🤝 Astar Network x Rarible! We are excited to announce our partnership with @Rarible ! 🔥 'Midnight in Tokyo' 🗾 is the very first NFT minted on our zkEVM testnet! Our journey to mainnet, bringing Rarible to Japan, and taking Astar zkEVM to the world starts now! 🌎 Stay tuned!

🇰🇷 Join @WatanabeSota at UDC - Upbit D Conference in Korea! Sota will speak about Astar, our journey to deliver Astar 2.0 & our adoption in Japan 🗾 한국에서 만나요! 📍 Nov 13, 2023, Grand Walkerhill Seoul, Korea, more information & tickets here 👇

🌈 Polkadot Unlock Harvest is Live on http://bifrost.app Users who joined the 1st Batch of @Polkadot Parachain Auctions can now Redeem their #DOT and Liquid Stake them on Bifrost. Mint #vDOT, collect your Raindrops, and reach the top of the Stakers Leaderboard! ✨

🔥 Week 1 has launched with a 30,000 ASTR Bounty! Join our campaign below now and engage with Astar dApps, supporting our ecosystem! ✨

🎉 Big day today! We're celebrating the Polkadot Crowdloan unlock of over 100 million DOTs! The ecosystem stands on the brink of a transformative shift, and we're thrilled to be at the forefront. Dive into what comes next and chart your journey with us 👉https://t.co/cvtWKZlq48

Making steady progress in Japan by bringing more enterprises to web3. We're excited to share that we've just signed a MOU with one of the biggest Japanese telecoms: KDDI. 🗾 We're looking forward to accelerating crypto adoption with KDDI. Read more here: https://t.co/92HIBV0DZy

Are you an @AstarNetwork crowdloan contributor? Using the Talisman Portal you can easily track your crowdloan contributions and claim your DOTs when they're unlocked. Go to http://app.talisman.xyz connect any wallet > claim! 👇 See more below 👇

🥷 GM @everyone We're excited to share that our Astar zkEVM testnet, zKatana is now live! It's a big step toward our mainnet and gives everyone the opportunity to test, while we finetune the protocol to provide the best possible experience to builders and users! You can read all the details on our blog including all the amazing partners we're working with such as Gelato, Pyth, Rarible and more: https://astar.network/blog/astar-zkevm-testnet-is-now-live-39560 Getting started ⭐️ 🏆 Ready to be among the first to set your foot on zKatana? Here's how: 1️⃣ - Get some free testnet ETH from our partner Alchemy's faucet: https://sepoliafaucet.com/ 2️⃣ Bridge to zKatana with our bridge: https://bridge.zkatana.gelato.digital/ Have fun exploring! For devs - And if you want to get straight to building, you'll find all you need to know at one glance here: https://docs.astar.network/docs/build/zkEVM/quickstart Thanks for being part of our zkEVM journey!

🚀 Astar zkEVM Testnet is now live! We’re excited to announce that our Astar zkEVM testnet is live. In line with our Japanese roots, it’s called zKatana ⚔️ This launch is another significant stepping stone in our journey to offering the most holistic tech stack, empowering…

🎙️ We're excited to join a special #Polkadot space this coming Tuesday! with @CIKontheBlock 🔥 Set your reminder here: /i/spaces/1PlKQDWXODNxE #StakeDOT

Want to learn more about the web3 investment and VC landscape in Japan? Tune in for our Web3 Japan space featuring @ojoknek from @skylandvc , a leading Seed Investment Firm, moderated by @TatsuatTokyo for new insights. 💡 📆 Oct 26th at 1:00 PM 📍 /i/spaces/1mrGmypeOmNGy

Did you know that the @cosmize_io Metaverse, on top of Astar, contributes to maintaining Kumamoto's century-old tradition of brewing Shochu? 🇯🇵 Learn more about how awareness for this cultural heritage is spread using Web3 technologies:

