Superteam Germany August Newsletter
Superteam Germany powered through August with 7 projects shipping, expanding our community with 4 talented members, 1 new core team member and multiple events.
This month, Superteam Germany members have been on a roll, pushing boundaries and propelling the Solana ecosystem forward!
August was a month of relentless efforts, marked by our members shipping and building remarkable innovations, and meticulous preparation for the Berlin Hacker House.
Not only did we welcome new members, but we also hosted inspiring events, all while ensuring our community had access to the best experiences and resources possible.
Here’s a snapshot of our August journey:
BERLIN 🤝 SOLANA
Berlin Hacker House, the most awaited Solana and Web3 event in Europe, has arrived.
With 1000+ registrants, 50+ international speakers, 32 exhibited artists, the hype is off the charts.
See you tomorrow.
🏗️ Projects Shipping
Cavyar.io just went live.
We’re so proud of our friend, member and serial shipper: Yusuf! CAVYAR provides a set of tools to supercharge your developer experience. Say goodbye to chewing glass by using CAVYAR's auto-documented Solana Snippets directly within VSCode, or the web-app. Want it personalized? Let CAVYAR AI write instructions or even entire programs for you!
1 Game. 2 Wins. 🦀
Our member Thomukas1 and ZenRepublicNDM’s game, Crispr Kiss, an adventure survival game went live in the xNFT Backpack store and announced winner of the Backpack and Solana University tracks at the first-ever Solana Game Jam: #SolanaSpeedRun
BUILDERZ.dev Launched their Web-Based Royalty Redemption Platform!
Builderz announced the launch of the Re:naissance web platform! After being live with their xNFT for several months now, we supported them through our grant program to build out a web based platform for wider reach.
What do you get?
Seamless royalty redemption for your community;
An easy-to-use API to gate every dApp;
GG Builderz!
Bunkr ships 🛳️ 🫡
Our Member project Bunkr is changing the self-custody game with their last product: Passkey 2FA!
If you wanted to be in control of your keys, options were limited.
Holders had either $80 Ledgers, multi-sigs wallets or hot wallets.
You now have Passkey 2FA.
Check out the demo here: demo.getbunkr.xyz
☂️ Elusiv Launched Private Token Swaps
We’re so proud of the team for this big milestone! This secures one of the most fundamental actions in all of DeFi. Besides that, they reached $6M transaction volume this month as well.
Your road to private DeFi starts here: app.elusiv.io
🙌 Ultimate x Solana Pay
Just in time for the Berlin Hacker House, our partner and Superteam Germany member is shipping a big update: They’re bringing Solana Pay directly to you via their Ultimate Wallet.
While they’ve supported Solana Pay Transfer Requests for months, now they’ve added Transaction Requests, which unlocks the full functionality of the Solana Pay protocol.
👯♂️ IRL Events
Web3 + ART SOMMERFEST
A collaboration between Superteam, NFT Club Berlin, Voxnox, Berchain, and various artists, Sommerfest was a dazzling fusion of creativity and blockchain.
We highlighted the intersection of art & web3 with music from Voxnox's DJs, live AudioVisual performances as well as live painting/graffiti murals and a digital art exhibition. Even in a bear market, we had 900 registrations and the best vibes.
Berlin Bike & Brunch
On Saturday 26th, we took our members on a bike tour to find the #OnlyPossibleOnSolana posters all around Berlin, and finished with an unforgettable brunch.
Berlin 🤝 Solana
#OnlyPossibleOnSolana
Berlin got a glow up thanks to Solana posters that were plastered throughout the city!
Our community was able to hunt down a huge number of posters—here are some of the best ones:
It all started with our friend and now member, Arthur, who was the first to spot one:
Literally jumping off her bike to snap a photo and post it on X, June, also spotted a good one:
Our member Philipp, turned his poster hunt into an adventure, cycling through the city and even doing some on-the-fly adjustments to the posters.
The one and only Henry, aka Genry on X, hit the streets for his own poster hunt, dropping daily gems about why it's all #OnlyPossibleOnSolana :
Of course, once the posters were discovered and the hype began, we had to create our own poster hunt thread.
We started a map with poster locations submitted to us by the community (each pin shows a poster in the city) but it’s only just begun!
👩💻 Online Events
⏳Glassy Hours
Hosted by our Member: Yusuf
Glassy Hour #7: On August 2, we hosted Tensor’s co-founder, Ilmoi, for an insightful session to discuss how they went from zero to one, building one of fastest and most advanced NFT marketplaces on Solana.
🎙️ Twitter Space with Nikita FREEBOID x Superteam Germany
Our member and Superteam Germany grantee, Nikita Khudiakov an exceptional audiovisual artist, alongside our very own Rebekka Revel, PhD., continued to host our X Spaces series.
On August 3, we hosted Fubby FourTeen, EV3RETH, and susp_enders for a captivating talk about the generative and audiovisual art revolution in Web3 and on Solana.
On August 17, the team was back to talk about Performative practices with NFTs.
🏫 Townhalls, our biweekly community event
Townhall, August 9th
Townhall, August 23rd
Join us every second Wednesday for our Superteam Germany Townhall, where we get together to recognize and celebrate everyone’s achievements and keep you updated on exciting events and activities.
Tuesday Discord Hangouts
Our new and wonderful commuity manager Carlo started weekly hangout sessions in our Discord server.
We hang out, chat about Solana news, upcoming events in Germany and sometimes we might even drop some alpha too!
🏆 Super Wins
The OPOS hackathon
The OPOS hackathon, presented by LamportDAO, kicked off on August 1st.
