ICYMI| This week at Ocean 🌊

💰GRANTS

The Round 16 of @OceanDAO_ is in full swing and is currently accepting proposals for 💰200K OCEAN in funding.

📅 DDL: Apr 5 @ 23:59GMT

#theyearofadoption

🗞️MEDIA

✅Ocean's "blockchain ecosystem, growing partner base and active grants programs" were featured in the recently published article by @Cointelegraph

https://t.co/h5It1ZSl6x

Dear fellow #Oceaners,
@BrucePon, @Jamie_Hewitt_, e.a. (Core Team), @realdatawhale, e.a. (#OceanDAO Grantees),
@choonzy0, e.a. ( $OCEAN Navy),

wishing you best of success and a great time at #BinanceBlockchainWeek, sharing @OceanProtocol's road towards a #Web3 #DataEconomy 💜🧑‍🎤! https://t.co/jplKmPlXrd
https://twitter.com/OceanDAO_/status/1508090021504561157?t=mdk66rBzfumNm8tHp32eUQ&s=19

🌊 The @gaiax_aisbl #Hackathon3 has kicked off today!

Join us as we explore the Gaia-X backend architecture, bootstrapping a federated Minimal Viable Gaia-X ecosystem built by Ocean with @deltaDAO and more!
@franzbonf @ticapix

https://t.co/NXT4QM88n1 https://t.co/mgr18r1LoX
https://twitter.com/oceanprotocol/status/1508358282263494659?t=Af2mAd04WKy7EK-CrlMp4g&s=19

Hello Dubai!🇦🇪

The #BinanceBlockchainWeek begins TODAY and we cannot wait to see you!

Be sure to visit the Ocean stand to interact with the Ocean team members, have your say on the #newdataeconomy and explore the Ocean Market!

#OceaninMotion https://t.co/YSfEZWXT1a
https://twitter.com/oceanprotocol/status/1508397887658475521?t=nfyxk1ewYpk8SOXy0hCCLg&s=19

Day 1 of the highly awaited @binance Blockchain Week has kicked off and Ocean Founder @BrucePon is on the stage to discuss Web3 as the path to truly unleash a #newdataeconomy! 🌊 https://t.co/juZT5j8ER2
https://twitter.com/oceanprotocol/status/1508399639841882116?t=rVjPDlLt7vMXCai1Macotw&s=19

"The ability to interact digitally, to know that you own your data and it is monetised securely - that everything is incremental and compounds overtime"

Ocean founder @BrucePon shared his take on a good Web3 experience on Day 1 of the @binance blockchain week! https://t.co/0QnR6FMEMP
https://twitter.com/oceanprotocol/status/1508418503354699776?t=wNJswZNjlsJmd1ETkCyTHQ&s=19

Gm #Ocean DAO swarm (🌍🌇☀️🌆🌃),

let's start the week with an awesome update and the very first entry to our new amplify channel:

@PhoenixGuildHQ and @OceanProtocolIN pooled some of their $OCEAN #DAO grants for this beautiful #OceanIndia 🌊🇮🇳 meetup:

https://t.co/fq3zMGyE64 https://t.co/KuJzzt5QiN
https://twitter.com/OceanDAO_/status/1508421330235969540?t=hw3nh_sWj1-Gz4M13jvRpA&s=19

The next step in unlocking an open data economy is to develop pricing signals to incentivize people for data sharing👀

How is Ocean's upcoming V4 release going to make this possible? ⚒️

Watch Ocean founder @BrucePon discuss this and more in this interview with @tessa_dawn1! https://t.co/rWq6YFjVUD
https://twitter.com/oceanprotocol/status/1508444996248039433?t=k0IHi0AZ2IXFNaqpoUItOA&s=19

THIS. IS. MASSIVE!🚀

#Ocean is at the @WorldGovSummit! Join us for a full day - @brucepon is presenting, giving interviews and creating bridges with governments and enterprises at the highest level.🌊

#theyearofadoption https://t.co/ue6unjIqXn
https://twitter.com/oceanprotocol/status/1508763263437193218?t=KAZ_GMwAwSpzBCooT645fw&s=19

Gm #OceanDAO swarm (🌍🌇☀️🌆🌃),

we got 2 bits of food for you today:

1. Tim Daubenschütz published a brilliant post on the UX aspects of Quadratic Voting lately. 🗞👀

2. The Impression Airdrop Program of @realdatawhale for March is concluding (Deadline). ✍️🌊📦

1/3 🧵👇
https://twitter.com/OceanDAO_/status/1508766408842219523?t=Z1iRL0C62TZA0jmMnwF-4Q&s=19

https://twitter.com/i/status/1508804723411136512

Ocean is working to give publishers more control, transparency and ways to monetize their data – with the most advanced stack of technologies. 🚀

Ocean founder @BrucePon explains the wide host of opportunities V4 will unleash in conversation with @tessa_dawn1!

