Celestia community chat
The next community chat will happen Tuesday next week in Celestia's Discord.
Prep any questions you have for the Q&A slot at the end of the call.
See you all next week!
Discord event link
LEMONGRASS IS LIVE 🍵
As Celestia’s first Mainnet upgrade, Lemongrass introduces 1-click interactions over IBC, interchain accounts, and more.
Read more about Celestia’s community-driven upgrade👇
https://blog.celestia.org/lemongrass-celestias-first/
Celestia’s first upgrade, Lemongrass, is coming. 🍵
Developed and coordinated with the community, Lemongrass includes 1-click Tia interactions with other IBC chains, Interchain accounts, and a new upgrade mechanism.
⬇️ Learn more
https://blog.celestia.org/lemongrass-celestias-first/
Modular Summit day 2 livestreams ▶️
🔸Chisel Stage: https://youtu.be/HqJ5oicJOME
🔸Canvas Stage: https://youtu.be/EJi2i-WqaT0
📢 INFINITE SPACE BAZAAR BEGINS NOW ☄️
🌎 The first global online Celestia hackathon
🗓 From April 2 to May 17
🏆 With $100K+ in prizes
Compete to launch the next big modular project 👇
https://bazaar.celestia.org/
The opening ceremony will begin soon to kick off the hackathon.
⏰ Time: Starting on April 2, 2024, 4:00 PM UTC (in 2 hours)
🔗 Livestream Link: https://youtu.be/aSq2OowLjKY
📞 REMINDER: Celestia Core Devs Call #6 is starting soon!
Just a friendly reminder that our sixth Celestia Improvement Proposal (CIP) call is happening TODAY!
The CIP process aims to coordinate technical proposals in the Celestia community to help improve the network across the modular stack, including core protocol upgrades.
🔸When: Wednesday, March 6, 5:00 PM CET
🔸Where: Celestia Youtube Livestream
🔸Agenda: https://github.com/celestiaorg/CIPs/issues/87
See you soon everyone! ⏰
📞 REMINDER: Celestia Core Devs Call #3 is starting soon!
Just a friendly reminder that our third Celestia Improvement Proposal (CIP) call is happening TODAY!
The CIP process aims to coordinate technical proposals in the Celestia community to help improve the network across the modular stack, including core protocol upgrades.
🔸When: Wednesday, January 24, 5:00 PM CET
🔸Where: Celestia Youtube Livestream
🔸Agenda: https://github.com/celestiaorg/CIPs/issues/40
See you soon everyone! ⏰
Celestia underneath ✨
Manta Pacific becomes the first L2 to migrate to Celestia modular DA
Tweet: https://twitter.com/MantaNetwork/status/1736751047601951089
🇹🇷 Get ready for the ETHIstanbul Hackathon! 🇹🇷
Celestia has partnered with ETHGlobal and is bringing exciting bounties worth $10,000 this weekend! Ready to hack? 👩💻
🔸Bounty #1 - Modularizoor
Build a unique app with Celestia's data availability and show off your creativity.
Prize: $8000
Details: Explore options like Bubs Testnet, Polaris EVM on Rollkit, or Arbitrum and Orbit with Blobstream. We're looking for fresh ideas in Gaming, DeFi, or NFTs.
🔸Bounty #2 - Rock N’ Rollup Rumble!
Push the boundaries by introducing a new rollup stack to the Celestia family.
Prize: $2000
Details: New rollup innovation and integration with Celestia DA
👨🏫 Workshop: Deploy Rollups with Modular DA in minutes 👨🏫
Our solutions engineer Diego Ferrer from the Celestia Labs Devrel team will also be giving a workshop Deploy Rollups with Modular DA in minutes on Friday November 17th at 3:20 PM in Workshop Room 3.
Join the Celestia Labs team at ETHIstanbul and begin hacking on modular architecture! 🤓
Looking forward to seeing all hackers there and connecting together, and don't forget to check out our docs in preparations for the hackathon! 👨💻
Announcing integration into Arbitrum Orbit and the full Nitro stack. 🪐
🔸Developers can soon deploy a high-throughput Orbit chain as easily as a smart contract using Celestia as modular DA. Celestia’s integration is the first external contribution to the Arbitrum Orbit protocol layer and the first modular DA layer for Orbit, joining Arbitrum AnyTrust. ⚡️
🔸Developers can tap into the full Nitro stack, enabling customizable chains with BOLD and Stylus. 🖊
🔸If you’re looking to build an Arbitrum Orbit chain with Celestia and Blobstream, reach out 👋
🔽 Read the full blog post at:
https://blog.celestia.org/celestia-is-first-modular-data-availability-network-to-integrate-with-arbitrum-orbit/
🔽 Twitter thread:
https://twitter.com/CelestiaOrg/status/1717217382782165173
📢 Introducing Blobstream: streaming modular DA to Ethereum
Formerly known as the Quantum Gravity Bridge (QGB), Blobstream streams commitments of Celestia’s data roots to an onchain Ethereum light client. Developers can integrate Blobstream to create high-throughput Ethereum L2s as easily as they develop smart contracts.
🔹 What is a Blobstream?
