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Welcome to the 2nd part of Solar Q3 Update.In this part of the Q3 update we will be mentioning the following items:<ul><li>Past Events</li><li>Upcoming Conferences</li><li>Go English Scholarship Program</li><li>Upcoming Marketing Plans</li><li>AMA’s and Blogs</li><li>District 53 Progress</li><li>Official Release of District 53</li><li>NFT Marketplace</li></ul>Past Events:<ol><li>The District 53 event in Korea had over 250 registered RSVPs. Unfortunately extensive flooding prevented some people from attending in person.However despite this the event provided a great opportunity for us to stress test our system and meet with many existing and new Korean SXP holders.<a href="https://twitter.com/SolarNetwork/status/1556129686031572992" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://twitter.com/SolarNetwork/status/1556129686031572992</a></li></ol><img src="https://miro.medium.com/max/1400/0*fLYEndrcjqKUXUoL" />2. Solar Network hosted the “Fill in the Blanks” contest giving away 1000 SXP to a lucky winner between Aug 1–5.3. Tief sat down with Paco Hernandez, the owner and principal of Go English to discuss the scholarship program that will be funded using SXP. Learn more from this video interview on Solar’s official YouTube channel:<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v&#61;XVBN73IvmiU&amp;t&#61;11s" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> Solar Network interview with Go English</a> To date, applications for the Go English Scholarship Fund paid for in SXP have started as publicly announced by owner and principal of Go English, Paco Hernandez.More in this video announcement:<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v&#61;RJTjswwNDao&amp;t&#61;3s" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> SXP Scholarship Announcement</a><img src="https://miro.medium.com/max/1400/0*soYU0avuFiOlRAdJ" />4. Asia’s largest blockchain event, the Korea Blockchain Week was held on August 7th in Seoul and was attended by Nayiem and Tief.The Korean community is one of Solar’s largest communities, therefore it made perfect sense for Nayiem and Tief to attend.The event was well attended with more than 7,000 participants and over 120 speakers. The range of topics discussed included Web 3.0, DeFi, metaverse, and gaming.Attending the Korea Blockchain Week helped grow Solar’s network of trusted contacts in the fields of security auditing, game development, advertising, legal, DeFi and other industry experts across the crypto and blockchain space.Some of the additional partnerships that came out of the event include Adshares, offering digital advertising services in District 53 and Entersoft, auditing services for smart-contracts.Upcoming Conferences<ol><li>The Blockchain Land conference is another way to help Solar increase brand awareness and SXP adoption in Mexico. To help us penetrate this market, Tief will participate in this conference from October 5–7.</li><li>The growing prominence of Web3 in Southeast Asia, particularly the Philippines, prompts Solar to continue its advancement and innovation through District 53 which will soon be introduced in the Philippines this October/November of 2022. Further details to be announced.</li></ol><img src="https://miro.medium.com/max/1280/1*mdkbXZ9Nfh1mwAUHNrv2Ug.png" />3. Solar will participate in the Philippine Web3 Festival, a week-long premier event happening in Manila on November 14–18, 2022. The festival will cover GameFi, NFTs, DeFi and will bring the brightest minds and most renowned thought leaders in the Web3 industry to Manila.Go English Scholarship Program<img src="https://miro.medium.com/max/1400/0*kXhfgYb71yMNP9jI" />This program provides a massive opportunity for us to grow the Solar brand and increase SXP adoption in Latin America.Tief spoke about this in a recent AMA which you can listen to <a href="https://twitter.com/SolarNetwork/status/1559963181908652032" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">here</a>.Part of the initiative started with the launch of the Go English Scholarship Program where Solar Network delegates and the community have donated over 9,000 SXP to help fund English classes for 53 underserved people in the state of Sonora, Mexico.This program will create network effects for us, as new users adopt SXP across Mexico.We have published content about this program but if you haven’t had a chance to check it out please read the <a href="https://blog.solar.org/solar-network-to-launch-go-english-scholarship-program-e724ab47decf" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Solar Blog</a> or watch our <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwqHAuqshyujtLOlTD36bNw" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">YouTube</a> channel.We are still working towards reaching our goal of sponsoring 53 students and your SXP donations can be sent to this address SMaaJEGM5sqeURjk7aMhwymwo5FFr4BjD8.Additionally, in tandem with the launch of this program we have opened up three new Telegram groups for our Latin American, Mexican and Argentinian communities.Go English scholarship applicants must submit a video in the relevant Telegram group explaining why they deserve the scholarship. You can check out those videos <a href="https://t.me/SolarNetwork_Mexico" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">here</a>.Upcoming Marketing Plans<ol><li>We are working to get SXP mainnet listed on coins.ph, the most secure and trusted mobile wallet in the Philippines with more than 16 million users.A PDAX listing, one of the top crypto exchanges in the Philippines with more than 500,000 users is also on the SXP target list.</li><li>The benefits of partnering with ChangeNOW will be shared further with the community through an AMA. More details will be announced soon.</li><li>Co-marketing activities with NOWPayments to bring real world utility for SXP such as SXP being part of NOWPayments’ e-commerce partners and more.