🛣️ During yesterday's call, we received a warm and enthusiastic welcome from our amazing community! Next week we will host a community call in Japanese to present our roadmap and more at @AstarNetwork_JP ! We look forward to meeting up with more of the community next week! 🇯🇵

Coming soon 👀

Save the date for @HKWeb3Month , an array of amazing events exploring web3. 📆 We're looking forward to getting involved 🙌

Check out the crypto-native ASTR orderbook trading on @polkadex that just launched 🤩

Live now 🎬 https://t.co/ycPeQVEUrQ

Mark your calendars! 🗓️ @WatanabeSota is coming to Seoul and will be speaking at @Official_Upbit D Conference on November 13th, the leading Korean blockchain event. Only a limited number of tickets are available, so get them while you still can! https://t.co/aT1ENjmea6

Get your free membership NFT today and join the beyondclub! 🔥

Encouraging move from our partner Pyth! Progressive decentralization is the way forward, and we're looking forward to seeing more on-chain governance initiatives. Also, stay tuned for more on Astar governance 👀

. @BifrostFinance has officially introduced vASTR to @Polkadot ! vASTR is a unique asset that lets anyone take part in our dApp staking program without being locked on the portal. @BifrostFinance and @arthswap have already created new ways to use vASTR!🔥 Learn more about vASTR…

🛣️ Tomorrow we will share our update towards Astar 2.0! Prepare for the ride as we unveil our roadmap during our community call! Join the conversation! Sign up to save your spot now! ▶️ https://t.co/ycPeQVEUrQ Roadmap Sneak Peek: 🔵 Phase 1: Design and Build • Astar zkEVM…

Shoutout to the @PolkadotInsider team for this holistic guide on bridging. 🙌 XCM is a superpower of the Polkadot ecosystem. Try it out, and let us know how it went. 🤩

Still wondering what the differences are between optimistic rollups and zk Rollups? We got you. 🙌 Read our latest blog post to learn more about these scaling solutions.

✨ If you missed today's #PolkaChats with @AstarNetwork , let's get you caught up on the major piece of news 👇 $ASTR will be listed on Polkadex Orderbook on October 18th!

Yesterday we had an internal demo session hosted by @Naomi_fromhh discussing ERC6551, and the exciting new use cases it enables! Watch out for what's to come once we combine it with our zkEVM environment!

Next week we have our community call to provide an update on the progress towards Astar 2.0! Maarten and Sota will share insights on the key developments and upcoming milestones on the journey to the next iteration of Astar. 🗣️ Bring your questions or leave them in a comment box on Crowdcast. We'll have a live Q&A! Join us to stay informed as we shape the future of Astar Network together! ▶️ https://crowdcast.io/c/october-community-call-2023

Don't forget to set your reminders for tomorrow at 16:00 UTC! ⏰ We'll be hosting @gelatonetwork and @PythNetwork for an exciting space about why ZK represents the future of web3 scaling, industry-disrupting features such as native Account Abstraction! /i/spaces/1ZkKzjDryNgKv

Now's your chance to join a Polkadot hackathon to win cool prizes for building dApps with ink! Get creative, or replicate existing products like AA wallets or prediction markets. Deploy them on Astar, and you could qualify for mentorship by the Astar team! 🔗 Sign up below! 👇🏽

Did you know that Japanese organizations have been amassing web3-related patents and intellectual property for years, just waiting for YOUR creative idea💡to provide the spark for the next web3 revolution, for billions! 🗺️ Join a hackathon and start the revolution, today 👇

Are you curious about our revolutionary dApp staking system and how it works❓ Set a reminder and join Ramz, Community Growth Lead, and Maarten, Head of Foundation, for a talk with @SubsocialChain about staking systems this coming Thursday, October 12th!

