Hey everyone, happy Friday 🌞
The recap of our latest Town Hall “Community Updates & AMA” is now live!

Catch up on all the updates, questions, and answers from the session with full details here

Stay tuned for more updates, and thank you for being part of the Neon EVM community

Neonauts, Join Us Next Monday!

Catch our Space with @LaFamilia_so as we explore how local communities fuel Solana's dev scene, from tools to education.

- Speakers: @laemD8 and @AndriuJose20
- When: January 27, 1:30 p.m. CET
- Where: X Space

Don’t miss it— Set your Notifications🔔!

Level Up Neonauts for Neon EVM Mainnet Upgrade: January 24, 2025!

Today we announce an important upgrade on the Neon EVM Mainnet, opening a fresh paradigm for Ethereum-compatible dApps on Solana. This introduces features that bring us closer to a Solana-native future:

- ✨ Solana-Native Wallet Support & SDK: Seamlessly use Solana wallets like Phantom, Backpack, and Solflare for Neon EVM applications.
- 🔥 EIP-1559 Implementation: Manage transaction fees for greater predictability and fairness. This means YOU, the user, decide what you want to pay. Take control.
- ⏱ Enhanced block.timestamp: Full parity with Ethereum behavior for time-sensitive dApp ops.
- 💾 Save HEAP in Solana Accounts: Improved storage and memory optimization for Solidity contracts.
The time has come. Ditch the usual and just deploy your Solidity dApp on Neon EVM to fast-track your way to the Solana ecosystem.

Learn more about the Mainnet Upgrade here.

Thank you for being an integral part of our community!

🌟 NEON EVM WEEKLY SPOTLIGHT 🌟
Hey Neonauts! This week, we’ve got exciting updates, big milestones, and plans that are shaping the Neon EVM ecosystem. Let’s dive right in:

🔹 Ecosystem Highlights
🗺️ Exploring AI Agents and DeFAI:
We’re diving into the world of AI Agents and Decentralized Finance AI (DeFAI) to uncover how these technologies can revolutionize the Neon platform.
Check out our latest insights here.

🛩️ Planning for an Epic 2025
Our Marketing and Events Team is hard at work designing an action-packed calendar of events for 2025. From hackathons to meetups, we’re setting the stage for incredible community engagement.

🛠️ Major Mainnet Upgrade
We’re excited to announce a major Neon EVM Mainnet update, bringing:
1. EIP-1559 support for better transaction efficiency.
2. Solana Signature SDK for a seamless Solana-native experience.
Dive into the full details here.

🔹 Tech Updates: Building a Better Neon
🚀 Composability v2: One Step Closer
The Core Team has been finalizing tests for Iterative Composability (v2), squashing bugs (including critical fixes for Lumen), and preparing for an upcoming EVM release packed with exciting features.

💧 Faucet Revamp: Deployment Incoming
The devnet faucet has been completely rewritten by the Frontend Team and is now in QA. Deployment is just around the corner, bringing smoother onboarding for builders.

⚡ Tracer Team: Performance Boost on the Way
Progress continues with the integration of RocksDB on the devnet, promising better performance and reliability for all developers.

🔗 Zentop Transition Complete
The DevOps Team successfully transitioned to the Zentop Solana provider on the devnet, enhancing stability and creating a more seamless experience.

🔹 Shaping the Future
The Product Team is actively working on a new roadmap to outline Neon EVM’s next steps. Highlights include:
1. Collaborating with builders to test Solana-native features.
2. Focusing on priorities that will drive better developer experiences.

That’s a wrap for this week, Neonauts! Thank you for your continued support and for being part of our journey to innovate and expand the Neon EVM ecosystem.

💬 Stay connected with us on Discord, Twitter, and Telegram. See you next week!

New Live Space: Locked In! 🎙️

This Friday, join @dariaagad and @0xfabs as they dive into tech docs:
✅ What works
❌ What flops
💡 How to get it just right

🗓️ Jan 31, 11 a.m. UTC
📍 Set a reminder here!

