Community Spotlight — December 2018 Edition
December is a wrap! We at ARK are proud of our determined and bright
community, and our monthly Community Spotlight newsletter will keep you apprised
on some notable community activities. Let’s dive into just some of the ways the
ARK community shined in December 2018.
FEATURED COMMITS
As they say, the best things happen with help. That’s why ARK runs monthly
bounty programs for coders who contribute to our codebase on the ARK Ecosystem
GitHub. Independent programmers can work side
by side with our international team and make the ARK toolkit even more powerful
and stable. Earn ARK tokens for ‘commits’ (completed tasks) and win larger
monthly ARK
prizes
as well. This 2018 GitHub Bounty structure has recently changed for 2019 and
can be followed
here.
Here are some featured commits for December. Features may not be live until
the next update:
- GitHub member ‘ItsANameToo’ crushed it in December, completing numerous
tasks including making the time show consistently in the wallet, so users keen
on 12h time formats can see transactions in that vein. ItsANameToo also fixed a
bug relating to AIP13 URI scheme (AIP13 helps make the new Ark Pay module super
intuitive). - GitHub member ‘dated’ also sports a very long list of tasks and
accomplishments in December, including one of my favorites — remembering the
transaction row count in the desktop wallet on next launch. You no longer have
to reset the number of visible rows each time you launch the wallet. Dated also
performed numerous UI improvements. - GitHub member ‘highjacker’ went crazy on ARK Docs, helping to keep them
up-to-date and deprecate ARKv1 content. - GitHub member **‘kalgoop’ **implemented a duplicate address verification check
on wallet import, smoothing the user experience if they accidentally try to
import twice. - GitHub member ‘JeremiGendron’ improved the “create profile” workflow so the
user can more easily follow along and know what to do. - GitHub member ‘ciband’ went to work, improving the C++ client and crypto
APKs on multiple fronts. - GitHub member ‘paroxsym’ performed tasks on the new ARK Core.
- GitHub member ‘Pedro-Souza’ had their fingers in numerous repos performing
fixes and improvements. - GitHub members ‘vmunich,’ ‘zillionn,’ ‘vulet,’ ‘alessiodf,’ ‘KaiserKarel,’
‘mufaka,’ ‘Nigui,’ **‘ckhatri,’ **and **‘Z-a-r-a-k-i’ **handled numerous
tasks, fixes, chores, and features across multiple repos.
Multiple coders are contributing to the ARK toolkit 24/7, and you can too — it’s
fun, rewarding, and you can earn ARK tokens as well!
This guide will show you how to get
started.
NOTABLE REDDIT POSTS
The Ark Ecosystem Subreddit is a great
place to seek ARK knowledge, and you can always find new and engaging content
there. New to ARK? Check out my Welcome to ARK Reddit
Post
with simple instructions to follow.
Here are some notable December posts:
- We saw an uptick in “Hello World” posts this month. That means more new users
were choosing to use Reddit to say hello to the ARK community. This month we saw
hello world posts from
‘platf0rm2,’
‘dead4586,’
‘platf0rm2’
again,
‘fakoshi,’
‘Irunlikepre44,’
‘ledgerdary,’
‘yahtzee_NL,’
‘xBetrayer99,’ - ‘nedeollandeusaram’ wondered how newcomers found
ARK. - If you are new and wonder where to start to get involved with the ARK community,
check out this
post
by ‘yahtzee_NL.’ Lots of helpful info and links. - ‘broadcastjunkie’ provided some thoughtful words of
encouragement
for the ARK community and wished everyone a happy new year. - With the successful deployment of ARKv2 on the mainnet, a ceremonial “ARK
Boogie” occurred on the ARK
Slack,
as many community members were very pleased with the results. ARK Co-Found Scott
McPherson took it one step further with a megaboogie
GIF. - Ark Pay’s recent
release
spawned some discussions, questions, and highlights from numerous users,
including
‘moroccomoccasins,’
‘adman9000,’
‘wallajr,’ - ‘xdig2000’ asked some introductory
questions
about ARK, with ACC member ‘rhakht’ providing some great answers. - ‘michaelthecryptoguy’ made a Merry Christmas
video,
and wrote an ARK DPoS
article. - ‘mattybv3’ baked up some ARK Christmas
cookies!
- ‘KingRippleXRP’ handed out some ARK paper
wallets
as gifts. - ACC member ‘Azure-Infinity’ ran an end-of-the-year
contest,
featuring community comment submissions. - Delegate ‘Jarunik’ brought to light an Ark-Arisan microfinancing
program
running in Indonesia. - **‘lambomooon’ **wondered about ARK vs
LSK.