We're building the new Astar zkEVM environment quickly: zkEVM staging environment - complete Sepolia staging bridge - complete Bridge UI - in progress Astar zkEVM Testnet - 🔜 📝 We've opened registration for you to join our launch: https://t.co/26HUaRWFC7

🎙 #BlockTalk episode 4 will take place tomorrow and we have amazing guests lined up! 🕒 Join us tomorrow at 3 PM UTC for another special BlockTalk session and dose of #BlockchainNews. 🔜 http://x.com/i/spaces/1ypKdkRBblnxW… Hosted by @CIKontheBlock 👑 #CryptoNews #XSpaces #Blockchain

How many blockchains will there be in the future? How will they interoperate with one another? Join our community growth lead @0xRamz and frens from @MantaNetwork and @MangataFinance for a talk about how the web3 future is all about Multichain this coming Wednesday at 16:30 UTC!

Join us on Oct 12th at 16:00 UTC with the team from @PythNetwork and @gelatonetwork to discuss the future of zk. We'll cover everything you need to know about zero-knowledge, applications, and how it all ties in with Astar zkEVM. ⭐ Set your reminder: /i/spaces/1ZkKzjDryNgKv

Join us along with @AstarNetwork on October 12th to discuss Astar's Dapp Staking and Subsocial's Creator Staking systems 🔥 Let's see the inspiration for Creator Staking, how these two systems work, and what effect Dapp Staking has had so far 👀 https://x.com/i/spaces/1BRJjPpzdReKw…

Weekly update from @AstarBulletin :

🏗️ Account Unification is coming to Astar Portal, which allows users to interact with both EVM and Wasm environments using a single account. This makes our portal easier to use than ever, and simplifies onboarding for users of other EVM ecosystems! 💪 /henskensm/status/1709520717513936975

Happening now!

Hello world 🤖 Did you know that we have an AI assistant for all things Astar? Meet Astari, and ask her anything you've always wanted to know about Astar. Find her on our Discord:

3 reasons to build web3 in Japan 🗾: 1️⃣ The Government of Japan is pro web3 2️⃣ Leading enterprises like Sony already exploring 3️⃣ Huge potential at the intersection of gaming and Japanese IPs 🎮 What would you add?

📢 The Astar Peers Program is being revamped to be more inclusive! This revised proposal is poised to launch a robust incentivization program, inviting community members from underrepresented regions to run nodes. 🙌 Read more here:

Join @WatanabeSota tomorrow for his AMA with @HTX_Global 🎤 /HTX_Global/status/1709863499243913271

New cross-chain transfers of DOT are now live in Nova Wallet! ✨ You can now easily transfer DOT between Astar Polkadot, Moonbeam, HydraDX, Bifrost, Interlay, Acala, Pendulum & Parallel using Nova Wallet! 🔀 Download Nova Wallet! 🚀 https://novawallet.io

🦑 We're excited to join the @polkadot ink! Hackathon powered by @encodeclub as a proud Partner! Get ready for an insightful workshop and a chance to take on our bounty challenge! Innovators, this is your moment to shine! More info: 👇 https://t.co/fJ0aCcmMyX

⛓️ With the launch of our Astar zkEVM testnet this month, alongside @gelatonetwork , we will say hello to the world of Ethereum, with @0xPolygonLabs 👋 Want to join our zkEVM journey? Complete our DeForm here: https://t.co/26HUaRWFC7

🔥 @SingularRMRK integrates @AstarNetwork ! 1️⃣ This will see Astar integrated into Singular's Modular NFT trading dApp, https://t.co/j4FaqFs24p 2️⃣ https://t.co/RTQgpx13nR The no-code deployment dApp for minting NFTs 3️⃣ https://t.co/4o7Se5di2Q The ERC721s dApp for Modular NFT…

👀 Pyth Price Feeds coming to zkEVM? @PythNetwork x @AstarNetwork 🤝 #PoweredByPyth

🎤 Our Community Lead, @0xRamz joined the @NonFungibleGuys on their 109th episode! Check it out below 👇

Missed @WatanabeSota 🔥 presentation with Sandeep at Token 2049? Don't worry; we've got you covered! 💡 In just 12 minutes learn how Astar will bridge two ecosystems (Polkadot & Ethereum) and bring web3 mass adoption to Japan with @0xPolygonLabs . ▶️