The latest articles on The Interledger Community 🌱 by Peter Frank (@peter). https://community.interledger.org/peter https://community.interledger.org/images/lK7BtY7xpCLEbfmqdzTwekqeLu8jdYJIIaRCzbdo1KM/rs:fill:90:90/g:sm/mb:500000/ar:1/aHR0cHM6Ly9jb21t/dW5pdHkuaW50ZXJs/ZWRnZXIub3JnL3Jl/bW90ZWltYWdlcy91/cGxvYWRzL3VzZXIv/cHJvZmlsZV9pbWFn/ZS8xLzkxZjFjYzMy/LWZiZTQtNDQyNi1i/YzA3LTRhMjQ2NGZi/OTVhMS5qcGc https://community.interledger.org/peter en Peter Frank Fri, 05 Feb 2021 23:14:41 +0000 https://community.interledger.org/peter/dev-grant-report-1-3i2 https://community.interledger.org/peter/dev-grant-report-1-3i2 <h2> Project Update </h2> <p>As part of the DEV Grant, we ran a <a href="https://dev.to/t/gftwhackathon/">successful hackathon</a> in partnership with GftW.</p> <p>This involved various announcement threads, help threads, emails, social posts, etc. The <a href="https://dev.to/devteam/announcing-the-grant-for-the-web-x-dev-hackathon-winners-1nl4">winning submissions</a> were extremely impressive.</p> <p>As part of the hackathon, we also added payment pointer functionality to <a href="https://forem.com">Forem</a>, the <a href="https://github.com/forem/forem">open-source</a> code that powers DEV and other inclusive communities — such as this one!</p> <p>More information on that update <a href="https://dev.to/devteam/dev-is-now-web-monetized-21db">here</a>.</p> <p>Finally, we shared an update regarding the Web Monetization Community <a href="https://dev.to/michaeltharrington/interested-in-the-future-of-web-monetization-check-out-the-wm-community-3igb">here</a>.</p> <h2> Progress on objectives </h2> <p>We have completed the objectives outlined in our Grant, but we look forward to continuing to support the Web Monetization ecosystem, and to seeing this community flourish.</p> <h2> Key activities </h2> <p>Key Activities included:</p> <ul> <li>Hackathon promotion</li> <li>Hackathon judging and prize fulfillment</li> <li>Technical work to implement the payment pointer</li> <li>Raising awareness around these features and the new WM Community</li> <li>Managing administrative aspects of the Coil free trial (to aid Hackathon development)</li> </ul> <h2> Communications and marketing </h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://mailchi.mp/dev/grant-for-the-web-x-dev-community-hackathon">Dedicated email</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/ThePracticalDev/status/1258414284096385025">Announcement Tweet</a></li> <li><a href="https://dev.to/devteam/announcing-the-grant-for-the-web-hackathon-on-dev-3kd1">Announcing the Grant For The Web Hackathon on DEV </a></li> <li><a href="https://dev.to/devteam/dev-is-now-web-monetized-21db">DEV is now Web Monetized</a></li> <li><a href="https://dev.to/devteam/you-can-now-web-monetize-your-dev-posts-but-don-t-get-your-hopes-up-too-quickly-goc">You can now web-monetize your DEV posts! (But don't get your hopes up too quickly)</a></li> <li><a href="https://dev.to/devteam/free-coil-trial-for-all-gftwhackathon-participants-3n7m">Free Coil trial for all #gftwhackathon participants</a></li> <li><a href="https://dev.to/devteam/announcing-the-grant-for-the-web-x-dev-hackathon-winners-1nl4">Announcing: The Grant For The Web x DEV Hackathon Winners!</a></li> <li><a href="https://dev.to/michaeltharrington/interested-in-the-future-of-web-monetization-check-out-the-wm-community-3igb">Interested in the Future of Web Monetization? Check out the WM Community</a></li> </ul> <h2> Remaining activities </h2> <p>N/A</p> <h2> What community support would benefit your project? </h2> <p>Please continue to participate here on the Web Monetization Community!</p> <h2> Additional comments </h2> <p>We had a wonderful time in all respects, and look forward to our ongoing collaboration with Grant for the Web.</p> grantreports