The battle in the arena continues to intensify. Summoners are now experimenting with powerful new combos more after recent Nexus expansions, and a new Battle Pass has arrived… bringing with it a new Champion!
Argos, The Thousand Eyes
Argos was innocent once. He almost remembered it… like trying to grasp at a dream as it disappears into the morning.
He knew that everything had changed when the demons came to Ka-Drax. He knew he had changed, but he didn’t quite recall how he was before. He didn’t care, really. There had been so much pain…he just wanted to make the world feel the terror of all that pain he had felt.
Normal Attack will deal damage to a single enemy, with a match dealing even more damage.
Evil Ray deals damage to two random enemies. A match will inflict more damage, as well as adding stacks of Cursing Gaze to targets.
Gaze of Curse deals damage to all enemies. A match will increase the damage dealt, add stacks of Cursing Gaze to targets and grant Argos Watchful Eye.
Gaze of Fear grants Argos Watchful Eye at the start of the battle, which will cause enemies with too many Cursing Gaze debuffs on them to become petrified. While Argos has Watchful Eye, he will also deal extra damage to petrified targets.
The Arena Calls
The battle has begun, and Argos is already live in the game, inside the 7th Champions Battle Pass! The Battle Pass is the only way to acquire Argos, so make sure and grab one if you want to really keep an eye (or many eyes!) on your opponents.
Good luck on the new Battle Pass, Summoners. See you in the arena!
From the vibrant streets of Montgomery to a meteoric rise into the metaverse spotlight, J.K. Mac is a testament to the transformative energy of Gala Music.
With the recent drop of “Swear,” featuring the renowned YoungBoy Never Broke Again, J.K. Mac has demonstrated the power of decentralized platforms, making an explosive Gala Music debut in the ranks of Gala Music’s emerging artists.
Gala Music is leading the charge in music’s web3 revolution, offering a blockchain-based ecosystem that breaks down traditional barriers between artists and their audiences. By leveraging the unique capabilities of NFTs to blur the lines between the physical and digital, Gala Music provides artists like J.K. Mac with unparalleled opportunities to connect with fans, monetize their creations and gain the recognition they deserve.
You’ll also find the music video for “Swear” exclusively on Gala Music.
The Journey
J.K. Mac’s journey from a passionate young musician to a breakout hip hop sensation exemplifies our artist empowerment ethos. From his early days, J.K. was always deeply committed to refining his craft, a fact evident in the dedication of his rapidly growing fan base. His music, rich with classic hip hop influences and infused with contemporary production techniques, speaks volumes of his artistic depth and resilience.
The release of “Swear” on Gala Music is more than just a milestone for J.K. Mac—it’s a declaration of the platform’s commitment to nurturing talent and redefining the music industry’s future. Alongside the track, the innovative Mystery Box release offers fans a chance to engage with J.K. Mac’s work on a deeper level, featuring exclusive merchandise, additional NFT tracks, and even the opportunity to interact with the artist himself.
As we witness J.K. Mac’s ascent, it’s clear that Gala Music is not merely a platform but a movement. By aligning the interests of artists and fans through cutting edge web3 tech, Gala Music is setting new standards for artist support and audience engagement. J.K. Mac’s success story should light the way for countless emerging artists, showcasing the boundless possibilities when creativity joins forces with cutting-edge technology.
Stream “Swear” on Gala Music and be part of this exciting journey. We’re not just listening to music– we’re shaping the future of an industry. Join us in celebrating the artistry of J.K. Mac and the innovative spirit of Gala Music, where music knows no bounds, and every artist has a stage.
Hot on the heels of our massively successful GALAthon 24 hour hackathon event during GDC 2024, we’re proud to announce a new GalaChain strategic partnership with CoinEasy, the all-in-one web3 education platform. CoinEasy is a pioneering project committed to making cryptocurrency education accessible and understandable in South Korea.
This collaboration is set to revolutionize the way individuals interact with and understand blockchain tech and cryptocurrency. To reach our ambitious goal of onboarding the world’s first billion users to web3, education is an essential piece of the puzzle.
CoinEasy: Your Gateway to Crypto Knowledge
CoinEasy streamlines crypto education, designed with the goal of demystifying the often complex world of blockchain. By leveraging the cutting-edge technology of GalaChain, CoinEasy offers secure, comprehensive, and easy-to-navigate educational content and tools. Whether you’re a beginner curious about crypto basics or an advanced user looking to deepen your knowledge, CoinEasy provides a wealth of resources tailored to the Korean audience.
