Welcome to the Collab.Land May Roundup! This past month, our community thrived with vibrant energy, bringing us all closer to the heart of our ecosystem. We're excited to share the knowledge and experiences gained in May; explore our captivating video and audio content, and try out Miniapps in the Collab.Land Discord. Together, let's embrace the boundless potential that lies ahead! Happy collaborating!
Collab.Land turns three!
This May, Collab.Land proudly celebrates its 3rd birthday! What started as an experiment of "token gating," has grown into the leading web3 community tool.
Deepest gratitude to everyone who made this journey possible. Our dedicated core team, insightful advisors and investors, and engaged community administrators and members — each one of you has contributed significantly to what we've achieved. It could not have happened without you!
In 2023, we reached two significant milestones: launching a DAO with its own token and releasing a series of short documentaries at letsformgroup.xyz. But this is just the tip of the iceberg!
Here's a snapshot of our current stats:
🤝Collab.Land Communities: 50,000 across Discord and Telegram
🤝Collab.Land Wallet Connections: 8,870,000, derived from 2.6M unique members
🤝Collab.Land Discord: A robust community with 65,883 members
🤝Collab.Land Co-op/DAO: An engaged network of 53,561 members
🤝$COLLAB Holders: 110,313 and growing
We're excited about what lies ahead and look forward to building a brighter future together.
Miniapps
Miniapp Madness Demo Day
We are thrilled to share the exciting events of the first Miniapp Madness Demo Day. Developers showcased the creativity within our community and the incredible potential for our community-built Miniapps.
If you missed the Demo Day, catch up on all the action by checking out the Substack announcement and the YouTube recording of the Miniapp Madness: Season 0 Demo Day.
Let's dive into some of the amazing Miniapps that were featured:
Spark.ai
Spark.ai offers a dynamic knowledge-sharing experience within Collab.Land communities. By configuring Spark with a `.txt` file, you can upload knowledge and receive context-based replies using ChatGPT. Explore the potential of Spark.ai in their Demo Day video.
ChainPatrol
ChainPatrol brings an essential security and safety feature to Collab.Land communities. Using this Miniapp, you can easily check any URL against ChainPatrol's blocklist of known phishing sites. Additionally, if you come across a scam URL, you can report it to ChainPatrol, and the report will be associated with your Discord username. The association lets community leaders know who is helping to keep their community safe.
Finally, using ChainPatrol's global blocklist means that reports made in one community help all communities stay safe! Learn more about ChainPatrol from their Demo Day presentation.
W3W.ai
W3W.ai is a powerful Web3 community relations management (CRM) tool. This Miniapp empowers Collab.Land communities to streamline their interactions and enhance community engagement. Discover more about W3W.ai's capabilities in their Demo Day recording.
Both ChainPatrol and W3W.ai Miniapps were approved by the DAO to join the Marketplace. Congratulations!
BYOM: Build Your Own Miniapp
These community-made Miniapps unlock exciting knowledge and opportunities for Collab.Land communities.
If you're inspired by these Miniapps and want to build your own, check out our comprehensive documentation. You can find step-by-step instructions to guide you through going from Zero to Hero with Miniapps and a helpful video tutorial.
Discover, explore, and install these incredible Miniapps through the Miniapp Marketplace. This is just the beginning of our vibrant ecosystem driven by collaboration and innovation!
Community Conversations and Highlights
The Collab.Land community has been buzzing with vibrant events, engaging conversations, and exciting highlights. Let's dive into some of the noteworthy moments from the past month:
Community Conversations: Twitter Spaces and Town Halls
We've had some incredible community conversations in various formats, including Twitter Spaces and Town Halls. These interactive sessions provided a platform for rich discussions and knowledge sharing. If you missed out, you can catch up using the following links:
Spotlight on Security: Explore the importance of security and how it relates to Collab.Land with a focus on the ChainPatrol Miniapp.
General Safety Awareness: Gain valuable insights and raise awareness about safety within our ecosystem by checking out this informative Twitter Space.
