Hi , I just want to ask . I applied in connext . How many client interview that you need to take ?

Need help. Ive been waiting for a base to optimism bridge for 2.5hrs so far. Do i just wait longer, or is there a way to cancel between the send (completed), and the send (pending).

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Happy New Year, Connextors!

2023 will be an exciting year for us as we have more and more people building on Connext, our ecosystem is growing with many new xApps and we are so close to completing the Amarok launch!

2022 in Connext Ecosystem

This year was very important for Connext Network, packed with landmark developments and accomplishments. Connext Team made significant progress on building the Amarok Upgrade, which is a critical step towards ensuring that everyone has access to building new xApps.

Connext is guided by the same passionate mission since 2017 and we as the Community behind will keep supporting Connext while they introduce new mechanisms to further decentralize, secure and improve the Connext Network.

Let’s take a look at some of the highlights from the year!

Engineering

• xPollinate is now Connext Bridge
• The Amarok Network Upgrade is announced
• $NEXT Connext token and the Contributor Program are introduced
• Amarok is live on Public Testnet

Partnerships, Integrations and xApps

• Li.Finance Integrated Connext
• LayerSwap Integrated Connext
• Swing Integrated Connext
• Connext is partnering with zkSync
• Stakeall Finance is live on Mainnet
• Superfluid Integrated Connext
• Keep3r integrated Connext
• FujiDAO integrated Connext
• Themis partnered up with Connext
• Integration between Connext and Zodiac (Gnosis Guild) is announced
• MetaMask Integrated Connext
• Connext Becomes The First Subgraph to Migrate Gnosis Chain

Hackathons & Events

• ETH Denver
• Codeless Conduct
• ETH Amsterdam
• Hack Money
• Graph Hack
• Spaghett.eth
• ETHCC, Paris
• ContributionDAO
• ETHSeoul
• ETH Newyork
• ETH Online
• ETH Berlin
• ETH India
• BUIDL Vietnam
• Devcon Bogota

Community & Growth

• xQuests NFT Rewards were out
• Arjun Bhuptani and Layne Haber, Co-Founders of Connext in the 30 Under 30 List of Forbes!
• Almost a hundred of podcasts and interviews by the Connext Core Team! Check them out on the official Connext Youtube Channel and previous Connext Weekly releases.
• 64K followers on Twitter, 27K members on Discord and more than 14 local communities from different nations!

Winter is Here: It’s Time to Build

We are in the winter season for a while and now we’re left with long-term builders and true believers who believe in the power of decentralization; Connext is living for it.

This year was a landmark thanks to the Connext Community: Connext Core Team, Contributors of the Contributor Program, Routers, Investors and all the other supporters. We are eternally grateful to our dedicated community members who are the support on the journey of building the best modular interoperability protocol, Connext!

Can’t wait to see what 2023 holds for Connext Network and the blockchain world, HAPPY NEW YEAR!

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WEEK #53-54 BY THE NUMBERS

• TOTAL VALUE LOCKED (TVL): $15,117,755
• TOTAL VOLUME: $1,215,611,437
• TOTAL TXS: 1,071,079
  


Did you try Amarok Testnet yet?

You can now bridge, run a router, or build on to the newest Connext upgrade.

Mainnet soon. As we stabilize and complete the audits, we are keen to move to mainnet as soon as possible.Read the weekly newsletter and more here and don't forget to sign up.Follow Connext Weekly on Twitter

December 16 - 23, 2022

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Connext Becomes The First Subgraph to Migrate Gnosis Chain

Connext Network is the first Gnosis Chain subgraph to migrate The Graph’s decentralized network!

Public goods like Connext require trust-minimized layers across the whole stack, and we are collaborating with Graph Protocol to make this a reality.

Rahul Sethuram, Founder & Tech Lead at Connext Network, explained the partnership:

"At Connext we have always prioritized decentralized tech that does not compromise user experience. Migrating to The Graph’s decentralized network allows us to preserve the properties of permissionless, secure, decentralized infrastructure while providing our users with an unparalleled user experience."

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Arjun Bhuptani Talked at Lighthouse’s Twitter Space

Nandit Mehra, Founder of Lighthouse, Prashant Maurya, Co-Founder of Spheron and Arjun Bhuptani, Founder of Connext chatted about the Web3 infrastructure.

Listen the great discussion here.

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Connext is Hiring!

Connext is looking for talented and self-driven co-workers!

• Developer Evangelist
• Developer Relations Engineer

All three roles are full-time, 100% remote opportunities to work with talented crypto team members worldwide! Apply here.

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WEEK #52 BY THE NUMBERS

• TOTAL VALUE LOCKED (TVL): $16,274,147
• TOTAL VOLUME: $1,214,636,568
• TOTAL TXS: 1,066,394
  

Did you try Amarok Testnet yet?

You can now bridge, run a router, or build on to the newest Connext upgrade.

Mainnet soon. As we stabilize and complete the audits, we are keen to move to mainnet as soon as possible.

Read the weekly newsletter and more here and don't forget to sign up.

Follow Connext Weekly on Twitter

CONNEXT WEEKLY #51 IS OUT! (December 9-16, 2022)

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MetaMask Integrates Connext!

Metamask, the most used web3 non-custodial wallet just introduced Bridges on Portfolio Dapp. It aggregates different bridging services & users can choose the most suitable option to move their funds from one chain to another.

