Flow Official Announcements

🗓️ Thursdays are the new Fridays, and that means Office Hours!
https://discord.com/events/613813861610684416/943176734709280840

A friendly reminder that the creators of the fantastic Chainmonsters & Goated Goats projects will be joining us. We'll also be talking FLIPS, what they are and how you can contribute!
Additionally, we'll be spotlighting more great community members and the awesome work they've been doing. And as always, there will be breakout rooms for more targeted discussion!

See you all soon!

❓If you have any questions, load them up here: https://bit.ly/OH-Questions
🗣️ Want to present in the future? Tell us why here: https://forms.gle/jpzKdNrzaicYMa8RA

A friendly reminder that Office Hours has moved to Thursday!
https://discord.com/events/613813861610684416/943176734709280840

It's the same great Office Hours taste, but on a great new day! We look forward to you all joining us tomorrow where we'll have a packed agenda for you!

Project Spotlight
-Chainmonsters
-Goated Goats
FLIPS
-What are they and how can you help
Community Spotlight
Breakout Rooms

If you have any questions for us, put them here: https://bit.ly/OH-feb15
Want to present? Just submit here: https://forms.gle/jpzKdNrzaicYMa8RA

Flow is committed to an inclusive and representative Web3 ecosystem, so we're rolling out educational programs, partnerships, and a developer grant in celebration of Black History Month.

❗️ Learn More: https://flow.com/bhm

We're introducing the million dollar FLOW token grant, with applications now open for Black developers, platforms and creators looking to build on Flow.

🗓 Applications open through March 31

👉 More details about the grant:
https://www.onflow.org/post/flow-blockchain-token-grant-web3-diversity

We’ve also got some amazing events on the way during Black History Month on Flow

⏩ Fast Floward-2 workshop with Decentology
https://twitter.com/Decentology

🎨 Black NFT Art partnership #Web3 events in Atlanta
https://twitter.com/blacknftart

🙋🏾‍♀️ Black Women on Boards collaboration with Swopes and Flow Versus
https://twitter.com/FlowVersus

❗ This just in ❗

Deloitte Canada reveal minting an NFT on Flow takes less energy than a Google search or Instagram post 😱

Flow was built with sustainability front of mind, and we’re proud to share that Deloitte Canada validated Flow’s energy usage
📉 Flow, being Proof of Stake, uses significantly less energy than other protocols
⚙ Flow’s unique multi-role node architecture securely divides the processing between specialized node types, resulting in a significantly more efficient network than other blockchain architectures
⚡ The overall energy use of the network won’t increase significantly even if the activity increases by 100x or more

🌎 As we look to the future, we hope to see the industry continue to play a part in improving Web3’s impact on the environment.

📰 Check it out: https://www.onflow.org/post/flow-blockchain-sustainability-energy-deloitte-report-nft

📚Office Hours are in session #onFlow!

Today's agenda includes a demo of Teleport from Blocto and a very special presentation of Emerald City's FLOAT (Flow Attendance) by Jacob Tucker 👌

Join us at 11am ET!
http://onflow.org/discord
https://www.twitch.tv/flow_blockchain

👏 If you're excited about today's news and want to know how to wrap FLOW to wFLOW for Ethereum, then make sure you join Friday's Flow Discord Office Hours at February 11, 2022 11:00 AM ET!

The Blocto team will be very kindly joining us to give a demo of Teleport on Bloctoswap.

📗 Additionally, everyone's fan fav, Jacob Tucker from Emerald City, will be presenting about Emerald City's FLOATs (Flow Attendance). Similar to POAP, FLOATs allow hosts of an event to set up a FLOAT Event so users can mint their own FLOATs, which mark their attendance.

Make sure you get notified 🔔
Discord.gg/flow
https://discord.com/events/613813861610684416/939260298114768937

Hello friends!

📣 WFLOW (wrapped FLOW) is live now on Uniswap and Sushiswap allowing DeFi users on Ethereum to easily gain exposure to FLOW without leaving the chain. BloctoSwap is providing the cross-chain bridge solution, Teleport, allowing anyone to transfer FLOW between Flow and Ethereum easily.

Blocto Teleport 👇
https://swap.blocto.app/#/teleport

With the introduction of WFLOW, the community can bridge their FLOW from Flow to Ethereum with just a few clicks via BloctoSwap, allowing them to expand the utility of their FLOW tokens to the DeFi ecosystem on Ethereum.

At launch, FLOW/wFLOW holders will have the ability to join the liquidity pool on Uniswap as LPs (liquidity providers) and earn a portion of the fees generated.

Link to Uniswap pair 👇
http://bit.ly/UniSwapPair
Sushiswap 👇
http://bit.ly/SushiSwapFlow

As more DeFi platforms integrate WFLOW within their offerings, many more use-cases will be unlocked. This is following fast in the footsteps of the the Chainlink Price Feed announcement.