Good docs = Happy devs. Don’t miss out! 🔔

Join the @catalyze_one Space today and share your Web3 networking experiences—the good, the bad, and everything in between! 🎙️

📅 Today | 🕒 Time: 4 p.m. UTC

👥 Featuring: @rlaracue, @girl_intheverse, @frogule, @JyroBlade, @LiftDataAI, @dariaagad, @Neon_EVM, @irinamarinescu, @atenyun, @buidlbox, @Rektormoon, @joinwebzero

Don’t miss the insightful discussion—tune in and share your journey as a Web3 developer. Set your reminders here

Weekly Community updates

🌟 NEON EVM WEEKLY SPOTLIGHT 🌟
This week, Neon EVM brought exciting updates, opportunities, and community highlights to the forefront. Here’s everything you need to know:

From Product perspective:

The CORE Team has successfully completed work on Iterative Composability. All changes have been merged into the develop branch. Stay tuned—an update for Devnet is currently being prepared! You can track all of the updates on our official GitHub

Documentation Team
The Documentation Team has rolled out several updates on docs.neonevm.org! The Transfer SDK documentation has been thoroughly revised to improve clarity and completeness. Check it out for the latest information.

Development Team
The Development Team is actively working on several demo dApps showcasing the new Solana Native feature. Additionally, the redesign of neonevm.org is progressing smoothly. Stay in touch with upcoming announcements.

From marketing perspective, this week was full of events:

🎙️ Neon AMAs Keep Rolling!
Last Monday, we hosted a Space with @LaFamilia_so, exploring how local communities are boosting Solana’s dev scene—from tools to education. Missed it? Catch the full session here!

🚀 Welcome Vanina Ivanova!
A big shoutout to our new Head of Marketing, Vanina Ivanova! We’re excited to see what she brings with her experience and positivity.

💡 Another Great Tech Talk!
Last Thursday, our DevRel joined GenzioCo Space to share fresh insights on development and Networking Dos & Don’ts for Developers. Dive into the conversation here!

And today we hosted amazing space related to leveling up your dev skills. Listen it up here

To better understand where we are going, re-visit our thread on Solana Composability.

This is just a start! A lot of new cool things upcoming. So stay in touch.

New Community Town Hall Alert! 🔥

The marketing team has been cooking 👨‍🍳—now it’s time to dish out some updates, insights, and alpha. Those “busy” calendar slots finally make sense!

📅 Date: Feb 12th, 3 PM UTC
🎙 Where: Discord Town Hall Channel
🎤 Speakers:
NEON EVM CMO and marketing team + Head of Community

Don’t miss out—come hang, say gmeon, and catch up on all things Neon! 💡🚀

Got questions? Send them in here 👇📝
Ask your questions

See you there! 🔥

NEON EVM January Recap is Here!

Neonauts: January was packed with technical upgrades, AI, and community love. Here’s a quick recap of what’s new:

- Mainnet Upgrade: Devs shipped important updates, bringing Solana-native functionality to Ethereum dApps via the Solana Signature Wallet SDK. Now EVM builders can enable smooth onboarding for Phantom, Backpack, and Solflare users without Rust redeployment headaches! We also rolled out EIP-1559, ensuring predictable and efficient transaction fees with a priority gas-fees setting system.
- AI Research: We’ve been exploring elizaOS, an open-source framework for AI agents, with a Neon EVM plugin. While it’s early days, we are researching how AI tech stacks and EVM AI dApps can leverage these latest technologies.
- Community Actions: From our Town Hall to some cool-vibe Spaces with La Solana Familia, Genzio, and Conduit Network, January was all about collaboration with the web3 fam.

💡 Dive into details

🌟 NEON EVM WEEKLY SPOTLIGHT 🌟

On this week’s recap, Neon EVM delivered fresh updates, new opportunities, and notable community highlights. Here’s a rundown of everything you should know. Let’s dive in:

Technical Updates
🔹Frontend Team 🖥️
1. 📚 Completed documentation updates for the Transfer SDK and Solana Signer SDKv1
2. 🎥 Developed a demo showcasing the Solana Signature SDK v1

🔹Core Team ⚙️
- Resolved a known block. Timestamp issue, ensuring better accuracy.
- Diagnosed the root cause of transaction issues with Vibr and are currently assessing a fix.
- Conducted a code review for the new ERC20ForSPL contract and implemented fixes.