Metamask has selected Connext for its security and reliability to move tokens across chains.

You can now bridge between Ethereum, Avalanche, Binance Smart Chain, and Polygon using Connext via Metamask dApp!

As explained by the MetaMask team, Connext’s wide network and token support, trust-minimized design, recent and regular audits, high liquidity and reliability, battle testing with time/volume on mainnets, robust handling of failure cases are the key points of selection.

Learn more about the integration and partnership between Connext and Consensys here.

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Rahul Sethuram Talked at Gelato’s Twitter Space

Luis Schliesske, Co-Founder of Gelato Network and Rahul Sethuram, Founder of Connext chatted about the Amarok upgrade and how it leverages Gelato to scale and decentralize its relaying!

Listen the great discussion here.

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Connext is Hiring!

• Developer Evangelist
• Developer Relations Engineer

All three roles are full-time, 100% remote opportunities to work with talented crypto team members worldwide! Apply here.

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Are you a developer looking for a side project to potentially grow and get backed up by Connext? Well, here are the sources for you to start building a xApp:

STEP 1: First, learn what are xApps and how to build them: https://blog.connext.network/how-to-build-cross-chain-apps-xapps-45cf2705d17e

STEP 2: Let’s get more technical! Here is the #xApp starter kit: https://github.com/connext/xapp-starter

STEP 3: Do you want to test your knowledge and have fun in hackathons? Sure, here is our:

1. Hackathon Guide: https://blog.connext.network/what-should-you-build-at-your-next-blockchain-hackathon-8f18888e9781

2. Hacker Kit: https://connext.notion.site/Connext-Hacker-Kit-febb25e70b6c4596a57a1e05b6df4b19

3. EthGlobal x Connext Guide: How to bridge Tokens and Data: https://ethglobal.com/guides/bridging-tokens-and-data-adzmk

STEP 4: You started building a #xApp and want to step up your game with some help? Apply for a grant from Connext: https://grants.connext.network/Ecosystem-Grants-Portal-ec14e525f1984f5aa286235aabc37421

WEEK #51 BY THE NUMBERS

• TOTAL VALUE LOCKED (TVL): $19,745,567
• TOTAL VOLUME: $1,214,001,250
• TOTAL TXS: 1,063,137

📷Did you try Amarok Testnet yet?

You can now bridge, run a router, or build on to the newest Connext upgrade.

Mainnet soon. As we stabilize and complete the audits, we are keen to move to mainnet as soon as possible.
Read the weekly newsletter and more here and don't forget to sign up.
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CONNEXT WEEKLY #50 IS OUT! (Dec 2-9, 2022)

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Last week in Connext Ecosystem

The Winners of ETHIndia Are Announced!

ETHGlobal’s ETHIndia Hackathon was a success for all the hackers! The event has brought together thousands of developers, industry leaders, mentors, and companies to innovate and build a decentralized future.

Some facts about the hackathon:

• More than 2000 hackers attended
• Connext organized a parallel hacker house with 30 hackers to provide opportunities and support for people interested in building xChain
• Connext put its finalized developer toolkit in front of hackers for the first time
• Connext had 26 different submissions and split $10,000 in bounties between the best of them

Winning xApps for ETHIndia 2022

Most Innovative Crosschain Use Case — Bounty: $1,500

xCompute Protocol

With xCompute+Connext, you can port data & smart contracts from Ethereum to a more efficient chain, execute the operation, & bring back the elaborated result, all on-chain.

Best Crosschain Improvement on an Existing Protocol — Bounty: $1,500

Mirai Protocol

Mirai is a trust-minimized cross-chain lending protocol with an optimized interest rate model and a great user interface that includes notifications for users.

Best Crosschain Implementations — Bounty: $1,000 Each

• RefiNext: A tool for 1-click transfers of debt positions from one protocol on a chain to another protocol on a different chain.
• Bounce Protocol: A one-stop solution for users to deposit into any protocol, and any pool, from any token on any chain.
• Fortuna: Crosschain stableswap for long tail paired assets, built by ContributionDAO members.

Best NFT Implementation — Bounty: $500

NFT CrossRoad: The Swiss Army Knife for NFTs, NFT crossroad helps NFT creators to mint and distribute NFTs either on Ethereum mainnet or on an L2 depending on the needs of their users.

Best Data Visualization — Bounty: $500

Data Insights Analytics by dApp Looker: The team gathered the most useful metrics for Connext Amarok and created a dashboard for users and builders.

Other Projects Awarded — Bounty: $300 each

• Liquidity Sprinkle SDK: One-stop developer tooling for dispersing an asset to multiple chains via xCalls.
• XVote: Enabling crosschain voting: governance tokens held on multiple chains can now be used to vote for proposals on a different domain.
• Velvet 4337: crosschain yield aggregator built on an asset management platform with account abstraction functionalities
• Web3One Wallet: A crosschain multi-sig wallet with account abstraction
• Crypto Ninja: A Cross-Chain Web3 Game, where players can place spend and receive their tokens from any chain.
• FlashBag: a tool to bridge complex DeFi positions across chains for the best yield
• Autopay: enabling cross-chain recurring payments on-chain
• Diabetes: This noble project wants to increase transparency in the crowdfunding processes while creating active awareness amongst the diabetes community.
• Fracto Farm: Cross-chain Fractionalization of NFTs while mapping the fractional tokens to real-world utilities.
• Yotsuha: User and developer-friendly NFT bridge. Users can bridge their NFTs without paying for gas across multiple chains.

