Neon EVM: February Recap – We Did That!

Hi Neonauts,

As a first note Neon EVM turned 4, we’re now an impatient toddler to deliver more and more to our partners and community 🎂 🥳. Aside from that important milestone for Neon EVM, we continued our journey to a Solana-native approach, so here's a quick rundown of what the team has been working on over the past month, including technical developments, community highlights, and more.

Technical Updates: Streamlining Performance and Stability

Our Dev Team was busy this month:

• Updated documentation for the Transfer SDK and Solana Signer SDKv1
• Created a demonstration for the Solana Signature SDK v1
• Continued the infrastructure migration to RocksDB.
• 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.
• Devnet Updates: Pushed out a Devnet update, focusing on bug fixes. This included resolving a problem with block timestamps, and a fix for an issue where ERC20 tokens were incorrectly creating extra accounts on Solana. They also corrected a bug related to scheduled transactions using Solana signatures.
• Mainnet Preparation: The team has finalised preparations for a Mainnet update, which happened last Tuesday, the 25th of February.

Our TBA Team was deep in the trenches, writing the White Paper on Composability—exciting insights coming soon!

Our Integration Team was around:

• Solidity Testing: testing new use cases (Orca and Raydium), specifically focusing on enabling the creation of liquidity pools on Solana from EVM protocols
• Researching Composability v2, pushing the boundaries of interoperability.
• Assisting with key demos to enhance user and dev experience.
• Modifying the ERC20ForSPL contract.

Product: Enhanced Onboarding

• Developer Onboarding: The product team has started work on improving the developer onboarding process, aiming to make it easier for new developers to get started with Neon EVM.

Growing the Ecosystem - Interoperability, Hiring, and Community Highlights

• A Developer's Tutorial: Blog post on helping devs integrate AI-driven automation into dApps deployed on Solana via Neon EVM. Exploring AI agents + elizaOS plugin, check it out here
• Twitter madness: Check out some of these high engagement Tweets —  here and here
• New Community Town Hall: this time the Marketing Team took the lead on another great Community Town Hall. Missed it? No worries, you can grab your popcorn and check the key highlights here, catch up on the 2nd part here, or just listen to it here
• EVM-Solana Interoperability: We did a thread where we explain how Neon EVM facilitates seamless interoperability and the advantages it brings to developers and users alike. Check it out here
• 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.
• Community Swag: We gave some love and got some love back, here are some images of Neon EVM swag distributed to community members, showcasing the unique and stylish merchandise that has been making its way into the hands of our passionate community members. You can see them here, here and here!
• X Space Alert: @dariaagad & @MatthewFoyle spilled the secrets of scaling DevRel at every stage: from first hires and early community building to long-term growth. Check the audio recording here.

That wraps up our February update. We're constantly pushing forward, whether it's refining our technology or building a stronger community. We appreciate you staying with us on this journey. Keep an eye out for more developments, and don't hesitate to engage with us on our social channels. Follow us on X | Join our Discord

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