Happy September, everyone! I'm sorry about the delay with this month's newsletter -- going directly from ZuVillage Georgia to the Zuitzerland off-site set me back a bit with tasks (but extending the Zu-immersion has been worth it)! Welcome to the September 2024 Edition of the Zuzalu newsletter, a short and sweet edition with Zuzalu.city tech updates, Agora City (formerly Zuzagora) trending topics, community accomplishments and reflections, and upcoming events. I'd also like to bring attention to the Q2 anonymous feedback thread so we can all assess the round and seek improvements for the future. Please take some time to share your insights!
I. Zuzalu.City Software Updates
🎉🎉 Zuitzerland Kicks Off and Supports Alpha Testing on Zuzalu.city! Zuizterland is now fully supporting the alpha testing of Zuzalu.city! They're using the platform to ensure everything runs smoothly, helping us refine the user experience and making sure we meet the needs of our diverse communities. 🚀 🚀 Milestone Reached: ZuVillage Wraps Up, ZuCity Alpha Test Continues! 🎉 [@zuvillage] has successfully completed their part in the ZuCity Alpha test, marking a major milestone for us! Thanks to the valuable feedback from the ZuVillage community, we've made great progress. But the journey doesn't stop here---the ZuCity alpha test continues as ZuCIty keeps iterating. 🙌 Zucity and Scroll made a huge progress on Scrollpass [@Scroll_ZKP] and ZuCity have made great progress with ScrollPass! Event organizers can now easily create whitelist addresses, allowing qualified users to mint their SBT pass seamlessly, with ticket funds automatically transferred to the event's multi-sig wallet.
ZuCity UI/UX improvement Plus, ZuCity has rolled out some UI/UX improvements to make the experience even smoother. Community members can edit sessions after creation and export all sessions with just a few clicks.
II. Agora City Trending Topics
Top three posts on Agora today:
- *Anonymous Concerns about Q2 incl. Counciles*
- *Seeking Community Input: Allocation Strategy for Zuzalu's Upcoming Q2 Grant Round*
- Changes to ongoing Q2 Funding Program & Council Structure
Agora is also looking for Alpha testers for AgoraPass: https://t.me/+5t7uiYm8oxU1N2Ix ⏪
III. Community Accomplishments & Reflections
LottoPGF The first pilot of LottoPGF (lottopgf.org) at ZuVillage was a massive success! With almost 700 tickets sold, we managed to collectively raise funds for our adopted kitten Zuzi G, a hackathon prize, a community dinner and a party. The next focus will be on making this available for all pop-up cities to use directly from zuzalu.city.
ZKCircuits Workshop Sure! I had my ZK circuits Workshop dedicated to Circom filmed, and published and I'm very proud of it :) https://x.com/0xMilica/status/1819036200486789244
Where do you see Zuzalu in 5 years? *"*With at least 1 permanent hub in at least 3 continents, and a coordinated effort to run 1 main pop-up city every quarter." "a united network of networks "
"In 5 years, every continent has at least one Zuzalu village."
"A meta-community which let's us coordinate and output new solutions that have positive impact."
"a nice memory of a shared experience that seeded new directions and connections for many"
What is a recent technological or scientific advancement that excited you and why? "all the zktls stuff!"
"Binius curve <3"
IV. Upcoming Events from the Community
- Luma calendar** **- Town Halls, Zuzalu Software All Hands, ZuCafe, and ZuLit (recurring)
- Zuitzerland Off-Site (August 30 - September 9, 2024)
- Ârc Lisbon (September 10 - October 10, 2024)
- Ethereum Mexico (September 13 - 14, 2024)
- The Archipelago in Chiang Mai, Thailand (Sep 20 - Nov 10, 2024)
- Builder Monastery (September 16 - October 7, 2024)
- Invisible Garden (September 30 - November 10, 2024)
- ETHEREUM AND ZKP DEV CITY #0 THAILAND
- Zelar City (October 5th - November 17th, 2024)
- Zuzaluans get a discount when they fill out the form and mention they were at Zuzalu Montenegro/Zuconnect. They'll receive an email with more details.
- Fill out the form here https://airtable.com/appqD5PM0siG2wNVG/pagxWAjFH5zkyiifn/form
- Edge City Lanna (October 5th - November 10th, 2024)
- ZuGarden in Thailand (November 10 - 30, 2024)
- Presignup here: http://join.zu.garden/presignup
- Lovepunks Residency (November 18 - December 9)
- Vitalia just released the Master Programming - plan ahead to join as a builder of the frontier-tech city.
- More info here: https://x.com/NiklasAnzinger/status/1811811540217008524 📆 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. 📝
VI. Conclusion
It's been a whirlwind month for me and I'm sure many others, but my life has never been filled with so much meaning. Thank you all for experimenting and building together. 🫶 Veronica