The zkEVM plans to deliver a seamless user onboarding experience 🌟 With native Account Abstraction, users won't need to acquire digital assets to participate in the network! 🤯 Social logins, account recovery, and fiat-supported web3 marketplaces are coming to Astar zkEVM!🪄

Japan is poised for a transformative role in the web3 arena over the next few years 🌐. With immense potential, the country is gearing up to pioneer and extend its influence globally. 🌏 Dive deeper and tune in to the full space discussion! 🎧👇 /i/spaces/1PlJQDRvQwdGE?s=20

Astar zKatana, a testing ground for Layer 2 innovation on Ethereum's Sepolia testnet, launched on October 23rd, with mainnet launch anticipated in Q1 2024. Check out how easy it is to bridge funds 👇 to start building on Japan's most popular smart contract blockchain, today!

Biconomy SDK is an all-in-one toolkit for building applications (dApps) with ERC4337 account abstractions and smart accounts. @biconomy SDK now supports Astar Substrate EVM! 🎉

We are now on Astar zkEVM - zKatana testnet! 💫 In celebration to that, you can mint a beyondClub Katana NFT inside the Astar journey 🎉✨ Mint an NFT and earn 300 points more by completing the quest👇 https://astar.beyondclub.xyz/quest/bc3bf2fe-aaf9-4c76-b2de-f68263c4ef54… @AstarNetwork @AstarNetwork_JP

We're happy to share that we've teamed up with @factomind to collaborate on web3 growth strategies in the Korean Market. 🤝 Learn more about how we're thinking of expanding Astar and the role Factomind will play:

Happy weekend! Want to contribute to the creation of new apps but not a dev? Join our first community ideathon running for 4 weeks with $1000 in prizes for winners 🏆 📆 Kick-off session: Nov 8th, 10:00 am UTC on Discord. All the info here: https://t.co/uQccYwYF13

🎉 Exciting news! Astar Network is proud to be a part of the Polkadot Blockchain Academy! Our talented team will be stepping in as mentors, sharing insights, and guiding the next generation of @Polkadot innovators. Join us 🙌: https://t.co/RSf94FB8HY

👾 Let's chat about gaming! 👾 We're talking with projects and gamers worldwide with our friends at Dew! . 📅 November 3 ⏰ 1PM UTC Save your spot! https://x.com/AstarNetwork/status/1719840219430572416?s=20

Welcome our special guests joining the call: • @BattleFlyGame • @ruthybuilds • @yellowpantherx • @Ladder_NFT

Empower brands & creators!

🌟 The @AstarNetwork galaxy just got a new superstar— @CrustNetwork bringing the stellar storage vibes to our ever-expanding constellation, ensuring a universe of seamless possibilities and data magic! 🚀🔗🌌

💧 Just Dew it! We're teaming up with @Dew_HQ to expand the opportunities for artists, games, and enterprises to enter blockchain on Astar! https://t.co/OluQ5gmP9Z The platform saw tremendous growth last year @onPolygon_ during Chapter 1 of their journey. Now, they'll tap…

🔥 We're excited to share that @Ryder_ID will integrate Astar, bringing our multi-VM ecosystem to global users!

🎙️ Our COO @shunp_w3 shared his insights and delivered a keynote speech highlighting “Japan's Web3” at GBIC hosted by Incheon City in South Korea 🇰🇷

🔥 Week 2 is live! Mint your free NFT below, and start your Astar Journey with beyondClub!

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻 - 𝗖𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗡𝗳𝘁𝘀 🤓We will not offer $Astr rewards from #dAppStaking to players of our game, but in game #Nfts. We believe this practice is commonplace and cannot guarantee truly enticing rewards to encourage players to maintain…

Support our mission to revolutionize blockchain development! DApp staking supports builders creating games, community, and infrastructure on Astar. ▶️ https://t.co/Bkxb86kyeq

The latest Japan Web3 Roundup is available! This Week's Top Stories: • Hello Kitty On-chain • New JPYC Collaboration @jpy_coin • web3 x Education Read more about it here: https://t.co/41GFIrpOn9

Our goal is to make web3 accessible to everyone, regardless of their understanding of the underlying technology. 💻 Discover more in the full space discussion! 🎧👇 /i/spaces/1PlJQDRvQwdGE?s=20

🗾 Tomorrow, the Japan Mobility Show 2023 starts in Japan, during the show, Mitsubishi Motors will share digital trading cards powered by Astar! 🚗 We are excited to see more and more adoption in Japan, and to power exciting new developments in web3! https://t.co/92EqmzsawO

We've joined forces with @AstarNetwork, the scalable network driving a global Web3 vision for all! 🤝 Together, we're on a mission to empower billions of people to harness the full potential of Web3! 🌏

🏗️ Our zkEVM testnet, zKatana is now integrated on @thirdweb ! Access the best zKatana RPC and quickly deploy tokens and smart contracts to our testnet ⛓️ Find that and more here:

Along with the Dot unlocking, we hold Triple Farming campaign! By providing liquidity to vDOT/ASTR pool, users can earn $ASTR, $ARSW and $BNC as rewards! Let’s expand Astar ecosystem together with this huge opportunity! Collab with @AstarNetwork and @BifrostFinance!…

🤝 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!