Arweave Weekly Highlights Week 20 | "DEX, Game Launchpad, Prediction Market" Launch, AO Testnet Reaches 75 Million Messages
Author: Kyle
Translator: Kyle
Reviewer: Marshal Orange
Arweave's data from last week: Arweave completed a total of 190,899,735 transactions, achieving 961.92 GiB of storage in a single week.
This week, the storage cost is 0.748 AR / GiB, and there has been an increase of 2,571 on-chain addresses.
PermaDAO distributed a total of 92.95 $AR last week (equivalent to 4526.34 USDC) as contribution incentives.
Weekly News Summary
🔥 AO testnet has exceeded 75 million messages!
🔥 Permaswap announces launch on the AO network.
🔥 Game Launchpad platform AO GAMES goes live.
🔥 AO eco-prediction market Outcøme launches.
🔥 AO eco-marketing growth platform Oara launches.
🔥 AO Summit successfully concluded on May 15th in South Carolina.
🧵 ArSwap announces partnership with cross-chain bridge AOX.
🧵 AO eco-design studio Pace Studio established.
🧵 KVYE launches grant program, currently in Phase 0.
🧵 TRUNK community voting to launch $TRUNK / $CRED liquidity pool on Arswap.
🧵 WeaveVM introduces a $350,000 grant to incentivize developers on the testnet.
🧵 Arweave Africa community to hold a three-day “Build AO” workshop.
🧵 Aetheris launches Airdrop campaign.
🧵 Glacier announces partnership with PublicAI.
🧵 aoWebWallet undergoes major upgrade.
🧵 TRUNK releases project documentation and roadmap.
🧵 Permaverse meme contest concludes successfully.
🧵 Redstone announces partnership with Orbit and Venus Protocol to provide price feeds.
🧵 ao Ventures hosts Keynote #3.
🧵 Mind Network announces partnership with NeuroMesh to shape the future of AI.
🧵 Mind Network announces strategic alliance with Babylon, bridging Bitcoin and PoS economies.
Network & Project Updates
The AO testnet has exceeded 75 million messages!
WeaveVM introduces a $350,000 grant to incentivize developers on the testnet.
With the testnet approaching, WeaveVM aims for developers to build DeFi, SocialFi, GameFi, and interoperability protocols on it.
The $350,000 grant will be distributed by $WVM tokens.
Game distribution platform AO GAMES goes live.
AO GAMES, built on the AO architecture, aims to provide a Web2-level gaming experience with low barriers, lightning speed, and ultra-low costs.
Arweave Africa community to hold a three-day “Build AO” workshop.
Workshop dates: May 22-24, supported by the WeaveDB project.
KYVE launches grant program, currently in Phase 0.
KYVE is promoting innovation and collaboration in the KYVE development community, offering up to $50,000 per approved grant in Phase 0.
ao Ventures hosts Keynote #3.
Keynote #3 will be on May 16th at 2:30 PM EST, where developer Marton will showcase AO tools to simplify the development process.
aoWebWallet undergoes major upgrade.
aoWebWallet has redesigned its interface, simplifying the wallet creation process and enhancing the token transaction experience.
AO eco-prediction market Outcøme launches.
Outcøme is the first prediction market in the AO ecosystem, built by Puente.ai and supported by Forward Research, ao Ventures, and ao Computer Club.
The Outcøme platform will focus on AO ecosystem, gaming, DeFi, memes, business, and technology, allowing users to claim daily tokens for predictions and climb leaderboards to win prizes.
Additionally, Outcøme will introduce chatroom features and plans to integrate LLM models to create autonomous agent strategies.
AO eco-design studio Pace Studio established.
Pace Studio is the design department of Community Labs, focusing on rapid delivery of user-friendly products and compelling visuals with principles of transparency, passion, and empathy.
Their expertise includes UX / UI design, website development, and branding, offering support with presentations, marketing materials, and social media graphics.
Pace Studio’s services cover wallets, stablecoin protocols, venture studios, marketing agencies, and aim to provide user-friendly design for new protocols in the Arweave ecosystem.
AO Summit successfully concluded on May 15th in South Carolina.
The AO Summit brought together builders, community members, and enthusiasts to share, learn, and connect to advance the ecosystem.
The summit featured a series of talks, interactive sessions, and open networking events covering AO and AOS.
AO eco-marketing growth platform Oara launches.
Oara focuses on providing innovative growth services for Arweave and AO ecosystems, aiming to connect various projects and applications with media platforms, creative agencies, and content creators to help create, promote, and enhance brand awareness.
TRUNK releases project documentation and roadmap.
TRUNK, the first Memecoin on AO and Arweave, can be used for tipping on the TYPR social platform and staking for voting rights.
TRUNK is developing an AO ecosystem “Yelp” page, where projects can be listed through $TRUNK staking, allowing users to like projects by staking $TRUNK. The team also plans to launch an NFT series purchasable with $TRUNK to drive community development.
Permaswap announces launch on AO Network.
Users can use AOX to cross-chain $AR to AO network to exchange for $AOCRED and establish liquidity. Currently in beta, users assume all risks.
TRUNK community voting to launch $TRUNK / $CRED liquidity pool on Arswap.
Aetheris launches Airdrop campaign.
Users simply need to retweet and comment their wallet address for a chance to win. Winners will be drawn on May 21st.
Permaverse Meme contest concludes successfully.
First place: @TRue_JDHarmony wins 2000 DDP;
Second place: @jp01050 wins 1000 DDP;
Third place: @Victori75479526 wins 500 DDP.
Project Collaboration & Integration
Mind Network announces partnership with NeuroMesh to shape the future of AI.
NeuroMesh is a distributed training network for large AI models. Mind Network uses its Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) technology to bring secure computation and consensus to AI and DePIN.
Glacier announces partnership with PublicAI.
PublicAI is a Web3-based Train-AI-To-Earn network where users earn additional GlacierAI points for storing AI training data on Glacier VectorDB.
Redstone announces partnership with Orbit to provide $USDB price feed functionality.
Orbit is the native lending protocol of Blast.
Mind Network announces strategic alliance with Babylon, bridging Bitcoin and PoS economies.
Babylon is an innovative trustless BTC staking protocol that extends Bitcoin’s security to all PoS systems.
Mind Network will leverage Babylon’s BTC staking protocol to protect its subnetworks by issuing Bitcoin LRTs and enhancing FHE verification services.
ArSwap announces partnership with cross-chain bridge AOX.
ArSwap launches a new trading pair: $wAR / $CRED. Users can use AOX to cross-chain $AR to AO network to exchange for $AOCRED and establish liquidity.
Redstone announces partnership with Venus Protocol to provide $XVS price feed functionality.
Venus Protocol is a decentralized lending platform on the BNB chain.
Ecosystem Education
PADO tweet - “Why AO to Launch the First zkFHE Confidential Network”.
AO introduces a new perspective on blockchain architecture, inspired by SCP consensus. The blockchain can be envisioned as the tape of a Turing machine, with smart contracts as its rule table. Arweave supports high-performance off-chain computation as the storage layer.
AO is a trustless, verifiable world computer that helps PADO build confidential and secure privacy computing networks.
Akord blog - “Lifecycle of Files on Arweave vs. IPFS”.
Arweave offers one-time payment for permanent data storage, eliminating concerns about ongoing payments and data security.
IPFS requires pinning services to maintain data storage on the network, with limited storage time and ongoing payment requirements.
For NFT projects, choosing Arweave simplifies data storage management, reduces costs, and enhances data security.
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