A Platform Built for All
What sets CoinEasy apart is its focus on inclusivity and accessibility. Understanding that the journey from web2 to web3 can be daunting for many, CoinEasy employs account abstraction to seamlessly onboard users onto its platform, preparing them to interact with GalaChain. This approach ensures that no matter your level of technical expertise, engaging with a robust digital economy has never been easier.
Download CoinEasy Today
To start your crypto education journey with CoinEasy, download the app now available on both iOS and Google Play:
Through this partnership, Gala and CoinEasy aim to empower individuals in South Korea to confidently navigate the digital economy. By providing accessible education and practical tools, we hope to foster a knowledgeable and engaged crypto community, ready to take advantage of the many opportunities that blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies have to offer.
A Vision for the Future
As we join forces with CoinEasy on a mission of crypto education, Gala remains committed to our mission of leveraging web3 technologies for empowerment, innovation and inclusivity. This partnership is not just about providing education; it’s about building the foundation of a more informed and confident crypto community in South Korea and beyond.
Stay tuned for updates on this exciting partnership, and join us in welcoming a new era of crypto education with Gala and CoinEasy. Together, we’re making the world of blockchain and cryptocurrencies accessible to everyone.
Keep a close eye on GalaChain, because the massive rollouts, updates, and partnership announcements are just getting started. Welcome to a new world of user empowerment in the blockchain age.
Last week’s hackathon brought a wave of new innovation to GalaChain! We saw new tools and platforms come to life before our very eyes. Thank you to everyone who participated and to everyone who followed along with the development frenzy!
We’re already starting to think about future developments on GalaChain based on some of the major innovations from this event! Before we leave the GalaChain Hackathon in the past, however, we wanted to just recap some of the biggest developments from the event!
Big Names, Big Prizes
As you may have noticed over the past few weeks, we had some big names show up to help judge entries from the Hackathon!
Judge’s carousel
While our chain team and the judges are still deliberating over category prizes for the entire hackathon, the Judge’s Choice Awards for in-person participants has already made some GalaChain hackers into big winners!
Caption: (Left to Right): Jason Brink, Team NFTD, Team NoREST, Team Corgi AI3D Forever (+ data dog)
The winners of the in-person Judges’ Choice Awards took home a combined $450,000 prize pool! The awards are far from over though, as more than $500k of prizes will soon be awarded for the rest of the general category winners!
Congratulations to the winners of The Judges’ Choice awards… and a special thanks to all the judges who joined us for this major development event!
Caption: Check out the presentation for the first place Judges’ Choice – NFTD!
Innovation on Chain
Each of the three teams picked by the judges contributed massively to GalaChain, but that only scratches the surface of what came out of this hackathon!
💜 The Fuzzle Prime team participated in the GalaChain hackathon from @GoGalaGames, and we're thrilled to share our journey with you.
Below, you'll find three links to explore the results of our hard work. Dive in and discover the innovation! 🥂
Those in-person represented just a portion of total participants, and there were projects that we haven’t even touched on yet diligently coding away through the 24-hours. We want to give each of those projects a chance to get the attention they deserve. Expect us to be talking more about individual efforts in the near future after our chain team has had time to appreciate the nuance of each project.
Open source development isn’t just a sprint and then done. Everything that is crafted on chain creates more tools and opens the floodgates for better and better innovations.
Those gates are open on GalaChain, and this is just the first trickle of the torrent to come.
Thanks for Joining Us!
Whether you were laboriously swatting bugs and troubleshooting code all night along with us or you were at home just following along on Discord or our livestreams… thank you! The GalaChain Hackathon is about creating a better ecosystem for our community, and not only the techies among us benefit from that. Your comments, suggestions, support and excitement are a vital part of this process. Even if you’re not actively building on GalaChain, GalaChain is building for you!
Being enthusiastic about the tech world doesn’t necessarily mean that you know EVERYTHING… we get it. DevSpeak, because sometimes the jargon day to day can all start feeling a little bit alphabet soup.
Lately, there’s been a lot of talk about DePIN. An anecdotal and unscientific sampling of coworkers has revealed that it’s likely many of you reading this (also) have no idea what DePIN stands for or means.