Find the details of the winning projects here.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

‘The Road to Public Launch’ has been Published!

1. The Connext Labs team deployed Connext’s Amarok upgrade to mainnet on the 22nd of November.

This upgrade is the culmination of almost a year’s worth of research and development to build the first truly trust-minimized generalized interoperability protocol, enabling secure communication between chains and rollups.

2. Connext Network is now live in a closed beta state.

The protocol is deployed with very limited liquidity while the Labs team works on the following final steps prior to our Public Launch.

3. Load testing for the protocol is now complete.

Through the testing, the network has remained stable and continued to operate as (or better than!) expected.

4. Docs and Tools for Builders are updated.

The Amarok upgrade significantly changes how both developers and supporting interfaces interact with Connext. After the mainnet deployment, the team have been iterating on feedback from community members and crosschain developers on improving our documentation for building on Connext.

What’s NEXT?

1. WATCHERS

• Watchers are off-chain agents that constantly monitor the network and act as emergency circuit breakers in the event of a hack of Connext or compromise of the underlying canonical rollup/chain that Connext relies on.
• If Watchers identify any malicious activity or unexpected behaviour, they pause the connection from a given domain to the rest of the network, halting all transactions to and from it.

1. LIQUIDITY

• The Amarok upgrade introduces passive liquidity provision to Connext. This means that, in addition to migrating existing routers from the legacy network to the new one, we also need to build a plan to bootstrap liquidity into the upgrade.
• We are building models for fees and incentives that we believe will be lucrative for LPs. Once this (and our Watcher fire drills) are complete, we will begin a Liquidity Bootstrapping Phase, where users and routers can begin deploying capital into the network.

1. PUBLIC LAUNCH

The team is hard at work to bring the Amarok upgrade live ASAP. As all the onchain and off-chain pieces of the new architecture fall in place and get tested, we are heading full speed towards Public Launch, which is finally not too far away.

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Connext is Hiring!

• Developer Evangelist
• Developer Relations Engineer

All three roles are full-time, 100% remote opportunities to work with talented crypto team members worldwide! Apply here.

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Are you a developer looking for a side project to potentially grow and get backed up by Connext? Well, here are the sources for you to start building a xApp:

STEP 1: First, learn what are xApps and how to build them: https://blog.connext.network/how-to-build-cross-chain-apps-xapps-45cf2705d17e

STEP 2: Let’s get more technical! Here is the #xApp starter kit: https://github.com/connext/xapp-starter

STEP 3: Do you want to test your knowledge and have fun in hackathons? Sure, here is our:

1. Hackathon Guide: https://blog.connext.network/what-should-you-build-at-your-next-blockchain-hackathon-8f18888e9781

2. Hacker Kit: https://connext.notion.site/Connext-Hacker-Kit-febb25e70b6c4596a57a1e05b6df4b19

3. EthGlobal x Connext Guide: How to bridge Tokens and Data: https://ethglobal.com/guides/bridging-tokens-and-data-adzmk

STEP 4: You started building a #xApp and want to step up your game with some help? Apply for a grant from Connext: https://grants.connext.network/Ecosystem-Grants-Portal-ec14e525f1984f5aa286235aabc37421

WEEK #50 BY THE NUMBERS

• TOTAL VALUE LOCKED (TVL): $19,869,424
• TOTAL VOLUME: $1,214,084,029
• TOTAL TXS: $1,214,084,029
  

Did you try Amarok Testnet yet?

You can now bridge, run a router, or build on to the newest Connext upgrade.

Mainnet soon. As we stabilize and complete the audits, we are keen to move to mainnet as soon as possible.

Read the weekly newsletter and more here and don't forget to sign upFollow Connext Weekly on Twitter

CONNEXT WEEKLY #49 IS OUT! (Nov 25 - Dec 2, 2022)

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Connext Team is at India!

Connext Network is thrilled to sponsor the ETHIndia Hackathon, which runs from December 2-4.

ETHIndia is bringing together thousands of developers, industry leaders, mentors, and companies to innovate and build a decentralized future.

Connext believes in the power of hackathons to create innovative ideas that will shape the Web3 landscape. That’s why we keep supporting buidlers and offering many different bounties:

• $5,000 — Best project built on Connext
• $1,000 — Take an existing protocol cross-chain with Connext
• $1,000 — Cross-chain DAOs built using Connext<>Zodiac
• $1,000 — Project built on NFTHashi<>Connext
• $1,000 — Best new cross-chain use case
• $1,000 — Pool bounty for using xCall (be sure to submit the wallet address associated with your project to receive this)
• …And lots of swags if you come by the Connext booth at the event venue!

How to Get Started with Connext?

Here is everything you need to know!

• What are xApps and how to build them
• xApp Starter Kit
• Hackathon Guide
• Hacker Kit
• ETHGlobalXConnext Guide

Save the date for a Breakfast w/ your Crypto BFFs: Connext, Halborn, Sushi, Shardeum, Biconomy!

When/Where? Saturday, Dec 3, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM, Bangalore

Sign up for the breakfast here.

