👋 Hello Ushuaia! The 21st Tezos protocol upgrade is live at block #13,857,889 Major changes include: ⚡️ DAL bandwidth increase to 10 MB/s 🛠️ Dynamic DAL attestation lag 🔧 Rollup-aligned PVM upgrades Three features are included behind feature flags for community testing and evaluation (were not activated on mainnet): 💾 Faster rollup storage preparation 💧 sTEZ – enshrined liquid staking 🛡️ Quantum-resistant user keys 📄 Learn more:

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🔥 Hot out of the Oven: The Baking Sheet This Week in the Tezos Ecosystem: ➡️ Ushuaia Activates June 29 – After months of development, testing, and governance, Ushuaia is set to become Tezos' 21st protocol upgrade. The update brings a 15x increase in Data Availability Layer bandwidth, faster DAL confirmations, rollup improvements, testnet support for protocol-native liquid staking (sTEZ), and the first implementation of post-quantum tz5 accounts for ecosystem testing. Bakers and node operators are encouraged to prepare by upgrading to Octez v25 ahead of activation. ➡️ Metals.io Expands Into Nickel and Cobalt – Building on its growing real-world asset platform, metals.io has added tokenized nickel and cobalt alongside gold, uranium, and its Strategic Metals Basket. These commodities play a key role in electric vehicles, renewable energy, aerospace, and AI infrastructure, continuing the platform's mission of making traditionally hard-to-access markets more accessible through Tezos. ➡️ Art on Tezos Shines During Art Basel – Art Basel week once again highlighted the strength of the Tezos art ecosystem, with exhibitions including Quayola's En plein air at HEK and Emi Kusano's Office Ladies: Rituals of Overflow presented by Grida. The week brought together artists, collectors, curators, and institutions while showcasing how digital art on Tezos continues to reach major cultural venues around the world. ➡️ Ecosystem Spotlight: Explore Tezos with tez.cool – This week's spotlight features tez.cool, the community dashboard built by Tezos Commons that brings staking data, baker analytics, DeFi metrics, whale tracking, project directories, and live network statistics together in one place. It's a practical resource for anyone looking to better understand what's happening across the Tezos ecosystem. 👉 Read the full newsletter | Subscribe

📣 Tezos bakers & node operators, Ushuaia is set to activate on June 29th, ETA 23:24 UTC - Upgrade to Octez v25.0 - Remove the Adaptive Issuance toggle vote before upgrading - Check hardware requirements & other deployment changes 🧑‍💻Prepare for a smooth upgrade! 📄 The following Agora post summarizes all the necessary:

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🏆 Announcing the Winners of the Tezos Community Rewards Program for May! May Winners for the Tezos Community Awards Program Every month, tez rewards are distributed to individuals and teams who stand out in merit and act in the interest of the Tezos ecosystem as a whole. For this round, a total of 9,500 tez has been awarded. June Nominations are now open 📥 There are two ways to nominate: 1. it only takes 30 seconds via typeform 2. tag #TezosCRP on Twitter/Reddit/Discord/Telegram We're using Kukai's DirectAuth (Info) to send awards straight to the winners' X account on Kukai. If you have any questions about the process, please feel free to contact us.

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🔥 Hot out of the Oven: The Baking Sheet This Week in the Tezos Ecosystem: ➡️ Ushuaia Nears Final Approval – With just days remaining in the Promotion phase, Ushuaia is approaching the final stage of Tezos governance. The proposed upgrade would deliver a 15x increase in Data Availability Layer bandwidth, faster DAL confirmations, rollup-specific governance upgrades, testnet support for protocol-native liquid staking (sTEZ), and the introduction of post-quantum tz5 accounts for ecosystem testing and preparation. ➡️ New Public RPC Infrastructure Goes Live – Trilitech has launched new public RPC endpoints for both Tezos Mainnet and Shadownet. While often invisible to users, RPC infrastructure powers wallets, explorers, dApps, analytics platforms, and developer tools. The addition of a dedicated Shadownet endpoint gives builders an easier way to experiment with future technologies and upcoming protocol features. ➡️ Metals.io Featured in Nasdaq Coverage – Ben Elvidge joined the Investing News Network podcast to discuss how metals.io is modernizing commodity ownership through tokenization. 👉 Read the full newsletter | Subscribe

