🟣 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 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 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.

🎉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.

🇹🇷 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! 👨‍💻

📞 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! ⏰

📞 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! ⏰

📢 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