Superteam India Update: April 2023

GDP $1.6M | CandyPay Links, Gum Session Keys, Synap Profiles, 6 SuperteamIN Grizzlython winners | 20 Instagrants & Bounties awarded | Wormhole xGrants & the Pizza fund | A message from Anurag Kashyap

What is Superteam?

Superteam is a network of operators, devs & grantees working on promising Solana projects.

Simply put, it is a gated Discord server for those who satisfy the membership criteria. There’s no treasury, take-rate/commissions, or token sale. From its inception, Superteam has chosen to be a collective of sovereigns over a sovereign collective. All members may participate as much or as little as they wish, including the core team. Any revenue generated is captured by the individual members or teams that self-organize and win a bounty, and secure a grant or venture funding for their ideas. The community is the product. And members have exclusive access to the product.

Superteam is currently live in India, Vietnam, Turkey, Germany & Mexico.

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Key Metric

$1.6 Million in Community GDP 📈

Up from $1.5 Million last month, this is the North Star metric for Superteam. It represents the value created for & by community members who found earning opportunities through Superteam.

Driving this number is a community of 181 members & 250+ contributors. A growing talent network with 2500+ registered people looking for opportunities in web3. And 50+ partner projects who’ve tapped into this talent pool.

A special shoutout to the rainmakers of the month (i.e. members who have brought in earning opportunities to the community) Ezgi, Kash, Hieu, SoulNinja, Magio, Akshay BD, Pratik, Chris & Neil Shroff.

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Shipping 🚢

The Solana Grizzlython 🐻

Grizzlython was a month-long hackathon by the Solana Foundation, partnering with multiple projects in the Solana ecosystem. The hackathon commenced on March 14 with 10,000 participants from 80 nations and a total of 800 submissions.

Here’s the rundown of winners from Superteam India:

1. Splitwave by Sabir and Junaid won 2nd place in the Payments track

2. Tiny Dancer by Anoushk and Hersh won 4th place in the Infra track.

3. Proto by Akshay won 4th place in the Mobile track.

4. SAGAnize by Anam, Osheen, and Dhiraj won 5th place in the Mobile track.

5. DeFiOS by Priyesh won 5th place in the DeFi track.

6. Cubik by Irfan, Dhruvraj, and Sanat won 5th place in the DAOs and Network State track

You can find the full list of winners here.

Gum

A decentralized social media protocol on Solana by the Wordcel team. Using Gum, developers can enable users to import their existing social stack in-app and build native experiences on top of it.

The team launched ‘Session keys’ along with multiple video tutorials to help improve DX (developer experience). Session keys make it possible for users to perform actions without needing to approve a transaction from their wallet every single time.

They have curated multiple ideas that are just waiting to be built. Head over here to pick an idea and apply for a grant to help you build it out. Doesn’t get easier than this!

Check out their thread on Session Keys, loaded with a brand new trilemma, here.

CandyPay 🍭

CandyPay is a payment, minting, and checkout solution built on Solana.

Their product stack helped power the checkout experience for the Boba Guys booth at the Solana Clubhouse during NFT NYC.

The team most recently released "Pay Links" which allows you to accept SPL tokens instantly and with low fees. If you are a business, creator, or artist interested in accepting cryptocurrency payments, you can sign up here and get started.

Synap

Synap is a social platform on Solana that provides portable social profiles and enables dApps to create a personalized, interoperable, and rewarding experience for Solana users.

Claim your profile by interacting with this tweet or try out the demo here.

The team has recently partnered with Underdog Protocol to power its dynamic NFTs using their APIs. The project is introducing Solana Passports, which are social profiles on Solana. It provides users with a portable wallet and social history profile, making it easier to maintain login credentials across dApps.

They are planning an NFT airdrop for Solana Passports; we don't want anyone to miss out - so click the button below to sign up now!

Little Unusual

Little Unusual is a sub-DAO production house that spun out of Superteam. As the name suggests, they take usual or mundane content and turn it into an extraordinary and beautiful experience.

Most recently, they shipped videos for Flash Trade, Dialect, and a few other projects.

If you also want such mind-blowing videos, DM them on Twitter now.

Superteam Earn

Superteam Earn aggregates all earning opportunities on Solana to help match the best sponsors with top talent through a range of formats like bounties, grants, contracts, jobs, etc.

They’ve got a new version of the product launching soon, expected key improvements are,

1. A new simpler look focused on better discoverability of earning opportunities on both desktop & mobile. 

2. Social - you can see other people’s submissions, comment & participate together. 

3. More Personalized - get notified of opportunities that you care about, straight to your inbox.

Earn 2.0 - Coming Soon

If you’re looking for earning opportunities in the Solana ecosystem, go sign up now.

If you want to sponsor a bounty or post a job, check out their guide for sponsors by clicking here or on the button below.

Sol Trek

Sol Trek is a visual block-based Solana learning playground for people to explore and build without having to code.

Apart from winning a grant, the team has also shipped a demo version of the project. You should reach out to Bolt if you:

• want to learn Solana development and get a learner NFT.

• are a Solana project and want to integrate your SDKs into SOLTrek for visual product learning.

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Earning

Bounties 💰

Bounties are small-scale tasks (typically worth $1,500+ USDC equivalent of your token) that can help your project grow. To learn how your project can best leverage bounties, request a session with Kash here.