Collab.Community
The community has been abuzz with exciting updates and discussions. Here are a couple of featured talks:
Discover the dynamic world of Miniapps and how SparkAI came to be at Collab.Land.
We celebrated an important milestone—Collab.Land's 3rd anniversary! Join the celebration and reflect on the journey with us.
Other Highlights
In addition to the engaging conversations, the community witnessed some exciting highlights:
Get inspired by the potential uses of film in this Film in Web3 twitter space.
Dive into a thought-provoking Twitter Spaces session discussing branding in Web3.
Explore a comprehensive summary thread capturing the essence and fun of the 👑King of the Collab game event we did in partnership with PoolTogether.
Shoutout to community member Noxe for helping make this event happen!
And congratulations to Intr3pid (
) for winning 100 USDC from his Pool Together delegation boost prize!
Platform Updates and Growth
We have some exciting updates and growth to share:
The COLLAB token claim period has ended, and we're thrilled with the participation and enthusiasm from the community. Check out the stats and numbers thread from our COLLAB token claim.
Learn about privacy considerations for wallet addresses within the Collab.Land ecosystem and beyond through this informative article.
Furthermore, we've witnessed notable growth in specific communities and areas:
Community Growth: Tezos and Arbitrum communities experienced significant growth and engagement.
ERC-1155 Back on Top: ERC-1155 has regained its prominence as the preferred standard for new TGRs (Token-Gating Rules).
Exciting times are ahead for the Collab.Land community as we continue to engage, learn, and shape the future of collaboration together!
Developer Videos
We are thrilled to share the valuable video content created by Collab.Land DevRel Director Kenny and CTO Raymond Feng. These ongoing video series provide in-depth knowledge and unlock exciting opportunities for Miniapp developers within the Collab.Land community.
DevRel Live with Kenny!
Join Director of DevRel Kenny in his engaging series, "DevRel Live," where he dives into various topics related to building Miniapps on the Miniapp Marketplace. In these videos, you'll learn about the intricacies of creating Miniapps and leveraging artificial intelligence to enhance your Discord community. Don't miss out on this month's installments:
Building AI-Powered Miniapps on Discord: Gain insights into the process of building AI-powered Miniapps and discover the endless possibilities they offer.
Collab.Land APIs, Scopes, and Key Issuance processes: Dive deeper into the integration build process and unlock a world of possibilities for your Miniapps.
Dev Deep Dives with CTO Raymond Feng
Continuing the "Dev Deep Dives" series, CTO Raymond Feng takes us on a fascinating journey exploring advanced topics related to Collab.Land development. These deep dives provide valuable insights and strategies for building robust and scalable solutions. Don't miss the following videos:
Multi-Party Compute and Account Abstraction for gmPASS: Join Raymond as he discusses multi-party compute and account abstraction infrastructure for Collab.Land's upcoming identity solution, `gmPASS`.
Scaling Collab.Land with AWS: Discover the strategies and best practices for scaling Collab.Land using Amazon Web Services (AWS).
These videos empower Miniapp developers to take their creations to the next level and unlock new possibilities within the Collab.Land ecosystem.
We encourage you to explore these engaging video resources, gain valuable knowledge, and leverage them to build innovative and impactful Miniapps.
Happy developing!
Collab.Land in the News
Mindmeld Live - Shell x Collab.Land
NASDAQ - How AI Enables a New Era of Cross-DAO Collaboration, by James Young
AMBCrypto - Does crypto play a role in Anjali + James’ relationship? No, and also yes.
Digiday - Marketers are embracing NFTs as part of their marketing and sales strategy instead of being skeptical about it.
PoolTogether Community Podcast - Unleashing Community Power with Collab.Land
Other May Notes
May’s Featured Miniapp: Guest Pass
The Guest Pass app is a powerful and flexible tool that makes it easy to manage temporary access to your Discord community.
May Community Events: Balancing in Public, Town Halls, DevRel Live, Dev Deep Dives D3, Twitter spaces, Movie Night, Collab.Land Plays, and Media Team Meetup
Here are the happenings for the week of June 18 - June 24:
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