Superteam Monthly Update: Aug 2022

GDP : $747k | 13 Submissions to Summer Camp | 4 Members go full time Web3 | 5 New Instagrants & Missions | The Vinod Khosla Podcast & more

SuperteamDAO is a digital co-op of operators, devs & angels working on promising Solana projects.

Key Metric

$747,245 in Community GDP 📈
This is the North start 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 154 members & 48 contributors. A growing talent network with 1800+ 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): Anoushk, Vampo, Kash, Neil Shroff, Shek.dev & Akshay BD.

Shipping 🚢

Superteam @ Solana Summer

Community members submitted 13 projects to the Solana Summer Hackathon. ~40% of teams are University builders.

Find all submissions here: CandyPay, D-Hire, Metapass, SolStore, Bounty Hub, StellarSol, Cricinshots, Stream-RTC, Proto, Ohana, Raid, Solace & Truts.

Check out our essay for a closer look at the submissions.

Superteam @ Solana Summer

CandyPay 🍭

They’re building the NFT UX for mobile. Their first set of products were focused on simplifying the minting experience through QR codes, 1-click tap to mint links, etc.

They’ve just announced Mint Builder: a no-code platform for creators to launch their NFT collections with consumer-grade minting UX. One of the biggest barriers for creators reaching new audiences is managing gas fees for them. Asking new users to buy even 0.0000x on an exchange to accept an NFT is a high friction process & very poor UX. Many creators are happy to cover these costs, especially on low-fee networks like Solana. Until now there wasn’t an easy way for non-technical creators to do this. Mint Builder can help turbocharge NFT adoption by removing the barrier to entry for users new to crypto.

Getting Involved 🙋
If you are a creator or community looking for this - check out their essay on how to get started.

Candy Pay 🍭 @candypayfun

The NFT UX for mobile users is broken! It's time we change that 📲 Introducing Mint Builder: A No-Code platform, powering mobile native NFT experiences on @solana candypay.fun/app 🍭 1-click Tap to Mint links, Gasless NFTs and so much more...

Wordcel ✍️

They’re building the publishing stack on Solana. By pushing content & the social graph on-chain, this protocol aims to empower creators to own their relationship with their audience. While they’ve started off with long-form essays their vision is to extend this across all content formats.

This month they announced a major UX redesign to the writer dashboard & editor. They’ve also launched a Twitter import feature - allowing you to instantly publish any twitter thread as a post-on-chain. We stress-tested this with our 38 tweet thread on Solana Summer Camp and it worked like a charm!

Getting Involved 🙋

1. Participate in their giveaway with Bonfida and you can win a .sol domain name & a Wordcel invite. The current challenge is to write a thread about the importance of human-readable ids in web3, more details here.

2. If you submitted an entry to Solana Summer Camp- claim early access now.

Wordcel Club @wordcel_club

Months come and go but shipping is constant.✊ August was no different as it was jampacked with a bunch of updates, insightful posts & new features. Here's all that happened in the Wordcelverse last month.👇 wordcelclub.com/wordcelclub.so…

wordcelclub.comWordcel August RecapA look back at our redesign, new features, giveaways and much more

Metapass 🎟

They’re building access-as-a-service, with the first product being NFT tickets. This month they’ve launched an event dashboard & analytics module for organisers. Follow them on twitter.

Source: Metapass

They recently ticketed, hosted & were one of the sponsors for the Supermeet in Goa. And are also powering tickets for the Supermeet at the Dilli Hacker House later this week. Here’s a peek at the notifications & team sections from their event dashboard.

Source: Metapass & Superteam

Getting Involved 🙋
They are looking to hire a founding engineer who will help shape the architecture and design of the product. DM Anoushk on twitter to apply or refer.

StellarSol 🪐

They’re making it easy to shop on ANY website with crypto. Their first product is a browser plug-in that automates the checkout process of a website. They use your crypto to purchase gift cards in the backend & complete purchases for you. Checkout their demo and a shout out from the Circle (USDC) CEO below. Their next launch is Amazon US.

Getting Involved 🙋

1. Request for early access here.

2. If you’d like them to integrate in your country or with a particular website, join their discord and let them know.

Jeremy Allaire @jerallaire

Sweet!

Bolt @0xBolt

The future of shopping is now, with @Solana. Here's how you can order something from Flipkart, and all the other popular e-commerce stores around the world using @StellarSolApp and Solana Pay. https://t.co/7sqxYz0J2G

Proto 🏠

They are building a geographical NFT platform & an API for location-based services on Solana. It allows any brand, community, or artist to issue NFTs based on the physical location of a person. This is an important tool in bridging IRL & Virtual experiences.

Getting Involved 🙋
They’re looking for beta testers & their early set of users. DM them on twitter.

de_plan proto @de_planDAO

Hello, 🌏 ! After months of sleepless nights, we submitted proto for @solana #SummerCampHackathon. Here's the lowdown on our submission 👇

Open Source Contributions

anoushk.sol (🛠,🇮🇳) @anoushk77

Meet Sqlana⚡️ An @anchorlang to Prisma schema transpiler. Drop your IDL and get your database schema. Supports Vectors,Arrays, Optional, Defined and Nested Types. @armaniferrante @aeyakovenko @jacobvcreech @therealchaseeb

Earning 💰

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.

1. Delhi Hacker House crusher video 📽️
   Delhi Hackerhouse starts today, and a video was due to be made about it!
   Led by: Tusharji

2. Solana StackExchange XP System 💬
   A project to develop an automated tool that will compute and distribute XP Points to Solana StackExchange contributors and community members.
   Led by: Chester King

3. Defi OS 💰
   Defi OS converts open source repositories into DAOs with project native tokens that enterprise users can use to incentivise developers.
   Led by: Priyesh

Missions 👷🏼‍♂️

Missions are freelance contracts for either an individual or a team to complete. Some Missions are open to the public, others are only available to Contributors (Level 2) and Members (Level 3) of SuperteamDAO. Apply here.

1. Audit and Review Solana Course 📖
   A Solana course for developers designed by the Solana Foundation was to be reviewed and it was a mission for Superteam Folks to audit it and provide feedback!
   Won by: Jeevithaa, Madhav, Anoushk, Deep, King, Paarug, Nik, Nipun and Koushik

2. Mesha CAB 🔬
   Mesha is building the financial stack for web3 organizations, such as DAOs and web3 startups. They are entering the Solana ecosystem and have appointed a Community Advisory Board from SuperteamDAO.
   Led by: Abbas

Learning 📚

Podcast 🎬

From the Blog

📣 Inside Solana Summer!! 👀

University Program 🎓

Rishabh @rishabhbansal97

another day, another workshop on @solana for students @jamia_hamdard! 🚀 today we had @Apoorvdwi with us who is a MLH Solana Fellow to mentor students! ❤️ meet. learn. collaborate. chew glass. ✨

Celebrating Members 🚀

1. Pratik Saria joins Wordcel as Part-time Developer.

2. Abbas joins Samudai as Community Manager.

3. Mr. Yalamanchi got featured in the 10 best CTOs of India.

4. Yash A & Yash Z completed the Solana Pay marketing research & partnership strategy mission.

5. Ayush Chauhan joins the Solana Foundation as Devrel.

Intern Speaks 🥔

Superteam intern @Superteamintern

All ready for @hackerhouses with 9 entries from @SuperteamDAO ! @StellarSolApp @candypayfun @metapassHQ @DHire_team @trutsxyz @OhanaTown @Solstoreapp @de_planDAO