This Week In POKT (June 1st)
PROTOCOL
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Shannon Testnet has launched! In Alpha 1, community members and developers can explore testnet resources. Devs can contribute through open bounties, while operators can deploy Suppliers and Gateways.
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Taiko was allowlisted onto the protocol, expanding our list of supported blockchains.
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We celebrated two years of supporting Evmos with decentralized infrastructure.
GATEWAYS
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The Gatewayverse expanded as PORTERS became the 5th Gateway to POKT Network.
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Grove shone a spotlight on Optimism.
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Chainstack made their first Gateway fee payment to the DAO, bringing the total of paying Gateways to four.
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Nodies launched a new functionality in their Gateway to accept crypto payments.
ECOSYSTEM
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wPOKT LP incentives were extended for another 90 days, with efforts underway to launch wPOKT on more chains.
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The POKTscan team released new features for the explorer.
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The third report from the POKT AI Lab team was published.
MUST LISTEN
- This week’s Must Listen was our What’s new on POKT Network Space where we received the latest on POKT and insights into the launch of @ChainstackHQ’s Gateway, featuring Eugene, @Dermot, and @o_rourke.
MUST WATCH
- This week’s Must Watch featured our own @Dermot_Oriordan talking about all things DePIN on the Talking Tokens podcast.
EVENT OF THE WEEK
- The week’s standout moment was the launch of Shannon Alpha 1 Testnet!