Additionally, on the developer engagement front – B9lab launched an updated version of its Tezos 101 course with new content. The course is completely free and 100% online. This is also a good time to remind everyone that registration for B9lab’s Tezos Blockstars program is still open. The Blockstars Program features a full Tezos Developer Course that is more intensive than the 101 course and will teach participants LIGO and SmartPy. We are sponsoring 500 developers to take this course for free – sign up here for a chance at a free seat.

In more news of strong developer engagement – IDEO CoLab and TQ Tezos hosted an online developer workshop with participation from Tezos developers Matej of Stove Labs and Vishakh of Cryptonomic. We also announced that the team behind the Truffle Suite received a grant to integrate the Tezos protocol and accompanying smart contract languages with their development environment. Lastly – we are excited for a Tezos-based blockchain development training camp happening next month in Tokyo. I can’t wait to see what they build!

Shipping began for the first wave of Tezos-engraved special edition Ledger Nano S hardware wallets. Included in this round are all of the fundraiser contributors who completed the activation process and interacted with the Ledger gift smart contract by 23:59 on 15 July. We’re very excited for people to begin receiving their devices! Remember that we’ll be checking the smart contract interactions on a monthly basis, so there’s still time to claim a special edition Nano S. If you need to see the instructions, you can find them in our original blog post.

Best regards,

Ryan