Say hello to a new permissionless node type #onFlow, Observer Nodes. We're excited that now ANYONE can run a node on Flow. Observer nodes allow operators to keep a locally accessible, updated, and verified copy of the block data.

👉 Check out the full announcement on Observer Nodes right over here: https://flow.com/post/flow-blockchain-permissionless-observer-node-operation

👉 And if you want to dig into the technical details of Observer Nodes and permissionless node operation, check out our detailed forum post on the topic: https://forum.onflow.org/t/path-to-permissionless-node-operation/3527

👉 Last but not least, we have a brand new Node Operation landing page that has a ton of great information for the community: https://flow.com/node-operation

From the makers of Seussibles comes a new collecting experience tailor-made for comic book fans

💭 Enter OneShots by Tibles

💥 Sign up for early access today at http://oneshots.com

Big news for live event fans! Ticketmaster Event Organizers now can offer digital keepsakes, minted #onFlow!

🎪 Activate access to experiences and rewards

And that's not all!

Stay tuned for some exciting prizes 🤫

Have you grabbed your Flovatar TerraKit yet? There's ONLY about 400 packs left, and with it you get:

🌑 Asteroid land plot
🤖 Your Flobot for terraforming
🏭 The Flovatar Universe Builder
+ a 10K $FLOW giveaway across 204 people who grab a pack!

👉 flovatar.com/pack/login

The TuneGO Snoop Dogg x Method Man drop is LIVE NOW!

👉 Exclusive new track available only #onFlow + digital artwork featuring two hip-hop legends 🎤
👉 Just $20 each

📦 Grab one today: https://tunegonft.com/drop-details/6cb1e00e-66e7-412c-9833-c3ab91cd4b99

There are a TON of amazing tools being built through the Flow Developer Grant Program, and we're excited to share what the community has been building!

Discover the 30+ grant proposals that have been accepted in 2022 in our end-of-year update

Some by the numbers information about the Flow Developer Grants Program

🔖 90 proposals received
🤝 35 accepted grant proposals
✅ 69 approved milestones

https://flow.com/post/flow-blockchain-news-developer-grant-program-update

Have you registered for the first-ever Flow Town Hall yet?! The first-ever Flow Town Hall is happening on Wednesday, December 14 at 9am PT and we're inviting YOU to be a part of this moment. Whether you're a developer building on Flow, or a collector that's tapped in to what's happening across the ecosystem, you won't want to miss this.

🗓 12/14 @ 9am PT

👨‍💻 Hear Flow Architect Dete Shirley's vision
🤯 Updates from all around the Flow ecosystem
👏 Exciting new demos
🤫 (Plus we heard there's a FLOAT for attending)

This will be a special event recapping the past year, as well as some thoughts on the year ahead. Don’t miss out!

👇 Sign up today 👇
https://dapperlabs.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fuUiE8geTuWGORR3-hYBjg

🏎 The Hot Wheels NFT Garage Series 4 drop from Mattel is LIVE NOW!

Collect the first-ever Hot Wheels #onFlow! $25 per pack with 7 NFTs each to start building up your digital garage!

📦 Grab a pack today: https://creations.mattel.com/pages/nft-drop-hw-nft-4

We're HYPED to spend some time with the one and only Jacob Tucker of Emerald City DAO for our last Dev Jam of the year!

Learn all about the Emerald City ecosystem and how it works, including FLOAT, Emerald Bot, Touchstone, and more!

Sign up to join: https://dapperlabs.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Acg-Njf5S7aER3zSCVthbA

What's inside the January Spork #onFlow? We've got all the details on the upgrades to the Flow #Blockchain network that went live this week.

⚡️ Improved consensus algorithm that makes block finalization 20% faster, gearing up to scale massively
🔒 More protection against transaction spam
🖥 Permissionless Access Node prep
👨‍🔬 Update to Cadence v0.30
💪 Faster and fewer Sporks

Read on for full details: https://flow.com/post/flow-blockchain-news-network-upgrades-spork-january-scalable-resilient-accessible

We’re excited to announce some massive news... the Doodles universe is coming to Flow, and we couldn’t be more excited to welcome them to the Flow family.

The Doodles team’s journey to expand begins when they launch on Flow. We’re excited to see their ambitious vision come to life everywhere with Flow, and we’re honored to be the home of a brand new way to express yourself. The Doodles universe #onFlow begins opening to their existing community first with the launch of the Dooplicator on January 31, expanding to everyone over time.

