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Get ready! In 1.5 hours - 8 pm UTC - the interview with our co-founder Max Kantelia will be premiering on Cryptonites. He will discuss altcoins, scaling, sharding DApps, and more. Tune into the live chat to ask questions about the topics that are being discussed http://ow.ly/i5m350xgcNT. See you there! 🎬 🍿
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WHICH CITY ARE YOU FROM?
Hello everyone,

Thank you for constantly supporting Zilliqa and being a part of our global community - we really appreciate your belief in our platform and all of your feedback on how we can become stronger.

We would like to find out more about you and where you are from, so as to better organise future global community and developers meetups.

Please help us to us to enhance engagement with you, by answering the questions in this link. We promise it wont take too long, but will go a long way in making the ZIL family bigger and stronger!

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Z3BK86L

We look forward to seeing you at our next meetup 😊

@zilliqa
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Mark your calendars with the ZILLIQA Token Swap Deadline: 15 February 2020

We are pleased to share that the Zilliqa team has completed swapping their tokens, and the percentage of swapped tokens is currently at 94%. The deadline for the Zilliqa token swap has been set to 15 February 2020.

Following this date, you will not be able to swap your tokens, and they will be lost forever. Don't let this happen! If you haven't participated in the swap, here the instructions you can use to complete the process via exchanges. We list some storage options for your mainnet tokens as well. 

https://blog.zilliqa.com/mark-your-calendars-with-the-zilliqa-token-swap-deadline-15-february-2020-20e3ea5fc0b7

We urge you to do this right away - and if you have any queries, please ask us via our Telegram channel. As always, thank you for your cooperation. 

$ZIL 🔥
Zilliqa welcomes its fifth wave of talented grantees into the newly rebranded ZILHive Grants programme 

Zilliqa consolidates all accelerator, education and grants initiatives under a common umbrella called ZILHive. The popular USD $5 million Ecosystem Grants Programme is now dubbed ZILHive Grants - and will be a key component of the new ZILHive programme.

Rebranding comes at a key phase of our growth; it represents our vision to create meaningful, intricate and productive networks where professionals can learn from and influence each other to help this ecosystem grow.

The 12 new grantees of the fifth wave promise to infuse new ideas and technical capabilities into our ecosystem. Read all about their projects below!

You can now apply for the sixth wave -  remember that priority will be given to financial applications and financial inclusion-centric projects.

More here: https://blog.zilliqa.com/introducing-our-newly-restructured-zilhive-programme-822563acabde
Hello everyone,

We're almost at capacity for our London meet-up on 14 December and will close registrations by Sunday 08 December, so please ensure you have registered via

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/zilliqa-community-meet-up-in-london-tickets-81741435835

VENUE : Pizza Express, 23 Bruton Place, Mayfair, London W1J 6ND
DATE : 14 December
TIME: 2pm to 4pm

Kindly bring along identification with you for the event. We will not be admitting anyone who is not on the guest list, and has not registered beforehand.

Max and Amrit look forward to meeting you!

Regards,
The @zilliqa team
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Monthly Newsletter - November 2019: Greetings all, we’re pleased to present our first-ever monthly newsletter - in which we provide you with a summary of the latest at Zilliqa. With all of your feedback in mind, we’ve made it as visual and reader-friendly as possible and we really hope you like it!  In this current issue, we outline our key new partnerships, on-going educational initiatives, the major tech upgrade to version 6.0.0, our new FCAS ranking, and highlights from our recent event participations.
https://blog.zilliqa.com/zilliqa-monthly-newsletter-november-2019-c08648ed04d4
If you have further questions, we encourage you to participate in our monthly AMAs.

Our next AMA session is in fact, scheduled for 16 December at 5:00 PM SGT (9:00 AM UTC) on our Discord Channel, and will focus on our latest technical upgrade and our technical plans for 2020 - in particular our staking project. If you're a techie or developer, or just want to learn more please do join us!

Regards,
The @zilliqa team
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Zilliqa AMA - 16 December 2019

We’re happy to share that members of our Platform and Languages teams will be available on Monday, 16 December to answer any queries you may have on:

Our Latest Tech Upgrade (v.6.0.0)
New Tools and Features 
Tech Plans for 2020 - especially our staking project

This 1-hour AMA (Ask Me Anything) will be held on Zilliqa's Discord Platform (General channel) at 5:00 PM Singapore time (9:00 AM UTC).