🔥 Hot out of the Oven: The Baking Sheet – Issue #310 This Week in the Tezos Ecosystem: ➡️ Tezos Systems: Understanding Tezos Through Data – Community member Baking Benjamins continues building one of the ecosystem’s most useful resources with Tezos Systems. From governance history and baker analytics to whale tracking, staking metrics, and personalized wallet timelines through Your Tezos Story, the platform helps users explore both the current state of Tezos and the history that shaped it. ➡️ Community Spotlight: TheTezosCommunity (TTC) – Beyond protocol upgrades and product launches, communities are built through consistent participation. TTC continues to bring artists, collectors, builders, gamers, and newcomers together through weekly events, games, artist showcases, quizzes, Spaces, and community gatherings. Their latest 1of1 Week celebrates unique artwork and the special connection between artists and collectors, featuring Tezos Gartic, Rumble Royale, community poker, artist discussions, and more. ➡️ Tezos Commons Expands to Bluesky – Tezos Commons has officially launched on Bluesky, giving the community another place to follow interviews, live Spaces, articles, ecosystem news, and updates. ➡️ To Be Perceived, Against Evil Continues at the Museum of the Moving Image – The latest commission from Linda Dounia and Rhea Myers remains on view through August 2. The installation explores visibility, privacy, memory, and the "right to opacity," transforming visitor interactions into encrypted data that gradually reveals parts of the artwork while intentionally preserving areas that remain hidden. 👉 Read the full newsletter | Subscribe

🔥 Hot out of the Oven: The Baking Sheet – Issue #309 This Week in the Tezos Ecosystem: ➡️ Proof of Palm Returns – One of the Tezos art community’s most beloved traditions is back. Proof of Palm 2026 invites artists to create and mint palm tree-inspired works, turning a simple prompt into a growing collaborative archive of photography, generative art, illustration, animation, and more. ➡️ Preserving Tezos History – Tezos Commons launched two new resources this week: Tezos Commons Radio, an archive for Spaces, interviews, and ecosystem conversations, and the Tezos Media Center, a hub for reports, press releases, media assets, and ecosystem resources. Both are designed to make Tezos easier to explore long after the moment has passed. ➡️ 404_LAND Expands the HEK × Tezos Partnership – The next exhibition from the HEK × Tezos Foundation collaboration transforms the familiar 404 error into a gateway for exploring identity, machine logic, hidden systems, and fragmented realities. Artists include Hind Al Saad, Gabriel Massan, Kat the Poet Engineer, and others pushing digital art into increasingly immersive territory. ➡️ Art on View at Museum of the Moving Image – To Be Perceived, Against Evil by Linda Dounia and Rhea Myers continues its run through August 2, exploring privacy, memory, and the “right to opacity” through an interactive installation powered by Tezos smart contracts. 👉 Read the full newsletter | Subscribe

🔥 Hot out of the Oven: The Baking Sheet – Issue #308 This Week in the Tezos Ecosystem: ➡️ Building for the Culture – Tezos highlighted a collection of community-built preservation tools helping safeguard NFT media, metadata, and digital history. Projects from Jack Tezos, NFTBiker, fafo_lab, flexasaurusrex, and JestemZero are making it easier for collectors and creators to preserve artwork for the long term. ➡️ Ushuaia Enters Cooldown – The next Tezos protocol upgrade successfully cleared Exploration with both quorum and supermajority support. The proposal now enters its 10-day Cooldown phase before the final Promotion vote, bringing features like a 15x DAL bandwidth increase, dynamic attestations, tz5 groundwork, and future staking infrastructure one step closer to activation. ➡️ Open Worlds at Museum of the Moving Image – Artists, collectors, and community members gathered in New York for an afternoon exploring generative art, performance, and digital culture with Travess Smalley, OONA, and Edgar Fabián Frías. ➡️ “To Be Perceived, Against Evil” Opens at MoMI – A new commission from Linda Dounia and Rhea Myers is now on view, exploring privacy, visibility, and the “right to opacity” through encrypted participation and Tezos smart contracts. The installation runs through August 2. ➡️ Now Streaming: Arthur Breitman on TzEL – This week’s TezTalks Radio dives into TzEL, post-quantum cryptography, private payments, rollups, and the long-term privacy challenges facing blockchain systems. 👉 Read the full newsletter | Subscribe

🏆 Announcing the Winners of the Tezos Community Rewards Program for April! April Winners for the Tezos Community Awards Program Every month, tez rewards are distributed to individuals and teams who stand out in merit and act in the interest of the Tezos ecosystem as a whole. For this round, a total of 10,000 tez has been awarded. May Nominations are now open 📥 There are two ways to nominate: 1. it only takes 30 seconds via typeform 2. tag #TezosCRP on Twitter/Reddit/Discord/Telegram We're using Kukai's DirectAuth (Info) to send awards straight to the winners' X account on Kukai. If you have any questions about the process, please feel free to contact us.

