Update: Week Of 16 March 2020
Dear Tezos community, As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread around the globe, our hearts go out to the many people all across the world who have been affected in one way or another. We are monitoring the situation closely, particularly as it pertains to global asset deterioration, and we can assure you that the Foundation is well-prepared with sufficient funds to continue executing on its priorities despite the global downturn.
To the entire Tezos community – please stay safe and take every precaution as directed by your local authorities. We are in this together, and we are sure that the ingenuity and initiative of the Tezos community will shine in these trying times.
In other news, we are excited to release the second edition of the Tezos Foundation Biannual Update. A lot of hard work went into pulling this together and we hope you enjoy reading. If you have any questions, please let us know.
Best regards,
Ryan
Grantees, Funded Entities, and Other News
Below are some updates from the last week:
- Baking Bad released a beta version of BCDHub
- Everstake gave an update on Teztracker
- Nomadic Labs put together a recap “after movie” of their Tezos Developer Day
- Nomadic Labs will host an AMA on Tezos Agora to discuss plans for its upcoming Sapling integration proposal
- Stove Labs gave an overview of state-of-the-ecosystem tooling for smart contract development
- Tezos-Nodes published an update on version 2 of its reliability rating service of Tezos bakers.
- Vertalo, a partner of TQ Tezos, announced this week that they will tokenize 22 different securities on Tezos in a new deal with fintech merchant bank DealBox
Our Activities
This week, our team was hard at work to release the second edition of the biannual update. We have made some changes to the format and added in some additional facts and figures. You can find the full update here.
Additionally, Ryan Lackey participated in an AMA last Friday hosted by Crypto.com. Sandy Peng from Tezos China also attended. While in-person events and appearances may slow down with the COVID-19 pandemic, our team remains committed to being accessible on social and in online messaging forums like Riot and Agora.
FAQs: Can ecosystem grants be targeted towards community building?
Yes, in fact, several ecosystem grants have already been given for community building.