And just like that, another month has gone by! It's a busy time for many of us with an abundance of ongoing and upcoming events, and it's hard to believe we just wrapped up Zuzalu one year ago. I swear, sometimes it feels like we're on an accelerated timeline!
Welcome to the June 2024 Edition of the Zuzalu newsletter, where you'll read Zuzalu.city tech updates, Zuzagora trending topics, community accomplishments and reflections, and upcoming events. Zanzalu Visit to students on a nearby university campus
II. Zuzalu.City
We are thrilled to share some of the latest developments and initiatives at Zuzalu City.
🌟 Introducing ZuChat! We are excited to introduce ZuChat, now available on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. Hosted by Zuzalu.City, ZuChat brings together the builders, dreamers, and doers of ZuVillages for insightful discussions on topics ranging from technology to community governance.
So far, three episodes are live:
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Co-Building Zuzalu.City with Lemonade, with KC from lemonade.
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The Development Process of Zuzalu.City and Carbonvote, with Reno from ECF.
As a community-driven initiative, we want your input. What topics are you passionate about? What issues deserve more attention? Join the conversation and help us shape a decentralized, community-driven podcast. Join ZuChat on on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify.
🚀 ZuCity MVP Development. The Minimum Viable Product (MVP) of Zuzalu.City is under development and will be live soon. Stay tuned for more updates!
🎤 ZuCity at ETHNA. ZuCity recently gave a speech at ETHNA on "How Zuzalu.City Can Empower Communities in Italy." This talk shared potential of ZuCity to enhance network states and empower local communities in Italy. Stay tuned for the video link when it becomes available!
💚 Giveth QF for ZuCity. ZuCity recently participated in the Giveth QF round, which has just concluded. A huge shoutout to everyone who supported us during this round and to LottoPGF for nominating ZuCity. Your contributions are greatly appreciated!
💗 Building Reputation and Trust with Blockful. Blockful and Zuzalu.city are discussing creating attestations and localized reputations, allowing users to issue and verify score badges to present their reputation. More collabs are on the way!
Together, we are building a vibrant, innovative, and collaborative community.
III. Zuzagora** **
Top three posts on Zuzagora today:
Zuzalu 2024 proposal: decentralize it - Vitalik's original proposal and the ongoing discussion about the 2024 decentralization of Zuzalu events & tech
Seeking Community Input: Allocation Strategy for Zuzalu's Upcoming Q2 Grant Round
Anonymous Concerns about QF on Gitcoin - An anonymous thread to discuss concerns about the Quadratic Funding round on Gitcoin
IV. Community Reflections
At Town Hall last month, we got to test the newly revamped ZuPoll. Here are the results!
Check out Timour's piece on his experience at popup villages and thoughts on the future of networked communities!
1 year later, what memory/memories of Zuzalu are still fresh in your mind?
*"*Seeing the impact of Zuzalu in my journey, the impact on the African Ethereum Ecosystem. Today we have built Ayalab for builders across Africa, we have Aya Hub for IRL activation in Ghana"
Aya Hub
V. Upcoming Events from the Community
- Luma calendar** **- Town Halls, Zuzalu Software All Hands, ZuCafe, and ZuLit (recurring)
- MetaCamp 2024** **(May 26th - June 9, 2024)
- Edge Esmeralda (June 2 - 30, 2024)
- ZuBerlin (June 8 - 22, 2024)
- muAccra (June 9 - 22, 2024)
- Aya Hub Founders Program (Q3)
- For innovators in the African tech ecosystem
- LabWeek | Field Building (June 10 - 15, 2024)
- Free tickets for the selected contributors
- Vitalia.city - Accelerate & Live Forever (July 1 - 31, 2024)
- ETHCC (July 8 - 11, 2024)
- **ETHGlobal Brussels **(July 12 - 14, 2024)
- ZuVillage Georgia (July 20 - August 31, 2024)
- See our final schedule!
- VitaliTea camp pop-up at Burning Man (August 25 - September 2, 2024)
- Zuitzerland: Prototyping a Swiss inspired Network Society** (**August 25 - September 15, 2024)
- Interlaken, Switzerland
- The Archipelago in Chiang Mai, Thailand (Sep 20 - Nov 10, 2024)
📆 If you'd like an event to be included, please make sure to submit it to the form! Events are carried over each month until they have ended. 📝
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VI. Conclusion
Thank you to everyone who contributed content and photos for this month's newsletter! Keep 'em coming -- you can send them directly to me or submit them via the form per usual. See you on June 11th for our next Town Hall!
Cheers,
Veronica