🔥 Hot out of the Oven: The Baking Sheet – Issue #306 This Week in the Tezos Ecosystem: ➡️ Tezos X Previewnet Goes Live – Developers can now publicly experiment with one of the core ideas behind Tezos X: EVM and Michelson interacting through a shared ledger. Instead of relying on separate chains and bridges, applications can now settle actions atomically across both environments in a single execution flow. ➡️ A New Design Space for Developers – Solidity developers keep familiar EVM tooling, Michelson developers gain direct access to EVM users and liquidity, and applications can combine both environments natively. The Previewnet now gives builders a live environment to test assumptions, experiment, and explore what fully composable applications could look like on Tezos. ➡️ Tezos Breakfast Club: Miami Wrap-Up – Developers, artists, founders, and community members gathered in Miami this week ahead of the conference rush, with the team from metals.io joining conversations around tokenized commodities and real-world markets. These meetups continue to bring very different corners of the ecosystem into the same room. ➡️ Open Worlds at Museum of the Moving Image – During Frieze Week, the museum will host an afternoon of digital art encounters with Travess Smalley, Edgar Fabián Frías, and OONA, bringing Tezos-based digital art into a physical exhibition space. 👉 Read the full newsletter | Subscribe

🔥 Hot out of the Oven: The Baking Sheet – Issue #305 This Week in the Tezos Ecosystem: ➡️ Tezos X Moves Toward Reality – Tezos X is no longer just a roadmap. A shared ledger bringing EVM and Michelson together is heading to testnet, letting contracts interact natively in a single transaction. For builders, this opens a much broader design space without fragmentation. ➡️ Tezos Breakfast Club: Miami – A relaxed meetup during Consensus week on May 7. Coffee, conversations, and a chance to connect before the day begins. ➡️ Open Worlds at Museum of the Moving Image – On May 16, digital art takes center stage during Frieze Week with talks and performances from Travess Smalley, Edgar Fabián Frías, and OONA. 👉 Read the full newsletter | Subscribe

🔥 Hot out of the Oven: The Baking Sheet – Issue #304 This Week in the Tezos Ecosystem: ➡️ Ushuaia Proposal Introduced: Scaling, Speed, and Flexibility – The 21st Tezos upgrade is now on the table, pushing the network forward with a 15x increase in DAL bandwidth, faster data confirmation, and more flexibility for rollups. It also introduces early groundwork for liquid staking, tz5 accounts, and future scaling paths. ➡️ BLS Infrastructure Expands Across Bakers – As Tezos moves deeper into BLS-based consensus, bakers now have multiple signer options, including the Tezos RPI BLS Signer, TezSign, Russignol, and Signatory. This growing diversity strengthens performance while preserving decentralization. ➡️ Miami Meetup: Tezos Breakfast Club Returns – During Consensus week, the community gathers in Miami for a casual morning meetup with coffee, conversation, and a chance to connect before the conference begins 👉 Read the full newsletter | Subscribe

🏆 Announcing the Winners of the Tezos Community Rewards Program for March! March Winners for the Tezos Community Awards Program Every month, tez rewards are distributed to individuals and teams who stand out in merit and act in the interest of the Tezos ecosystem as a whole. For this round, a total of 9,500 tez has been awarded. April Nominations are now open 📥 There are two ways to nominate: 1. it only takes 30 seconds via typeform 2. tag #TezosCRP on Twitter/Reddit/Discord/Telegram We're using Kukai's DirectAuth (Info) to send awards straight to the winners' X account on Kukai. If you have any questions about the process, please feel free to contact us.