DevSpeak is here to save the day! This series is your chance to get just a teeny bit of insight into some techie lingo here and there. Even if you’re not going to single-handedly engineer the next era of tech breakthroughs, hopefully some small window into developer culture gives you a much better understanding of the world as a whole!
DePIN, Defined
DePIN (usually pronounced `Dē-Pǐn), is short for DEcentralized Physical Infrastructure Network. These are systems organized across a physically distributed network – allowing for storage, sharing and other cooperative use of resources without any one entity controlling the system itself.
DePINs share work across a network of computers to accomplish tasks that would otherwise require a physical server infrastructure. Unlike traditional remote networks, these systems allow participating nodes to work together without any centralized organization, while maintaining standards through protocols established on the network itself.
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Ok guys, let's talk #DePin since apparently, when I look at hashtags, we are heading into a #DePINSummer.
Modern DePINs frequently rely on blockchain technology to ensure that individual nodes in the network play by the rules or do their part. A blockchain naturally creates verifiable accountability for all users of the DePIN, whereas on-chain assets can provide incentives for users to continue supporting the network.
Constant Evolving Technology
If this concept sounds familiar, that’s because it’s exactly what the Gala Node Ecosystem has been doing for years. We’d love to claim credit for the idea of distributed networks, but it goes back way further than us.
Digital resources have been shared remotely by networks for a long time. Remember torrents? Those were utilizing your bandwidth to facilitate downloads… working with other people hosting the same file, you’d each be providing part of the file. This created a network with scalability bound only by its user base.
DePIN evolved fast from those early days. Organizations like IPFS came along and made the world rethink what was possible from decentralized networks. Today, IPFS has created a truly global peer-to-peer network that has become one of the key foundations for the modern internet.
The Gala Node workloads actually operate through IPFS protocols. Each innovation in the chain of progress is required for the next step.
To summarize: A DePIN is a network of physical devices sharing resources, yet physically separated from each other.
These systems can have governance rules, or simply protocols that mandate incentives and punishments for non-compliance. DePINs are often the basis for blockchain ecosystems, but not always. Sometimes a DePIN is just an off-chain, decentralized system.
Still confused? Let’s try a couple examples.
Imagine you want to host a platform that contains all the best cat videos in the history of the internet, preserved for posterity and human viewing pleasure. You start gathering up cat videos (mostly from your hypothetical cats, Mittens and Meowth), then find yourself buying an awful lot of physical storage. No problem, you can just call that big box hosting service… cats love boxes!
Now you’ve got Tb of cat videos, you want to get them to the world that needs them! But… people REALLY love cat videos. You quickly find your apartment stuffed full of server boxes running your growing platform. Hey wait! Doesn’t the big box corporation also have data servers? Yay! Boxes!
Eventually, you have your cat video empire… but pretty much only by the grace of the big box company. Instead of handing control over the culturally indispensable cat videos and data over, you could have involved a DePIN with sustainable incentives… ensuring your cats aren’t controlled by a dog-loving company.
Hmmm… maybe that was more confusing… let’s try something simpler.
There are miners for Bitcoin all over the world. Those miners all contribute work to the network, which uses that computational power to encrypt the next block. Some Bitcoin miners are massive facilities and some are individuals with a few extra machines. Regardless, each of these individual miners is technically a node in a DePIN.
Bitcoin miners don’t receive a paycheck from a central office. They don’t have to keep up with amending company bylaws or sign contracts… Bitcoin provides incentives to miners who write the last block directly from its inherent protocols. It is a self-sustaining DePIN, with each miner a node.
Hopefully those “practical” examples eliminated some confusion for you!
‘DePIN’ Your Understanding
Unlike some other jargon that we’ll talk about, DePIN isn’t necessarily a complex topic that we need to just brush the surface of. It’s actually pretty simple… a bunch of machines that are not physically together doing work together with no central hub. This one isn’t rocket science… it’s just a new enough idea to not always be intuitive.
This idea is going to continue to grow over the next few years. The idea of DePIN is that no individual controls the network… the network itself makes those decisions. Advancements in AI could help power a new revolution of DePIN and with it true democratization of digital spaces.
DePIN is something that you probably interact with on a daily basis. We hope you not only understand the word a little better from this edition of DevSpeak, but also are a little more aware of the systems around you that are marvels of modern ingenuity.
We’ll see you next time to demystify another tech concept! Enjoy the DePIN world!
