Superteam India Update: July 2023
GDP $1.6M | Cubik, SpedX, Little Unusual, Superteam Earn | 12 Bounties & Grants awarded | Circle Grants & Superteam Education Fund | Member Perks from Holaplex & FYEO
India Community GDP crosses $1.6M
Up from last month’s $1.5M, GDP is the North Star metric for Superteam. It represents the value created for & by community members who found earning opportunities through Superteam.
A special shoutout to the rainmakers of the month (i.e. members who have brought in earning opportunities to the community) Kash, Ujjwal, Anam, Dhiraj, Abhisek, Akshay BD, Ayush & Neil Shroff.
If you’re reading this for the first time, click here to scroll ahead for a short introduction to Superteam.
Shipping 🚢
Cubik
Cubik has successfully completed its first-ever "Dev Tooling Grants Round," which ran from June 23rd to July 6th. Initially backed by Superteam with $5K, the matching pool grew to over $20K, thanks to contributions from the Solana Foundation and Symmetry.
This round funded 22 diverse projects, spanning dev tooling, infrastructure, payments, DeFi, and consumer products. With a total of $6.98K donated across 663 contributions, this round was a resounding success.
Along with this, Cubik is also powering submissions & prize distribution for the Solana Speedrun Game Jam! You can playtest and vote for your favorite submissions here.
Little Unusual
The team has just launched the first episode of a new series - ‘Between 2 NFTs’ Superteam OG Paarug interviews Umang, the founder of CandyPay.
They've also expanded their team with a new intern who will be managing their Twitter (now X) operations. In addition to this, they are currently working on a video for Cubik and have shipped a couple of dialect videos. If you resonate with their unusual approach, don't be shy to drop them a DM!
Superteam Earn
Superteam Earn has crossed 1,000 verified talent profiles, expanding the diverse community of skilled individuals. They've introduced region-wise pages on Earn making it easier to find the best earning opportunities in your local market.
SpedX
SpedX is an advanced trading platform integrating a CLOB and an AMM. It utilizes Hxro Network to enhance liquidity and optimize trading efficiency.
The team is preparing to launch next month during the OPOS hackathon. Additionally, they are working on a new Phoenix integration for spot and margin trading, promising to bring enhanced functionality. The team partnered with Marginfi, which will enable atomic hedging and arbitrage. Sign up for the waitlist to receive firsthand alpha access!
Earning
Bounties 💰
Bounties are small-scale tasks (typically worth 1,500 USDC or the equivalent in a project token). To learn how your project can best leverage bounties, request a session with Kash here.
Jérémy wins the Twitter Thread Recapping the Parcl Demo Call bounty.
Abhishek Mule wins the GooseFX Twitter thread bounty.
Ansh wins the Deep Dive on Nosana bounty.
Iyanuoluwa wins the Recap Twitter Thread of the July Ecosystem Call bounty.
Sitesh wins the ultimate Solana producer airdrop list bounty.
Siddhant wins the Twitter Thread on Cubik bounty.
Thomas wins the Build an MVP with the Elusiv SDK bounty.
Instagrants ⚡
Instagrants are equity-free grants to support builders across the Solana ecosystem. Applications take less than 15 minutes, and approval decisions come within 48 hours. Anyone can apply here.
Issued Grants
Código
Código is an AI platform that speeds up Solana development and increases code security.
Won by: SohamPrks
Prks is a guided & interactive platform that gives a detailed overview of the top-tier Solana Projects.
Won by: 0xRayCrypto Writers Grant
A report on the impact of the Government of India’s open protocol in crypto adoption.
Won by: KaushikCandyview
Candyview is a tool to view any candy machine collection in a single search.
Won by: DracWormscan
Wormscan is a user-friendly cross-chain explorer.
Won by: Sitesh and 0xAryan
Shipped
The Solana Bridge The Solana Bridge is a Solana-specific frontend powered by Wormhole. Won by: Kanishq and Yash
New Grant Programs
Checkout the full selection of grants on our website
Circle Grants Program
Circle Grants Program is a platform that supports and recommends applicants with high community reputation scores for grants. These grants are aimed at projects that increase the adoption of Circle’s products, like USDC, EUROC, CCTP, Verite, and more.
The primary focus of the grants is to fund dApps, integrations, and technical contributions that increase the total number of active wallets with USDC. The program also supports dev tooling projects, educational content, developer tutorials, and community & media work.
Superteam Education Fund
The Superteam Education Fund is a grants pool dedicated to promoting education and knowledge sharing in local communities, especially in blockchain clubs and Universities. If you’re someone interested in teaching and conducting technical workshops related to Solana, Anchor, Rust, Crypto, or broadly getting started in crypto as a developer, you can apply and get support from the Solana Foundation.
The fund encourages individuals with a passion for teaching to inspire the next generation of blockchain enthusiasts.
Learning 📚
From the Blog ✍️
Product advice for devs participating in the first virtual Solana Game Jam!
Celebrating Members 🚀
Abbas is leading ecosystem efforts at Hashed Emergent.
Akshat, Yash Aggarwal, and 0xRay got accepted into the Wormhole Fellowship.
Arihant made multiple OSS contributions last month which consisted of one to Jupiter, three to Marginfi, and one to Mayan finance SDK.
Kunal wins the June XP race.
Akshat hosted a session on Introduction to Solana at his university.
Kaushik won the Mina Protocol track hackathon by Developer DAO.
Bolt hosted two Solana development workshops in Delhi.
Tushar and Harsh hosted a Solana workshop at Karnavati University.
Reev shipped a redesign for the SNS category page.
Aryan hosted a Solana workshop in Sikar.
Aarushee shipped a redesign of the Jett Protocol’s landing page.
Prado is helping Little Unusual grow its Twitter presence.
Rishabh, Neil, Akshat, and Yum organize meetups in Ahmedabad, Pune, and Delhi (twice!).
Member Perks
Holaplex Credits
Holaplex is offering 5000 credits to any Superteam Member, globally! These credits can be used on their new HUB product, which makes it super easy to create/manage/analyze NFT experiences on Solana without using smart contracts. Anyone who creates an account will automatically get 1000 credits.
If you're a Member and email [email protected], you'll get an additional 5,000 credits!
FYEO Discounts
FYEO is offering a 40% (!!) discount on audits, threat monitoring, and dynamic wallet testing, exclusively for Members of Superteam globally. Just fill out the form and get your code review scheduled, easy as that!
Highlights of the Month 🥳
The new Superteam website is live!
Superteam Member Srijan’s startup Fuze got accepted into the Hub71 Program.
The community loved Solfaucet, a mainnet SOL faucet by CandyPay.
The Solana Speedrun received 23 diverse and fun games. Try them out and vote for your favorite game now!
The Only Possible on Solana (OPOS) Hackathon is set to take place from August 1st to 21st. Check out the announcement and follow along on Twitter (now X) for more updates.
What is Superteam?
If you’re new here — Hello! Thank you for dropping by. Here’s a quick introduction to Superteam and the work we do.
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, including the core team, may participate as much or as little as they wish. 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, the UK, UAE, & Nigeria.