➡️ Tezos Intents Introduces a New Cross-Chain Experience – One of the clearest examples of post-Tez/Dev momentum turning into product is Tezos Intents. Instead of juggling bridges and wallets, users define what they want, and solvers compete to execute it. With smart accounts, RFQ execution, and full on-chain visibility, it reframes cross-chain interaction into a single, controlled experience. ➡️ Metals Moves Beyond Crypto Into Global Industry Conversations – After its debut in Cannes, Metals is already stepping into the real world. The team will be present at The Economist Nuclear Summit, bringing tokenized uranium and strategic metals into discussions around global energy, supply, and infrastructure. ➡️ Tezos Expands Globally with New Regional Entities – The ecosystem is growing its footprint with the launch of Tezos Middle East and Tezos Southeast Asia, alongside the Tezos Patronage Association. This shift reflects a more distributed model for growth, with local hubs supporting builders across gaming, DeFi, capital markets, and art. ➡️ Paris Is Next: Tezos Soirée at Paris Blockchain Week – As momentum carries forward, the community heads to Paris for the next gathering. The Tezos Soirée at Nomadic Labs’ Bastille office offers a more intimate space for builders and contributors to connect ahead of the broader conference week. 👉 Read the full newsletter | Subscribe

🔥 Hot out of the Oven: The Baking Sheet – Issue #301 This Week in the Tezos Ecosystem: ➡️ Tez/Dev 2026 Recap: Builders, Products, and Real-world Momentum – Cannes brought the ecosystem together, and the signal was clear. Teams are building directly on live infrastructure, not hypotheticals. From atomic composability to intent-based design, everything pointed toward systems already in use, with Etherlink’s instant confirmations shaping how products are being designed in real time. ➡️ Metals.io Launch – One of the biggest moments from Tez/Dev was the introduction of Metals by the team behind Uranium.io. Gold, uranium, and strategic metals are now accessible onchain with continuous markets and fractional ownership, pushing real-world assets further into usable infrastructure. ➡️ From Booth to Stage: Etherlink and EthCC Carry the Momentum – That energy carried straight into the Etherlink booth and over to EthCC. Attendees experienced instant confirmations firsthand through the Proof of Speed challenge, while Arthur Breitman brought the conversation toward post-quantum readiness and long-term protocol design. Real-time interaction on the ground met long-term thinking on stage, tying together where Tezos is now and where it’s heading. ➡️ Bitstamp Expands Access to XTZ via Robinhood – In parallel with ecosystem momentum, Bitstamp, now part of Robinhood, added Tezos (XTZ) to its tradable assets, opening another path for market access in the U.S. 👉 Read the full newsletter | Subscribe

🏆 Announcing the Winners of the Tezos Community Rewards Program for Febraury! February Winners for the Tezos Community Awards Program Every month, tez rewards are distributed to individuals and teams who stand out in merit and act in the interest of the Tezos ecosystem as a whole. For this round, a total of 9,500 tez has been awarded. March Nominations are now open 📥 There are two ways to nominate: 1. it only takes 30 seconds via typeform 2. tag #TezosCRP on Twitter/Reddit/Discord/Telegram We're using Kukai's DirectAuth (Info) to send awards straight to the winners' X account on Kukai. If you have any questions about the process, please feel free to contact us.

🔥 Hot out of the Oven: The Baking Sheet – Issue #297 This Week in the Tezos Ecosystem: ➡️ State of Tezos Q4 2025 Shows Etherlink Momentum – Messari’s latest report highlights a major shift toward Layer 2 activity. Etherlink processed 18.6M transactions in Q4, a 50% jump QoQ, while daily active addresses nearly doubled. Infrastructure upgrades like Ebisu and Farfadet expanded throughput and introduced instant confirmations, helping absorb rising demand without congestion. ➡️ Infrastructure and Developer Activity Continue to Grow – Validator count rose to 264 and monthly active developers climbed to 229 contributors across more than 4,300 repositories. With Tallinn activated in early 2026 and Etherlink capacity expanding, the network’s technical foundation continues to strengthen heading into the new year. ➡️ Tezos Hub Launches on Blockster – A new Tezos hub is now live on Blockster, offering a dedicated place to follow ecosystem stories, product launches, and project updates. Readers can subscribe to stay up to date with the latest coverage and deeper looks at the teams building across the network. ➡️ Governance Simplification Proposed for Protocol “U” – Nomadic Labs shared an early proposal to streamline Tezos governance. The idea reduces governance cycles from 70 days to 28 days, shortens voting periods, and introduces persistent votes to lower operational overhead for bakers. Community feedback is now being gathered on Tezos Agora. ➡️ Tez/Dev 2026 Registration Is Open – The Tezos ecosystem returns to Cannes on March 30, 2026 for Tez/Dev at the Hôtel Martinez. Expect developer updates, hands-on demos, competitions, and an immersive art party to close the evening. Registration requests are now open through Luma. 👉 Read the full newsletter | Subscribe