</li><li>Solar to guest on a live AMA hosted by CoinMarketCap on CMC’s official YouTube Channel with more than 380K subscribers. Date and topic to be announced.</li><li>To get SXP mainnet supported on Travala, a platform for hotel and accommodation booking, covering more than 500,000 properties across the globe which also focuses on cryptocurrency technology. Discussions have been made and will announce updates as soon as it’s available.</li></ol>AMAs and blog<ol><li>An AMA on Twitter Spaces was held on August 17th, Tief provided updates on the Korea Blockchain Week 2022 conference and District 53 side event:<a href="https://twitter.com/SolarNetwork/status/1559963181908652032" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> https://twitter.com/SolarNetwork/status/1559963181908652032</a></li><li>Tief’s blog article, District 53 the solution for Minecrafts killjoy, makes the number one spot in CoinMarketCap:<a href="https://twitter.com/CoinMarketCap/status/1556852771101491202" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> https://twitter.com/CoinMarketCap/status/1556852771101491202</a></li><li>Hosted a Twitter Spaces, the Minds behind District 53, with our Lead Architect, Milkshake on July 18th:<a href="https://twitter.com/SolarNetwork/status/1548355414517248000" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> https://twitter.com/SolarNetwork/status/1548355414517248000</a></li></ol>District 53 Progress:<img src="https://miro.medium.com/max/1400/0*IrZXT5fogR4_PaMn" /><ol><li>The District 53 event in Korea had over 250 registered RSVPs.<a href="https://twitter.com/SolarNetwork/status/1556129686031572992" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://twitter.com/SolarNetwork/status/1556129686031572992</a></li><li>On August 13th, Dokdo announced new features in District 53 including NFT land auction and burning of SXP. Read the article here: <a href="https://medium.com/&#64;dokdo_sh/district-53-pre-launch-announcement-be3ac4b8c6d5" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://medium.com/&#64;dokdo_sh/district-53-pre-launch-announcement-be3ac4b8c6d5</a></li><li>On August 19th, Dokdo hosted the District 53 Battle Arena Event.The ancient battle arena is where brave gladiators entered to test their fighting skills and bravery against one another.The fight was to the death with the winner receiving honour and glory! Survivors were rewarded from a prize pool of 1000 SXP! Here is what some of the community had to say about the event:</li></ol>Armors and weapons were balanced.Wars ended neither fast nor slow, it was well thought out. ~brodeinlisutEverything was very enjoyable and fun. ~ErfanfrzsoufiIt was a realistic combat experience and there were a lot of brave gladiators. They fought bravely and with equal equipment. ~xmilkshake14. We are in the process of creating a District 53 mascot that will have a backstory to help build a unique and distinct brand personality for the Solar metaverse. The mascot character will be based on the Twitter Poll results here Dunkin the Dragon received the most votes from the community. You can see those results here: <a href="https://twitter.com/Jeffreytief/status/1559428191558586368?s&#61;20&amp;t&#61;7gUCwaKJ_lTAA2ipTLP15g" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://twitter.com/Jeffreytief/status/1559428191558586368</a>5. Capture The Flag event was launched on September 1th.It involved a maximum of 30 players who were placed in teams.Each team had to capture the flag from their opponent’s base and return to their own base and click on their own flag.Points were collected by capturing the flag or by killing opponents. Weapons and other tools were also collected by opening chests in the map.Capture the Flag event winners shared a prize pool of 1000 SXP.This event was organised to collect data and feedback to establish the feasibility of holding more regular Capture the Flag Events.CTF Events will be organised more frequently after the official District 53 Release.More information to follow.<img src="https://miro.medium.com/max/1400/1*81jotD_q7Yu_0MmRMOtRAQ.png" />6. Kart Club Go Kart Race:Kart Club, District 53’s very first Go-Kart race was held on October 1st at 18:00 UTC.Participants were pitted against one another whilst speeding through thrilling obstacles.Participants who first reached the finish line first shared a prize pool of 1000 SXP.The event was considered a major success with fun for both spectators and participants.We will be bringing more D53 events your way so don’t miss out keep following District 53 for updates.7. Land sales are auctioned on District 53 website: <a href="https://district53.io/auctions" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://district53.io/auctions</a>The initial land sale was hosted on District 53 domain using a traditional method where a user can link their game address.The land was automatically assigned to the in-game wallet address of the auction winner.Auction winners can explore and build on their land without the fear that someone might destroy their property.They can display ad banners to earn rewards from anyone visiting their property or build a farm, mine blocks and sell these resources on Xeggex or in the in-game marketplace.Auction winners can place treasures on their land or create chests with a lock to store resources.Once value is established on the land, it can be sold directly on the D53 marketplace.The virtual land will be converted to NFT’s on the SXP blockchain as soon as it becomes available.Until then, Dokdo will be manually addressing land owners.90% of the earnings from initial land sales will be burned on the SXP blockchain.Other trades on the District 53 Meaning that 90% will go to the seller, 5% will be burned and 2% will go to the Solar Foundation wallet and 3% will go to the Dokdo team.Official Release of District 53After many months of developing, testing and playing games on the D53 beta server. We are now happy to announce that Dokdo will be