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šŸšØ It's been such a crazy week in the Web3 space since the last time we connected...(see below LOL!) + other MetaPunk Web3 Community Updates

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Wow-what a week eh? Did anyone get involved in the YugaLabs Otherside mint? The gas fees were off the charts, the demand was so high it broke Etherscan! YugaLabs also announced an SDK for the Otherside metaverse. Elon bought Twitter (and is playing with DogeCoin as a payment option) then Solana suffered a 7-hour outage šŸ˜¬
Welcome to another crazy week in the world of Web3 and Llamas.

'Llama Approved' Community updates
Some recent content from the MetaPunk Web3 community members šŸ¦™
Don't mess with MetaPunk the Llama
Don't mess with MetaPunk the Llama
How to mine ETH in 5 min
Personally, Iā€™m very interested inĀ Ethereum, and have found an effortless way to start mining it quickly on AWS! This post will walk you through the process.. Surprisingly, all you need is an AWS EC2 instance to start mining Ethereum..
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Gas in Ethereum
Hey reader, this article covers all about gas in Ethereum block chain. Checkout my previous article onĀ Solidity Part-1Ā if you are into development side orĀ Ethereum Vs EtherĀ if you are just learning about cryptos.
Letā€™s get into this one.
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How's everyone feeling about the Twitter/Stripe + USDC announcement?
I guess this could be useful if creators want to use their earnings to buy assets that are available within the Polygon ecosystem. I do wonder what cut Stripe will take for crypto payouts, couldnā€™t quickly find this info on their website. Iā€™d be way more excited about this, if the USDC was being paid on Ethereum mainnet and gas fees were below $1 per transaction.
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Will NFTs replace TicketMaster (or tickets in general)?
Itā€™s one of the first things that spring to mind in terms of market disruption..
These links are also interesting discussion topicsā€¦.
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Step by step: How to create a full NFT collection with Layers
If you are a new artist coming into the space you might be overwhelmed a little by the technical aspects that are underlying these collections. CryptoPunks are not just little pixel images drawn in Paint, they are generated by an algorithm that randomly layers different properties together in a piece. In fact this is how most of the popular collections were created.
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How to setup Local Development Environment for NEAR smart contracts
This article aims to help you setup your local system for smartcontract development on NEAR protocol. It includes guides on installing WSL for Windows users, and steps for installing the necessary programs and libraries.
NEAR is a simple, scalable and fast layer 1 blockchain protocol used for building decentralised applications. NEAR runs smartcontracts compiled to WebAssembly (wasm). Currently there are Rust and AssemblyScript (a dialect of Typescript) official SDKs.
www.metapunk.to
NFTs are more than fancy images
Thereā€™s aĀ tweetĀ about someone investing what could most likely be your yearly annual income ($46,300) on a picture of a gray rock as an ā€œNFTā€, you saw it, and now youā€™re wondering what it is, why it is gaining so much attention, and how you can get involved. In this article, we will be covering the nitty-gritty of NFTs.
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Generate NFT Metadata (JSON) using Python - Much Exclusive Doge Yacht Club Collection - Part IV
In the last tutorial, we generated our NFT collection by using a Python library. We will pick up from there and generate the respective metadata for the NFT collection by using our Python library once again.
The first thing we want to do is locate theĀ imagesĀ folder that contains our NFTs.
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How to do your own research and write a review for an upcoming NFTĀ project
This is a small template that should help you do your own reasearch on upcoming mints for NFT projects and if you like, write a review for your community or whoeverā€¦
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Smart Contracts and Solidity Part-1
This article gives an overview ofĀ smart contracts,Ā EVM & Basic solidity.
Checkout my previous article onĀ Ethereum vs Ether and checkout my profile for theĀ Ethereum White Paper SimplifiedĀ series.
Now letā€™s get into this one.
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Community Essentials
Some community essentials worthy of a refresh
I'd dress like this if we did a meatspace community meet up
I'd dress like this if we did a meatspace community meet up
Welcome Thread
Introduce yourself to the MetaPunk Web3 community šŸ¦„
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Crypto Safety
Serious talk.. donā€™t get scammed, just follow these simple steps.
