Our community has kicked off the Keanu hard merge vote process with NuCypher 💪

The vote process was originally proposed by our friend @Ben and starts with a 5-day staker signal. If the result of the signal is a ⅔ supermajority our community will move the proposal onto the Keep Community Multisig for ratification. The ⅔ threshold is high, but we want to make sure the community is certainly onboard with such a major decision. If the result of the staker signal is less than ⅔ the community will open a second snapshot this time including all token holders. Shoutout to Evandro for writing a blog post that outlines the community vote structure in detail - https://evandrosaturnino.medium.com/keep-and-nucypher-merge-proposal-and-its-voting-structure-1f17df77d97a

Both communities elected to start with a more general pro / con merge vote for the following reasons:

1️⃣ To conduct the vote in a reasonable timeline
2️⃣ To provide needed clarity to both communities on if the hard merge will pass
3️⃣ To give both communities the opportunity to start working more closely together on final implementation details

KEEP stakers! The first snapshot is now live and we want to hear from you. Thank you to @corollari for helping to set this up for our group 👇

https://snapshot.org/#/keepstakers.eth/proposal/QmeipWg3SsSaz3NHqavKKiJ8SfPcAZTfozDSY1wZw9kfLo

Join the discussion on Discord:
https://discord.com/channels/590951101600235531/723193368812978186/823714510220689448

Zerion users will be pleased to know that the KEEP and tBTC assets are now supported through the Zerion dashboard. Check your balances, and add liquidity directly to KEEP and tBTC pools through the interface. 💥

Check out our blog post for more detail, then head to app.zerion.io to try it out!

https://twitter.com/keep_project/status/1374433818405335042

The Staker snapshot on whether Keep should hard merge with NuCypher is currently passing with >36M staked KEEP signaling 100% support. Our community signal seems clear - codename #KEaNU should proceed!

https://snapshot.org/#/keepstakers.eth/proposal/QmeipWg3SsSaz3NHqavKKiJ8SfPcAZTfozDSY1wZw9kfLo

The decision now moves to a multisig vote.

Want to get involved? Join the community at chat.keep.network

Whether you’re a DeFi newbie or a seasoned yield farmer, Zapper has the tools you need. 🧰
Luckily for our community, those tools now include the ability to zap into KEEP and tBTC liquidity pools. ⚡️

https://twitter.com/keep_project/status/1376620817262411776

We've been working on tBTC V2 to alleviate the capital constraints that have held back V1's growth.

tBTC V2 will feature:
- honest majority assumption 😇
- change from 3-of-3 to 51-of-100 🤹
- coverage pool ☔️

We're developing tBTC V2 in public - join us in building or participating in essential governance decisions. Get involved on Discord - chat.keep.network

Get all the details in the new blog ⤵️
https://twitter.com/keep_project/status/1378037015837466624

How far along is the Keanu protocol merger? The process is well on its way, and we have put together an outline summarizing what has happened so far along with the next required steps. The early proposal was published, both Keep and NuCypher communities have signalled, and the merge is on its way to ratification through the Keep community multisig.

Want more specifics? Check out the blog post :
https://twitter.com/keep_project/status/1379159429807960065

If you want to get more involved, join the community at chat.keep.network

Several KEEP pools have been added to the community favourite vfat.tools. You can now monitor your APR’s and interact through the interface in the following KEEP pools:

- KEEP-Only
- KEEP-WETH Uniswap LP
- TBTC-WETH Uniswap LP
- saddleTWRenSBTC

Access the tools directly at https://vfat.tools/keep

mStable has added an incentivized TBTC/mBTC pool to their new feeder pools. If you’re looking for another place to put your TBTC to work, have a look at the pool information on their app at https://app.mstable.org/#/mbtc/pools/0xb61a6f928b3f069a68469ddb670f20eeeb4921e0

If you want more info on the pool rewards, mstable has outlined it all in their blog post at https://medium.com/mstable/mstable-feeder-pool-launch-2afd985a577a

Our community powerhouse StateLayer has drafted the first KEANU hard merge implementation proposal.

Key components of the proposal include:
- Quick launch 💨
- Rapid merkle distribution 🕸
- 45 day optimal stake window for stake weight 🥩⚖️

The proposal is now open for discussion to stakeholders in the Keep and NuCypher communities on the Keep forum. Interested in the details, have questions about the proposal, or want to get into the discussion? Head over to the forum and get involved: https://forum.keep.network/t/discussion-and-draft-design-the-t-token/134

Matt was recently interviewed by Friederike Ernst and Sébastien Couture for the Epicenter podcast. He talks a bit about his entry into crypto, outlines tBTC V1 and the design of V2, the KEANU merge and why NuCypher is awesome, as well as some longer term theorizing on L1 security. The podcast just dropped today, check it out:
https://twitter.com/keep_project/status/1382452153491484674

The Keep team is planning to move a relatively large amount of KEEP to an operations wallet on April 16th. This KEEP will be used to fund the block relayer.

