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Dfinity Foundation is boosting its developer ecosystem with a $215 million grant. This is to help further the development of decentralized applications (DApps) on the Internet Computer blockchain. Over 115 teams have benefitted from this grant and more are expected to do so as time goes by. NewsBTC sat down with Lomesh Dutta, Vice President of Growth at Dfinity Foundation, to talk about the Internet Computer Developer Ecosystem Program, how it’s distributed, and the impact it has had on the blockchain since inception. NewsBTC: Why was the Developer Ecosystem Program set up? Lomesh Dutta: The CHF 200m ($215m) Internet Computer Developer Ecosystem Program is a resource that helps developers finance the building of decentralized apps (dapps), tooling, and infrastructure on the Internet Computer. The Internet Computer is the world’s first blockchain that runs at web speed and can scale without bound. These capabilities empower developers to design new applications and tooling without being hindered by proprietary infrastructure or the limitations of conventional blockchains. The ecosystem program is designed for entrepreneurs, developer teams, and community members, supporting the growth of a new ecosystem of dapps and services on the open, decentralized web. NewsBTC: So far, only $2m out of the $215m grant program has been handed out. Are there plans to ramp up this figure? Lomesh Dutta: The developer grants program is a subset of the overall ecosystem program. For instance, to supercharge gaming on the Internet Computer we just announced Achievement Unblocked — a $10 million grant pool for gaming developers in partnership with United eSports to demonstrate how blockchain gaming will progressively enter the mainstream. Related Reading | Cash App Launches Bitcoin and Stock Gifting Feature For The Holidays The grant program is designed to offer non-dilutive financing in the form of developer grants to teams building on the Internet Computer. I think the best way to look at the grant program right now is not the amount funded but rather by the number and the quality of teams that have been bootstrapped by the program. All grants are awarded in tiers of $5,000, $25,000, and $100,000. These initial grants help teams build early prototypes and raise larger grants, VCs, and very soon community grants. So far, over 115 teams have received funding from the grants program. What is super exciting is that very soon (if the community accepts the proposal), ICP holders can easily make their staked ICP available for “autonomous contribution” to decentralization auctions. This is essentially a community-powered fund that could easily be in billions of dollars and would be available to the ecosystem projects that are building on the Internet Computer. In return, those contributing their staked ICP will receive governance tokens for the associated ecosystem project — allowing them to shape the direction of the project. Beyond financial support, our team also offers technical support to our developer partners and grantees and often offers ad-hoc help with co-marketing, design, and UX. Moreover, the Internet Computer provides functionality and utility that many other blockchains cannot, including unbounded smart contract capacity to innovate beyond what is currently conceivable in dapp development. This means there are both technical and marketing support and revenue-generating opportunities on the Internet computer that go far beyond the initial grant. NewsBTC: Dev activity has been ramping up on Internet Computer. What effect, if any, has this had on the blockchain? Lomesh Dutta: The developer activity is absolutely mind-blowing. Nearly 13,000 IC smart contracts (we call them canisters) have been deployed since genesis, representing a roughly 20% week-over-week growth in developer adoption. Canisters are the next evolution of smart contracts, and unlike their predecessors, they run at web speed and can store data in memory. This gives them the unique advantage that any form of internet application we know about can be built completely on-chain Related Reading | Billionaire Ray Dalio Explains Why He Owns Bitcoin And Ethereum We’re talking about services easily as large and complex as Facebook, Youtube, etc., all running on-chain. I think the world will be in complete awe with what they are about to witness once some of these projects start adding decentralized governance and token incentive mechanisms to supercharge their growth. NewsBTC: What would you say has been the biggest pull of Internet Computer blockchain for developers? Lomesh Dutta: Internet Computer is the only blockchain where developers can build web-scale dapps and games completely on-chain. These dapps run at web speed and do not require end-users to have a wallet or spend tokens to interact with smart