Calling all Tezos bakers 📢 The Baking Portal is now live, featuring stats, setup, and ops guides (keys, monitoring, testnets), a governance overview, and a curated tool directory, all in one place. Explore and share feedback 📝↓

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🏆 Announcing the Winners of the Tezos Community Rewards Program for November! November Winners for the Tezos Community Awards Program Every month we distribute up to 5000 tez to the community for their contributions to the ecosystem December Nominations are now open 📥 There are two ways to nominate: 1. it only takes 30 seconds via typeform 2. tag #TezosCRP on Twitter/Reddit/Discord/Telegram We're using Kukai's DirectAuth (Info) to send awards straight to the winners' X account on Kukai. If you have any questions about the process, please feel free to contact us.

🔥 Hot out of the Oven: The Baking Sheet – Issue #283 This Week in the Tezos Ecosystem: ➡️ State of Tezos Q3 Report by Messari – Messari’s latest State of Tezos report offers an encouraging snapshot of the network’s progress. Layer 1 transactions rose 21.5% in Q3, DeFi TVL climbed to $45M, and Etherlink rebounded to $61M after a strong recovery. With over 28,000 smart contracts deployed and 229 active developers, Tezos continues to show steady, real growth across every metric. ➡️ Revolut Drops All Fees on Tezos Delegation Rewards – Revolut users now receive 100% of their Tezos delegation rewards. No platform fees, no deductions, and full liquidity for over 65 million customers. This move makes Tezos one of the most accessible staking options on one of the world’s largest fintech platforms. ➡️ Tallinn Governance Update – The Tallinn proposal has reached nearly 19% participation, clearing the threshold to advance. Bakers can cast their votes on a proposal that brings 6-second block times, full baker attestations, and a new Address Indexing Registry for leaner on-chain storage. ➡️ Etherlink Proposes Farfadet Upgrade – Nomadic Labs, TriliTech, and Functori introduced Farfadet, Etherlink’s sixth major kernel upgrade. It nearly doubles throughput to 27M gas per second, adds EVM Osaka support, and enables instant confirmations for sub-second responsiveness. ➡️ InfiniteInk Launchpad Opens to Everyone – InfiniteInk, the Tezos contract launchpad, is now open to all creators after a successful beta. To celebrate, the team will collect 3,000 tez worth of art minted on the platform this month. Artists can mint, list, and share their work to be featured at infiniteink.art. 👉 Read the full newsletter | Subscribe

🏆 Announcing the Winners of the Tezos Community Rewards Program for October! October Winners for the Tezos Community Awards Program Every month we distribute up to 5000 tez to the community for their contributions to the ecosystem November Nominations are now open 📥 There are two ways to nominate: 1. it only takes 30 seconds via typeform 2. tag #TezosCRP on Twitter/Reddit/Discord/Telegram We're using Kukai's DirectAuth (Info) to send awards straight to the winners' Reddit, Twitter, or Gmail within 72 hours. If you have any questions about the process, please feel free to contact us.

🔥 Hot out of the Oven: The Baking Sheet – Issue #279 This Week in the Tezos Ecosystem: ➡️ TezDev 2026 Returns to Cannes on March 30 – The flagship Tezos event is back on the Riviera. Expect a packed day of hands-on demos, deep-dive panels, and bold ideas. If TezDev 2025 was any indication, this one will be even bigger. ➡️ Bringing Real Assets On-Chain: Uranium.io x Etherlink – Ben Elvidge shares how Tezos and Etherlink are democratizing uranium trading, with future potential for lithium, cobalt, and other critical materials. Real impact, real access. ➡️ Tezos Spooktacular Challenge Is On – Get creative with a Halloween-themed Tezos or Etherlink video and win from a 2,500 tez prize pool. Submit by Nov 4 with #GMIfYouDare. The scariest or most clever entries will take the spotlight. ➡️ Arthur to Speak at SALT London – As interest in institutional DeFi rises, Arthur will join a global finance stage to talk on-chain finance, governance, and why Tezos continues to stand apart. November 5–6 in London. ➡️ Art on Tezos: Berlin Reveals Full Agenda – A four-day celebration of on-chain creativity kicks off Nov 6. From tarot and teletext to performances and AI debates, this is Tezos art culture at its finest. Don’t miss it. 👉 Read the full newsletter | Subscribe

