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In this week's issue we cover AO's DefiLlama listing, new partnerships in the ecosystem, and some interesting news from RandAO.
Let's get into it!
AO hits DefiLlama dashboards 🦙
DefiLlama is well-known among those in the DeFi space - but for those who aren't familiar, DefiLlama is a popular analytics platform for blockchains and DeFi protocols.
One of the core metrics tracked is TVL (Total Value Locked), which is the value of all tokens stored in smart contracts/DeFi protocols on a chain.
AO has recently been added to DefiLlama, with the first protocol tracked being LiquidOps. As more of AO's DeFi applications are added, there will be a more accurate picture of AO's total TVL.
This is a great step forward, as getting listed on DefiLlama gives everyone in the ecosystem (and outside of it) an easy way to check exactly how AO stacks up to other blockchains in terms of DeFi usage - as well as offering information on other stats, like fees and market cap.
Check out the dashboard for AO here.
ANyONe collaborates with Forward Research 🐘
ANyONe is a privacy-focused protocol that has already integrated its reward distribution with AO, and serves its reward dashboards directly through AR.IO's gateway network. You can check out the dashboard hosted on Arweave here.
This new collaboration aims to add additional decentralized metrics to its dashboards, building on AO's new HyperBEAM technology. Awesome!
RandAO and Raspberry Pi nodes 💻
Verifiably random numbers are an important part of blockchain applications. Whether it's creating truly random events in onchain games, or picking a random winner from a group of participants, a random number which cannot be replicated is needed.
RandAO is a VRF (Verifiable Random Function) protocol utilizing AO, and perhaps more importantly, just announced that users can join the network on a device like a Raspberry Pi.
This is interesting for a couple of reasons - firstly, Raspberry Pis are relatively cheap. This means that many different people around the world can run a node and start contributing compute to the network.
Secondly, we're seeing the continued iteration of protocols being built on top of (or alongside) AO.
We're seeing these new protocols like Apus Network (and now RandAO) building their own networks in tandem with AO. This kind of modularity and building micro-protocols on top of AO is a very interesting topic.
You can check out the RandAO Discord here if you're interested in learning more about running a node. NFA.
ICYMI 👀
- BeaconWallet gets an update
- Astro partners with Load Network
- Arweave Day India buildathon announced
- StarGrid Battle Tactics gets MetaMask support
This Week's Featured Community Piece 📝
@K4y1s posted a breakdown of AR.IO's whitepaper, and picked out all the important bits for gateway operators and stakers. If you're interested in learning in more detail about gateways, check it out here.
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