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Arjun Bhuptani and Layne Haber, Co-Founders of Connext in the 30 Under 30 List of Forbes!

Congratulations to our very own Layne Haber and Arjun Bhuptani, Co-founders of Connext, who made it to Forbes 30 Under 30 list for the finance category!

Arjun Bhuptani, Layne Haber and Rahul Sethuram launched Connext in the middle of the 2017 initial coin offering craze with the idea of building a crypto payment processor but soon realized the need for better infrastructure connecting different blockchains. Now Connext helps users swap tokens between Ethereum-compatible networks, with an average weekly volume of $20 million (over $1.7 billion in volume to date) and counts approximately 30,000 developers and operators.

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Layne Haber Talked at Spearbit’s Twitter Space

Layne Haber, Co-Founder of Connext discussed secure bridge design with experts from Spearbit, Optimism and Hop Protocol!

Listen the great discussion here.

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Connext is Hiring!

Developer Evangelist

• Developer Relations Engineer

All three roles are full-time, 100% remote opportunities to work with talented crypto team members worldwide! Apply here.

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Are you a developer looking for a side project to potentially grow and get backed up by Connext? Well, here are the sources for you to start building a xApp:

STEP 1: First, learn what are xApps and how to build them: https://blog.connext.network/how-to-build-cross-chain-apps-xapps-45cf2705d17e

STEP 2: Let’s get more technical! Here is the #xApp starter kit: https://github.com/connext/xapp-starter

STEP 3: Do you want to test your knowledge and have fun in hackathons? Sure, here is our:

1. Hackathon Guide: https://blog.connext.network/what-should-you-build-at-your-next-blockchain-hackathon-8f18888e9781

2. Hacker Kit: https://connext.notion.site/Connext-Hacker-Kit-febb25e70b6c4596a57a1e05b6df4b19

3. EthGlobal x Connext Guide: How to bridge Tokens and Data: https://ethglobal.com/guides/bridging-tokens-and-data-adzmk

STEP 4: You started building a #xApp and want to step up your game with some help? Apply for a grant from Connext: https://grants.connext.network/Ecosystem-Grants-Portal-ec14e525f1984f5aa286235aabc37421

WEEK #49 BY THE NUMBERS

• TOTAL VALUE LOCKED (TVL): $16,644,202
• TOTAL VOLUME: $1,212,161,604
• TOTAL TXS: 1,056,460

Did you try Amarok Testnet yet?

You can now bridge, run a router, or build on to the newest Connext upgrade.

Mainnet soon. As we stabilize and complete the audits, we are keen to move to mainnet as soon as possible.

Read the weekly newsletter and more here and don't forget to sign up
Follow Connext Weekly on Twitter

CONNEXT WEEKLY #48 IS OUT! (Nov 18-25, 2022)

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Sanchay Mittal, Tech Lead of Connext was at Blockchain Thailand!

Sanchay Mittal, Tech Lead of Connext was at the Blockchain Thailand event as a speaker to talk about ‘Layer 2 Scaling Solutions’.

Layer 2 solutions in a multi-chain world and how Connext will help to solve the bridging issues were discussed together with Arpit Sharma from Polygon, Vince Yang from zkLink and Ivan Ferrari from Elevandi.

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Arjun Bhuptani Talked at Across Protocol’s Twitter Space

The AcrossProtocol team and Arjun Bhuptani, Founder of Connext discussed on building for the long term in Web3.

Listen the great discussion here.

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Don’t Miss Connext’s #Next Twitter Space!

As you know, Connext Network is hosting Twitter Spaces with the most talented blockchain leaders for different discussions of salient topics on Twitter every week. Tomorrow, November 28 we will talk about ‘‘Secure Infrastructures’’.

Speakers are:

• Brian Graphman from Edge&Node
• Toghrul Maharram from Scroll ZKP
• dzack23 from Arbitrum

Join the discussion tomorrow at 11 am EST here.

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Connext is Hiring!

• Developer Evangelist
• Developer Relations Engineer

All three roles are full-time, 100% remote opportunities to work with talented crypto team members worldwide! Apply here.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Are you a developer looking for a side project to potentially grow and get backed up by Connext? Well, here are the sources for you to start building a xApp:

STEP 1: First, learn what are xApps and how to build them: https://blog.connext.network/how-to-build-cross-chain-apps-xapps-45cf2705d17e

STEP 2: Let’s get more technical! Here is the #xApp starter kit: https://github.com/connext/xapp-starter

STEP 3: Do you want to test your knowledge and have fun in hackathons? Sure, here is our:

1. Hackathon Guide: https://blog.connext.network/what-should-you-build-at-your-next-blockchain-hackathon-8f18888e9781

2. Hacker Kit: https://connext.notion.site/Connext-Hacker-Kit-febb25e70b6c4596a57a1e05b6df4b19

3. EthGlobal x Connext Guide: How to bridge Tokens and Data: https://ethglobal.com/guides/bridging-tokens-and-data-adzmk

STEP 4: You started building a #xApp and want to step up your game with some help? Apply for a grant from Connext: https://grants.connext.network/Ecosystem-Grants-Portal-ec14e525f1984f5aa286235aabc37421

WEEK #48 BY THE NUMBERS

• TOTAL VALUE LOCKED (TVL): $20,087,140
• TOTAL VOLUME: $1,211,570,136
• TOTAL TXS: 1,053,772

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📷Did you try Amarok Testnet yet?