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How Cryptocurrency Works Explained Visually
This post is actually from Dev, but it is so cool we have a permanent link to it from our navbar.
dev.to
Tutorials
Essential tutorial content on the MetaPunk Web3 Community, good know if you are just getting started.
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"No Stupid Questions" ā€” Ask Away
Make sure you do ask Peter a stupid question. ā€œThe web3 space can be intimidating. Consider this a safe space for any and all questionsā€¦..ā€
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'Llama Approved' Web3 news from the web
Meet our Web3 curation team
Meet our Web3 curation team
NFT Adoption Surges Among Influencers & Celebrities
NFTs are becoming a must among celebrities, influencers, rappers, athletes, the list is endless and NFTs are not a bubble.
nftnewstoday.com
Paris Hilton invests in Polygon NFT ticketing company Afterparty
NFT-focused startup Afterparty raises a total of $7 million for its NFT ticketing platform. Find out moreā€¦
nftnewstoday.com
Are NFTs Coming To YouTube?
YouTube is keeping things hidden regarding its plans to incorporate YouTube NFT tools and blockchain. However, YouTube has acknowledged ā€¦
nftnewstoday.com
Bored Ape Yacht Club Instagram, Discord suffers hack
Hackers have made off with NFTs worth millions of dollars as Bored Ape Yacht Club collection from hack of Discord and Instagram
nftnewstoday.com
Netflix and Candy Digital Tease 'Stranger Things' NFTs
Netflixā€™s ever-popular science fiction horror dramaĀ Stranger ThingsĀ is set to drop an NFT collection ahead of its fourth season. To facilitate the launch, the streaming platform is teaming up with NFT platform Candy Digital, who will also be running the projectā€™s marketing campaign.
nftplazas.com
OpenSea Flexes its Might with Gem Acquisition
Through its procurement OpenSea will look to incorporate some of Gemā€™s groundbreaking features into its platform, including the ability to purchase multiple NFTs from a range of platforms in a single transaction, as well as some of its incredible analytical tools and rarity-based ranking system.
nftplazas.com
Bot Swarm Causes Major Outage on the Solana Network
The bizarre events unfolded asĀ Metaplexā€™s Candy Machine minting tool became overwhelmed with bot activity. Information as to why the botsĀ targeted the Candy Machine appĀ remains scarce. However, they flooded the besieged software by as many as 4 million transactions and 100 gigabits of information every second. This cacophony of traffic then overcame Solanaā€™s own self-administered safeguards, effectively, turning off the lights and rendering it inactive.
nftplazas.com
More woes for Solana as the platform suffers a seven-hour outage
Solana is a blockchain thatā€™s suffering in numerous ways; the platform, unfortunately, finds itself amid misfortunes
nftnewstoday.com
The Play-to-Earn Revolution is Here
The world is on a steady trajectory into an age where everyday people earn from playing games. Itā€™s no longer a vision for the future
nftnewstoday.com
10 Play-to-Earn Games to Watch in May
The year of blockchain gaming releases is in full swing now with games like Stepn, Riot Racers, and Crypto Unicorns launching their games.
www.playtoearn.online
Wall Streetā€™s Jane Street Borrows $25M Via DeFi Lending PlatformTraditional Institutions Are Increasingly Tapping DeFi Loans
TradFi leaders are increasingly cozying up to DeFi.
