Colosseum Codex: Radar Hackathon Resources, IslandDAO Cookbook, Solana Creators Directory

🧰 Radar Hackathon Resources

With the Solana Radar Hackathon underway, all builders are encouraged to review a comprehensive list of developer resources, including docs, guides, tutorials, videos, SDKs, tooling and courses to help teams build on devnet or mainnet.

Resources are also available from Radar's top sponsors, including Sphere, MetaDAO, Drift, Portal, Wormhole, Solana Mobile, Dialect, and MagicBlock.

You'll also find special offers and discounts Helius, QuickNode, Vybe, and more for hackathon participants.

Radar Hackathon Developer Resources

🏝️ IslandDAO Cookbook

IslandDAO has released the IslandDAO Cookbook for its upcoming event in Thailand with important information like:

• Accommodation options
• Event schedules
• Shuttle routes
• Activities in Samui
• Tier information

There have been over 450 applications so far and applications are being processed as quickly as possible, despite the original X account being suspended.

Keep an eye out on your Twitter and Telegram for DMs from members of the IslandDAO team to fill out the acceptance form.

IslandDAO Cookbook

⛏️ ORE Radar Hackathon Side Track

The ORE sidetrack for the Radar Hackathon is offering up to 100 ORE for developers that build creative, useful projects aimed at utilizing ORE within the Solana ecosystem. 

Project suggestions include creating an RPC relayer where Solana transaction fees can be paid in ORE, a website mining script for ORE as an alternative revenue model, an ORE-denominated prediction market, or a points-based reputation system for ORE holders. 

The ORE sidetrack is non-exclusive. Winners in the official tracks can qualify to win in the ORE sidetrack as well.

Winning entries will be judged based on innovation, clarity, and execution.

ORE Radar Hackathon Side Track

🎨 Solana Creators Directory

Solana is home to some of the top content creators in crypto, but finding the right partner can be a challenge for new founders.

The Creators Directory from Superteam highlights a community-sourced list of creators, including video makers, thread writers, memelords, and artists.

The directory, organized by region, sector, and content type, helps connect projects with experts who understand Solana's tech, culture, and memes.

Creators that want to be added can submit an application to be included in the list.

Solana Creators Directory

📑 Solana Programs Verified Directory

The Solana Programs Verified Directory is a public dashboard designed for trusted and verified Solana programs.

It allows users to search, explore, and verify programs, for a higher level of trust in the ecosystem.

Powered by OtterSec and solana-verifiable-build program, developers are encouraged to verify their programs.

Developers that are focused on security and want to join the Core Working Group can reach out to @0xDeep to get involved.

Solana Programs Verified Directory

🏟️ Colosseum Hackathon Arena

Colosseum is hosting its first in-person Hackathon Arena during Solana Breakpoint 2024.

The arena will feature in-depth technical workshops, hackathon office hours, and dedicated workstations equipped with monitors.

Radar Hackathon participants and Breakpoint attendees can connect with other builders and the Colosseum team at the Suntec Convention Centre from September 19-21.

Breakpoint ticket holders can enter on the 20th and 21st, while those wanting access on the 19th will need to register for an early pass.

Colosseum Hackathon Arena at Solana Breakpoint 2024

🏆 Solana Collective's Hidden Treasures

Solana Collective's Hidden Treasures was a content-focused sprint focused on creating content to highlight lesser-known, established projects in the Solana ecosystem.

Now, after a thorough review of all submissions the winners have been announced:

• 🥇 MetaDAO: Experimenting With Futarchy - Marco Torrens
• 🥈 Unveiling the Power of JPool - Blessed Okereke
• 🥉 MetaWealth: fairy godmother in the blockchain fairytale - Joey Burrow

Also make sure to check out the Video Winners and Honorable Mentions!

Hidden Treasures Winners

⚡ Quick Hits

Increase Solana test speed 10x using Bankrun - Sol Play

A Primer on Wallets on Solana: Exploring Solflare Wallet On-Chain - SolanaFM Insights

What Solana is Building: The innovations driving Solana forward - Bankless

Agave 2.0 Transition: A Developer Guide - Helius

Solana-Program-Test: Your Local Validator on Steroids - Leo

Exploring Metaplex Core On-Chain - SolanaFM

Solana Changelog: Simulate compute units in CLI, deprecating legacy vote instructions, Radar - Solana

Metaplex adds support for Core, Token Metadata, MPL-404, Candy Machine, and Token Auth Rules on Eclipse - @metaplex

Why and How to decouple SVM execution layer for an Optimistic Rollup - Soon SVM

⚙️ Tools & Resources

dioxus-wallet-adapter is a Solana wallet adapter for Rust frontend web apps built with Dioxus.

💀 RIP

Hyperspace has announced they are shutting down their NFT Marketplace on Solana. Users are advised to delist their NFTs before the shutdown, and support for their Solana APIs will also end on September 17.

👩‍🔧 Get Hired

• Molecule is hiring a Full Stack Solana Developer focused on bridging assets between Ethereum and Solana, market automation, and multisignature wallet development.
• Helio is looking for a talented and creative Mid-Level Designer with expertise in motion graphics, animation, branding, and visual design.
• Gator Labs (Creator of Chomp) is looking for a Founding Engineer to work directly with the CTO
• Syndica needs an Engineering Manager responsible for leading a team of engineers to complete highly visible projects on time and within scope.

🎧 Listen to This

Validated

In this episode, Austin chats with Jon Wong (Solana Foundation) and Chris Osborn (Dialect) about the development of and use cases for Blinks and Solana Actions.

Blinks, short for "blockchain links," allow users to take direct "Actions" on the Solana blockchain such as swapping tokens, donating, or voting on governance directly from a link on platforms like X.

The conversation highlights the rapid adoption and excitement within the developer community around these new features, the security model ensuring safe transactions, and the future potential for mobile integration and expanding Blinks’ functionality across other web platforms.

Blinks and Actions w/ Jon Wong (Solana Foundation) and Chris Osborn (Dialect)

Bonus Episodes

Prediction Markets, But For Everything. Futarchy With Proph3t - The Gwart Show

Today Proph3t of MetaDAO joins the Gwart show to discuss what Futarchy is, how it relates to DAO governance for projects like DeFi, where the tokens are at and if traditional entrepreneurs could thrive in a world where DAOs run the ship.

Getting Nerd Sniped With Dialect Labs - The Kitchen

The Kitchen is a new podcast by SNS!

In this episode Chris Osborn, the founder of Dialect Labs, dives into everything from his background having a PhD in Physics, what it takes to launch successful products, and much more.

LST Innovation on Solana with FP Lee from Sanctum - The DeFi Report

FP Lee of Sanctum discusses innovation within the liquid staking market on Solana and shares his unique views and the “key insight” that made him realize that building a “liquidity moat” similar to Lido on Ethereum would be a losing strategy on the Solana network, which ultimately led to Sanctum and the ability for anyone to spin up a liquid staking token.

Follow @mikehale on X or Warpcast!

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