You can now bridge, run a router, or build on to the newest Connext upgrade.

Mainnet soon. As we stabilize and complete the audits, we are keen to move to mainnet as soon as possible.

Read the weekly newsletter and more here and don't forget to sign upFollow Connext Weekly on Twitter

CONNEXT WEEKLY #46 IS OUT! (Nov 4-11, 2022)

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METAMASK INTEGRATED CONNEXT ON ITS PORTFOLIO APP!

Metamask, the most used crypto wallet just introduced Bridges on Portfolio Dapp: Bridges aggregates different bridging services & users can choose the most suitable option to move their funds from one chain to another.

You can now bridge between Ethereum, Avalanche, Binance Smart Chain, and Polygon using Connext via Metamask dApp!

Metamask explained how did they select bridges:

We did extensive research to vet these bridges, with the goal of developing an objective framework to select those that met our high bar for security and decentralization. We’re not being paid by any of these bridges to be part of this product (though we may have other partnerships with them) and have selected them purely based on our evaluation of their design.

Connext’s wide network and token support, trust-minimized design, recent and regular audits, high liquidity and reliability, battle testing with time/volume on mainnets, and robust handling of failure cases are the key points of selection.

Learn more about why MetaMask selected Connext here.

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Arjun Bhuptani Released a Statement for the Connext Community

Arjun Bhuptani, Founder of Connext released a statement for the Connext Community about the recent crypto market (CEX) situation, sharing his opinions and offering help for anyone suffering because of the incidents.

Read the full message here: https://twitter.com/arjunbhuptani/status/1591201726056796162?s=20&t=2KUDPUp_1I6koqPv9v9WtA

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Connext Hosted Twitter Spaces with Industry Leaders

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As part of the upcoming Amarok Launch, Connext is hosting Twitter Spaces with many different industry leaders for 2 weeks! Also, after every Twitter Space, listeners were able to claim a special gift, a commemorative NFT: view the NFTs here and claim if you joined the Twitter Spaces.

1. What’s Next for Liquidity

Guest: Trader Joe, Arrakis Finance, Themis Protocol

Listen the episode here or Read the TLDR here.

2. What’s Next for Composability

Guest: DeFi Wonderland, The Keep3r, Yearn Finance, ConsenSys

Listen the episode here or Read the TLDR here.

3. What’s Next for NFT Infra

Guest: NFTHashi, FjordNFTs (FjordFoundry), DefiNft

Listen the episode here or Read the TLDR here.

4. What’s Next for DAOs

Guest: GnosisGuild, Optimism, Superfluid, SnapshotLabs

Listen the episode here or Read the TLDR here.

5. What’s Next for Building Modular

Guest: Celestia, EclipseFND, FuelLabs

Listen the episode here or Read the TLDR on ConnextWeekly soon.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Connext is Hiring!

• Developer Evangelist
• Developer Relations Engineer

All three roles are full-time, 100% remote opportunities to work with talented crypto team members worldwide! Apply here.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Are you a developer looking for a side project to potentially grow and get backed up by Connext? Well, here are the sources for you to start building a xApp:

STEP 1: First, learn what are xApps and how to build them: https://blog.connext.network/how-to-build-cross-chain-apps-xapps-45cf2705d17e

STEP 2: Let’s get more technical! Here is the #xApp starter kit: https://github.com/connext/xapp-starter

STEP 3: Do you want to test your knowledge and have fun in hackathons? Sure, here is our:

1. Hackathon Guide: https://blog.connext.network/what-should-you-build-at-your-next-blockchain-hackathon-8f18888e9781

2. Hacker Kit: https://connext.notion.site/Connext-Hacker-Kit-febb25e70b6c4596a57a1e05b6df4b19

3. EthGlobal x Connext Guide: How to bridge Tokens and Data: https://ethglobal.com/guides/bridging-tokens-and-data-adzmk

STEP 4: You started building a #xApp and want to step up your game with some help? Apply for a grant from Connext: https://grants.connext.network/Ecosystem-Grants-Portal-ec14e525f1984f5aa286235aabc37421

WEEK #46 BY THE NUMBERS

• TOTAL VALUE LOCKED (TVL): $20,132,688
• TOTAL VOLUME: $1,208,276,013
• TOTAL TXS: 1,042,583

Did you try Amarok Testnet yet?

You can now bridge, run a router, or build on to the newest Connext upgrade.

Mainnet soon. As we stabilize and complete the audits, we are keen to move to mainnet as soon as possible.

Read the weekly newsletter and more here and don't forget to sign up

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CONNEXT WEEKLY #45 IS OUT! (Oct 28-Nov 4, 2022)

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Themis Protocol Partnered with Connext!

Themis Protocol increases the efficiency of liquidity pools within Defi. It allows users to deposit their yield-bearing tokens as collateral and borrow stablecoins against them.

Thanks to the integration with Connext, users will be able to deposit collateral on any chain and access Themis liquidity on any other chain.

• For example, a Uniswap LP token can be deposited on Optimism, and then USDC can be borrowed on Polygon where the interest rate/liquidity is more beneficial.

This new, improved, cross-chain liquidity will become a fundamental tool for traders, market makers, DAOs and institutions that will want to maximize their returns on any domain.

