApps that you’re used to using on Fairground are now ready for mainnet ☄️☄️☄️
🗣 Governance dApp (replacing token.vega.xyz) - https://governance.vega.xyz/
🧱Block Explorer - https://explorer.vega.xyz/
6. Crypto Media - Barney on Real Vision & CoinDesk TV 👨🚀
What an incredible week for the Vega network! The team’s recent achievements have been making waves across Crypto Twitter!
In case you missed it, Vega CEO, Barney Mannerings, was recently interviewed on Real Vision to discuss how decentralized apps and exchanges can revolutionize the trading of derivatives, making it more efficient, equitable, and fair for everyone.
But that's not all! We've also made a big splash on CoinDesk. Vega’s Alpha Mainnet deployment was recently featured in this article, and Barney was invited to speak on CoinDesk TV's First Mover segment to discuss the exciting developments at Vega.
7. Mainnet Simulations - Sim 4 Payouts 💼
After some anticipation, the community rewards for Sim 4 have been processed. However, whilst you may be able to view your prizes, there is a small bug that is preventing people from claiming based on their geo-location. The engineering team is aware and will fix it as soon as they can (today or early next week).
🪐 First settlement assets, then markets — keep track HERE 🪐
- Edo 🥝 + Daigan 🍊