Weekly Digest: €100k financial support, Love Story Contest, Summer of Bitcoin & AI Bootcamp | Issue 38

Feb 03, 2025

Hello, amazing person,

Glory Praise here, your buddy in the Web3 space.

If you’re new here, welcome to my weekly newsletter curated for Web3 enthusiasts, developers, crypto investors, and industry insiders. This is your go-to source for the latest Web3 events, grants, hackathons, and learning and earning opportunities in the tech ecosystem.

For my returning community members, Welcome to February, my birth month and the month of love. How have you been?

Alright, let’s dive into what’s going on this week—trust me, there’s a lot of cool stuff you don’t want to miss.

ICYMI - This Week's Highlights

💰 Hot Opportunities

Grants

1. BFG Accelerator Season 7

Details: Supercharge your web3 startup with our protocol-agnostic accelerator BFG Adrenaline. They provide up to €100k in financial support for each startup that we accelerate and invest, both in token or equity. Check it out here.

2. CDP Builder Grants: AgentKit Edition

Details: Build any on-chain app using AgentKit to qualify. Bonus points if your app is end-user-facing instead of at the infrastructure level. $30k in grants. 10 winners. Check it out here.

3. The Seed Grant Program:

Details: Designed to provide teams with grants up to $25,000 in USDC in non-dilutive funding to enhance the growth of the Starknet ecosystem. Check it out here.

4. Questbook Compound Grants

Details: The Compound Grants Program empowers innovative projects by providing funding to builders, researchers, and developers within the Compound ecosystem. It aims to support cutting-edge dapps, security tooling, cross-chain initiatives, and DAO operations, ensuring a transparent, decentralized, and efficient allocation of resources. Check it out here.

Contests

1. Love Without Borders Story Contest:

Details: Write a love story featuring Noblocks and win amazing prizes: 50 USDC, 35 USDC, and 15 USDC. Submission starts immediately! Check it out here.

2. Build with Celo - Proof of Ship

Details: Join in for the first Build with Celo—Proof of Ship contest of the year and win up to 5k cUSD. Check it out here.

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🎓 Learning & Training Programs

1. Summer of Bitcoin Paid Online Internship

Details: Summer of Bitcoin is a global, online summer internship program focused on introducing university students to Bitcoin open-source development and design. Register today!

2. FZA Smart Contract Developer Cohort

Details: This is your gateway to mastering smart contract development and breaking into the fast-evolving world of blockchain. This hands-on hybrid program is designed to turn you into a proficient smart contract developer ready to build real-world blockchain solutions. Register today!

3. 7-Day AI & Machine Learning Bootcamp

Details: A 7-Day AI & Machine Learning Bootcamp is here, and guess what? It's 100% FREE! No experience is needed. Whether you're a total beginner or have some experience, they'll guide you through AI and ML, step by step. Learn how to apply AI and machine learning in real-world projects. Register today!

4. GIDA’s FREE 8-week intensive Web3 Developer Bootcamp 2.0

Details: GIDA in collaboration with Starknet Foundation, presents an exciting Web3 developer bootcamp opportunity for you to learn everything there is about building Web3 apps on Starknet using Cairo for FREE. Register today!

🌍 Major Events Spotlight

1. Polkadot Abuja Meet-Up

Date: February 7th, 2025
Location: Abuja
Details: This event is meant to bring the community together for a cool and fun evening to hang out, learn and talk about Web3 and Polkadot.
Link: Reserve Your Spot

1. The Africa Hack

Date: February 7th, 2025
Location: Lagos
Details: Successful participants of the hack will have part of the NGN ₦40,000,000 PRIZE POOL AND BE FAST TRACKED INTO STELLAR'S $150,000 COMMUNITY FUND and many more opportunities.

Link: Reserve Your Spot

2. J.U.P in the NORTH

Date: February 8th, 2025
Location: Kaduna
Details: JUP in the North is a groundbreaking event designed to introduce beginners to Web3 technology and equip them with essential money-making skills. If you’re curious about blockchain, crypto, and decentralized technology but don’t know where to start, this is for you.
Link: Reserve Your Spot

2. Web3 Mass Adoption

Date: February 22nd, 2025
Location: Uyo
Details: Curious about how Web3 will impact your daily life? Here’s your perfect opportunity to explore the future! Find out how DAOs like MPROFY are driving exciting new possibilities in Web3. Plus, there’s a chance to win a share of $100!
Link: Reserve Your Spot

💼 Career Corner

Work & Earn

1. Superteam Earn:

Details: Dive into the world of crypto and blockchain by participating in Superteam Earn's "work-to-earn" platform. This initiative offers various tasks and projects that reward you with cryptocurrency. Enhance your skills, contribute to exciting projects, and get paid in crypto. Start earning today!

2. OnlyDust:

Details: For developers, join OnlyDust and become part of a community dedicated to forging a legacy in decentralized development. Whether you're a seasoned developer or just starting, OnlyDust provides resources and projects to help you make your mark in the blockchain world. Forge your developer legacy now!

Remote Job Openings

Aragon is hiring for Head of Marketing & Senior Frontend Engineer / dApp Developer
ArbiLearn is hiring Ambassadors
ZkCloud/Gevulot is hiring a Community & Content Manager Web3

🎯 Growth Opportunities

Open Source

1. Celo & Scout Game

Details: Celo is partnering with Scout Game to support developers who contribute to the ecosystem. Celo has a prize pool of 5000 cUSD to distribute to talented developers! This is the chance for you to learn and grow and make connections even if you are new to open source.
Link: Start here

Fellowship

2. The Next Billion Fellowship

Details: The program seeks to enable the flourishing of populations, communities, or individuals underrepresented in the Ethereum ecosystem today. Fellows receive support from the Foundation to complete a small quest inside a big narrative.
Link: Start here

Bounties

3. Ethereum Foundation Bug Bounty

Details: Earn up to 250,000 USD and place on the leaderboard by finding protocol, client, and language compiler bugs affecting the Ethereum network.
Link: Register Now

Hackathon

4. Mammothon

Details: Global hackathon by Encode and the Celestia Foundation, bringing together visionary developers and creators to build powerful, unstoppable applications on modular blockchain technology.
Link: Register Now

5. Future of Work Hackathon

Details: This hackathon is a pan-African event aimed at engaging African Web3 talent to use blockchain technology in addressing present-day challenges. It seeks to foster collaboration among top talent in the African Web3 ecosystem, promoting the development of impactful projects and increasing awareness of stakeholders' products and proprietary Web3 technology frameworks in the African market.
Link: Register Now

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