contracts. If your ambition, as an entrepreneur, is to build the next Facebook, then you wouldn’t want to settle for any of that friction. Developers are building mass-market applications that run at web scale. Once these projects start implementing decentralized governance and tokenization, we expect several unicorns will emerge out of the Internet Computer ecosystem in very short order. NewsBTC: One of the most popular dapps on IC is OpenChat. Given that it is competing against established messaging giants like WhatsApp and Signal, how confident are you in the project? Lomesh Dutta: The main benefit of Openchat over Signal or Whatsapp is that Openchat runs completely on-chain, is totally decentralized, uncensorable, and is community governed. For example, WhatsApp infamously announced that their privacy policy now required users to accept that their account details, location, IP addresses, and more will be shared with Facebook. They had little choice but to accept the new policy or eventually lose all access to their account. ICP trading at $23 | Source: ICPUSD on TradingView.com This could never happen on OpenChat. By its very design, neither the developers nor anyone else could modify, censor, or scrape any user data. This makes us increasingly confident in the blockchain’s future, as more users become disillusioned by the combination of data harvesting and censorship currently happening in many social media platforms. NewsBTC: To wrap up, give us a brief run-down of how Internet Computer is doing. Any exciting projects in the pipeline? Lomesh Dutta: For one, we’re very excited to talk about the upcoming integration with both the Bitcoin and Ethereum networks. With Bitcoin, the Internet Computer isn’t utilizing insecure and cumbersome bridging and wrapping services which effectively entrust users’ funds to a third-party smart contract. Instead, the Internet Computer will leverage its Chain Key Cryptography to integrate with Bitcoin directly. This will give each IC Smart Contract its own Bitcoin public key, enabling them to hold, send and receive their own Bitcoin natively. As a result, the Internet Computer smart contracts will gain access to bitcoin liquidity, and bitcoin will realize powerful new smart contract functionality — opening up the much-discussed possibilities of DeFi capabilities on bitcoin. This power, combined with IC’s native abilities and ultimately bridging to the Ethereum blockchain, will serve as a powerful means to bring together the whole of web 3.0 and the backbone of the coming Metaverse. Lastly, to make sure that this ecosystem stays decentralized and in the hands of the people, Dfinity is instilling an ecosystem-wide tokenized governance system for apps on the IC blockchain, dubbed the Service Nervous System (SNS). The SNS upgrade will allow users to vote on the direction of any given platform — from the granular, such as user interface upgrades to the more substantial, including control over app features and user incentivization models. Related Reading | WikiLeaks And Bitcoin: A Crypto Love Story? This also means entrepreneurs and developers can bypass the need for VC funding, as the governance system will earmark an allocation of governance tokens for a given service. For example, this could break down to something like 25% to developers, 25% to the community, and 50% for a treasury reserve. Truly, whatever model is needed can be created and deployed. We believe this places the Internet Computer at the center of the revolution that is unfolding. Not only does it solve all of the scaling issues present in legacy chains, but it also does so in a way that inclusively brings them along for the ride. This should unlock the true possibilities of web 3.0. Featured image from CryptoSlate
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Blockchain industry spending is expected to break the $11 billion mark next year thanks to the growing interest in cryptocurrency, smart contracts, and other technologies fueled by blockchain. There’s no doubt that in the previous years, the entire cryptocurrency domain had to sustain worldwide regulatory resistance until the Covid-19 pandemic broke out in 2020. However, the pandemic taught us to accept a new normal way that might spark the need for a Blockchain-based world. You might be wondering how the top trends related to Blockchain might impact you in the coming year. We’ve compiled a quick report that will highlight the Blockchain industry trends that you will see in 2022 and why you should be ready for it: Adoption of Blockchain in Finance and Banking With the launch of Ethereum in 2015, developers found a way to exploit the years-old finance and banking system in the world. The introduction of smart contracts made it possible for many businesses to dream of a system where making a contract will be easier than thought before. In 2022, we will