TL;DR: registrants had the chance to choose from over 25 tracks offered by Solana's top teams, create exciting projects, earn money, establish their reputation, and contribute to change.
Superteam sponsored a $3,000 track specifically for building Mobile Apps on Solana.
Among the participants were our own members, Carlos and Valentine, founders of two notable projects, respectively Triggr x Squads, and Mercure - Tokenized Stocks, submitted from Germany.
🐒 Apes at the OCS MetaMuseum
Our Member and Grizzlython winner, Stoned Ape Crew is exhibiting artworks in the OnChainSmokers MetaMuseum. The exhibition runs until November.
Make sure to check them out!
Rebekka Revel, PhD., was a guest speaker at
People of Web3 Podcast🔥 😎
On August 6th, our very own Rebekka Revel, PhD. was the guest star at People of Web3 - the podcast: “From Canvas to Blockchain: Exploring the Intersection of Fine Art and NFTs.”
BUILDERZ.dev x Hashlings 💀
On August 9, our member BUILDERZ, announced their partnership with the Hashlings NFT team, building the Hashlings digital experience within xNFT Backpack Wallet!
👥 New Superteam Members
In August, we welcomed 4 new members:
- @Dodecahedr0x: winner of the Solana Developer Tutorial bounty
Check it out here: https://dodecahedr0x.medium.com/how-to-create-uniswapv2-in-solana-using-anchor-edf42a3b41d8
- @bloodybulldoge: Artist, developer, Twitter Spaces host - Bloody does it all!
He brings the best vibes, enthusiasm & so much love for our ecosystem.
- @PhilippFehse: First Sexual Wellness Store in the Metaverse, basketball enthusiast (incl. other sports/esports), Digital Product Development (Scrum Master) & in crypto for nearly a decade!
- @arthurpfz: Product guy, building your favorite crypto wallet with Ultimate Wallet.
🥳 Member of the Month
Nikita Khudiakov aka FREEBOID, for outstanding achievements including:
Secured a grant and excelled in developing the audio-visual community and on-boarding artists to Solana and Superteam Germany
Delivered and coordinated an incredible artistic performance at the Art & Web3 Sommerfest.
He’s the co-host of our biweekly X Spaces on Thursdays, enhancing the events' success and dynamism.
Rallies to bring more technical support and minting possibilities for generative / AudioVisual artists!
⚡️ New Superteam Community Manager!
WELCOME Carlo aka, zCase
We’re so proud to see our team grow, with a phenomenal addition to our team!
Carlo is in charge of community related activities: announcements, events, POC for our members, and much more!
💰 Super Merch, Bounties & More
Berlin Hacker House Exclusive Merch
We designed an exclusive Hoodie for Berlin Hacker House!
By Rebekka Revel, PhD. and Chris Nagy this hoodie combines Berlin's iconic ethos with the spirit of Solana.
There's only 100 available. Here’s how you get one 👇
This August:
3 Bounties. Over $2,000 In Prizes 💰
🧼 Design a SOAP for Berlin Hacker House Winners!
Prize: $525 + Superteam Germany Membership for the first prize
The goal was to design an exclusive SOAP (Proof of Attendance NFT) to honor the Berlin Hacker House and capture the spirit of this essential Solana gathering.
We are thrilled to announce the winners!
A huge congratulations to:
🥇 First-place @Tahoor_Ali, winning $300 & a Superteam Germany Membership
🥈 Second-place @ibinoola, taking home $150
🥉 Third-place winner @MaldoD9713, winning $75
Additionally, we would like to give special mentions to @AdityaKalsaria, @DarknessPixie, @theaxeldesigns, and @0xYungVI for their exceptional work and artistic skills showcased in their SOAP designs.
A big round of applause to everyone who participated and contributed their creativity to the Berlin Hacker House!
⏰ 2 Bounties are closing soon!
🎪 Berlin Hacker House Agenda Thread
Prize: $650
Write a MEGA thread about the Berlin Hacker House agenda. Make it engaging, get people to sign up, share the Solana vibes.
Check out the agenda & How to win: https://earn.superteam.fun/listings/bounties/write-a-thread-on-the-berlin-hacker-house-agenda/
💧 DRiP
Prize: $1000
Spread the word about DRiP.
the exciting platform that's all about bringing NFTs & Art to the masses.
Craft a thread that answers the essentials:
• What is DRiP?
• Why sign up?
• How does it work?
Details: https://earn.superteam.fun/listings/bounties/drip-deep-dive/
🛠️ Resources (from our Members)
How to get Solana devnet SOL
(including airdrops and faucets)
This is a collection of the different ways for developers to acquire SOL on Solana's testing networks, the Solana devnet and testnet. The guide was written by Valentin
https://solana.com/developers/guides/getstarted/solana-token-airdrop-and-faucets
How you can use Solana transaction requests to control a Raspberry Pi:
Solana Tutorial on Terminology
Knowing what others are talking about and having a good mental model for how things work can be super beneficial for any Solana developer. Check out the amazing deep dive video on the Solana accounts model, specifically on “What is an owner/signer/authority?”.
Courtesy of the one and only solandy.sol
Official Side Events - Berlin Hacker House
Not only is there exciting content at the Hacker House, there are also great side events during the four day event.
The Essential Travel Guide, by Superteam 🇩🇪
Over a 1,000 people are visiting Berlin for the Hacker House. So we thought we would give our community and visitors insider info on how to get around the city, where to eat, drink, feast & more.
Download our Essential Travel guide here: bit.ly/STGuideBerlin
And with that, we close our August and dive into the Berlin HackerHouse. See you next month!