📺 Welcome to the first video edition of The Rollup, a monthly recap of all things Findora from its ecosystem to engineering updates, to the community. ⤵️

In this video, Sam Harrison, VP of Growth with Discreet Labs, provides a highlight of Findora's EVM Privacy SDK, the upcoming grants program, a recent FRA staking milestone, and more.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehdwksww6d4

🎊 Congrats to Saharsh Agrawal, Findora’s #EthSF Hackathon winner!

Saharsh is using Findora and XMTP to build an identity-verified chat app that can be integrated into any Web3 game. His goal is to help protect gamers, but the tech has many other potential use cases.

Using ZK-DID, the browser extension Saharsh built could verify if a player was older than 18 without the player needing to reveal their birthdate. It would allow for players to be matched in the same age group or skill range while preserving their privacy. The same system can be adapted to verify other credentials.

As the grants program ramps back up, expect more from Saharsh Agrawal and many other developers building privacy into their dApps!

Be on the lookout for our updated grants landing page, coming in a couple of weeks!

[Community PSA]

There have been several inquiries from concerned FRA holders about canceled withdrawal requests on Gate.io. Communication has been made with their customer services team in an attempt to seek clarification. Though withdraw issues have yet to be resolved, the Gate team has stated their technical group is reviewing the situation.

Until more information is received from Gate.io, it is recommended that FRA holders not deposit their FRA tokens to Gate.io accounts. An update will be shared with the community when the Gate.io team has provided additional clarification.

While we seek clarification, FRA holders are also encouraged to reach out to Gate.io customer services until the issue is concluded.

Hope you find this helpful and please don't hesitate to reach out to Gate if you are experiencing FRA withdrawal issues.

[Postmortem Report | November 15, 2022]

On November 15, Findora's mainnet suffered an outage during a recent upgrade attempt.

Below is a link to the postmortem. The report contains a summary of the event, lessons learned, and how the team at Discreet Labs is improving communication. Read the report below.

Special thanks to the validator community who worked together in restoring their nodes in a collaborative manner, reflecting the positive values the Findora community fosters and embraces. Your decision to help decentralize and secure the Findora network is greatly appreciated.

The Discreet Labs team is looking forward to upgrading Mainnet to v0.3.3X together.

https://medium.com/findorafoundation/findora-incident-postmortem-0-3-30-d844a476c21b

Protecting your assets via a multi-signature wallet provides an enhanced layer of security needed in a #Web3 ecosystem.

Providing the Findora ecosystem with this is critical, and the most efficient way to achieve this is through a fork of Gnosis Safe - coming to Findora!

🙋 Why Multisig?

Multisig wallets allows you to store assets while requiring the signature (or approval) of one or more private keys (or individuals).

These wallets are typically used for asset storage by partners and project teams but are also available for general use.

📢New Listing📢

🎉#BitMart will list @findoraen (FRA) on our digital assets platform on Dec 5th, 2022. The following trading pair will be available: FRA/USDT

💎Deposit feature: Available
💎Trade feature: 12/5/2022 3 PM (UTC)

👉See details: https://support.bitmart.com/hc/en-us/articles/10625055792539

🎥 Check out Findora’s November progress on the latest episode of The Rollup!

✨ Highlights ✨
• BitMart Exchange listing of FRA
• v0.3.3X update heading to mainnet
• Gnosis multisig fork coming to Findora
• Community questions on EVM #staking

Watch on YouTube today!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFE95mF8MRQ

Community-Led Event

The validator community has organized an event to celebrate the upcoming holidays and Findora's community 👥 growth.

A special thanks to the validators in the thread below, who are a handful of those participating in the event.

Find out more! ⬇️
https://twitter.com/ProbablyPriest/status/1600263360796557313

ℹ️ Today's Findora community fireside chat will be moving to Discord.

Twitter Spaces is experiencing technical issues, but it's still important that we continue to engage with the community.

🗓 When: Today at 11AM Pacific.
📍 Where: Discord ⤵️

https://findora.org/discord

Mainnet Upgrade Countdown [72 Hours]

The Findora Mainnet will be switching to v0.3.35 in approximately 72 hours.

ℹ️ Validators ℹ️
Please update your nodes to ensure you continue participating in consensus after the switch. You have three days to complete the upgrade before your node goes offline and is kicked out of consensus.

Upgrade Steps:
https://docs.findora.org/validator-materials/operational-guides/node-upgrades

We are delighted and proud to announce Samuel Harrison, former VP of Growth, as the new CEO of Discreet Labs, a core contributor to the Findora blockchain.

The team at Discreet Labs is eager to take on 2023 with Sam’s vision and leadership, spearheading numerous initiatives and launches that will further Findora’s technical advancements in zero-knowledge applications and grow the Findora ecosystem.

