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Solana Dev Onboarding, SOL On Telegram & More
We explore how Solana onboards new developers, Telegram's Solana integration, on-chain chess & more.
Welcome back!
This is J264G and in this week's newsletter we’ve got these titbits for you:
On-Ramps: How Solana is onboarding new developers.
Solana 🤝 Telegram: Hey Wallet in-chat digital asset transfer feature.
Mobile Gaming: Solana Chess is now open sourced & ready for mobile.
Speaking of chess, this is me — every, single, time 😂
To recap, here are our most read stories from February:
Metaplex introduced on-chain compression to lower the costs for both minting and storing digital assets — allowing for cost-effective use cases with billions of users. More here.
Helius to launch an AI programming assistant, further enhancing the developer experience on Solana. More here.
Businesses can now offer “Sign in with Solana” to their users, which might reduce the onboarding / login friction. More here.
Now, let’s get into it!
Click on any underlined heading / hyperlink to learn more.
Spotlight
Solana Developer Onboarding
Onboarding developers efficiently and sustainably is essential for the liveliness of an ecosystem.
At the outset, a comprehensive onboarding helps new developers get up to speed quickly and start contributing.
Additionally, the lower the onboarding friction, the more welcome new developers feel. This can help foster a sense of purpose and belonging, which can increase the overall satisfaction and lower the churn / turnover.
Moreover, a well-structured onboarding also provides an opportunity for new developers to get to know other builders, understand processes and methodologies, and learn how to collaborate effectively with other teams.
By providing new developers with training and guidelines for best practices, onboarding can also ensure that everyone is working to consistent standards and adhering to the same processes and procedures.
Basically, onboarding is an investment in the future success of an ecosystem.
And that's exactly why Solana has been building out and supporting multiple onboarding programmes:
Grizzlython: Solana's upcoming online hackathon, Grizzlython, has already attracted over 6,500+ developers, making it the largest event in the blockchain's history.
@solana Right now it's just my Typeform.
Shortly after we receive all the project submissions by March 14, we will post a public directory with the info on each project.
— mattytay (@mattytay)
6:11 PM • Feb 20, 2023
Nas Academy: This free 6-week programme will help developers kickstart their Solana journey. At the end of the programme, developers also get the chance to pitch their project to the Solana Foundation.
22k signups for the Solana developer course hosted by @nasacademy.
You’ve no idea what’s coming.
— Akshay BD (@akshaybd)
4:08 PM • Feb 24, 2023
Ackee: 145 developers will be attending Ackee's Winter School of Solana. More than 130 developers had to be turned away, however, all recordings and material will be made public. If you'd like to get a head start, take a look at Ackee’s Solana Handbook.
We had to reject 132 devs as the capacity of @AckeeBlockchain & @Sol@SolanaFndnool of Solana is limited. But don't worry, we put all recordings and materials public so everyone can follow. The first week is here 👇
— Josef Gattermayer | Ackee (@jgattermayer)
10:28 AM • Feb 22, 2023
Communiti: The blockchain educational group, Communiti, is running a free 16-week Solana bootcamp which will also offer hackathons and bounties.
Are you looking for a comprehensive, hands-on learning experience in @solana blockchain development? Look no further than Communiti's boot camp!
Sponsored by @solanaFndn
Registrations open for Live AMA
lu.ma/solanaxcommuni…— Communiti.Dev (@0xcommuniti)
1:59 PM • Feb 16, 2023
Solana Foundation: The Solana Foundation also realised recordings of workshops they have done, including supplementary documentation and sources.
This one's for all the Grizzlython buidlers 🐻
Here's all of the workshops we've done at Foundation, with recordings, docs and source.
Have a look, give some feedback, and if you want your workshop added let me know!
Would love to see new contributors!
— Joe C 🐻 💪🏼 (@realbuffalojoe)
10:50 PM • Feb 22, 2023
As you can see, it's clear that Solana is putting a significant emphasis on onboarding new developers and is thus set to reap the benefits of a productive, cohesive, and innovative developer cohort further down the road.
Let's build! 🫡
Charts Of The Week
Localized fee markets in action
3 straight weeks with 50%+ txs with optional priority fees added
flipsidecrypto.xyz/kellen/solana-…— kblum (@BlumbergKellen)
6:01 PM • Feb 21, 2023
Over the past 30 days, @solana (right) had more active addresses than @ethereum (left).
This narrative violation was brought to you by @nansen_ai.
— mattytay (@mattytay)
1:33 PM • Feb 24, 2023
News Bites
Crypto Link: TapLink has secured $6 million in seed funding for its platform that enables users to share digital assets such as cryptocurrency and NFTs using only a link.
1/ 📢
We are thrilled to announce that we have raised $6m in seed funding co-led by Sequoia and Multicoin Capital.
We are building one of the most important distribution mechanisms in crypto, and the capital will help bring TipLink to the masses.
👇👇👇
TipLink.io— TipLink (@TipLinkOfficial)
3:14 PM • Feb 21, 2023
Solanafying Telegram: Hey Wallet now allows users to send SPL tokens via Telegram chat. Justin Barlow, Investing at Solana Ventures, outlines interesting use cases such as NFT airdrops to a group chat, cross-border payments, and chat-based NFT and token trades.
ALPHA LEAK:
You can now send SPL tokens to any one of the billion+ users on Telegram in just a few clicks using @hey_wallet 😱
— Justin.sol (@JustinBarlow)
5:45 PM • Feb 26, 2023
Payment Speed: Helio, a Web3 payments platform, compared the payment speed of Solana and Polygon. Both are fast, however, Solana seems to be more primed for retail users.
Executing a Helio payment on @solana and @0xPolygon in parallel🔥
Solana rivals a @Visa payment in speed and poly is still pretty quick. we'll do one over the next few weeks with a 3rd screen executing on ETH :) twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
— Helio - The Web3 payments platform⚡️ (@helio_pay)
10:17 PM • Feb 22, 2023
Minty Fresh: Solana Mobile unveiled Minty Fresh, an NFT minting app, that enables users to mint NFTs directly on their Saga mobile phone with just a few taps.
Going Digital: Solana Spaces has announced that they will sunset their stores in New York and Miami as their digital products, such as DRiP, allow them to onboard more users more cost-effectively.
Solana Chess: @vicyyn has open sourced the Solana chess code. Possible next steps include the development of an xNFT, which would allow users to play on-chain chess on mobile phones such as Saga.
Weekly Take
Bottleneck is developers talking to real life users that aren’t in crypto already. Understanding their problems and treating it as a startup, not a tech project. Until that happens (which I rarely see) PMF isnt even on the radar. Everybody competing for the same existing users.
— Josh Taylor (@joshuantaylor)
2:57 PM • Feb 24, 2023
Keks & Giggles
“Why is my laptop so slow?”
My laptop:
— Trung Phan (@TrungTPhan)
4:21 PM • Feb 22, 2023
And that's a wrap!
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Talk to you soon!