🔹Tracer Team 🔎
- Continued the infrastructure migration to RocksDB.
- Deployment for Devnet is already complete.

🔹TBA Team 📜
✍️ Deep in the trenches, writing the White Paper on Composability—exciting insights coming soon!

🔹Solidity Team 💡
1. 🔬 Researching Composability v2, pushing the boundaries of interoperability.
2. 📽️ Assisting with key demos to enhance user and dev experience.
3. 🛠️Modifying the ERC20ForSPL contract.


Marketing and Community Highlights

🔹Our January Recap was out!
TLDR: The devs shipped—time to build. 🏗️
- ✅ Mainnet Upgrades: Solana-native wallets, EIP-1559 & more!
- 👀Exploring AI agents + elizaOS plugin 📜 Full details here

🔹 Check out some of these Tweets— Toly: The Best EVM is already on Solana! and Solana

🔹 New Community Town Hall incoming!🎤
The marketing team has been cooking 🧑‍🍳 (those packed calendars finally make sense!)—join us for a chill chat and some alpha.

📅 Feb 12th, 3 p.m. UTC
📍 Discord
🎙️ Featuring @inks, @hypnogaba, @hughlechevalier, @Ginnymmm. Come say gmeon and be part of the conversation! 💙

And that’s a wrap for this week, Neonauts! We appreciate your ongoing support and participation in our mission to push the boundaries of the Neon EVM ecosystem. Stay tuned for more innovation ahead! 🚀

Stay connected with us on Discord, Twitter, and Telegram. See you again next time!

Town Hall Recap: Featuring Our Marketing Team!

A huge thanks to everyone who joined last Town Hall session. Here are the highlights. If you missed them, catch up with the audio recording below!

1. Introductions and Technical Fixes:
An extensive introduction from the new Head of Marketing! With extensive crypto experience across Ethereum & Solana, she’s excited to drive Neon’s strong product-market fit on Solana.

2. Social Media and Community Engagement:
Telegram: Addressed bot activity—common challenge, but we’re on it!
Twitter: Increased engagement with major Solana DeFi projects and Ethereum developers, experimenting with content to better serve the community.

3. Influencer and Partnership Outreach:
Focusing on genuine influencer partnerships over superficial promotions.
A collaborative approach with our product, integrations, BD, and events teams is key to building lasting partnerships.

4. Marketing Initiatives:
Planning a robust ambassador program (think training academy) to empower long-term supporters.
New promotional campaigns on YouTube & Twitter are coming soon—plus, expect fun community events, quests, and Neon swag!

5. Events and Future Collaborations:
We’re set to attend EthCC and are eyeing DevConnect, Breakpoint, hackathons, conferences, and meetups.
Open call for partnership ideas—let’s build a vibrant ecosystem together.

6. Technical Updates and Roadmap:
Developers are testing Neon’s Solana Native features on DevNet, with early success stories like the ELISA protocol deployment.
An official roadmap is on its way—stay tuned for more details.

Final Thoughts:
Your feedback and enthusiasm keep us moving forward. Join the conversation on Discord and social media, and don’t miss our next Town Hall!
[🔗 Audio Recording and Full Recap Links - Part One and Two]

🌟 NEON EVM BI-WEEKLY SPOTLIGHT 🌟

Welcome to our Bi-Weekly Community Update Neonauts. This week, Neon EVM rolled out dynamic updates and showcased some interesting community highlights. Here’s an all-inclusive rundown of the latest developments—let’s jump in!

Technical Updates

🔹Core Team ⚙️

- The team completed the Devnet update, including multiple bug fixes.
- Verified the fix for the block. Timestamp issue.
- Identified and resolved a bug with ERC20 tokens that caused an extra account to be added on Solana.
- Fixed an issue with scheduled transactions using Solana Signature.
- Prepared the Mainnet update, scheduled for Monday.