🔥 Hot out of the Oven: The Baking Sheet – Issue #277 This Week in the Tezos Ecosystem: ➡️ Tezlink and the Future of Tezos X – Community member Cryptonio breaks down Tezlink, the Tezos-native runtime that will live inside the canonical rollup alongside Etherlink. It’s the key piece connecting Tezos-native tools like SmartPy and Ligo to the speed and scale of Tezos X. ➡️ Chainspect Integrates the Tezos Ecosystem – The Tezos ecosystem is now live on Chainspect, offering real-time analytics across Tezos and Etherlink. From validator decentralization to DeFi growth, the data shows a thriving network: Etherlink TVL $70M, Tezos DeFi $36.7M, and transaction counts topping 20M+. ➡️ Ebisu Upgrade Activated – Etherlink’s fifth kernel upgrade, Ebisu, is now live on mainnet. Activated October 10 at block 28,073,013, it boosts performance with the EVM Prague standard, REVM integration, and gas capacity rising from 8M to 14M per second all while keeping gas at 1 gwei. ➡️ Art on Tezos: Berlin Kicks Off November 6–9 – Over 200 artists, curators, and galleries will converge for a multi-day showcase of digital art, performance, and community. 👉 Read the full newsletter | Subscribe

🔥 Hot out of the Oven: The Baking Sheet – Issue #276 This Week in the Tezos Ecosystem: ➡️ Reaper Actual Foundation Alpha is Live – Players are finally dropping into Marova. The open-world shooter from veteran designer John Smedley is now live on Etherlink, offering the first chance to claim bases, deploy Reapers, and shape a world that evolves even when you log off. ➡️ Stacy.fi & TezFin Launch Tezos’ First Lending Market for Staked XTZ – A new DeFi combo is here. Stake tez on Stacy.fi to mint stXTZ, then lend or borrow it on TezFin earning staking rewards and lending interest at the same time. ➡️ Kyber Network Joins the Tezos Ecosystem – TZ APAC welcomes Kyber Network, giving users access to the best swap rates across Curve, Oku, Iguana, and Hanji, all in one place. Tezos trading just got simpler, faster, and more connected. ➡️ Tezos Foundation x Processing Foundation: Creative Coding Series – A new tutorial series built around p5.js 2.0 will showcase generative artists and launch on EditArt. ➡️ Art on Tezos: Berlin Kicks Off November 6–9 – Over 200 artists, curators, and galleries will converge for a multi-day showcase of digital art, performance, and community. 👉 Read the full newsletter | Subscribe

📣 Save the date for the Tezos Paris Meetup! Let’s celebrate the upcoming Seoul Protocol Upgrade, network with fellow builders & developers, and dive into the latest Tezos ecosystem news. 📆 25th Sept, 7pm CEST 📍 Nomadic Labs office, Paris 💌 RSVP:

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📣 Tezos bakers & node operators: Seoul is set to activate around Sept 19. - Upgrade to Octez v23 - Make sure your remote signer is compatible with Seoul and v23 - Do not run octez-baker alongside protocol-specific bakers 📄 Prepare now for a smooth upgrade:

forum.tezosagora.org

Kiln 0.23.1 is now available 🔥 In this version, * Added support for Seoulnet. * Updated Octez binaries to 0.23.1. This Kiln release uses Octez v23.1 binaries. Download from

