# Uqbar Weekly Rollup (9/26)

By [Uqbar Network](https://paragraph.com/@uqbar-network) · 2022-09-26

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_Aloha, welcome to Uqbar’s weekly rollup. Every Monday we’ll provide you with exciting updates on everything Uqbar: dev reports, media mentions, and general happenings around the Urbit ecosystem._

Media and News
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*   Uqbar (and the rest of the universe) was at Assembly this week in Miami. Director of Technical Outreach **~hocwyn-tipwex** presented to a packed audience on the mainstage while Lead Developer **~hodzod-walrus** gave a tutorial on how to write Uqbar smart contracts. Video of our two handsome boys coming soon.
    

  

![\~hocwyn rocks the Galaxy Stage in Miami (via @TheCombineDAO)](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/733b5a1b2d699e0e292b3d3f14c0e81435aa57c0408bd98412043d7d78d7884a.jpg)

\\~hocwyn rocks the Galaxy Stage in Miami (via @TheCombineDAO)

*   Uqbar has officially launched its tesnet! To support our developers, we have also released Ziggurat, our flagship coding playground and the heart of the Uqbar Development Suite. Stay tuned for a write-up this week, but if you can’t wait, make sure to check out our [dev docs](https://uqbar-network.gitbook.io/uqbar/developer-documentation/developer-documentation). 
    
*   This week’s content mines have produced the [best episode yet of The Network Age podcast](https://rss.com/podcasts/thenetworkage/626289/). Alongside historian, investor, and Web3 expert [**Josh Rosenthal**](https://twitter.com/JoshuaRosenthal), the boys discussed the parallels between crypto and the Renaissance, as well as technological revolutions, the modern Medicis, Blue Collar crypto, and more. 
    
*   Uqbar has a [brand new website!](https://uqbar.network/) It’s bold, it’s beautiful, and it has a few easter eggs for the true Uqbar acolytes.
    

  

Urbit at Large
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Assembly was this weekend. What more do you need to know?

![Holy glow (via @urbit)](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/5400895f76be16f7e03a06eca11f4dcf38b11c6404347c420a7963bfe0159bcd.jpg)

Holy glow (via @urbit)

Truly, there were more exciting projects and conversations in Miami than it is possible for us to cover. Assembly roundups will be coming soon, but for now, let’s leave it at this—it’s an exciting time to be on Urbit. Thanks to everyone who came out. 

Uqbar Network: Developer and Operations Updates
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We launched the testnet and released the Uqbar Development Suite! We’re pretty excited! 

Recommended Reading
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*   [Vitalik on DAOs](https://vitalik.ca/general/2022/09/20/daos.html)
    

Thoughts from Our Glorious Leader
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A few of this week’s best threads from Uqbar founder, [@basileSportif](https://twitter.com/basileSportif)

*   Basile elegantly answers the question, [What is Uqbar?](https://twitter.com/basileSportif/status/1572156908278255617)
    
*   Basile’s takes on [geopolitics and macro](https://twitter.com/basileSportif/status/1572852803894382598)
    

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*Originally published on [Uqbar Network](https://paragraph.com/@uqbar-network/uqbar-weekly-rollup-9-26)*