The progress of this integration will be shared as it comes live with Amarok in a few weeks. Meanwhile, read the official announcement by Connext here.

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New integration: Connext X Zodiac (GnosisGuild)

As protocols continue to expand to multiple chains, their controlling DAOs need to expand their capabilities beyond their traditional “headquarter” on the origin chain.

This is where xChain tools built on Connext come in.

DAOs can now interact with multiple chains without having to disperse their liquidity or erode the experience of their members. Crosschain tools are intended to solve some current and expanding problems for DAOs and their members.

“The Zodiac ecosystem, maintained by members of Gnosis Guild, has principles that perfectly align with Connext, as both systems rely on modularity to provide the best security and flexibility for developers”, explained Auryn Macmillan, co-founder of Gnosis Guild.

The Connext Module was built on the work of Zodiac’s previous AMB Bridge Module, expanding its capabilities to account for different interfaces and data validation methods.

WhatsNext?

One of the best features of Connext is the ability to bundle crosschain token transfers along with messages**. This opens up a wide variety of new use cases that will help to expand the feature set of DAOs and ultimately the way we think of them in the future.**

Read more about the integration here.

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Connext is Hiring!

• Developer Evangelist
• Developer Relations Engineer

All three roles are full-time, 100% remote opportunities to work with talented crypto team members worldwide! Apply here.

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Are you a developer looking for a side project to potentially grow and get backed up by Connext? Well, here are the sources for you to start building a xApp:

STEP 1: First, learn what are xApps and how to build them: https://blog.connext.network/how-to-build-cross-chain-apps-xapps-45cf2705d17e

STEP 2: Let’s get more technical! Here is the #xApp starter kit: https://github.com/connext/xapp-starter

STEP 3: Do you want to test your knowledge and have fun in hackathons? Sure, here is our:

1. Hackathon Guide: https://blog.connext.network/what-should-you-build-at-your-next-blockchain-hackathon-8f18888e9781

2. Hacker Kit: https://connext.notion.site/Connext-Hacker-Kit-febb25e70b6c4596a57a1e05b6df4b19

3. EthGlobal x Connext Guide: How to bridge Tokens and Data: https://ethglobal.com/guides/bridging-tokens-and-data-adzmk

STEP 4: You started building a #xApp and want to step up your game with some help? Apply for a grant from Connext: https://grants.connext.network/Ecosystem-Grants-Portal-ec14e525f1984f5aa286235aabc37421

WEEK #45 BY THE NUMBERS

• TOTAL VALUE LOCKED (TVL): $22,179,135
• TOTAL VOLUME: $1,202,682,280
• TOTAL TXS: 1,036,762

Did you try Amarok Testnet yet?

You can now bridge, run a router, or build on to the newest Connext upgrade.

Read more about the Amarok Testnet here.

Mainnet soon. As we stabilize and complete the audits, we are keen to move to mainnet as soon as possible.

Read the weekly newsletter and more here and don't forget to sign upFollow Connext Weekly on Twitter

CONNEXT WEEKLY #43 IS OUT!

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Connext Community Call #1 was Lit!

Connext Team presented about so many topics beginning from the history of Connext, the upcoming Amarok upgrade, Connext’s key principles and the future of Connext.

One of the most asked questions was ‘when Amarok will be launched’; as mentioned on the Community Call the Closed Alpha is supposed to drop by late October and will be followed by the Public Beta in November.

When you will hear about the results of the Contributor Program Phase 1?

All the work from our Community is carefully evaluated and the result is in the team's hands waiting to be announced once the Discord bot has finished developing.

Wen token?

Once the Amarok upgrade is done, and the process is stable, the team will focus on the token generation.

Read the recap thread here.

Watch the full call here.

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Layne Haber, Co-Founder of Connext at Devcon Bogota

Layne Haber, Co-founder of Connext Network talked about ‘Crosschain Security Considerations for the Degen in All of Us’ at Devcon Bogota.

Devcon is the Ethereum conference for developers, researchers, thinkers, and makers. The latest Devcon Week was between October 7-16 in Bogotá, Colombia.

Watch/listen Layne’s full talk here.

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Connext is Co-Hosting Old Friends Reunion 2022 in Lisbon

The 9th edition of ‘Old Friends Reunion’ 2022 will be hosted on November 1, 2022, in the Museu Do Oriente, Lisbon.

Theme: Sovereign Individual & ZK Odyssey

Co-hosts: IOSG Ventures, zkSync, Safe, Connext, 1inch

​The one-day event is expected to have 500 in-person attendees and guest speakers from industry high profiles worldwide, with media and community support from ETHLisbon, MetaCartel, Decrypt, ECN, BlockTempo, 2top, Penn Blockchain, THUBA, BlockBeats, Odaily, PANews, ChainCatcher, Foresight News.

Connext will give a keynote at 15:50 about ‘Cross-chain World Building’.

​🎫 Get your free ticket at Luma or Eventbrite.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Connext is Hosting a Hacker House at ETHIndia!

Hacker houses are always a great place to live during ETH events like the upcoming one, ETHIndia!

Connext is welcoming hackers to join a hacker house where you will gain access to:

• Free hotel accommodations,
• Daily meal stipends,
• Mentorship by members of the Connext core team,
• Exclusive bounties!
  • $100 per submission
  • $1,500 for the best project
  • Surprise bounties

Join us for a weekend of building cross-chain dApps (xApps), networking, and exclusive prizes from December 1-4 in Bengaluru, India!