1. Reev won the Superteam security UI/UX redesign bounty.

2. Sitesh and Yash Agarwal won the Solana Refi Ecosystem deep dive bounty.

3. SolexJ won the bounty for “Big Ideas for Consumer Crypto.”

4. Rohitkumar won the Elusive deep dive bounty.

5. SolexJ won the Hxro Parimutuel & Dexterity SDK Ideas Challenge bounty.

6. Grahil and Crown won the BetDex Deep Dive bounty.

Instagrants ⚡

Equity-free grants to support builders across the Solana ecosystem. Applications take less than 15 minutes, approval decisions come within 48 hours. Anyone can apply here.

Issued Grants:

1. Squircl
   Squircl is an on-chain identity protocol that enables issuers to issue verifiable credentials to wallets after analyzing on-chain activity and off-chain data.
   Won by: Apoorv

2. Solana Payments Hub
   A front page for all things payments on Solana.
   Won by: Sitesh and Yash Agarwal

3. SOL Trek
   A visual block-based Solana learning playground for people to explore and build without requiring them to code.
   Won by: Bolt

4. SolCoder
   SolCoder is a 4-month cohort for developers to contribute to open-source Solana projects.
   Won by: Ashraf

5. SpedX
   SpedX is a no-price-impact and near-zero slippage DEX on the Solana blockchain.
   Won by: Karthik

6. xGrant: Portal explainer in Hindi
   An explainer video in Hindi on the working of the Wormhole Portal.
   Won by: Rahul

7. xGrant: A case study on RWA
   A case study that dives deeper into the applications of Wormhole on RWA
   Won by: Yash Agarwal

8. onSol
   onSol simplifies onboarding with a user-friendly Web wallet, including payment links/QRs, tutorials for beginners, easy token transfers, and much more!
   Won by: Anish De

9. SAGAnize
   SAGAnize is a developer infrastructure for Saga-based mobile developers. Developers won’t have to worry about common features like in-app transactions using burner wallets or supporting a notification system via wallets.
   Won by: Dhiraj, Osheen, and Anam

10. Solsend
    A real-time notification protocol built on Solana for communication between different Dapps and wallets.
    Won by: yum

11. Solana Kit
    Solana Kit is a handful of useful Solana tools all packed up in a VSC extension for easier Solana DApp development.
    Won by: Josip

12. Solana Liquid staking
    An essay on the state of Solana Liquid Staking.
    Won by: Jeremiah

13. JEAZOUS
    JEAZOUS is a PFP collection featuring abstract silhouettes and futuristic alien-inspired visuals inspired by the music of Madeon.
    Won by: Derick

14. Onboarding devs and creators on Solana
    An Instagrant focused on onboarding developers and creators in Nigeria to the Solana ecosystem.
    Won by: Nzube

Shipped

1. State of Solana Refi
   A deep dive on the current state of Refi in the Solana ecosystem.
   Won by: Sitesh and Yash Agarwal

2. xGrant: Portal explainer in Hindi
   An explainer video in Hindi on the working of the Wormhole Portal.
   Won by: Rahul

3. Nifty Click
   A no-code mobile-first NFT minting app.
   Won by: Arihant

New Grant Programs

Checkout the full selection on our website

Wormhole xGrants

Wormhole is the leading interoperability protocol in the crypto space, building at the cutting edge of all things cross-chain. Using its cross-chain messaging protocol, you can transfer, build, and operate cross-chain xDapps, pass xData, and transfer xAssets between all the leading chains.

The Wormhole Foundation recently launched its Grants program, which includes a special pool of xGrants for the Superteam members.

If you are interested in exploring how to build cross-chain systems and want a grant for any of the three areas - code, content, or community - click here to apply right away

Superteam Pizza Fund

Get up to $200 USDC to organize a Solana and Superteam adjacent meet-up in your city, as per the guidelines given here.

Please note that currently, only Superteam members can be hosts but anyone can attend.

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Learning 📚

Web3 Developer Roadmap

Kirat, an OG Superteam Member ships a web3 developer roadmap to help new devs get started.

From the Blog ✍️

We completed a 4-part series showing product ideas & integrations for crypto mobile applications.

The most recent essay was on how Airbnb can launch a loyalty program using Solana mobile, compressed NFTs & the Saga.

Read the full essay here

You can find the previous essays from the series here,

1. Fintech & Stablecoins - How Vietnam’s top consumer fintech, MoMo wallet, can double its revenue by integrating USDC

2. Unlocking Duo Lingo’s in-app economy

3. Our vision for a global gig store.

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Celebrating Members 🚀

1. Dr Prk aka the “The good Doc” got promoted to Head of Blockchain Technology at Chingari.

2. Tusharji wins the XP race for February 2023.

3. King contributed to Underdog, the grand prize winner at Grizzlython.

4. Anam joins Solana Foundation as DevRel intern.

5. Kash wins over Crypto Twitter after the biggest Solana Ecosystem call ever!

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Highlights of the Month 🥳

Anurag Kashyap wants you to apply for a wormhole grant! Give Anurag Kashyap a warm Solana welcome by showing some love here.

Madhav Goyal hosted a dinner in Bangalore

Paarug Sethi hosted a Delhi CT meet up

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P.S. If you’re wondering why we used screenshots instead of tweet embeds, click here.