A discussion ensued. Elsewhere, ‘Tifuro’ wondered about the best way to
trade LSK for
ARK. - ‘wdnboss’ posited a question regarding ARK vs
EOS. - **‘lordofARKquaad’ **wrote up a very nice
breakdown
of voluntary payout mechanics. - **‘twerkinggorilla’ **discovered some
research
listing projects based on number of users. - ‘Bitcoin_Bender’ posted a really nice deepdive
article
into ARK. - ‘froxxmoxx’ asked about the
reasoning
behind private delegates. - ‘CanadianCryptoGuy’ asked about the French crypto
tax,
and ‘Jaxonsdog’ asked about the future of ARK and the French
government. - ‘dead4586’ put out a call to acquire some ARK
Stickers.
Anyone can get some at ArkStickers.com!
- ‘pablox43’ wondered why ARK will be
successful
in the long term. Some great answers appeared. - ‘animo69’ found an amazing POW vs DPoS comparison
article.
Great read, I highly recommend. - ‘ka-ant’ made a very interesting technical
proposition
for ARK technology. - ‘nathaniel751’ wondered about dapps on
ARK.
Also, nathaniel751 wondered if voting is possible in the web lite
wallet.
Spoiler alert, it isn’t, but on a side note, the web lite wallet development is
currently lagging behind ARKv2 and isn’t active at the moment. A third query
nathaniel had was whether ARK token use should be required on
bridgechains. - ‘pes_planus’ wondered if there was an “ARK Gas Station”
service
that existed, similar to Ethereum, now that ARK has dynamic fees. Delegate
ARKland appears to be working on deploying the service. - ‘stevieyongieg’ linked to an informative 3rd-party ARK summary
article. - ‘mpulgarinh’ reported that ARK trading data and charts are now available on
Chainsage.com,
similar to CoinMarketCap. - ‘mysteelersrock82’ asked about ARK team
financials. - ‘SadAerie’ had
comments
about the new ARK Desktop Wallet. If you have suggestions to improve the ARK
Desktop Wallet or other products, go here and submit a Github
issue, where developers
will see and react to it. - ‘pekienet’ had
concerns
regarding the future of quantum computing. - ‘ka-ant’ wondered about the “State of the
Union”
with ARK.
You can browse more content and contribute your own voice to the ARK Subreddit-
who knows, you may even receive an ARK tip from a community member using
Delegate Cryptology’s intuitive ArkTippr Reddit
tipbot.
DECEMBER 2018 PODCASTS
DelegateCompetition.Fund Launch, 30 Days Of ARK Entries & Crypto Love
Interview
8 Things That Helped Me During Bear Market & More 30DOA
Highlights
100% Community Questions & Nothing
Else!
COMMUNITY SERVICE SPOTLIGHT
Some members mentioned in the community newsletter are ARK delegates, who secure
the ARK network and provide community services. Their inclusion in the
newsletter is in no way an endorsement from ARK.io to vote for specific
delegates, and you should always do your own research and consider all the
options when choosing a delegate for whom to vote.
ARK.io does not run the ARK network.
Here’s the December 2018 Community Service Spotlight:
- Delegate ‘The_Golden_Horde’ expressed intent to relaunch the ARK Community
Digest series from within the upcoming ARK Herald news destination. - Delegate ‘Rising_Sun’ ran general bounties in
December
and posted submissions. Any community member can earn and win ARK for their
creative expressions each month. Here’s how it
works.
They also generously agreed to provide some ARK each month to the ARK Community
Committee for various project maintenance. Due to a recent structure change,
Rising_Sun is now doing bounty awards every two months with double amounts, I
believe. - ‘Msdhere’ updated ARK Trend
Statistics
for December. - Delegate ‘Jarunik’ continued his ARK recap video series, subscribe
here (redditor
‘krenjPu’ made a silly tribute video viewable
here).
Jarunik also runs a continuous coding and non-coding general bounty service,
with opportunities for both smaller and larger projects. Get involved
here.
In December, Jarunik released an
article
detailing reasons for supporting his new concept, and gave bounty updates
here,
here,
here,
and
here. - Delegate ‘fun’ continued to run ARK games online with daily ARK prizes.
Play them here. - Several delegates are organizing an ARK meetup in Utrecht, Netherlands on
January 25th,
2019.
Be there!
- A group of delegates launched the
DelegateCompetition.Fund with an
application idea
contest
and posted
results.