Check out the full announcement and get ready for Doodles 2 collectibles on Flow: https://flow.com/post/flow-blockchain-doodles-2-announcement

Users creating their first blockchain wallet is a huge barrier to entry when it comes to mainstream adoption. We're solving that #onFlow with a process we're calling walletless onboarding.

We're introducing a solution that can deliver the benefits of both app and self custody to people onboarding into web3 for the first time; hybrid custody. This leverages child (app) and parent (self-custody) accounts to manage account delegation.

Check out our introduction to walletless onboarding #onFlow: https://flow.com/post/flow-blockchain-mainstream-adoption-easy-onboarding-wallets

Announcing the first Flow Hackathon – a global competition from 2/21–2/26 to push the limits of #web3 #onFlow:

💰 $500K in prizes
🌐 Virtual & IRL events
📚 Education phase to learn more about building #onFlow
✨ Amazing speakers and judges
👨‍💻 Empowering #developers to do great things

Are you ready to build awesome innovations and earn prizes for your work?

Register today! 👇
https://hackathon.flow.com

The Account Model is a defining feature of Flow that provides real ownership to users. This was built to improve on the Contract Model in a few keys areas like:

🔐 Access Management
🏘 Address Allocation
📜 Contract Storage

📖: https://flow.com/post/flow-blockchain-news-analysis-ownership-account-model

📢 The next global Flow hackathon starts on June 15!

Get ready for:
💻 A full month of building (Jun 15 - Jul 15)
🏆 $500K+ in prizes
💡 Tracks for AI, gaming, mobile, DeFi + more
🤝 Sponsored by @awscloud, @Azure, @Chainlink, @GoogleCloud,
@QuickNode and many other awesome partners!

Register & learn more 👉 http://flow.com/hackathon 🔥

ICYMI - There's a new, open source, reference wallet on Flow! 🤯

This wallet has a bunch of features on it, such as:
🔥 Account Abstraction
🔗 Account Linking
🤖 Human-readable transactions
🤝 WalletConnect integration
✅ FCL Ready
📦 Storage Management

This wallet is designed to show devs what is possible for wallets on Flow, while also letting them access the code to replicate & build upon. Because this is a reference wallet created for everyone, by everyone.

Read more about it, and find the detailed Wallet Primer, here ⤵️

https://flow.com/post/flow-reference-wallet-unlocking-flows-potential-with-a-fully-open-source-reference-wallet-for-builders

EVM on Flow. It's happening. 🤯

All the technical details, the reasoning, and the upside are laid out in the post linked below. We'll provide ongoing updates in here as the feature is built out and launched 💪

Learn more and share it with the world here ⤵️
https://x.com/flow_blockchain/status/1709964252398616634?s=20

Flow is on the verge of hitting 500 MILLION transactions!

To keep up-to-date on the latest number, check out the new Block Explorer #onFlow - Flow Diver.
https://www.flowdiver.io/

That's not all though - Dapper Labs CEO has offered up a 20,000 FLOW giveaway to celebrate this milestone. You can see all the details here:
https://x.com/roham/status/1719110422920634474?s=20

Next up, it's the road to 1 billion transactions 🤯

The Flow Ecosystem keeps on growing! 🌊

Today, Lamborghini joins the ecosystem with a limited edition drop of Hot Wheels x Lamborghini collectibles. With slick artwork, a $FLOW airdrop promotion, and an iconic brand, it's an exciting day to be in the #FlowFam 🏄‍♀️

More details below ⤵️
https://x.com/flow_blockchain/status/1720104887281750526?s=20

Tomorrow, there's a Flow network upgrade happening! 🙌

This upgrade includes one of the biggest features to ever release on Flow - randomness on-chain. This introduces secure, oracle-independent random number generation, enhancing gaming, DAOs, lotteries, and more with verifiable fairness. Only #onFlow 🤯

And that's just one of the many improvements coming to the Flow network. You can find more details below ⤵️

https://x.com/flow_blockchain/status/1721937673500209615?s=20

In case you haven't heard the news that's got Web3 on fire today...

Dapper Labs and Disney have announced a new platform on Flow - Disney Pinnacle.

You can see more here ⤵️
https://x.com/DisneyPinnacle/status/1724439905143587217?s=20