2023 is going to be an exciting year for Findora. Read more on Sam's tweet thread and the blog article below!

https://twitter.com/samuelpharrison/status/1615414569698234368?s=20&t=_pwNw75do5rAYpWPqtff6A

https://findora.org/2023/01/findora-announces-new-ceo/

Like, retweet, and comment!

We cannot wait to share more information.

✨ Findora is excited to reveal its 2023 roadmap ✨

The roadmap for 2023 leads Findora through exciting and new territory, such as app chains, a new grants program, the Rosetta API, and more.

📰 Read more about the roadmap ⤵️
https://findora.org/2023/01/findora-roadmap-2023/

Like, comment, and retweet the roadmap announcement on Twitter.

Want to help amplify? Share our roadmap on Reddit and your other favorite social media channels.

You, the community, are an essential aspect of Web3 projects, and your support is appreciated and invaluable. Thank you for supporting us as we continue scaling the blockchain, growing the ecosystem, and working on listening to and integrating your feedback into our processes.

We're excited to announce Findora's ✨ Grant Program ✨

• Receive funds to build Findora's ecosystem
• Work with the @Discreet_Labs core team
• Get co-marketing support at launch

🧑‍💻 Are you a developer?
Register for the live Early-Bird Webinar and Q&A below ⤵️
Blog: https://findora.org/2023/01/findora-grants-program-countown/

For more information, visit our grants landing page at https://findora.org/grants.

Builders: We created a new channel on Discord, "grant-program," to discuss everything related to the program. You need the "Developer" role to access the channel so make sure to request for one if you don't already have it.

Community is essential, and so is your support. Please like, comment, and retweet our announcement on Twitter!

The Tweet: https://twitter.com/Findora/status/1616548530629541888

We're looking forward to expanding the Findora ecosystem in 2023 and scaling the blockchain for success as we grow to #ExpectPrivacy in Web3.

The latest bug fix report has been published for the community.

This bug fix report was created in collaboration with the FairySwap team and details the technical issues discovered and resolved by Discreet Labs.

Thank you for being so patient as this was put together, and I hope you find the write-up helpful.

For more information on FairySwap's planned reimbursement, please visit the FairySwap Telegram channel. The link to their channel is provided at the bottom of the report.

https://findora.org/2023/01/bug-fix-review-and-post-mortem/

✨ Findora has integrated Band Protocol! ✨

Band Protocol is the first oracle service integrated on Findora, and its robust oracle data gives developers access to external, real-world data sources.

The integration comes just in time for Findora's grant program, launching in less than 48 hours!

Learn more ⤵️
https://findora.org/2023/01/band-protocol-the-first-oracle-integrated-on-findora/

✨ Findora Foundation's Grant Program is Open ✨

✅ Receive grants between $10k-100k
✅ Get technical and milestone support
✅ Grow with co-marketing

Launch, port, or integrate Findora and remember to #ExpectPrivacy from your Web3 dApps.

APPLY TODAY ⤵️
https://findora.org/grants

👥 Join us tomorrow for a Twitter Space!

We're excited to discuss January announcements and accomplishments with the community on an upcoming Twitter Space.

🗓 Friday, Feb 3rd, 2023
🕒 Time: 12PM PST / 3PM EST

Set a reminder ⤵️
https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1BdGYydMrDDGX?s=20

📺 Watch the January recap of The Rollup 📺

In the latest episode, Discreet Labs CEO Sam Harrison talks about Findora's grant program, the 2023 roadmap, integration with Band Protocol, and more.

👍 Like and subscribe to support the channel!

Watch now ⤵️
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0r3gEgjvQT4

✨ FRA will be available on LBank

Today's announcement is part of the Findora Foundation's efforts to make the FRA token more accessible. Thank you to the LBank team for their support.

Findora Tweet:
https://twitter.com/Findora/status/1625878871378919424

Check out LBank's announcement below ⤵️

Announcement Article:
https://support.lbank.site/hc/en-gb/articles/15559552304409

LBank Telegram:
https://news.1rj.ru/str/LBank_en

🙌 ONTO Wallet just integrated Findora's FRA 🙌

Excited to work with the ONTO Wallet team as they make FRA more easily available to Web3 users, expanding the exposure of zero-knowledge.

Thank you to the ONTO Wallet team!

Findora's Tweet:
https://twitter.com/Findora/status/1625936007861510144

ONTO Wallet:
https://onto.app/

📚 Zero-Knowledge Proofs and Web3 📚

Zero-knowledge proofs offer the cryptography to fix a lack of scalability and privacy, as well as the potential to revolutionize DeFi, DAOs, CEXes, cross-chain bridges, and Web3 as a whole.

But what are zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs)? How can they possibly have such a major impact on so many different areas? Besides privacy and scalability, what are the other potential impacts ZKPs can have on Web3?

Read our latest article to learn more about ZKPs and its potential impact on Web3.

https://findora.org/2023/02/what-zero-knowledge-proofs-can-do-for-web3/