Flow Official Announcements

We're excited to announce that Dark Country is building on Flow, bringing their innovative NFT-based trading card game to our ecosystem!

The Dark Country team has been working hard on unleashing new gameplay possibilities by building this cryptogame on blockchain, and have amazing features on the way for players. One of the unique systems that sets Dark Country apart are Dark Country Lands. These “Lands” are built across multiple blockchains, designed to play, collaborate, and fight across several worlds.

Read all about what makes Dark Country such a unique game, and get ready for the official launch on Flow in our latest Partner Spotlight: https://www.onflow.org/post/partner-spotlight-dark-country

We can't wait to see how people interact with the Versus team's innovative approach to NFT auctions when they launch on Flow later this month. Their non-custodial approach and creator-centric design will empower cryptoart enthusiasts and artists alike.

🔦 Check out our Partner Spotlight that goes into detail about what makes a Versus auction unique: https://www.onflow.org/post/partner-spotlight-versus

👉 Drop your questions and register for our AMA with their team on Apr. 22, 3pm CET: https://buildwithflow.typeform.com/to/DzIDfK3B

🎨 The first Versus auction will be Thu. April 29, featuring the artwork of Ekaitza: https://twitter.com/ekaitza_

Naomi Osaka collection
https://basic.space/nft

https://twitter.com/BasicdotSpace/status/1383154144421281797

#OnFlow

We're humbled to share that Basic.Space is building on Flow to launch an exclusive collection of NFTs featuring inspiring role model and tennis superstar Naomi Osaka, with artwork created by her incredibly talented sister Mari.

"The Colors of Naomi Osaka" collection is currently up for bid, featuring six distinct visual pieces representing the many shades of Naomi's personality through vivid color and art.

The auction and raffle close at 8:59am PT on April 23, so feel free to take a look at one of the many exciting collaborations we're seeing sprout up across the NFT space on Flow! 🎾

👀 Check out the collection: https://basic.space/nft

We're excited to welcome Versus to our ecosystem!

🎨 A unique cryptoart auction system
⛓ Fully on-chain and non-custodial
🌊 Launching April 29 #OnFlow

Learn all about what makes a Versus Auction special in our Partner Spotlight https://www.onflow.org/post/partner-spotlight-versus

The blockchain dapp industry has grown 639% in Q1 year-over-year, with Flow contributing with an avg of 53,000 daily active users :rocket: right behind BSC by Binance and Ethereum

Learn more on DappRadar👇

https://dappradar.com/blog/blockchain-dapp-industry-grows-639-in-q1-year-over-year

Digital fashion platform Neuno is bringing luxury fashion houses to the world of NFTs

"We’re also working with one of Asia’s biggest games, so they’ll also be able to dress their gaming avatar in the dress."

Learn more 👇

https://www.voguebusiness.com/technology/luxury-fashion-brands-poised-to-join-the-nft-party

Dapper Labs Head of Partnerships Caty Tedman will be live on Wed, April 14 at 3pm PT for the newest segment of Partnerships on Flow

This time we will be jumping into the music industry 🎵

https://buildwithflow.typeform.com/to/ChfNd8ef

This past week alone we have seen +20% WoW growth in developers interested in building on Flow 🚀

If you want to bring your idea or project to life 👇

▶️ 'Getting Started' guide:
https://docs.onflow.org

▶️ Join a thriving dev community:
http://discord.gg/flow

#BuildOnFlow 🌊

Congratulations to the Evaluate Market team for raising $1.6M, amazing work in providing super rich insights by leveraging open data on Flow

"The round underscores how Dapper Labs’ hyper-popular digital trading cards are fostering a side economy dedicated to providing market data to the ballooning user base."

Join them and 1,000+ developers in shaping the future of a #OpenWorld together. Join a thriving ecosystem.

#BuildOnFlow

https://www.coindesk.com/nba-top-shot-data-site-raises-1-6m-to-bring-visibility-to-your-nft-bags

Community run telegram channels:
🇬🇧English: https://t.me/flow_community
🇫🇷 French: https://t.me/Flow_france
🇰🇷 한국어 (Korean): https://t.me/flow_ko
🇷🇺 Pусский (Russian): https://t.me/flow_ru
🇯🇵 日本語 (Japanese): https://t.me/flowjp
🇻🇳 Việt (Vietnamese): https://t.me/flow_vi
🇨🇳 中文 (Chinese): https://t.me/flow_zh
🇮🇩 Flow Indonesia: https://t.me/flow_id
🇹🇷 Türk (Turkish): https://t.me/flow_TR
🇪🇸 Español (Spanish): https://t.me/flow_spain
🇳🇱 Nederlands (Dutch): https://t.me/flow_nl
🇮🇷 Persian(فارسی) https://t.me/FlowPersian
🇮🇹 Italian (Italiano): https://t.me/flow_italia

(if you are running a Flow community channel for a region/language that is not already listed, you can submit the request here to be potentially included.)