We want to ensure that the community knows in advance that a token transfer is set to take place, along with the purpose of the transfer. If you have questions, please join our community on Discord at https://chat.keep.network

We are starting an informal Lunch and Learn chat - Wednesday April 28th at 1PM EST will be the first! Drop by and chat about where you’re using tBTC and KEEP, or if you've got other fresh farming tips to share. 👨‍🌾👩‍🌾

If you’re looking for new places to put your crypto to work, or if you just want to drop in and say hello to others in the community - you’re welcome in the call! Drop into the Community Voice Channel on our Discord server to join - https://chat.keep.network

Another KEaNU hard-merge joint proposal has been published on the forum by Nahuus, Evandro Saturnino EstebanK, and Corolari.

Proposal Goals:
- Bootstrap tBTC V2 🥾
- Reward active & past participation 👷‍♂️👷‍♀️
- Build up DAO treasury 🏰💰

Want to join the discussion? Dig into the full proposal and add your thoughts on the forum at:
https://forum.keep.network/t/t3-token-proposal/154

The deadline to submit proposals for the KEANU hard-merge is Friday April 30th. There will be a community call to discuss proposal details and determine the future of the hard-merge. More details:
https://twitter.com/keep_project/status/1387468090783395841

Don’t forget that we have a Keep and NuCypher community call on Friday 12PM EST to discuss the three KEANU proposals and start moving toward a final version.

We also have a special edition NFT drop in collaboration with CryptoKickers that we will be giving away to several community members who join the call. To qualify for the pairs we are giving away, there are two things you need to do:
- Participate in the discussion of the proposals at https://forum.keep.network
- Join the community call tomorrow

See you there!

https://twitter.com/keep_project/status/1387884964365012995

We are proud to present two community grants that are now shipping 🚢

ChronoLogic created the automatic liquidation-avoidance tool to help stakers avoid the costs of liquidations. https://keeper.chronologic.network

Ben Longstaff has taken on the Governance Coordinator Fellowship, and is helping to energize and steward the governance process. If you have been a part of the KEANU proposal process, you’re already seeing Ben’s work. Check out the blog for more details:
https://blog.keep.network/keeper-is-live-the-keep-community-grants-program-in-action-69cca5feb27b

Hey Keep Community, we are looking for user interview participants👩‍💻

The interviews will take no longer than 60 minutes and will be recorded. All input will be completely anonymised. We value your time so we’re paying our interview participants 60 USDC.

If you’re interested, answer this survey here 👉https://bit.ly/3utwVQE and enroll in our user study.

🙏 Excited to talk to you!

Our second informal community Lunch and Learn chat is this Wednesday May 12th at 1pm EST in the Community Voice Channel section of our Discord. Drop by and chat about where you’re using tBTC and KEEP, or if you've got other fresh farming tips to share 👨‍🌾 👩‍🌾

If you’re looking for new places to put your crypto to work, have questions about our project, or just want to drop in and say hello to others in the community - you’re welcome in the call!

https://discord.gg/sWRBjwzc

The T6 Token Proposal — which builds on previous proposals and integrated community feedback — is now live for community discussion on the Keep forum. This process only moves forward with community engagement, so thank you to everyone who has contributed so far! 💪

If you would like to contribute to the current proposal, head over to the Keep forum and add your thoughts: https://forum.keep.network/t/t6-token-proposal/238

There is also an open invitation to join us May 12 from 1-2 PM EST for our community lunch and learn in our Discord server. We’ll be chatting with Viktor Bunin and other T6 proposal contributors - don’t miss your chance to contribute to the discussion! Join us at https://chat.keep.network

Reminder that the next Keep Community Lunch and Learn starts in one hour in the Community Voice Channel of our Discord server ⚔️

Stop by to discuss the most recent T6 hard merge proposal authored by Ben and Viktor 🙏

https://twitter.com/keep_project/status/1392509947015991312

We are all super excited for tBTC v1.5 and the time has come to share more detail with our group here. Let’s goo. Quick facts:

🔓We are building in public! Coverage pools are open source. Check it all out here - https://github.com/keep-network/coverage-pools

📝Community members Nahuus and Estebank have written this blog post describing Coverage Pools in more detail - https://blog.keep.network/introducing-coverage-pools-f47632bb472a

👷‍♂️There is a new community dev grant opportunity to build Coverage Pool auction bots. Check out the Development channel on our Discord for more info on this

Join us at the next Keep Lunch and Learn on Wednesday at 1pm EST in the Community Voice section of Discord to discuss v1.5 in more detail. Our main man Chris will be there to talk all things coverage pools and answer any questions you have.