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Welcome to another week of updates in the Arweave/AO ecosystem.
There were lots of cool launches last week, as well as a new content platform going open source. There are also some interesting stats to look at related to Arweave's endowment fund.
Let's get into it.
AOXScan releases ๐
AOX is a bridging platform, which allows users to transfer their assets from chains like Ethereum to AO (and vice versa). It's built by the EverVision team, who are also behind Permaswap and other prominent infrastructure tooling in the ecosystem.
So, what's AOXScan?
Well, it's a new addition to AOX which lets users get much clearer and more granular details on bridge transactions. This is actually super important for the ecosystem, as bridging tokens (especially for those who aren't as experienced in crypto) can be a bit of a nerve-wracking experience as users have to wait for funds to appear from one chain on the other.
AOXScan is a great start to providing a much better user experience for those looking to bridge assets to and from the AO ecosystem. If you're interested, you can check it out here. NFA and DYOR.
The Permaweb Journal goes open source ๐
The Permaweb Journal is a newly created publication for all content related to AO and Arweave, which was launched by Alex Fisher of Bazar.
It currently has pages for learning resources, as well as ecosystem projects, and more. What's particularly interesting is that it's based on Quartz, which has a graph-like structure for connecting pages. This "web" like structure could be useful for connecting ideas and pages on the Permaweb at large.
The big news though is that the Permaweb Journal recently went open source, which means anyone can contribute to it - through content, or to the structure of the journal itself. This is great, as it provides a lot of opportunity to those in the ecosystem looking to contribute content to an open platform. Awesome!
Arweave and deflationary principles ๐ฅ
Something particularly interesting about the stats of the ecosystem last week center around token inflation/deflation.
Last week, The Arweave endowment grew by 4,347.52 AR, while block rewards for the week totalled 2,706 (all stats via ViewBlock). The funds in the endowment have not been used, making Arweave essentially in a period of supply reduction. Interesting stuff. NFA.
ICYMI ๐
Lots of other stuff happening this week. Definitely keep an eye on the Arweave India roadshow, which is leading up to Arweave Day in Bengaluru on the 26th of April.
Here are some more announcements you might've missed:
- Sam Williams launches Membuddy
- ropats16 gives an overview of aoDevBot
- RandAO hits 30k requests
- LiquidOps mainnet beta launches
This Week's Featured Community Piece ๐
Tate from Community Labs has been writing up some great posts on his journey into Arweave/AO and the current state of the ecosystem. If you haven't read it yet, check it out here.
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