Winners are
chosen
by a group of community developers and node runners with close ties to the
network. Subscribe to reddit.ark.io to receive updates
on future competitions. Not all competitions will require technical skill. - Delegate ‘Deadlock’ released a new service, a Twitter
account
that alerts when delegates rise and fall out of the top 51 positions. Deadlock
also runs arkdelegates.io for proposal listings and
other delegate details. - Delegate ‘Cryptology’ implemented
autovoting
into his delegate service ArkTippr. Storing tips in
your on-chain tipping wallet will no longer deny you voluntary voting rewards.
Store larger ARK quantities there with caution, however. ArkTippr experienced a
smooth transition to
ARKv2, and
now, due to dynamic fees, tipping someone has gone from a 0.1 ARK fee down to
around 0.003 ARK in most cases, as of posting time. - Delegate ‘ARKland’ ran a New Year’s
Raffle.
ARKland is known for great raffles that the community enjoys, among other
services. - ‘cambo666’ of Delegate Cam’s Yellow Jacket posted ARK Fantasy Football
results.
The campaign started before the delegate launched. - Delegate ‘Cam’s Yellow Jacket’ released a new online web
presence.
If you missed their latest video release, check it out below.
- Delegate ‘**The Golden Horde’ **auctioned off a beautiful piece of ARK
art.
They also released plans to launch a news website, the ARK
Herald. - ACC member ‘Azure-Infinity’ held a ‘Compliment Contest’ throughout December
on this
thread.
ARK COMMUNITY COMMITTEE
The ARK Community Committee creates and deploys community resources through
anonymous and sponsored ARK donations. The ACC’s first completed project is
ArkTimeline.com. ArkTimeline now supports URL query
string, to create links leading to custom
views!
During November, preparations took place for codename Project
‘LAUDE’,
and the first phase of the project is launched and ran throughout December on
Reddit.ARK.io.
Dubbed ’30 Days of ARK,’ this month long campaign ran on the ARK Subreddit and
asked everyone to provide their thoughts and opinions on 30 ARK concepts.
Delegate ‘Jarunik’ has graciously provided ONE THOUSAND ARK you will
earn proportionally by word count. Anyone can learn about ARK straight from the
mouth of the community, as well as earn ARK by contributing content.
There is still time to submit your comments and earn ARK! Threads will be
locked on January 15th.
First, read details, rules, and submissions
here.
Then, contribute comments on any of the posts here, until January 15th:
- Day 01 — The ARK
Vision - Day 02 — The ARK
Team - Day 03 — The ARK
Community - Day 04 —
Marketing/Hackathons/Conferences/Outreach - Day 05 — Delegates &
DPoS - Day 06 — Delegate
Services - Day 07 — ARK Desktop
Wallet - Day 08 — ARK Mobile
Wallet - Day 09 — ARK Paper & Web Lite
Wallets - Day 10 — ARK
Explorer - Day 11 — ARK Core
v2 - Day 12 — Smartbridge Technology &
ACES - Day 13 — Push Button
Blockchains - Day 14 — Programming
Languages - Day 15 — Smart Contracts &
IPFS - Day 16 — ARK Improvement Proposal
System - Day 17 — ARK
Partnerships - Day 18 — ARK Business
Entity - Day 19 — ARK
Pay - Day 20 — ARK Community
Fund - Day 21 — ARK Community
Committee - Day 22 — Contests, Bounties, and Earning
ARK - Day 23 — ARK Crypto
Podcast - Day 24 — ARK Documentation
Portal - Day 25 — ARK
Subreddit - Day 26 — ARK Slack &
Discord - Day 27 — ARK
Blog - Day 28 — ARK Youtube
Channel - Day 29 — ARK.io
Website - Day 30 — ARK
Github
After the threads are locked on January 15th, the ACC will come together to
design a community website resource that immortalizes these submissions, making
it even easier for future newcomers to catch up on ARK.
To join the ACC, locate me on Discord.ARK.io which by
the way, just increased its powers
significantly
with new bots, features, and feeds, courtesy of CMO Travis Walker’s oversight.
ACC Projects are funded after the fact and pay is not guaranteed (fun is,
though).
ARK COMMUNITY FUND
If you have an idea for an ARK project, small or large, and you are looking for
funding, consider submitting a proposal to the ARK Community Fund for review.
The ARK Community Fund started as a community initiative, and the elected board
reviews ideas and projects that enhance ARK. Their website is
ArkCommunity.Fund.
The opportunities that ARK Ecosystem provides are ever growing, and there are
many ways you can get in on the action. To reach me, you can contact me on the
ARK Slack or
Discord: @ Justin (doubled1c3).
Looking forward to January!
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Busy busy - thanks for the update around this ecosystem, looking promising.