Blobstream allows L2 developers in the Ethereum ecosystem to integrate Celestia, expected to be the first data availability layer in production with data availability sampling (DAS). As a modular DA layer, Celestia provides dedicated blobspace that is priced independently of Ethereum gas costs and unrelated execution, maximising data throughput.
🔹How Blobstream works?
Blobstream uses a light client relay to submit commitments to Celestia’s data root to an Ethereum smart contract. The Blobstream smart contract enforces that every commitment has ECDSA signatures from validators representing at least 2/3s of the stake on Celestia.
🔹How to get started?
▫️ Learn more at Blobstream developer documentation
▫️ Reach out if you’re developing an L2 or framework on Ethereum
▫️ Check out Blobstream and Blobstream X on Ethereum testnets Sepolia and Goerli
▫️ Track the progress of implementation
With Blobstream, Celestia is on track to be the first modular DA solution for Ethereum that scales based on Data Availability Sampling (DAS). 🌐
To learn more about Celestia's Blobstream, visit official blog post.
🟣 UPDATE: Over 175,000 Genesis Drop claims so far
🔸The Genesis Drop claiming window is now extended for 18 hours.
🔸 Eligible participants now have until 8:00 am UTC on Wed 18 Oct to claim.
Claim your drop at https://genesis.celestia.org/ 🔥
The community has identified a fraudulent Genesis Drop URL address utilising a misspelling of Celestia.
We encourage our community to be vigilant during the Genesis Drop claim period and only click on links from verified community sources.
The only correct URL for the Genesis Drop https://genesis.celestia.org/
The largest incentivized testnet to support data availability sampling has concluded. 📢 After three months of friendly competition, the Blockspace Race has come to a close.
Throughout the testnet, many community members contributed to improving the overall experience for all participants 🤝
We greatly appreciate all the work done by the Celestia community that helped make the Blockspace Race a success.
During the testnet, many changes and improvements were made along the way. A few highlights:
🗞 Over 800 sovereign rollups deployed on the testnet.
🪐 QGB deployed and activated by the validator set.
🍴 A new hard fork mechanism implemented.
That’s the bulk of it. But there’s a lot more that happened. And the blog post is where you can read all about it.. ⬇️
Link to full blog post:
https://blog.celestia.org/a-blockspace-odyssey/
MODULAR SUMMIT STARTING TODAY! 🇫🇷
Hello Modularists! As many of you are already aware, the Modular Summit, a two-day event that brings together the brightest minds from the forefront of the modular blockchain revolution, begins today! 🎉
📅 Date: July 21-22 2023
⏰ Time: 10 AM CET
🔗 Livestream Link: Celestia Youtube
Join us for this exclusive gathering of experts, developers, and enthusiasts from around the world as we explore the most recent developments and innovations in the field of modularity. From innovative projects to insightful discussions, the Modular Summit promises to be an unforgettable experience for all attendees.
Visit the official website for more details on the event, speakers, schedules, and other important information.
🌐 Website: https://modularsummit.dev
The future is modular, and we can't wait to explore it together!
See you at the Modular Summit! 🔥
Announcing $100M in new fundraising, bringing the total raised to $155M.
With Celestia underneath ✨, developers can deploy high-throughput, unstoppable applications with full-stack customizability.
https://blog.celestia.org/celestia-foundation-raise/
1 GB blocks to build whatever 🍵
Introducing the community's roadmap to relentlessly scale Celestia :bubbles:, enabling developers to deploy high-throughput, unstoppable applications using any VM.
⬇️ tweet:
https://x.com/CelestiaOrg/status/1831724567389487187
⬇️ Learn more:
https://blog.celestia.org/roadmap/
Modular Summit day 3 livestreams ▶️
🔸Chisel Stage: https://youtu.be/ZZ9eABdKlWI
🔸Canvas Stage: https://youtu.be/tfxqL1KQ4cU
Modular Summit day 1 livestreams ▶️
🔸Chisel Stage: https://youtu.be/uBbykZgatuw
🔸Canvas Stage: https://youtu.be/IvgfL_q2jdI
Introducing the Infinite Space Bazaar hackathon ☄️
The Infinite Space Bazaar, Celestia’s first global online hackathon, is here. From April 2 to May 16, builders worldwide will have the opportunity to compete for $100K+ in hackathon prizes.
🔽 Register now
https://bazaar.celestia.org/
🔽 Learn more
https://blog.celestia.org/infinite-space-bazaar/
📞 REMINDER: Celestia Core Devs Call #5 is starting soon!
Just a friendly reminder that our fifth Celestia Improvement Proposal (CIP) call is happening TODAY!
The CIP process aims to coordinate technical proposals in the Celestia community to help improve the network across the modular stack, including core protocol upgrades.
🔸When: Tuesday, February 20, 5:00 PM CET
🔸Where: Celestia Youtube Livestream
🔸Agenda: https://github.com/celestiaorg/CIPs/issues/71
See you soon everyone! ⏰
Celestia underneath ✨
Introducing Arbitrum Orbit
Tweet: https://twitter.com/CelestiaOrg/status/1737156267645546650
📞 REMINDER: Celestia Core Devs Call #1 is starting soon!
