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Stellar's Community Growth QF round Showcase #2 features three African builders: Iowaka Uganda developing a Stellar-to-shilling exchange, Secure Flow building freelance escrow on Soroban, and Kayaba Labs running blockchain education programs in Ghana.

Stellar Community Growth QF round 2 showcases grassroots projects building November events. Dunia Hub presenting AI agent marketplace using x402 payments on Stellar testnet with Nairobi in-person finale. Ioweka Uganda launching community onboarding and Stellar-to-fiat exchange platform. 50k XLM matching pool, 700+ donors, round closes Oct 4.

Stellar's Community Growth QF round in action: the second year of the quadratic funding initiative connecting grassroots communities and Stellar ambassadors. Featured project pitches from Nigeria and Uganda showcase how regional teams are building Web3 education and onboarding locally.

Boundless co-founders Benjamin and Collins discuss building a Web3 opportunities platform on Stellar. The platform connects contributors beyond developers with paid work via bounties, grants, and hackathons. Funded by SCF #40, Boundless uses Stellar's fast, low-cost payments and escrow infrastructure to build trust between contributors and organizers.

SDF developer marketing lead Jeremy and judge Ash Francis (3x Stellar Hacks winner) host a Twitter Space walking developers through ZK hackathon submission requirements before the July 3 deadline. Key topics include ensuring code repos are public (not private—a common mistake), demo videos that are viewable (unlisted or public, not private), and creating comprehensive READMEs that accurately reflect your project scope, including any mock data or incomplete features. Speakers discuss the advantage of submitting early and iterating, proper GitHub branching strategies for ongoing development, and address frequently asked questions about technical pitfalls. The session emphasizes that judges read your README first, making clarity and accuracy essential for standing out.

Pulso Hackathon Q&A session with Stellar ambassadors Derek, Isamar, and Pedro addressing builder questions about the 10-day competition (June 20-30). Discussion covers integration requirements with approved Stellar partner projects, user interview validation for real-world solutions, and regional pitch events in São Paulo, Bogotá, and Buenos Aires leading to Stellar Summit opportunities.

Pulso Hackathon brings together builders across Brazil, Colombia, and Argentina around composability and DeFi integration. Teams of 2-4 must integrate with approved infrastructure projects like DeFindex to participate. SDF Developer Advocate Vlad Omago discusses preparation strategies, open-source contribution paths, and the regional Pit Day format that precedes the Stellar Summit by approximately one month.

CVVC and Stellar Development Foundation officially launched their investment partnership. The two firms will co-invest in early-stage blockchain companies across pre-seed to Series A, with a focus on founders with strong market fit and teams building meaningful Stellar integrations. A co-run accelerator program with mentors from their portfolio is now accepting applications.

Stellar Hacks: Real-World ZK hackathon launches June 15-29 with $10k in XLM prizes. The two-week competition invites developers to build zero-knowledge applications on Stellar, spanning privacy solutions, identity verification, confidential tokens, and trustless compute use cases. Minimal requirements: open-source repo and demo video.

EasyA co-founders Phil and Dom discuss the upcoming Consensus 2025 hackathon in Miami (May 5-7), highlighting three key themes for builders: AI-to-AI agent payments on blockchain, institutional adoption, and experimentation. They emphasize stablecoins, lending/borrowing apps, and developer-focused opportunities.

A Twitter Space hosted by the Stellar community promotes a Giveth quadratic funding round for educational and community projects aimed at growing Stellar adoption. Projects from Turkey, Nigeria, and Cyprus pitch initiatives like workshops, hackathons, and gamified onboarding events focused on Soroban, dApps, and real-world Stellar use cases such as remittances with USDC. The round ends September 2nd with a $50,000 USDC matching pool exclusively for Stellar network donations using XLM.

Stellar Development Foundation and partners launch a free two-week bootcamp starting October 20 teaching developers to build on Stellar and Soroban, with top students winning scholarships to DevConnect in Buenos Aires and access to a 15k USD hackathon.

BAF and Stellar hosted a Twitter Space with Star Maker ambassadors from Latin America to discuss the Builder Retreat in Buenos Aires, upcoming events, and the expansion of blockchain education across Mexico, Argentina, and Colombia.

Stellar and Babs Labs are hosting Redefine Possible on April 17th in NYC for International Women's Day, bringing together founders, engineers, and tech professionals to discuss emerging technologies, career growth, and blockchain innovation. The event features sessions on Stellar Community Fund funding, tech careers, and a women's health-focused project showcase.