Case in point: Jane Street, a Wall Street quantitative trading firm with more than $300B in assets, has taken out a 25M USDC loan from BlockTower Capital. The loan, worth $25M, was facilitated by the decentralized funding platformĀ Clearpool, it said on May 3.
thedefiant.io
How to Track What Crypto Whales Are Buying
DeBankĀ is a multi-chain portfolio tracker that supports the largest number of DeFi protocols.
thedefiant.io
Harvey Nichols Launch Physical Blue Chip NFT Store
Premium British department storeĀ Harvey NicholsĀ has launched an NFT retail space in its Pacific Place store in Hong Kong. The new concept is dubbed the ā€˜HN NFT Vault,ā€™ and will essentially serve asĀ a physical NFT marketplaceĀ where customers can conveniently browse, purchase, and even sell NFTs via swift and secure transactions.
nftplazas.com
Solana NFT Collection 'Okay Bears' Generates $18 Million in First Day
Off the back of its mint on Tuesday, the new Solana-based NFT projectĀ Okay BearsĀ has rendered historic trading figures which trounce those of popular projects built on the Ethereum blockchain. To be exact, data from OpenSea reported that the collection generated 187,543 SOL (approximately $18.4 million) in sales in its first 24 hours of activity, however, at the time of writing, this figure has risen to 242,500 SOL (approximately $24 million).Ā 
nftplazas.com
NFT Market set to process around $800 billion over two years
As the NFT market grows, analysts and industry players have begun to speculate how many transactions will be processed over the next few years
nftnewstoday.com
Otherside Hangover - What the Hell Happened?!
So, the Yuga Labs Otherside sale took place this weekend and if you hadnā€™t noticed, it basically clogged up Ethereum so badly that the entire network had to stop and wait for the insanity to end before it could resume doing all the other important business it had to do. What happened???
thedefiant.io
The Ultimate Guide to Seed Phrase Safety
One of the core ideas of cryptocurrency is the concept of ā€œbe your own bank,ā€ i.e., easy access to your crypto assets without having to prove your identity and without dependence on centralized financial institutions such as banks or governments. This is possible due to blockchain technology ā€“ which stores and secures crypto assets using aĀ peer-to-peer networkĀ of connected computers, which are also known as nodes.
nftplazas.com
Ethereum Name Service Domains Surpass 1M and Stoke Burn Rate
Demand for Ethereum Name Service domain names is surging.
thedefiant.io
Hereā€™s how Yuga Labs broke the Ethereum blockchain
The recent NFT collection launched by Yuga Labs for its upcoming Bored Ape metaverse Otherside caused the Ethereum blockchain to collapse
nftnewstoday.com
Coinbase NFT marketplace beta launch fails to live up to the hype
Coinbase is one of the largest crypto marketplaces, and the companyā€™s recent NFT marketplace launch recorded only 900 transactions
nftnewstoday.com
Games in the Metaverse: Blockchain vs Mainstream
Video game developers are building new levels of immersion into the player experience. This is what you need to know
nftnewstoday.com
Project Iceman - The NFT-Funded Film From Yes Theory
American digital media brand ā€˜Yes Theoryā€™ is taking Web3 film to the next level, as it will be producing a solely-NFT-funded film based on a Danish athleteā€™s attempt to complete the first-ever long-distance triathlon in Antartica. More specifically, the film will follow protagonistĀ Anders HofmanĀ (a.k.a. The Iceman), as he completes a 3.9km ice water swim, a 180k bike on a glacier, and a 42.2km run in a snow blizzard, and will aptly be titled ā€˜Project Icemanā€™.
nftplazas.com
Microsoft Teases Its Metaverse with New Updates to Xbox and Teams
Microsoft created the metaverse just after Facebook changed its name to Meta to create virtual places for companies and consumers.
nftnewstoday.com
Waitlist and Zero Gas Fees Featured in Kraken NFT Announcement
After announcing plans to launch its own NFT marketplace at the turn of the year, crypto exchangeĀ KrakenĀ is now inviting users to sign up to the new platformā€™sĀ waitlist. In following the simple branding of Coinbaseā€™s new NFT marketplace, the platform will be dubbed ā€˜Kraken NFT,ā€™ with perhaps its standout feature being its omission of gas fees for trades done on it.
nftplazas.com
Mercedes F1 Ethereum NFTs come with an exciting physical addition
FTXā€™s Mercedes F1 Ethereum NFTs are set to come with actual pieces of the car, and this development is bound to get people excited
nftnewstoday.com
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