Just a friendly reminder that our first Celestia Improvement Proposal (CIP) call is happening TODAY!
This marks the kickoff of a series of important calls where our community comes together to discuss the future of Celestia's development and governance.
🔸When: Wednesday, November 29, 5:00 PM CET
🔸Where: Celestia Youtube Livestream
🔸Agenda: https://github.com/celestiaorg/CIPs/issues/8
See you soon everyone! ⏰
📢 Celestia mainnet is live ✨
Celestia was successfully deployed to Mainnet Beta, codenamed Lemon Mint, marking the arrival of the first modular data availability network. Today marks a massive milestone for the Celestia community. What was once considered a wild moonshot is now a reality four years after the LazyLedger whitepaper was published
🔸 How to get started
The modular stack invites developers to create novel applications unlocked by abundant blobspace, like onchain gaming. Check out the Celestia developer portal and documentation to start building.
🔹 Dev portal: https://celestia.org/developer-portal/
🔹 Documentation: https://docs.celestia.org/
⚡️ Looking ahead
And with the arrival of Mainnet Beta, everyone in the ecosystem can participate and contribute to securing Celestia by staking TIA with a validator or running a light node in just a few clicks.
🔸 Let the modular era begin.
🔹 Read the full blog post
🔹 Read the twitter thread
🎉CELESTIA IS READY TO LAUNCH 🎉
Celestia is on track to become the first modular data availability layer with data availability sampling (DAS) light nodes. Initially experimental, Celestia’s Mainnet Beta features will enable its use as a data availability and consensus layer for rollups.
🔸 Launch schedule
Between now and Mainnet Beta, the Celestia Foundation will coordinate with the genesis validators to collect their genesis transactions. Those transactions will be included in the genesis block collectively created by a decentralized validator set.
🔸Looking ahead
Once the genesis block is finalized by the validator set through consensus, Celestia’s Mainnet Beta network will be live. Mainnet Beta is expected soon. 🔥
To dig deeper into the Celestia launch, check out our blog post.
🟣 The Genesis Drop has concluded with 191,391 claims
🔸 Finalized genesis balances will be available soon at http://genesis.celestia.org/
🔸 Participants will receive TIA directly in their wallet at Mainnet, expected in the coming weeks.
Welcome to the modular era ✨
📢 Introducing the Celestia Improvement Proposal Process
The Celestia Foundation is pleased to announce the Celestia Improvement Proposal (CIP) Process. The CIP process aims to coordinate technical proposals in the Celestia community to help improve the network across the modular stack, including core protocol upgrades.
🔹 What is a CIP?
A CIP is a design document providing information to the Celestia community, or describing a new feature for Celestia or its processes or environment. The CIP should provide a concise technical specification of the feature and a rationale for the feature.
🔹What will the CIPs be used for?
We intend CIPs to be the primary mechanisms for:
▫️ Proposing new features
▫️ Collecting community technical input
▫️ Documenting the design decisions
▫️ Track the progress of implementation
The CIP process will propel the design space of the modular stack forward, leading to powerful, permissionless collaboration between distributed core development teams. All community members are invited to participate. 👥
To learn more about Celestia Improvement Proposal Process, visit official blog post.
Hey everyone, it is official.
Celestia Genesis Drop is live! https://twitter.com/CelestiaOrg/status/1706671239572676881
The Celestia Network’s genesis block, expected later this year, will start the first modular data availability network. With it will arrive TIA, the native asset of Celestia.
Like in other permissionless protocols, TIA enables participation in network consensus and decentralised governance of network parameters and the community pool.
To check eligibility, please read the blog post here: https://blog.celestia.org/genesis-drop/
To go through the claim process, visit the website here: https://genesis.celestia.org/
MODULAR SUMMIT: DAY 2! 🇫🇷
Just a quick reminder that day 2 of the Modular Summit is about to kick off soon! We hope you've had an incredible experience so far, and we can't wait to bring you even more insightful sessions and discussions later today. 🔥
📅 Date: July 22, 2023
⏰ Time: 10 AM CET
🔗 Livestream Link: Celestia Youtube
🗣Today's Lineup of Speakers includes:
▫️Ismail Khoffi
▫️Mustafa Al-Bassam
▫️Evan Forbes
▫️Vitalik Buterin
▫️Zaki Manian
For more speakers, full schedule, and details about each session, make sure to check out the official website at https://modularsummit.dev/day-2/
🎉 Introducing the Oolong Upgrade to Celestia Testnets!
After months of hard work and stress-testing the Celestia network during the Blockspace Race, the team is proud to introduce the Oolong upgrade to Celestia networks! It was named after the Chinese tea and will serve as a release candidate for mainnet. 🫖
The Oolong upgrade introduces several notable features across the core, app, and node repositories:
🟣More block space
🟣Larger Namespace IDs
🟣Restricted block size
🟣Improved governance
🟣The main interface for rollups
Check out the blog post for more information and a better understanding of the Oolong upgrade. ⬇️
Link to full blog post:
https://blog.celestia.org/introducing-the-oolong-upgrade-to-celestia-testnets/