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🔥 Hot out of the Oven: The Baking Sheet – Issue #268 This Week in the Tezos Ecosystem: ➡️ Hex Trust Adds Support for Uranium on Etherlink: Institutional custody gets a boost as Hex Trust integrates Etherlink and now offers regulated custody for xU3O8, the uranium-backed token from Uranium.io. The move removes a major barrier for real-world asset adoption on Tezos and signals growing confidence from traditional finance. ➡️ Seoul Heads Toward Final Vote: The Seoul proposal has entered the last week of the Cooldown Phase after surpassing quorum. It brings native multisig support, aggregated attestations, and open unstake finalization—designed to make Tezos more efficient and easier to stake. ➡️ TezFits Winners Revealed: This year’s TezFits Open Call brought in standout submissions, with five artists selected to design official Tezos event swag. ➡️ Tezos at WebX: Arthur to Speak + Breakfast Club Meetup: Arthur Breitman will take the stage at WebX 2025 in Tokyo, highlighting Tezos’ evolving infrastructure and future roadmap. The following morning, the Tezos Breakfast Club returns for casual networking with the Tezos, Etherlink, and Uranium.io teams over coffee and croissants. 👉 Read the full newsletter | Subscribe

📣 Tezos bakers: just a reminder that the Seoul protocol upgrade proposal is undergoing the exploration period vote. Make sure to cast your votes before the exploration period ends on August 8th at 7:33 UTC, at the end of cycle 755! 🔗

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🔍 The Seoul protocol proposal in a nutshell: - Native multisig accounts enable secure protocol-level management of collectively owned assets - Aggregated attestations improve network performance and security - Open unstake finalization improve staking UX 📄 Read more about the Seoul proposal in the announcement blog post:

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こんにちは、日本! The Tezos ecosystem is heading to Tokyo for WebX 2025! Visit the Tezos booth for a curated Japanese experience, win Japan-edition merch via our Ichiban Kuji, catch a panel featuring Tezos co-founder Arthur Breitman, and more. Stay tuned for more details!

TezGov: Tezos Proposal Vote Signaling Released! Stakers, delegators, and bakers can now signal voting preferences at

gov.tez.capital

before official proposal votes. Workflow: 1.) Bakers indicate their voting preference on TezGov 2.) Stakers/delegators educate themselves and signal their preference 3.) After 5-10 days, bakers review stakeholder signals and discuss any disagreements 4.) Baker casts official vote once consensus is reached TezGov streamlines proposal consensus gathering for better social coordination in Tezos governance. Learn more:

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📣 We are happy to announce that the 19th protocol upgrade proposal for Tezos, Seoul, is ready! Built by Nomadic Labs, Trilitech, and Functori. 📄 Learn more here:

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🔍 Seoul includes: - Native multisig accounts to enable secure protocol-level management of collectively owned assets - Aggregated attestations to improve network performance and security - Open unstake finalization to improve staking UX

Apple Farm Season 2: New Rewards, New rules! 🍏🍏 Season 2 of Apple Farm launches on July 24 with over $3,000,000+ in rewards and a new way to claim. ➡️Read more about it here:

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🔥 Hot out of the Oven: The Baking Sheet – Issue #262 This Week in the Tezos Ecosystem: 🎉 Tezos Turns Seven – It’s been seven years since the Tezos genesis block. ➡️ TezDev 2025 Recap: Builders, Keynotes, and a Surprise Reveal – Held on Tezos' 7th anniversary, this year’s TezDev in Cannes brought together developers, artists, and creators for a packed day of talks, showcases, and connection. Highlights included Arthur Breitman’s keynote on Tezos X, Etherlink’s scaling roadmap, and a rich celebration of Tezos art, capped off with the immersive 5x5 exhibition. ➡️ Reaper Actual: AAA FPS Launches on Etherlink – Gaming legend John Smedley surprised the TezDev crowd with the reveal of Reaper Actual, a massive PvPvE shooter built on Etherlink. The open-world title features tradable assets, mod support, and a hybrid Web2/Web3 release model, all powered by Unreal Engine 5 and backed by $30M in funding. 👉 Read the full newsletter | Subscribe

🏆 Announcing the Winners of the Tezos Community Rewards Program for May! May Winners for the Tezos Community Awards Program Every month we distribute up to 5000 tez to the community for their contributions to the ecosystem June Nominations are now open 📥 There are two ways to nominate: 1. it only takes 30 seconds via typeform 2. tag #TezosCRP on Twitter/Reddit/Discord/Telegram We're using Kukai's DirectAuth (Info) to send awards straight to the winners' Reddit, Twitter, or Gmail within 72 hours. If you have any questions about the process, please feel free to contact us.

