Circle Connect: July's Recap

Fair money for all, one Circle at a time

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Shantelle
August 02, 2024

Welcome back to this edition of Circles Connect - our monthly newsletter that’ll keep you informed of all of the latest updates in the Circles world. We’re happy to have you here.

This newsletter is brought to you by the Circles team.

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Community spotlight 🔦

Don’t miss out on this amazing talk given by Ben Bollen, our very own Protocol Engineer at Regen Village in Brussels👷‍♂️

Bootstrapping Liquidity For Community Circles with Gnosis Chain Staking

Our Brussels Builders 🎖️

We had a phenomenal time meeting and growing the Circles Brussels community, which we summarised in here. Thank you to everyone who came to the booth we hope that you're enjoying your swag!

EthCC wasn't the only event in Brussels, following the conference we attended the ETHGlobal Brussels hackathon and got to unpack our brand new SDK.

Congratulations to all teams but don’t miss out on our winning projects!

Upcoming events 📣

ETHAccra 🇬🇭

We’re building the Circles application layer one hackathon at a time🛠️

At ETHAccra we are particularly interested in seeing projects that leverage the Circles SDK to build with community, social and sybil resistance in mind. As a grassroots protocol we look forward to this grassroots, community led event!

Bounties at ETHAccra 🏆

This time we’re looking for the most innovative projects built using the Circles SDK:

🥇First Prize: $800

🥈Second Prize: $500

🥉Third Prize: $300

Winning projects must build under the following categories:

  • Community

    Community is a core value to Circles, build an application that centres around community participation and engagement.

  • Social

    Use the Circles SDK to build anything from social networks to SocialFi protocols. Circles’ decentralised trust model allows you to replicate your real world connections on-chain.

  • Identity/Sybil Resistance

    The Circles protocol allows for the verification of real people without the use of any intrusive third parties. Projects should advance identity solutions within the Circles ecosystem, ensuring secure and genuine social interactions.

Our first AMA 📞

We also had our first community call with the ETHAccra team ahead of our attendance at the hackathon on 29th - 31st August!

Is Circles really a social money 🤔❓

Taking inspiration for Martin’s tweet, we want to put it to the community!

Do you think Circles is a fair, social or community money?

Our approach is different 🆕

Our last blog post breaks down the way that Circles is rewriting the way that money is valued. Learn more about V2 and how it builds on the original Circles protocol👇

A New Approach to Social Money

Breaking down the protocol

circles-connect.beehiiv.com/p/a-new-approach-to-social-money

Get in touch with us 💬

Do you want to integrate Circles or join us on a community call?

As we continue to grow and improve, we would love to collect feedback about your overall experience.

Until next time! 👋

Thank you for being a part of our growing Circles community. We hope you have enjoyed this edition of Circles Connect!

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See you next month & keep trusting in people!

The Circles Team