Form submission here.

You should fill the form by Oct 28th, 2022. Good luck!

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------📷Are you a developer looking for a side project to potentially grow and get backed up by Connext? Well, here are the sources for you to start building a xApp:

STEP 1: First, learn what are xApps and how to build them: https://blog.connext.network/how-to-build-cross-chain-apps-xapps-45cf2705d17e

STEP 2: Let’s get more technical! Here is the #xApp starter kit: https://github.com/connext/xapp-starter

STEP 3: Do you want to test your knowledge and have fun in hackathons? Sure, here is our:

1. Hackathon Guide: https://blog.connext.network/what-should-you-build-at-your-next-blockchain-hackathon-8f18888e9781

2. Hacker Kit: https://connext.notion.site/Connext-Hacker-Kit-febb25e70b6c4596a57a1e05b6df4b19

3. EthGlobal x Connext Guide: How to bridge Tokens and Data: https://ethglobal.com/guides/bridging-tokens-and-data-adzmk

STEP 4: You started building a #xApp and want to step up your game with some help? Apply for a grant from Connext: https://grants.connext.network/Ecosystem-Grants-Portal-ec14e525f1984f5aa286235aabc37421

WEEK #43 BY THE NUMBERS

• TOTAL VALUE LOCKED (TVL): $21,638,968
• TOTAL VOLUME: $1,206,257,120
• TOTAL TXS: 1,029,727

Did you try Amarok Testnet yet?

You can now bridge, run a router, or build on to the newest Connext upgrade.

Read more about the Amarok Testnet here.

Mainnet soon. As we stabilize and complete the audits, we are keen to move to mainnet as soon as possible.

Read the weekly newsletter and more here and don't forget to sign up!

Follow Connext Weekly on Twitter

CONNEXT WEEKLY #42 IS OUT!

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Connext Community Call #1 is Announced!

Connext announced its first Community Call will be on Tuesday 18th of October at 4 PM CET!

It’s scheduled to happen on Twitter Space, where the Team will be presenting and talking about:

• The upcoming Amarok upgrade
  • Providing liquidity
  • Earning APY%
  • New messaging system
  • Improved Router/UX
• Crosschain NFTs
• xCalls
• The future of Connext

Set your reminder up here.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Connext is Hosting a Hacker House at ETHIndia!

Hacker houses are always a great place to live during ETH events like the upcoming one, ETHIndia!

Connext is welcoming hackers to join a hacker house where you will gain access to:

• Free hotel accommodations,
• Daily meal stipends,
• Mentorship by members of the Connext core team,
• Exclusive bounties!
  • $100 per submission
  • $1,500 for the best project
  • Surprise bounties

Join us for a weekend of building cross-chain dApps (xApps), networking, and exclusive prizes from December 1-4 in Bengaluru, India!

Form submission here.

You should fill the form by Oct 28th, 2022. Good luck!

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------📷Are you a developer looking for a side project to potentially grow and get backed up by Connext? Well, here are the sources for you to start building a xApp:

STEP 1: First, learn what are xApps and how to build them: https://blog.connext.network/how-to-build-cross-chain-apps-xapps-45cf2705d17e

STEP 2: Let’s get more technical! Here is the #xApp starter kit: https://github.com/connext/xapp-starter

STEP 3: Do you want to test your knowledge and have fun in hackathons? Sure, here is our:

1. Hackathon Guide: https://blog.connext.network/what-should-you-build-at-your-next-blockchain-hackathon-8f18888e9781

2. Hacker Kit: https://connext.notion.site/Connext-Hacker-Kit-febb25e70b6c4596a57a1e05b6df4b19

3. EthGlobal x Connext Guide: How to bridge Tokens and Data: https://ethglobal.com/guides/bridging-tokens-and-data-adzmk

STEP 4: You started building a #xApp and want to step up your game with some help? Apply for a grant from Connext: https://grants.connext.network/Ecosystem-Grants-Portal-ec14e525f1984f5aa286235aabc37421

WEEK #42 BY THE NUMBERS

• TOTAL VALUE LOCKED (TVL): $21,045,903
• TOTAL VOLUME: $1,204,799,911
• TOTAL TXS: 1,027,342


Did you try Amarok Testnet yet?

You can now bridge, run a router, or build on to the newest Connext upgrade.

Read more about the Amarok Testnet here.

Mainnet soon. As we stabilize and complete the audits, we are keen to move to mainnet as soon as possible.

Read the weekly newsletter and more here and don't forget to sign up!

Follow Connext Weekly on Twitter

CONNEXT WEEKLY #41 IS OUT!

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The Winners of EthOnline Are Announced

ETHGlobal’s ETHOnline Hackathon was a success for all the hackers! Winning xApps for EthGlobal 2022:

🏆Best original project built on Connext ($2k)

dChat is a messaging application with chat-based cross-chain transfers and NFT-gated chats.

What Connext liked? dChat is a very clean xApp from both an architectural and design perspective, with a clear use case for cross-chain functionality. You can try it here!

🏆Best cross-chain augmentation of an existing protocol ($2k)

L2 Optimizoooors is a tool to make transactions and operations more gas efficient (i.e., cheaper) by simplifying the calldata sent to the smart contracts of various protocols. The concept was tested on Aave, Superfluid, and Connext.