You can use https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter-classic.html to convert to your timezone.

We kindly request you to abide by the following rules to keep this AMA session productive, professional and informative:
1. Please be polite and professional.
2. Please be patient, and we will try to get to as many questions as we can.
3. Please stick to the above themes of this technical AMA. Questions on other topics will not be addressed in this session.
4. Please try to avoid (whenever possible) duplicate questions.
https://discord.gg/8tpGXrB

Best,
The @zilliqa team
Trends in DeFi: A chat with Zilliqa, Haseeb Qureshi and Tarun Chitra

Starting: Tomorrow (Tuesday) 4.30 - 5.45 PM UTC time / 00.30 - 1.45 AM SGT time

It’s that time of the year again, when we need to reflect on what the larger industry has accomplished in 2019, where the gaps lay, and the most urgent trends to address as we look ahead and seek collective progress.

In this spirit, Zilliqa is thrilled to welcome industry experts Haseeb Qureshi, Managing Partner at Dragonfly Capital, and Tarun Chitra, CEO of Gauntlet, for a friendly chat with Zilliqa and its community on staking, collateralization, on-chain lending, decentralised finance (DeFi) and leveraging blockchain for financial inclusion.

Co-hosted by President Amrit Kumar and Vice President - Growth and Strategy Arthur Cheong, the session will take place in the Zilliqa Official Channel (https://t.me/zilliqachat) and will be followed by a Q&A session for your benefit. There will also be a give away for the best question asked!

Our guests:
Haseeb Qureshi is a managing partner at crypto venture fund Dragonfly Capital, and has previously worked for Airbnb, Earn.com, and MetaStable Capital. He recently published a DeFi related article on Medium, titled, “How DeFi cannibalizes PoS security”.
Tarun Chitra is the CEO of Gauntlet (a blockchain simulation platform), former researcher at Cornell University, and founder of the NYC Salon. He recently published a scientific paper, titled, “Competitive equilibria between staking and on-chain lending”. Both guests will appear on the Telegram channel tomorrow to discuss their work with us.

Haseeb Qureshi - How DeFi cannibalizes PoS security:
https://medium.com/dragonfly-research/how-defi-cannibalizes-pos-security-84b146f00697.

Tarun Chitra - Competitive equilibria between staking and on-chain lending:
https://docsend.com/view/697feid.

Overview of the event:
* Short introduction by Haseeb and Tarun [5 minutes].
* Discussion between Haseeb, Tarun, Amrit & Arthur [40 minutes].
* Questions from the community [30 minutes].

House Rules:
* Please be polite and professional when asking questions.
* Please stick to the topic(s) when asking a question.
* Please be patient when asking a question, not all questions can be answered at the same time.
All you need to know about VERSION 6.0.0

Hello everyone, our tech and scilla experts break down the last major upgrade of 2019 -  version 6.0.0, its various features, and work being done on Scilla!

Version 6.0.0 aimed to improve user experience by enabling easier data access, supporting smart contracts with multiple messages and achieving faster block times. Read all about the features that were added to achieve our goals. 
https://blog.zilliqa.com/all-you-need-to-know-about-zilliqa-v-6-0-0-535ef1c35403

Starting from the launch of the mainnet in January 2019, it's been a year of learnings and wins. We're all working to ensure that in 2020, we will shine even brighter! 
#ProgressWithZIL

Regards,
The @zilliqa team
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Want to learn more about smart contract patterns?

Our Developer Evangelist, Gareth Mensah takes us through a key feature of a smart contracts called “Procedures,” which will greatly simplify coding for developers. Check out his explanation for why this is useful here: https://blog.zilliqa.com/smart-contract-patterns-scilla-procedures-ad4f58363656
Zilliqa gets an "A" ranking on FCAS!

Zilliqa recently received an "A" ranking on the Fundamental Crypto Asset Score (FCAS™). What does this mean? Glad you asked. The below article explains the key variables measured within the FCAS framework,  and Zilliqa's continuous progress on this crypto health metric created by Flipside Crypto. 
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https://blog.zilliqa.com/zilliqa-recognised-among-top-15-crypto-players-becomes-an-a-ranked-project-by-flipside-crypto-8e650c018e7e?