A portal into DeFi just appeared 👀

🌐 Web3 is all about open worlds so we’re happy to announce Chainlink’s Price Feed is now available to all decentralized applications (dApps) on Ethereum

https://data.chain.link/ethereum/mainnet/crypto-eth/flow-usd

Chainlink provides the largest collection of decentralized services in blockchain
📊 Market and Data Feeds
📃 Verifiable source of randomness for smart contract developers
🤖 Secure smart contract automation for decentralized applications
🔑 Autonomous, secure, and reliable audits of reserves
⛓ Build secure cross-chain applications quickly

📰 Check out the blog: https://www.onflow.org/post/flow-ethereum-bridge-chainlink-defi

Join us for a Discord AMA on Friday during our Flow Office Hours
⌚️ Friday, Feb 11th @ 8am PT/11am ET/ 5pm CET
🔔 Get notified here: bit.ly/OH-Event

Are you ready for InRift's's genesis drop? The first drop from their Pioneer Collection is on the way, get your metaverse wearables 🌐

👟🥼🧢👖
🗓 2/5 @ 9am PT

👉 Learn more about the Pioneer Collection: https://inrift.com/collections/pioneer/
📦 Bookmark the Drop Page: https://app.inrift.com/drops

Happy Friday! 👋

Just a reminder that today's Office Hours will be around the topic of USDC on Flow featuring an AMA with the folks from Circle.

We'll be explaining:
🪙 What USDC is
❓ Why it's important
📕 How you can get started

Additionally, we'll be giving an update on NFT Metadata.

▶️ Swing by to ask your questions or just drop them here: bit.ly/OH-Questions
▶️ Join the convo here: discord.gg/flow
▶️ Watch us on Twitch: twitch.tv/flow_blockchain

See you in 30!

📢 We have some exciting news! Circle is on the way for the entire ecosystem of developers and platforms on Flow, bringing USDC to the masses!

🪙 What is USDC?
USDC (USD Coin) is the world's leading digital US dollar stablecoin.
☑️ Fun fact: USDC has supported about $1.6 trillion in transactions over the past year.

❓ Why is this important?
USDC opens the doors for apps built on Flow to interact seamlessly with hundreds of companies, products and services, including digital wallets, exchanges, DeFi protocols, savings, lending and payment services

🏃‍♀ Alright, let’s jump in!
📕Check out the USDC docs here: https://developers.circle.com/docs
📰 Full Press Release: https://www.circle.com/blog/flow-usdc-is-ready-for-prime-time

Make sure you make it to our Flow Office Hour this Friday where the Circle team will join us to answer your questions.
🕐 Friday, Feb 4th @ 8am PT/11am ET/ 5pm CET
🔔 Get notified here: discord.gg/flow

Hey folks! 👋

We're thrilled to announce that FanCraze is prepared for launch! 🚀

They're bringing cricket to fans worldwide with their brand new platform, dropping officially licensed International Cricket Council NFTs, adding another major sports league to Flow's growing network of sports fandom! 🏏

🤔 Want to learn more? Check out our latest Partner Spotlight on what FanCraze's vision for cricket #onFlow is: https://www.onflow.org/post/cricket-nfts-fancraze-icc-crictors-india

🏏 You can also check out their announcement blog, going into further detail about their launch drop: https://blog.fancraze.com/post/the-first-drop

👉 And if you're ready to reserve a pack, make sure you get in for the first-ever drop before Jan. 27 @ 4am PT: https://www.fancraze.com/packs

Happy New Year! Start the new year right and explore the vibrant Flow ecosystem with Flowverse 🌊

🤖 Join their Discord: discord.gg/flowverse
🔖 Check out their app directory: https://www.flowverse.co/projects
🗓️ Follow their drop calendar: https://www.flowverse.co/drops

Cadence is the first resource-oriented language for smart contract programming today, setting new standards in security, readability and composability

Here are 10 reasons to check it out!
🏃 Fast to learn
🎉 Painless to debug
🕵️‍♀️ Easy to audit
🦺 Safe to use
🍯 No central honeypots for hackers
👀 All your assets at one glance
⚠️ Provides visual cues to spot security leaks in seconds
🛑 Makes accidental loss or malicious duplication impossible
🕹️ Fine-grained access control
🥸Human-readable permissions

Learn all about it here: https://www.onflow.org/post/flow-blockchain-cadence-programming-language-resources-assets

Have you ever wondered how Flow enables such high throughput without sharding or layer 2 solutions? By pipelining all work across a system of different node types!

📦 Collection nodes batch the work
🔒 Consensus nodes secure the work
⚒️ Execution nodes do the work
☑️ Verification nodes check the work

Read more here: https://www.onflow.org/post/flow-blockchain-multi-node-architecture-advantages

🛒 GigLabs is empowering Shopify storefronts to mint and sell NFTs #onFlow 🌊

“The next evolution for ecommerce is NFTs, and the GigLabs NFT App in the Shopify App Store allows select businesses to quickly and easily offer NFTs to their consumers,” said GigLabs Chief Product Officer and co-founder Brian Burns.

💡 Learn more here: https://www.giglabs.io/shopify

2021 has been an amazing year! We’re so thankful for the amazing Flow community 🤗

🙏Thank you to the amazing developers building #onFlow

& the incredible people who turn new platforms into homes and communities for the web3 future 🌐

Happy Holidays! 🎁

If you’re already building #onFlow 🌊, Graffle has the tools you need to get to the next level. 💯

💪 It makes developing on Flow easier, faster and more secure. Applications can use their search APIs (Graffle Search) instead of a dedicated backend, and existing backends can use the power of webhooks to feed databases, including extended functionality like replayability.

📖 Learn more about Graffle: https://www.onflow.org/post/flow-blockchain-graffle-partner-spotlight

🚀 Start your journey building #onFlow 🌊 with a little help from our friends at Alchemy!

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”Alchemy Platform for Flow will enable all developers, from individuals to enterprises, with the tools and infrastructure they need to create great products bringing blockchain to its next billion stakeholders.” - Roham, CEO, Dapper Labs

Start building #onFlow today: https://www.alchemy.com/flow