🔹Product Team 📦🛒

- Initiated work on a new developer journey to enhance onboarding and engagement.
Solidity Team
- Tested new use cases that enable the creation of liquidity pools on Solana from an EVM protocol.

Marketing & Community Highlights

🔹Want to know everything about EVM-Solana interoperability👀?
Check this excellent thread about it and understand how to fast-track to Solana's unified liquidity and users without fragmentation.

🔹 We are Hiring!
🖼️ We’re hiring a visual designer to join our team. Do you know anyone who might be a perfect fit? Tell us all about it. Use this link!

🔹 We gave some love and got some love back 🎁.

Some of our community members were gifted with beautiful Neon EVM swag, just look at these beauties. Here is another one 💙

🔹 Last Town Hall Recap: Featuring Marketing Team – Recording Available! 🎙️

Missed the previous Town Hall? No problem! You can go through the key highlights and the concluding part attached and catch up on everything we discussed. You can also check out the full audio recording here: NEON Town Hall Full Recording!

And that's all for this fortnight, Neonauts! We genuinely value your unwavering support and engagement in our quest to redefine Neon EVM ecosystem. Stay tuned for additional groundbreaking innovations on the horizon. 🚀

Connect with us on Discord, Twitter, and Telegram to stay informed. We look forward to engaging with you again soon!

Crypto moves fast - your DevRel playbook must, too. 🏃

This week, @dariaagad & @MatthewFoyle spill the secrets of scaling DevRel at every stage: from first hires and early community building to long-term growth.

🗓️ Feb 27, 5 p.m. CET
📍 Join here

Don’t miss it! 🔔

Neonauts: On the latest Solana Weekly, Davide Menegaldo delves into how Neon is bringing EVM to Solana:

- What network extension really means
- Solana-native features that change the game
- What's cooking next in our development roadmap

Catch the full episode! 🎧

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sy2WTd35MkM

NEON EVM February Recap is Here!
February was also bursting with technical enhancements, AI breakthroughs, and more community vibes. Here’s a brief overview of what’s fresh:

🛠️ Fresh upgrades shipped
📃 Composability V2 cooking
🤖 @ElizaOS plugins on Neon – dev guide dropped
🩷 Town Halls, AMAs & community swag
Neon EVM just turned 4, and we’re now an impatient toddler to deliver more and more to our partners and community. We’re also stepping into a Solana-native journey.

Check out all the details here!

March Community Town Hall Alert!

Neonauts: Join us for our March Town Hall meeting, where Ivan Neon EVM Head of Community, and Daria, our DevRel, will answer your questions and share insight into upcoming developers’ journeys and secrets on onboarding EVM buildoors to Solana!

🗓️ When: March 17 at 4 p.m. UTC
📍 Where: Discord Townhall

Have questions? Please send them our way using this form. 📌

Don’t miss out—see you there!

"Show me the demo" → Yes, ser. 🫡

Our @ElizaOS x Neon plugin guide now features a video walkthrough on token transfers. DeFAI meets Solana speed + EVM tools—devs, it’s time to build something cool!

👉 Full tutorial by @dariaagad

🌟 NEON EVM BI-WEEKLY SPOTLIGHT 🌟

Hello, everyone. Welcome to our bi-weekly update. This week, we’re excited to share important updates about Neon EVM's evolution, activities, and upcoming events and showcase key community highlights. Let’s dive in!

Technical Updates

🔹 Solana Signer Enhancements✨

1. Expanded SDK Examples: We introduced new examples for the React and Vue frameworks, broadening the SDK’s integration possibilities.
2. Optimized Transaction Cost Estimation: Improved the demo experience by implementing a streamlined process that simultaneously estimates the cost for all transactions.
3. Updated Documentation and Resources: Refreshed the neonevm.org site to reflect the most recent changes and enhancements.

