This week, we have a thread contest with AR.IO, the open-source gateway provider of the Arweave ecosystem. We also have a new episode of Meet the Members, and some bounties and jobs are still up for grabs!

We are excited to launch our partnership with AR.IO with a thread contest.

Post an X thread explaining the importance of AR.IO: explain what gateways are and how they work, how builders can utilize them today, how network incentives reward gateway operators, and what it means for the future of the permaweb to win from a prize pool of 2000 USDC for the winners and free ArNS names for all participants.

Submissions are due on Monday, April 29, at 11:59 pm UTC with the following criteria:

• Like and retweet the partnership announcement 

• Follow @ar_io_network on X

• Create a thread with a minimum of 4 posts and tag @ar_io_network

Prizes are designed to give you the maximum chance of winning. Plus, AR.IO is providing everyone who completes the bounty with free testnet tokens to register an ArNS name. Check out the competition details here and make your submissions here.

Are you a D_D member who applied for the Gitcoin GG20 grant? Please submit your @gitcoin application using this form. We will publish a thread next week so members can help each other with donations.

Episode 3 will air on Tuesday, April 30, at 3 pm UTC. Will @Rahatcodes beat the clock as he attempts to answer five minutes of nice and five minutes of spice questions, or will he tap out?

Join us on live on YouTube!

Earn 1,200 USDC for building React components using Peanut SDK, enabling token swaps on-chain, and more! 

• Daily discord notification with peanut statistics

• Create a React Components using the Peanut-SDK

• Improve Test Coverage and create devnet tests

• Allow Token Swaps When Claiming on the Same Chain

Earn 500 USDC bounty for building an ENS domain resolver for TalentLayer IDs!

• Add TalentLayer IDs to ENS using ENS Resolvers

• Typescript Engineer, @Lattice (Remote London)

• Developer Relations Engineer, @Taiko

• Senior Full Stack Engineer - Web3, @MoonPay

• Blockchain Partner Analyst Intern (Summer 2024 onSite UK, London), @Ripple

• Senior Product Designer, @WalletConnect (Remote)

Are you hiring? Then, turn online Web3 communities into your personal talent clouds with Developer DAO & Eden!

For info, please talk to Tom Husson; limited spots are available during Eden’s beta.

​Last week, Daniel Hannum (CEO) and Daniel Pfeffer (CTO) presented GasHawk. GasHawk helps you save on Ethereum gas fees for free. This episode walks you through setting up GasHawk on your wallet and saving on those transaction fees.

You can listen to it here if you missed our X Space about unlocking the permaweb with AR.IO. Highlights of the Space are summarised below:

• A description of what AR.IO is and the problem it solves by its founder ar://vilenarios 

• The announcement of an X Thread competition bounty to write on gateways and their uses. A prize pool of 2000 USD and free ArNS is up for grabs.

• A course on AR.IO and gateways written by our editor @K4y1s will be launched on the D_D Academy in the coming months. There are bounty opportunities and incentives for takers of the course.

• D_D will launch an AR.IO gateway.

• What To Do With Your ETH If You Don't Know What To Do by D_D member @theonly_easyday

• How to set up Wagmi, Viem and Web3modal in Next.js and deploy new contracts from UI by D_D member Artur Chmaro

• Token gated access in Next.js 14 by D_D member Artur Chmaro.

• Congratulations to Web3Africa on their 2nd anniversary 

• web3.py Patterns: Bloom Filters by D_D OG @wolovim

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We are pleased to announce that Eden, one of D_D's incubated projects, has partnered with @TalentProtocol.

This partnership ensures that talent who completed an interview with Eden will automatically have an exclusive Eden credential in their Talent Passport.
Create a Talent Passport, bring your reputation on-chain, and earn rewards for being an early adopter. Check out your Eden credential in your Talent Passport.