Welcome to the 10th issue of Dean's Letter!

Solana Network-at-a-glance 📊

The Grape Vine 🍇 (Solana News)

SynapFun is bringing 'social passports' to Solana:

Ujjwal Gupta

@ujjwalgupta49

Introducing social profiles on solana @SynapFun

SuperteamDAO releases 'Superteam Security', a resource for developers looking to study Solana and how to mitigate vulnerabilities:

Superteam

@SuperteamDAO

Everyone is talking about Solana as a security.

We need to be talking about a more secure Solana.

Announcing: Superteam Security

The one-stop resource for everything you need to know to build secure programs on Solana

Messari compares staking concentration across hosting providers among the top L1s, with Solana standing out:

Messari

@MessariCrypto

Stake concentration across dominant hosting providers like @awscloud is a concern.

@Cardano has a notable amount of self-hosted validators, while @Solana relies less on dominant providers.

Understanding hosting distribution helps mitigate risks of infrastructure failures.

SPL-2022, Solana's new token-standard, is live and is bringing new capabilities on-chain:

SolDogMillionaire

@SolDogMilli

SPL 2022 starting to get noticed

dailycoin.com

Solana SPL Token-2022: How Solana’s New SPL Token Standard Reimagines DeFi

The Solana token 2022 SPL standard is set to change how we use DeFi and NFTs on the Solana blockchain. What is the SPL 2022 token program?

Solana foundation responds to the SEC's claim that SOL is a security, in the SEC's lawsuit against Binance:

The Block

@TheBlock__

Solana Foundation 'disagrees' with SEC's claim that SOL is a security

theblock.co

Solana Foundation 'disagrees' with SEC's claim that SOL is a security

The Solana Foundation explicitly "disagrees" with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's characterization of SOL as a security.

Dean's List DAO updates🦍

The Coinable 5 NFT Competition In line with the approval of our new NFT / Token Schema, it was decided that the 5 members who purchased the interim $DEAN token through Coinable by paying $50 USDC would be whitelisted to participate in a competition to claim upto 3 of our NFTs currently held in our treasury such that the three most active members get one each. In this respect, this is a call to @el_obino @xentoshi🦊 @tanny @Frigate & @0xaryan. Let The Games Begin The Rules:

Over the next 30 days, your earnings from feedback and operations will be used as a score to rank you from 1 to 5 with the top 3 being the winners.
The winners will not be required to pay anything over and above the $50 they have already paid to obtain the $DEAN token.
The losers will forfiet all rights that they have enjoyed under the current regime except being recognized as @One of Us , that is a legacy role. To participate in all earning opportunities, they will, like the others, have to obtain a business visa in case they don't end up in the winning spots.
For the winners to claim the NFT, a minimum hurdle rate of $50 in earnings over the next 30 days is required. For abundant clarity, you may be in the top 3 but if your earnings are lower than $50, you won't qualify for the NFT drop.

Good luck!

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Dean's List - Web3 Power Experts

CITIZEN UPDATE: The minting of the interim token has been completed and the new token will be sent to all participants as the next step. We are now in Phase 3 as outlined in our announcement. Read the full announcement The Dean's List DAO is looking for talented and passionate individuals to become one of us.

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