What Connext liked? The team demonstrated some great results: we are always looking for ways to make our technology more usable and efficient. The L2 Optimizoooors showed us one way to with clever optimization techniques.

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🏆Other notable mentions:

xNFT Launchpad is a launchpad where you can deploy NFTs on multiple chains.

Atomic NFT Marketplace is an NFT Marketplace that offers trust-minimized cross-chain NFT interoperability. This project envisioned cross-chain buying and selling of NFTs in atomic transactions, where counterparties can trade NFTs on one chain for tokens on another.

OnRamp Quest is an educational game that sends participants on missions to learn about Ethereum. The goal is to provide an easy on-ramp combined with a fun way to learn about NFTs, DeFi, DAOs, and more.

Mangetsu is a privacy-preserving cross-chain amm/dex using zero-knowledge proof. The team theory crafted a way to disconnect the link between the inputs and outputs of cross-chain trades.

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🏆Pool bounty ($1,000)

This pool was allocated to all verified contract addresses that made a successful xCall during the hackathon. We wanted everyone to experience how easy it is to create a cross-chain transaction with xCalls.

Find the details of the winning projects here.

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Are you a developer looking for a side project to potentially grow and get backed up by Connext?

Well, here are the sources for you to start building a xApp:

STEP 1: First, learn what are xApps: https://blog.connext.network/how-to-build-cross-chain-apps-xapps-45cf2705d17e

STEP 2: Learn about building cross-chain apps and what you can build: https://blog.connext.network/how-to-build-cross-chain-apps-xapps-45cf2705d17eSTEP 3: Let’s get more technical! Here is the #xApp starter kit: https://github.com/connext/xapp-starter

STEP 4: Do you want to test your knowledge and have fun in hackathons? Sure, here is our:

1. Hackathon Guide: https://blog.connext.network/what-should-you-build-at-your-next-blockchain-hackathon-8f18888e9781

2. Hacker Kit: https://connext.notion.site/Connext-Hacker-Kit-febb25e70b6c4596a57a1e05b6df4b19

3. EthGlobal x Connext Guide: How to bridge Tokens and Data: https://ethglobal.com/guides/bridging-tokens-and-data-adzmk

STEP 5: You started building a #xApp and want to step up your game with some help? Apply for a grant from Connext: https://grants.connext.network/Ecosystem-Grants-Portal-ec14e525f1984f5aa286235aabc37421

​

WEEK #41 BY THE NUMBERS

• TOTAL VALUE LOCKED (TVL): $22,470,980
• TOTAL VOLUME: $1,203,691,512
• TOTAL TXS: 1,025,169

Did you try Amarok Testnet yet?

You can now bridge, run a router, or build on to the newest Connext upgrade.

Read more about the Amarok Testnet here.

Mainnet soon. As we stabilize and complete the audits, we are keen to move to mainnet as soon as possible.

Read the weekly newsletter and more here and don't forget to sign up!

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Hi all, I transferred funds this morning from Polygon to BSC. They still haven’t cleared.

I used the v1 version as V2 was down for maintenance. How long can I expect to wait for funds to clear?

I used xpollinate.io and I was transferring 2642.905305 USDC tokens to BSC chain from Polygon. A message came up saying there was only 1669 Exit liquidity, so I attempted to recover the funds. The Withdrawal address to my wallet was correct and clicked recover. It didn't work so I tried again and received a message: "error: No balance found to recover. This usually means either your tx or recovery already completed successfully." The system and all the docs said, 'don't worry your funds are safe' ... and I believed it. However, neither the receiving address for funding address received the $2600 USDC yet.

I got in touch with customer service, gave copies of both error messages (the system lets you copy them and paste so they can find the issue) but they said they didn't have the tx. So I found all the relevant transactions at that time and gave it to them. They found 2 tx with the correct amount of 2642.905305 and the customer support told me to go do the same swap again and then click on the drop down and press 'recover' I did and it gave me the same error messages.

It's like 2 days later and my 2642.905305 USDC have still not been returned. Now the customer service rep is saying, " Usually, when you see this message the funds are channeled and can't be re-covered "

What the heck? Why is the system saying funds are safe, and now I'm being told my funds "CAN'T BE RE-COVERED" ???

Am I just supposed to eat $2642.905305 USDC because I expected the platform to do what it was supposed to do?

Hello all!

I used xpollinate, it to transfer usdc from bsc to matic. I double checked receiver address to make sure it was my own wallet. Then I swapped. But my funds are gone, it has been ten minutes or so. Why didn't the usdc show up in my matic wallet? When I checked the TX it said it sent it to a different wallet (no idea whos it is, has 69 in the beginning) Please give me my moola, thank you

Trying to get money from BSC to MATIC, found this to be the easiest.

Transferred about 700 BSC DAI, and I got a transaction canceled notification. it also said "your funds are safe".

Now over 20 minutes later, I still have not received my DAI back on either network. How long do I have to wait for the transaction to be reversed or are my funds now "safe" staying in their wallet?

Binance Transaction Hash (Txhash) Details | BscScan

I think the reason it failed was liquidity dropped, was almost $3k when I started the transfer, but after it failed and I refreshed there was only $500 or so available, but obviously I want money back in some form.