# L3's Quarterly Report (June)

**Published by:** [Layer3](https://paragraph.com/@layer3xyz/)
**Published on:** 2022-07-11
**URL:** https://paragraph.com/@layer3xyz/l3-s-quarterly-report-june

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IntroductionCan you believe we’re already halfway through the year? It’s been a stunning few months in web3. On the heels of a global downturn, crypto has reached new lows while our team has continued to build new highs. Between LUNA’s downfall, the evaporation of several firms and protocols, a revolving door of hacks, exploits, scams, and the constant humdrum of a looming recession, it’s difficult for many to foresee the promises that web3 were supposed to deliver in the first place. But at Layer3, discovery never ends. We still think there’s so much that web3 has to offer, and we promised that we would keep building to create a better experience for our users and communities. It’s why our current website feels nothing like the one you saw back in March, and why our team has shipped feature after feature in the face of what appears to be an endless bear market. We’re not out of the woods yet—but we’ve done a lot this quarter, and we can’t wait to share it with you.Q2: Build-during-a-bearYou may know us as the company that helped someone earn crypto by getting a tattoo. We’ve come a long way since then (July 2021), and we’ve also come a long way since March 2022. Our biggest update is that we’ve shipped a modular “Bounty Builder “that allows web3 communities and protocols to build step-by-step Bounties to help users (re)discover the magic of using their products. On Layer3, Bounties are instantly verifiable on-chain and off-chain tasks that users can complete for experience points (XP) or crypto rewards. Using the Bounty Builder, we started releasing daily bounties where users can complete fun “quests” to discover the true potential and magic of web3—and since launching our Bounty Builder in early June, we’ve helped our users complete 307,000+ on-chain actions across various web3 protocols, platforms, and ecosystems.Our bounty builder. Cool, innit?As our co-founder Dariya recaps in this thread, our Bounty Builder makes rewarding users easy, creating an entirely new framework for “cost-per-action” (CPA) advertising spend in web3. If you haven’t experienced the magic of bounties, you can try them out now. With bounties, we were able to supercharge interest across various protocols and communities within web3. Just take a look at the following stats: On Layer3, bounties were responsible for:23.4% of all uses ever of PoolTogether Avalanche10000 new Bungee bridges6875 new Hop bridges3700 new PoolTogether deposits15.8% of all purchases ever on Quixotic~8% of all Aave v3 Arbitrum uses everBounties are available across most EVM-compatible chains, including Ethereum mainnet, Optimism, Polygon, Celo, Arbitrum, Avalanche, and Aurora.Our bounties are available on most EVM-compatible chains.Aside from bounties, we’ve continued to add support for popular features. In response to community requests on improving our notification structure, we launched e-mail notifications to keep users up users updated on their L3 activity such as when a Contest they’ve entered announces winners or when they’ve been selected to work on a specific Project. Communities are now automatically notified to select Contest winners so that they, too, can contribute to a seamless user experience. Our newly implemented Discord bot helps communities promote active Contests, Projects, and Bounties directly within their server.We launched in-platform e-mail notifications in June.We’ve also been hard at work building our infrastructure to handle the user growth we’ve seen since March. We’ve upgraded our database architecture and payments infrastructure. Our platform is smoother, faster, and simpler than ever before—making it the best place to discover and re-discover web3 every day. We’ve steadily expanded our partnerships in conjunction with community growth. We’re truly humbled to have worked with some of the best builders in web3, including those from Dune, Synthetix, The Graph, OpenSea, 1inch, Index Coop, and Zapper. We doubled grew our Twitter following from 18k to 40k, and more than doubled our Discord members from approximately 3000 to 8100+, continuing to host recurring Twitter Spaces, Community Calls, and AMAs with our featured partners and community members.Did you know? Layer3 has a large and thriving community of Dune Wizards!In conclusion: It’s been a packed three months. Read on for a comprehensive timeline of what we’ve accomplished in 2022 Q2:AprilIn April, we shipped 3 new features and made significant improvements across the platform.Bounties: Any combination of actions, on or off-chain, that instantly reward contributors upon completion. Our version of web3 cost-per-action ad spend.Projects: Hackathon-style competitions where the best submissions for a task win and get rewarded.Discord Bot: Enabling communities to promote active contests, projects, and bounties directly within their server.ImprovementsPayments InfrastructureRedesign focused on simplifying UI/UXDatabase ArchitectureMayShipped the bounty builderOptimism SupportImprovements to DAO