see the adoption of the blockchain ecosystem by many major finance and banking organizations. Reports show top banking institutes like JPMorgan, Citi, and Wells Fargo have already accepted blockchain. Other popular payment gateways like VISA and Paypal might also keep investing heavily in Blockchain in 2022. Source: Infosys Co-founder of Aurora, Alex Shevchenko has been highly optimistic about blockchain and announced the implementation of the Ethereum 2.0 vision—a sharded EVM environment—in Aurora in production. In a recent interview Alex discussed the four main trends regarding blockchain apart from finance and banking: 1) Scalability (L2s, Rollups) 2) GameFi 3) DeGov 4) Generative art on the blockchain (NFTs v2.0) A Shift in Demand: NFT vs Web3 “The market is becoming more and more mature as Web 3 progresses parallelly with GameFi and DeFi. I believe that in this year there will be a big growth in social finances, med-fi (medical finances). I don’t see a big development of the NFT market as it was in the last year. The NFT collectible items will probably be on a decline but the technology itself will progress. Also, a key trend will be financing public goods – there will be more initiative to finance and support the research of Web3 development, says N.H, a core member of the founding team for Mate and Orakuru. Source: Reddit It’s hard to deny that the 328% growth of the NFT marketplace in the first quarter of 2021 will be a difficult thing to see in the coming years. But the co-founder of NEAR Protocol, Illia Polosukhin, is seeing potential in Web3. He said, “NEAR’s goal is to get to 1B users in web3 in the next 5 years. We see next year as a fundamental shift to mass adoption – where social apps that are integrated with web3 and crypto are going to start becoming mainstream. Comparing with the existing social landscape – because web3 is highly composable, this will mean not just a single app but the whole clusters of apps that work on common protocols will drive future usage.” Evgeny Yurtaev, the CEO of Zerion believes the NFT trend is an evolving one with its own nature and is here to stay. In a recent interview he elaborated on the future plans for the project, “Next year, we are going to release the best social wallet to take the UX of DeFi & NFTs on mobile to the next level. Partnering with more chains allows us to onboard new users and give them a much cheaper trading experience.” Additionally, thanks to Web 3 evolvement 2022 will see an explosive growth of DAOs. Ivan Fartunov who is an acting Head Of Ecosystem for Aragon, in particular, sees the growth of composability of DAO tooling: “We believe the biggest trend is towards composability of DAO tooling and making sure that teams that want to build something can seamlessly utilize multiple products and services regardless of the framework they are using. Most DAO creators will be Web 3 natives and working with them will be essential for making useful and scalable services/products to set the stage for new entrants into web3. ” Blockchain for Metaverse Since Facebook announced the new name Meta, the word ‘Metaverse’ got the attention of millions. Blockchain will be fuelling the components of the metaverse. These components can be NFT and Defi that already got strong traction in the previous years. Source: Google Trends Sergey Kravchenko, CEO at Tank Metaverse announced, ”In accordance with global demand and tendency, we are building the next generation NFT metaverse that harmoniously embodies modern social interaction on the blockchain with opportunities for creativity, p2e income, and pleasure.” Research on Central Bank Digital Currencies Central banks around the world are reporting a possible shift towards the cryptocurrency-like national currency. Already, China said that they will implement a digital version of their own currency in the coming years. Although countries like the UK will delay the implementation of a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) until 2026 we must keep in mind that many central banks have already started researching blockchain technology. There will be a sudden shift in cryptocurrency regulations in the next year thanks to the involvement of some government agencies and regulatory boards worldwide. Wrap Up The year 2022 is a year when many investors, founders, bankers, and developers will look for new opportunities to go beyond the traditional means. Blockchain is certainly the technology that gives them the power to change the world. Innovators from the automotive industry to healthcare saw how blockchain can bring a balance in the world using the power of decentralization. So, companies and government authorities will surely invest in blockchain technology in 2022 and pave the way for massive transformation in the blockchain industry. Image: Pixabay
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