🔹 Core Team Updates⚙️

1. Enhanced Gas Estimation: Our system now supports estimating multiple transactions at once, including Solana transactions for Solana Signer.
2. Devnet Account Cleanup: We are in the final stages of removing outdated accounts on Devnet, ensuring a more streamlined and secure environment.

🔹 Tracer Team Update🔍

- Devnet Optimization: Transitioned Devnet to operate exclusively on RocksDB, resulting in significant performance improvements for the Tracer API, including enhanced speed and increased requests per second (RPS) capacity.

🔹 Product Team Updates📦

- Enhanced Developer Journey: Ongoing improvements to streamline and enrich the developer experience.
- Exploration of New Use Cases: Conducting in-depth research to identify and evaluate emerging opportunities and potential applications.

Marketing and Community Highlights

🔹Want to know everything about the exciting Journey of bringing EVM to Solana👀 ?
On the latest episode from Solana Weekly! Davide Menegaldo, Neon CCO, sat down with @thomasbahamasfi to explore the exciting journey of bringing EVM to Solana. They unpacked:

- What network extension means
- Innovative Solana-native features reshaping the landscape
- A sneak peek into our upcoming development roadmap
Dive into the entire episode here🎧

🔹Breaking Barriers: Vannina Ivanova on Women, Crypto, and Web3♀️👩
Our Head of Marketing, Vanina Ivanova (@inks), sat down with BeInCrypto for a dynamic chat about women in crypto, her journey, smashing barriers, and the secrets to thriving in Web3. Check out the full SheVerified interview here.

🔹Want to know what happened in February? Here is our full February Recap!📝
• Fresh upgrades shipped
• Composability V2 cooking
• @elizaOS plugins on Neon: Dev Guide dropped
• Town Halls, AMAs, and community swag
Tap for the full story here.

🔹Get ready for our next Community Town Hall🎙️

Join Ivan, the Head of the Community, and Daria DeveRel at Neon EVM as they break down the DevRel game and reveal how to onboard EVM builders to the Solana ecosystem. 📅 Mark your calendar for March 17 at 🕔 4 p.m. UTC on Discord. Got questions? Drop them here📌

That’s it for this biweekly Neonauts – Stay tuned for more updates, and thank you for being an essential part of Neon EVM community!

Join our community on Discord, Twitter, and Telegram to stay updated. We can’t wait to share more updates with you soon!

EVM Devs—It’s Time to Build! 🎬

Behold Neon EVM—where the power of Solana meets the EVM engine. Check out the Solana Signature SDK in action:👉 Watch the attached Demo video Using Phantom By Sonke Busch!

The Solana Signature SDK is a game-changer. Seamlessly bring your Solidity and Vyper projects to Solana, allowing transactions to be signed natively with wallets like @Phantom: no extra wallets, no friction—just pure building mode.

📚 To Get started now, Dive into the Doc

TL;DR:
Solana ed25519 signatures → EVM transactions On-chain mempool handles scheduling Neon Proxy executes it.

Take a deep dive right here.

We’re going, Solana! Join the builders in our Discord to get started.

Incoming Space Alert! 🚨

Neonauts: Join us tomorrow for a deep dive into the Solana Signature SDK + a brand-new demo UI! Unpacking all things to make EVM dApps Solana-native.

📅 March 12, 5 p.m. CET
🔗 Tune in here
🎙️ Featuring Yuriy, CPO at Neon EVM, and Sonke, Senior Product Manager at Neon EVM

Got questions? Drop them here 👉 Submit now

Win a Ticket to Solana Crossroads! 🎟️

Solana Crossroad is calling, and we have a free pass up for grabs!
We’re giving you a chance to win a free pass to the Solana Crossroads Conference by sharing your insights on Neon EVM!

Your Mission:
Create a Twitter thread (2+ tweets) on one of these topics:
1️⃣ What is NEON EVM as a Solana Network Extension?
2️⃣ What I want to build on NEON EVM

Enter the contest via @SuperteamEarn and share your best Neon EVM thread for a chance to win. Deadline: April 7

🔗 For full details, click here!
🔥 Bonus: The best threads get RT’d! 🚀