Dashboard, Contest & Project creation flowsModified user profiles to better showcase work across categoriesBetter and smoother site performanceLaunched partnerships with OpenSea, The Graph, 1inchPartnered with Index Coop to acquire 96% net new INDEX holdersPartnered with Synthetix to improve engagement for existing token holders (our first Optimism bounty!)Won a partnership with DappRadar following a Snapshot vote, winning 98.6% support over DeWorkCompleted first cohort of the Contributor BootcampEngaged users in our first community-wide, 5-day marketing campaign to launch ProjectsJuneReached 250,000 on-chain actions with daily bountiesAvalanche, Celo, Aurora, and Arbitrum support for bountiesLaunched e-mail notifications for both users and DAOsShipped DAO dashboard and admin-facing improvementsNurtured the Builders Lounge, an exclusive Discord channel for top-talent contributorsInitiated summer user research sprintReached 7,000 newsletter subscribersUpdated bug and Twitter verification infrastructureCoinbase Wallet integrationIn conclusion: The devs and non-devs have indeed, done somethingAs we continue to build towards our v1 launch, don’t hesitate to suggest new features via Canny or Discord. For any product suggestions, you can also reach out directly to our Product Manager, Yahya (yahya@layer3.xyz).WTF is Layer3?Oh hey anon, you must be new here. That’s okay—we all start somewhere, and we’re glad you started with us. Whether you’re one of our users, a core team member, a freelance contributor, or someone looking to dip their toes into web3 and crypto, Layer3 is for everyone! Layer3 @layer3xyz Web3 isn't just about onboarding the next 100 million users. It's also about rediscovery and curation for existing users 67 8:25 AM • Jul 6, 2022 Our guiding star is the idea that discovery never ends.Every day, we’re exploring and discovering web3 in a way that has never been done before. Call it curiosity—or call it an infinite “beginner’s mind,” where every step we take is done with the curiosity and open-mindedness of someone approaching a new concept for the first time. That’s what it feels like to be a user on Layer3: The magic of discovering and re-discovering all your favorite protocols, communities, DAOs, and companies, all in one place.Layer3 Bingo. Few understand this.We’re here to revolutionize the future of community and enable anyone—regardless of skill—to discover the magic of web3 and become a contributor. We want to help the world embrace web3 by providing everyone with simple and intuitive tools to get sh*t done. The permissionless and decentralized nature of web3 means that creation is happening on a scale that we’ve never seen before, and it’s easy to get lost amongst the debris. So our goals are simple:Become the best platform for web3 learning, discovery, and contribution.Enable communities to acquire users via community engagement and work coordination.Help people find their tribe in web3 by giving everyone the tools to get involved.Ensure that discovery in web3 never ends.We’re here to arm contributors and communities with the tools and knowledge to move towards this new horizon.Let’s discover the magic of web3, together.CommunityWe love the Layer3 community and couldn’t have built our product without valuable feedback from our users and partners. Here’s what they had to say about us:I got my first full-time web3 job with Blockworks...I'm the first data analyst that they hired! The L3 team and platform were a true catalyst for me turning this year around. You guys were the best resource for me to build out my portfolio! Ultimately, I had to do my final research project with them in Python, but they also were interested in looking at my Dune work. The L3 team is amazing, you guys are out here changing lives. Respect. 🙌— Anthony, Data Analyst @ BlockworksWe are extremely happy with the Layer3 platform!! We are blown away with the level of engagement it has brought to the governance forum (and a lot of the superstars are new users so we know they found their way to the forum via Layer3!)— Jordan, Marketing @ 1inchI’m part of at least 20 web3 communities, but most DAOs don’t care at the root level ,and I dislike spending time in most of them due to that. Dune and Layer3 [are] where I spend most of [my] time, and I only joined last month, which says [that] you guys are doing something right, thank you!— Dune Wizard and contributor @ Layer3I started using the platform in February and feel like its a totally different company today. The product is 20x better, the discord is more active, and the communities & work are way better. You guys are moving fast, can’t believe you’re only a few months old.— David, Contributor Bootcamp Cohort #1 member, Global Insights Manager @ GoogleConclusionIf you’ve made it all the way to the end, thanks for reading! In the meantime, feel free to complete some Bounties, join our Discord, or read through our Docs. Feel free to subscribe to our newsletter as well! This report is available as a free NFT on Optimism for the collectoooors and supporters who want to celebrate another 3 months of Layer3 (you can also earn 100XP for collecting it via Bounties). Until next time ✨

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