Community run Reddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/FlowBlockchain

Official channels
Discord: discord.gg/flow
Twitter: https://twitter.com/flow_blockchain
Website: https://www.onflow.org/

"NBA Top Shot is one of the fastest growing marketplaces on the internet" said Chris Dixon and David George from a16z. "Top Shot wouldn’t be possible without Flow"

With over 1.3M user accounts and over a hundred known developer groups building on top of Flow, this is just the beginning ⛓🏀🏍🎵🖼🌊

Read more 👇
a16z https://a16z.com/2021/03/30/doubling-down-on-dapper-labs/

WSJ https://www.wsj.com/articles/maker-of-nba-top-shot-scores-305-million-in-new-funding-11617109275?mod=e2tw

Join VP of Marketing and Partnerships Caty Tedman on Wed, March 31 at 3pm PT for a webinar on Partnerships on Flow - Insights Into Sports 🏀

The session will cover what mainstream brands want to execute in the crypto space and how you can get involved

https://buildwithflow.typeform.com/to/Qkg5lgOt

It’s official, the first drop of MotoGP Ignition (https://motogp-ignition.com/) early adopter packs are all SOLD OUT

9,500 packs sold in less than 30 minutes

Join a rich ecosystem with a thriving community on a global scale

The countdown is on 🏍

In less than 24 hours MotoGP™ Ignition early adopter packs will drop

Cards come in common, rare, epic and legendary rarity

Set your alarms for Friday, March 26th at 9 am UTC / 2am PT / 5am ET ⏰

https://www.animocabrands.com/motogp-ignition-first-nft-sale

First drop packs composition

MotoGP™ Ignition early adopter pack drop will begin on 26 March 2021 at 9 am GMT/UTC

Officially licensed by MotoGP™, these NFTs on Flow will also offer utility to the Racing Manager game in addition to being highly sought after collectibles 🔥

In the Racing Management game, players will use NFTs in a multiplayer management game and earn rewards that have real value. Cards will come in common, rare, epic and legendary rarity! 👇

https://motogpignition.medium.com/motogp-ignition-first-nft-card-pack-sale-37775ff5c1dd

Hi Flow community,

First of all, as contributors to the Flow ecosystem, we want to thank all new and existing members for helping to secure and operate the Flow network. Your support has been very important and we are grateful to have you here.

Regarding the recent event involving the increase in the total staked FLOW following the decrease that happened a few weeks back, please read below a joint statement from Dapper Labs and the Flow core contributors.

From Dapper Labs

We apologize for the surprise caused by the recent increase in the amount of FLOW staked by Dapper Labs compared to the past few weeks. We should have alerted the Flow community of upcoming big shifts in staking that involved unstaking and re-staking part of FLOW. Since unstaking takes 2 full epochs cycles to complete, many community members did notice a sudden increase in effective APY (up to around 10%) compared to the baseline protocol APY of 5%, as outlined on the staking reward page.

The rationale for the recent events was to rebalance the network staking distribution across node types. In addition, that was a good opportunity to stress test the network involving the unstaking procedure of a significant portion of total FLOW and how that would affect the network reliability in preparation for similar future events. We promise to improve our communication with the community going forward whenever big changes occur to our staking composition.

From Flow core contributors

As you may know, the amount of FLOW staked in the ecosystem has direct implications on the security and stability of the network. From time to time, staked amounts might need to increase or decrease to rebalance the staking ratio.

Besides that, you might also notice temporary changes in the total FLOW staked for a few epochs due to ecosystem reserve movements. FLOW may move between and among various ecosystem parties to support the ecosystem growth and to build a thriving community around the world.

A good source of reference is this staking reward page, where you can find some reference on the approximate staking reward rate on an annualized basis (APY) across epochs, currently in the 5% APY range. This page was released in the beginning of the year and since then, the reference rates haven't changed.
Like all blockchains, staking activity in Flow will reflect the activities of many actors and may continue to exhibit variability. As part of the Flow ecosystem, we will try our best to share information promptly whenever we are aware of any upcoming big changes to the staking composition.

Just 2 weeks ago @BenMauro993 concluded his #EVOLUTION collection drop on @VIV3com for an astonishing $2m dollars in total

Flow blockchain allows artists and creators to mint #NFTs with minimal environmental impact since it is based on PoS (proof of stake) model

https://decrypt.co/61647/ben-mauro-nft-drop-evolution-interview

🌊 Flow developer ecosystem update 🌊

Another week of amazing dev ecosystem uptake, with 30% week-over-week growth in developers & teams interested in building on Flow

#BuildOnFlow
onflow.org
https://docs.onflow.org/