Aligned Monthly Recap - October '24
Another big month of updates for Aligned!
Check out this thread for a recap of our highlights:
✅ Aligned Builders Hackathon
✅ Events (Istanbul Hacker Alignment and Aligned Istanbul Hackerhouse)
✅ New Partnerships
✅ X Spaces, Community calls, and Technical Sessions
✅ Let’s start with our Aligned Builders Hackathon! 🚀
🔹 This hackathon was announced at the end of September and has spanned nearly the entire month.
It's been an incredible journey, filled with a lot of learning. Seeing the community's enthusiasm for using ZK has been fantastic.
You can check out some highlights in the following tweets of this newsletter.
Here's the main announcement:
Announcing: Aligned Builders Hackathon!
— Aligned (@alignedlayer) September 29, 2024
Our first virtual hackathon has up to $50,000 in prizes for novel apps using Aligned’s ZK verification layer.
The Aligned Builders Hackathon is the first stage of Aligned’s upcoming mainnet incentives program which will reward developers,… pic.twitter.com/FNmw5kxLZF
🔹 Judging criteria and prizes.
We provided information about the judging criteria and prizes.
The criteria included technical soundness, functionality, innovation, impact, and more.
We offered a total of $50,000 USD in prizes
🥇 1st place: $15,000.
🥈 2nd place: $10,000.
🥉 runner-up: 5 prizes of $5,000 each.
The Aligned Builders Hackathon is in full swing!
— Aligned (@alignedlayer) October 16, 2024
Over 250 hackers have joined our community to develop innovative projects on Aligned and to show the world what can be built using ZK.
Today we're announcing the prize breakdown and sharing additional judging criteria 👇 pic.twitter.com/zZtzYKspQ2
🔹 Hackathon judges.
We're honoured to have an esteemed panel of judges lending their wisdom to the hackathon:
> Vanishree Rao, founder Fermah.
> Nader Dabit, director of devrel EigenLayer.
> Austin Griffith, founder BuidlGuidl.
> dcbuilder, research engineer World.
Their insights and expertise made this hackathon an incredibly enriching experience.
We are incredibly grateful for their support in this event.
Announcing: the Aligned Builders Hackathon judges!
— Aligned (@alignedlayer) October 19, 2024
We are excited to welcome an esteemed panel of guest judges who will help our team determine the winners of our first online hackathon.
Our guest judges are leaders with a long history of contributing to the Ethereum and ZK… pic.twitter.com/xVD2PWgyh5
🔹 Hackathon Reflections:
We witnessed fantastic projects, all captivating and covering a wide range of topics.
The outcome and feedback have been phenomenal. We couldn't be happier with our community's performance.
We're thrilled to see so many Alignoors eager to use ZK.
Congratulations to everyone! We're excited to share the results in the coming weeks, but for now will share some reflections on the experience:
Over the past month we ran our first online hackathon for people to build on Aligned's fast verification layer for Ethereum.
— Aligned (@alignedlayer) November 4, 2024
We need more time for judging before we announce the results and winners of our $50k in prizes, but we wanted to share some reflections in the meantime👇 pic.twitter.com/iKIYBpTm9P
✅ Let’s review the highlights of the events. ⚡
🔹 Istanbul Hacker Alignment!
> We were thrilled to connect with so many Alignoors in Istanbul.
We discussed the possibilities with ZK, Aligned, and how this technology can impact the world.
The Turkish community is incredible.
You can check out the agenda here.
We're teaming up with @node_101 to bring hacker alignment to Istanbul.
— Aligned (@alignedlayer) October 10, 2024
Join us at Moda Palas on Saturday, October 12.
Meet our team and share ideas with other innovators in “Camp Fire Circles” by the stunning Bosphorus.
Don’t miss this chance to explore what’s possible with… pic.twitter.com/VI4jTbXXdW
> Diego Kingston’s presentation live.
Our co-founder and Head of Research sharing knowledge and giving valuable insights about the Present and Future of ZK Verification.
We had a great time! Thanks to node101 for publishing the video!
Watch @zkdiegokingston ‘s presentation live at Istanbul Hacker Alignment ✅ https://t.co/H0TNiK0f5S
— Aligned (@alignedlayer) October 12, 2024
🔹 Aligned Istanbul Hackerhouse.
> The Hackerhouse fostered a vibrant environment for innovation, resulting in exceptional ideas and projects. It's inspiring to see the creative applications of ZK technology and its potential to shape the future.
We're incredibly grateful to node101 for helping us connect with the Turkish community.
We’re heading back to Istanbul on October 18-19-20.
— Aligned (@alignedlayer) October 15, 2024
Come meet us at Moda Palas, bring your projects to the Aligned | Istanbul Hackerhouse and compete for a share of the $50K global prize pool.
Don’t miss this chance to dive into Aligned with our team and share ideas.
See you… pic.twitter.com/zqTxk6QU0O
> Here's a glimpse of our Istanbul Hackerhouse!
Many thanks to all Alignors who attended.
We are thrilled to have met so many members of our community.
We kicked off the first day of our Istanbul Hacker House with around 50 attendees. ✅ @BJ_Dyakov gave a great presentation on Aligned, and we had some amazing questions from the crowd. 💚
— Aligned (@alignedlayer) October 18, 2024
Don’t miss tomorrow’s sessions with @bkase_ and @MauroToscanoDev —stay tuned! pic.twitter.com/JUSuYC0ipQ
✅ Let’s continue with our new Partnerships! 🎉
🔹 Partnership 29: Fermah.