Watch the whole video here https://t.co/rPwcPoVn1T and tell us your 2 main take-aways from the discussion in the comments!

Gm (🌍🌇☀️🌆🌃),

your #OceanDAO voice events of the day:

- 16:00h CET // 10am EST -
Core Tech Working Group 🧑‍💻🧑‍🔬🌊
https://t.co/cltqcEuChz

- 17:00h CET // 11am EST -
OceanDAO Town Hall 67 🏛🗣🌊
https://t.co/ohpSigVbq5

Come join us!

OceanDAO Cal 📆:
https://t.co/fYS30jOl1R
https://twitter.com/OceanDAO_/status/1509100253802283022?t=z2hVjb5VcEKB5JFFXfLOaA&s=19

Get ready to dive in!🌊

Tomorrow 🚀

PT #V4

#theyearofadoption
https://twitter.com/oceanprotocol/status/1509113347358167040?t=GdORZ6nCm-5-h0K62m7Xkw&s=19

"A blockchain-based ecosystem that allows individuals and businesses to easily unlock the value of their data – with the OCEAN token publishers can monetize their data while preserving privacy"

@analyticsinme reports on Ocean Protocol's "valuable token"

https://t.co/pYGA25SQZX
https://twitter.com/oceanprotocol/status/1509121959686119427?t=wGaxRZId16CPFgcavw209g&s=19

Just started your #DYOR research on what #DAOs are, how they work and what they can accomplish?

E.g. to understand why and how @OceanDAO_ is using $OCEAN grants to foster and grow the @oceanprotocol ecosystem?

A nice new beginner's guide article for you:
https://t.co/0zv0fzVMTw
https://twitter.com/OceanDAO_/status/1509151797272788997?t=zbutwA4w6btHjBNbw5_gvw&s=19

Thx to all #OceanCommunity members for engaging with Ocean #DAO, for voting, and for creating such brilliant projects around #OceanProtocol, or in short:

Thx for growing the #OceanDAO with us!

Towards a #NewDataEconomy together. 🌊☯️✊

PS:
We've only just begun. 🚀
https://twitter.com/OceanDAO_/status/1509155017953103875?t=E45peXRrAW5Evk201QR1dg&s=19

As the 16th round of @OceanDAO_ progresses, here is a look at the milestones that have been achieved so far:

✅358 proposals submitted
✅1573 voters
✅306,630,829 OCEAN Voted
✅205 projects funded
✅66 community Town Halls held https://t.co/eyeEs6clff
https://twitter.com/oceanprotocol/status/1509152764798005255?t=ZmWTbp-9ggZSO5jVF_wUOg&s=19

It is an electric atmosphere ⚡️ as Ocean's @Jamie_Hewitt_ shares live updates from the @ETHDubaiConf 🇦🇪

Are you attending the event? 📅 Be sure to say hi to our team members there!

#OceanInMotion

https://twitter.com/oceanprotocol/status/1509176773543546887

Ocean community, it's happening: the campaign for Ocean V4 kicks off today and we are excited to announce its very first milestone – the V4 Public Testing is live! 🌊

#theyearofadoption https://t.co/RAJQwLzM5X
https://twitter.com/oceanprotocol/status/1509511023375486983?t=0t-zfpil1vXI7vCfBshWFw&s=19

Ocean V4 brings 3 key new features:

1/ One-sided staking to solve rug pulls

2/ ERC721 data NFTs for more flexibility in data IP management

3/ Better monetization for the Ocean community https://t.co/jJD1rTQY9Y
https://twitter.com/oceanprotocol/status/1509513128723169282?t=qv-m_SbezDMqwU1lIFrhhA&s=19

Here's where we're at for Ocean V4:

✅ V4 smart contracts are built, audits are complete (and passing)
✅ V4 backend components are built
✅ V4 docs are written
✅ V4 Ocean Market frontend is built. Exception: Compute-to-Data support is WIP
https://twitter.com/oceanprotocol/status/1509514420770131976?t=HduxdkrGoTk41edglt7cnw&s=19