officially deploying the latest server and District 53 client with many bug-fixes and improvements on the 10th of October.During the transition from beta to the official release version, District 53 servers will not be reachable for 6 hours.Further announcements will be provided by Dokdo.During the beta phase, Dokdo has burned 7488 SXP from (15) virtual land sales.Which can be seen on the explorer here:<a href="https://explorer.solar.org/transactions/fcd8b7642a3223b0b570ba2fae66d39bd218aec839587148e1ca3c8307b7df3b" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://explorer.solar.org/transactions/fcd8b7642a3223b0b570ba2fae66d39bd218aec839587148e1ca3c8307b7df3b</a>What are the next steps for District 53 by Dokdo:<ul><li>Last week, Dokdo has signed a partnership agreement with a BSC project with more than 25.000 users and with more than 14,700 active Minecraft players that will utilise SXP and build their server on the District 53 platform. Details to be announced soon by Dokdo.</li><li>Anyone that purchases or already has purchased land will be able to re-auction their virtual land on the District 53 website.</li><li>Virtual land sales will also be made available on the Xeggex exchange and will be available to any Xeggex user including Korean users and anyone that is restricted by the VASP Travel rule.</li><li>Anyone with a certain amount of SXP will be able to deploy their own District 53 server and have it listed in the official District 53 client.The SXP received from hosting a server in the District will be partially burned by Dokdo. Details to be announced.</li><li>Virtual land sales will now be fully automated on the District 53 website. Dokdo will list at least 10 virtual properties on their auction website every day, starting from next week.Dokdo will continue to burn 90% from all initial land sales.</li><li>The in-game marketplace is now online in District 53.The next step will be to list resources such as coal, bricks, weapons and any unique items on the Xeggex exchanges.This means that if you are looking to build but don’t have enough time to look for resources, you will be able to buy these resources from other users on the Xeggex exchange.</li><li>A special D53 update will be released before the Philippine Web3 Event that will allow users to earn SXP within the game.</li><li>More games are currently being developed to be implemented in the District 53 Metaverse.</li><li>A mobile version of District 53 is in the making and will be released by Dokdo in the upcoming weeks.</li><li>Weekly events will be organised and announced on several platforms that will attract more users while providing the opportunity to win more SXP.</li><li>AdShares plugin will be integrated on the District 53 platform and can be utilised by any D53 server owner.</li><li>A documentation will be released that will allow delegates, developers or any other user to build plugins or custom mods for District 53 servers.</li><li>A new website of District 53 will be released with many new features and with a new look and feel.</li></ul>On behalf of Dokdo, we would like to thank everyone that has participated in building and testing District 53 during the beta phase.NFT MarketplaceDelegate NFT has been working the last few months on the NFT Marketplace which was mentioned in the roadmap on the official Solar website.While we truly appreciate that 3rd party individuals are building on the Solar Network, we previously had to deal with certain negativity from within the community regarding projects that were not in our control.Since we can not control these projects and cannot guarantee the maintainability, expected time-frame while creating an unfair advantage towards other delegates and community contributors, we have decided that in our next website update to be released on Friday, we will be removing any roadmap items that are currently not in our control.Thank you for reading!Stay tuned for another blog to be released on Wednesday the 5th of October which will cover updates on the following items:<ul><li>Latest Core Update</li><li>Info about foundation funds on protocol level</li><li>Information regarding exchanges and the mainnet swaps</li><li>Partnerships</li></ul>With the last Q3 update to be released on Friday the 7th of October which will cover updates on the following items:<ul><li>The Solar Blockchain Foundation</li><li>Job opportunities at Solar Blockchain Foundation</li><li>New website release</li><li>Introduction to projects on Solar</li><li>Events Calendar</li><li>Solar Merchandise Shop</li><li>Update on roadmap items and whitepaper</li><li>Mobile wallet and Browser wallet</li></ul>Follow Solar!Twitter:<a href="https://twitter.com/SolarNetwork" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> https://twitter.com/SolarNetwork</a>Medium:<a href="https://blog.solar.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> https://blog.solar.org</a>Telegram:<a href="https://t.me/Solar" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> https://t.me/Solar</a> &amp;<a href="https://t.me/&#64;Solar_Network" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> https://t.me/&#64;Solar_Network</a>Facebook:<a href="https://www.facebook.com/OfficialSolarNetwork" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> https://www.facebook.com/OfficialSolarNetwork</a>Instagram:<a href="https://www.instagram.com/solarnetworkofficial/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> https://www.instagram.com/solarnetworkofficial</a>LinkedIn:<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/solarnetworkofficial" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> https://www.linkedin.com/company/solarnetworkofficial</a>Discord:<a href="https://discord.solar.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> https://discord.solar.org</a>Website:<a href="https://solar.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> https://solar.org</a>

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