We're really excited about this partnership.
We are building complementary pieces of infrastructure that will enable wider adoption of ZK technologies.
Fermah generates proofs, we verify them.
We’re excited to announce our partnership with Fermah to offer developers the cheapest and easiest way to use ZK, from proving to verification.@fermah_xyz is aligned ✅
— Aligned (@alignedlayer) October 2, 2024
[Aligned Partnership: 29] pic.twitter.com/v5MGk9eo6p
🔹 Partnership 30: Orochi Network.
Orochi is the first ZK Modular Data Availability Layer.
We are thrilled to announce this partnership and support Orochi’s ZK products with fast and cheap verification on Ethereum.
@OrochiNetwork is aligned.
— Aligned (@alignedlayer) October 14, 2024
Orochi is the first Zero-Knowledge Modular Data Availability Layer (zkMDAL). By leveraging the power of ZK proofs, zkMDAL offers solutions to the scalability and execution limitations facing the decentralized future of the internet.
Aligned will… pic.twitter.com/NiMj2kxcoA
🔹 Our Partnerships Recap is here!
30 projects are fully aligned.
It's been an amazing journey, and we're honored to be on this path with these exceptional teams.
Check out all the amazing projects in the linked tweet!
30 projects in the ecosystem—all fully aligned.
— Aligned (@alignedlayer) November 1, 2024
Aligned’s ecosystem now stands strong with 30 partners. Each partnership underscores the depth and versatility of our decentralized ZK verification layer.
Let's dive into the sectors where our partners are shaping the foundation… pic.twitter.com/FfPzj7BuY5
✅ Let’s explore some X Spaces, Community calls, and Technical Sessions. 💻
🔹 What is the future of ZK apps on Ethereum?
We had an X Space chat with our awesome Aligned Builders Hackathon judges.
If you missed it, you can listen to the recording.
What is the future of ZK apps on Ethereum?
— Aligned (@alignedlayer) October 22, 2024
Join us on October 24 at 6 PM UTC for the X Space with the guest judges of the Aligned Builders Hackathon and hear their perspectives!
Curious about how the $50,000 prize pool will be awarded? We'll dive into the expectations,… pic.twitter.com/53YEF4U3Nw
🔹 X Space with Anoma.
It was a pleasure to discuss ZK intents.
Thanks to reka and Stefanos Chaliasos for joining the conversation!
— Aligned (@alignedlayer) October 15, 2024
🔹 Community Call 004.
Hosted by our co-founder and Head of Research Diego Kingston, and Boris and Geeny from our ecosystem team.
Thanks to everyone who joined us!
Community Call 004 is happening this Wednesday!
— Aligned (@alignedlayer) October 7, 2024
Join us on Discord for the latest updates on Aligned and the hackathon.
Hosted by @zkdiegokingston, @BJ_Dyakov, and @Geeny616.
Drop your questions in the form below. pic.twitter.com/UPnUKeFPGg
🔹 Community Call 005.
Such a great community call! We loved connecting with all of you.
Knock knock.
— Aligned (@alignedlayer) October 15, 2024
It's Community Call 005 o'clock.
Submit your questions at the link below, and join us on Discord tomorrow at 3 PM UTC.
Hosted by @Geeny616 and @BJ_Dyakov pic.twitter.com/XxqonWeqBP
🔹 Community Call 006.
Hosted by Boris and Geeny, who were joined by Austin Baggio from o1Labs / Mina Protocol.
Aligned Community Call 006 is happening tomorrow!@BJ_Dyakov and @Geeny616 will be hosting our community call live from MinaCon with @AustinBaggio from @o1_Labs / @MinaProtocol!
— Aligned (@alignedlayer) October 22, 2024
See you tomorrow at 3PM UTC!
You know the address. pic.twitter.com/nSKdUe30Q8
🔹 Community Call 007.
Hosted by Diego Kingston, Boris and Geeny.
What an amazing community call! We loved connecting with everyone and continuing to learn. Thanks to all the Alignoors for participating!
Guess who's back?@zkdiegokingston , @bj_dyakov and @Geeny616, for the Community Call 007.
— Aligned (@alignedlayer) October 29, 2024
Tomorrow at 3PM UTC.
Join us on Discord!
Submit your questions now to get them answered during the call.
Links below. pic.twitter.com/OT2G05g57X
🔹 Technical session 001.
As part of the hackathon preparations, our co-founder Mauro Toscano delivered technical sessions to address participant questions.
Meet us today at 5 PM UTC in the Community Calls channel on Aligned's Discord.
— Aligned (@alignedlayer) October 3, 2024
@MauroToscanoDev will guide you through using Aligned and answer all your hackathon questions. pic.twitter.com/nJ7WZjiFfY
🔹 Technical session 002.
The sessions were highly beneficial, providing detailed explanations, ZK applications, and much more.
Join us today at 5 PM UTC in the Community Calls channel on Aligned's Discord.@MauroToscanoDev will explain how to use Aligned and answer any hackathon questions you have. pic.twitter.com/jLNtAcYRuk
— Aligned (@alignedlayer) October 7, 2024
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