Beam 2023 Week #27 - Beamers Rejoice!
Covering July 3rd - July 9th 2023
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Beam News!
Welcome back, Beamers! We have an exciting edition of the Beam newsletter for you, packed with updates and developments from the Beam ecosystem. Let's dive right in!
DeFi Redefined!
Last week Beam CTO Romanov jumped on an interview with Bondex. They covered the ins and outs of Beam, and how it is redefining DeFi with privacy front and centre. Check it and learn more on Beams role in transforming the DeFi landscape, and setting the benchmark in PriFi!
Summer Hackathon!
Get ready for the upcoming Beam Summer Hackathon. This is set to kick off in the second half of August! The hackathon will focus on Nostr and Beam, bringing together talented developers to showcase their skills and see how they can work together. Check out this weeks Beam Space recording below, and stay tuned for more details to come!
Privacy Matters!
In one of Cryptos most recent happenings, One of Beams finest contributors m4gicpotato gained virality bringing attention to a privacy faux pas. In what has been dubbed a “Dox to Earn” protocol had a referral system in place, encouraging users to share their links to drive more users to their platform. Unfortunately the referral code in the URL was able to give the users emails through a simple BASE64 decode, leading to those promoting a Dox to earn platform having their emails doxed. Some would say irony at its finest, but more importantly we want to give m4gicpotato a shoutout for bringing attention to a privacy issue in the space, and hopefully leading to better standards in the future. It is great to see Beamers contributing to and improving not only Beam but the industry as a whole. Keep it up!
Privacy Tweets Series!
"Under observation, we act less free, which means we effectively are less free."
Edward Snowden
"The desire for privacy lives in every individual. It’s a basic human instinct and right. Our dignity and the entire concept of individuality exist because of it."
Glenn Greenwald
Beam Space
Last Beam Space was a banger! Romanov covered the upcoming Beam Summer Hackathon, and touched on Web3 in general. Tune in to get up to speed on the latest, and see you all the same place, same time this week!
The next Beam Space is this Thursday, set your reminders, and see you there!
Day: July 13th
Time: 18:00 GMT
Location: Beam Twitter
Reminder that past Beam spaces are available on YouTube, thanks to the Beam Africa crew!
Go Beamer Community!
Big shout out this week to all the Beamers spreading the word on the need for privacy!
Let’s show each other some love, and keep it up!