The @solana blockchain is currently the best in terms of scalability, community building, and user base.
However, the growing interest in the ecosystem’s technology implies that both new and old users are vulnerable to hacks; as over 100 cases of phishing attacks, draining of assets, and overall exploits are reported daily.
It is no surprise that bad actors are active all day round, trying to exploit individuals and steal assets by constantly deploying new hacking methods.
This is more than enough reason to prioritize security provision and safety.
Last month's @solana ecosystem IRL call was a testament to this community spirit, as we had 10 distinct watch parties across Nigeria.
I was fortunate to host the event in Jos, and I'm so glad that @SuperteamDAO via @SuperteamNG are working to ensure that we use regular skillsets like dev, design and content to change the way we interact with crypto in this country.
Shout out to @LamportDAO for setting up the Solana Scribe, which is the first ever content hackathon on @solana. I know this is the first of many content hackathons, and I can't wait to dive deep into future tracks.
Special thanks to @kashdhanda, @kelxyz_, @arjunnchand, @ttrofel, @harsh_patel and the rest of the team for setting this up fr.
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▫️ STAGE 2024: @SuperteamNG. 🇳🇬
All the bounties, cohorts, one-on-one calls, and active participation lead to this moment: The writing role.
I recall telling @Harri_obi that I have a low iq😅, and tbh that's what drives me to play whatever role I can for @SuperteamNG. 🇳🇬🔥
This is because the pattern and approach we use in @SuperteamNG community, is what I've always wanted to see in Nigeria. The collaboration while learning, earning, building and growing together.
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Moving forward, I’ll always pick the former. It means I should be bolder because you can only win if you try by having proof of participation in the first place.
Nevertheless, this was also good in a way. I had picked a lot of amazing insights from the @SuperteamNG leads with relation to hackathons especially if it involved being a product lead, or even creating a pitch deck.
We couldn’t deploy because we focused more on aesthetics than functionality. We were oblivious to the fact that we should focus on integration, getting a good business model, go-to-market plan, traction and proper one-liner for our title.
These corrections are noted for the long run to be honest.
This didn’t stop me from writing an honorary thread for @SuperteamNG and other builders who were bold enough to continue working on their projects, and even succeeding in submitting their work.
Fortunately, Nigeria was able to ace almost all metrics in many of these hackathons, from OPOS hackathon, to the @solana Hyperdrive and the rest.
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https://t.co/azLH3Ur0cm
I talked with my friends, and we decided to give it a shot. But we failed…
Somehow, I still consider this failure necessary, but it avoidable.
Why? Because we should’ve at least tried to be ‘unsuccessful’ instead.
Being unsuccessful would've been good because it implied that we submitted our work, but we didn’t win.
However failing meant that, not only did we not submit, we did not also win. You get the vibe right?
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I had mentioned the fact that I was part of a community who started off to learn about cryptocurrency amongst ourselves, until we moved past the stage of learning the ‘basics’, to moving towards actual research work and large-scale crypto education.
The catch was that we experienced a lot of issues as a community with the major challenge of being a ‘scattered’ community.
We existed on too many platforms and couldn’t effectively collaborate or communicate.
All these, combined with the writer’s cohort, helped me win the next bounty by @SuperteamNG.
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https://t.co/bfNWFZeioQ
@NzubeEzudo asked me a simple question:
“If you have a crypto community (@MoonhubDAO) filled with researchers and some developers, when don’t you guys attempt the hackathon and at least, try to solve the problems you face in your own community?”
He was totally spot on.
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▫️ STAGE THREE: BUILD. 🏢🔨
Who would’ve known that attempting a bounty 6 months ago would lead to this point? Not me for real.
When I first scheduled the one-on-one call for a chat with @SuperteamNG leads @NzubeEzudo and @Harri_Obi, I did not expect the conversation to move from talking about the bounty win to building for the @solana Hyperdrive Hackathon.
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In 3 weeks, the cohort was over. I had written a not less than 500-word article and picked up valuable tips which would come in very handy in a bit.
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Here’s what mine looked like:
This was obviously messy as I haven’t felt a need to quickly brainstorm before, but that’s what learning always feels like. 😅
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