🔥 Hot out of the Oven: The Baking Sheet – Issue #260 This Week in the Tezos Ecosystem: ➡️ Etherlink “Summer of Code” Hackathon Opens Registration – Kicking off July 9, the Etherlink hackathon invites builders to explore DeFi, gaming, collaboration, and the unexpected on Tezos’ EVM rollup. With over £30K in prizes, this four-week virtual sprint is open to all. Submission deadline: August 3. ➡️ First TezDev 2025 Keynotes Revealed – Arthur Breitman returns to the main stage, joined by Ole Krüger of Trilitech who will spotlight RISC-V. More announcements to come as TezDev 2025 approaches. ➡️ Tezos at ArtMeta’s Museums & Digital Art Day – A full-day conference in Basel saw museum leaders and artists dive deep into the evolving relationship between institutions and digital art. Tezos was front and center in the conversation. ➡️ Meet the Newest Tezos Trailblazers – Red Alark, LMDesigns8, and Rald Blox join the Trailblazers program, each contributing unique energy to Tezos across creative disciplines, XR, and development tooling. Tezos Summer continues with Zancan’s Tree_Line at bitforms NYC, TezCon in Seattle, and TezDev in Cannes just around the corner. 👉 Read the full newsletter | Subscribe

🔥 Hot out of the Oven: The Baking Sheet – Issue #257 This Week in the Tezos Ecosystem: ➡️ Data Availability Layer Now Live – Tezos activates DAL on mainnet, enabling scalable rollups without compromising decentralization. 145+ bakers joined in to validate the first DAL slot, opening the door to a new era of high-throughput apps on Tezos. ➡️ Trailblazers Batch #2 Introduced – Say hello to Lucas, Leo, Rocketgirl, and Scott—four passionate contributors using art, community events, and tech to grow Tezos from LATAM to Perth. ➡️ Tezos Breakfast Club Pops Up in Belgrade – During Belgrade Blockchain Week, Trailblazer Ivana Ehrensvärd brought builders and artists together for coffee, croissants, and conversation with the Tezos community. ➡️ Tezos Summer Heats Up with Upcoming Events – From NFC Lisbon and Basel’s Digital Art Mile to TezCon Seattle and TezDev Cannes, the calendar is packed. Tezos is showing up for art, tech, and culture all summer long. 👉 Read the full newsletter | Subscribe

Announcement: Kiln version 0.22.0.1 - No DAL Support in Kiln – Recommended Alternatives Dear Kiln bakers, we want to inform the community that Kiln will not implement extended support for the Data Availability Layer (DAL) in its current development roadmap. While Kiln remains a robust solution for basic baking operations, it will not fully include DAL functionality. However, as a compromise, Kiln 0.22.0.1 brings minimal support by allowing users to pass an URI to a DAL node with --dal-node-uri to be used by the Kiln baker. This Kiln release uses Octez v22.0 binaries. Download from

tezos-kiln.net

For integral DAL support, we recommend users to adopt TezBake (https://bakebuddy.xyz/) or Octez (https://octez.tezos.com/docs/introduction/howtoget.html). Thank you for your understanding, and we encourage Kiln users to explore TezBake or Octez for a seamless transition.

🔥 Hot out of the Oven: 'The Baking Sheet' – Issue #256 This Week in the Tezos Ecosystem: ➡️ Tezos Trailblazers: First Cohort Announced – Meet the inaugural class of Tezos Trailblazers: artists, builders, and community leaders driving local scenes and global engagement. From PepeBakery to ATE8A, these contributors are shaping Tezos from the ground up. ➡️ Dionysus Upgrade Goes Live on Etherlink – Etherlink’s fourth upgrade delivers Tezos DAL integration, EVM Dencun compatibility, smarter gas pricing, larger transaction support, and fast FA token withdrawals—pushing Etherlink further into high-performance territory. ➡️ Tezos Town Hall #9 Recaps Rio – Core devs from Nomadic Labs joined the latest Town Hall to unpack Rio’s impact—1-day cycles, DAL incentives, and enhanced validator responsiveness are all now live. ➡️ Sogni Integrates with Etherlink – Sogni’s gen-AI platform brings high-speed generative tools to Tezos via Etherlink, joining the Fortify Labs cohort and expanding the creative toolkit for artists and developers. ➡️ TezDev 2025: Open Call for Tezos Logo Remixes – Submit your animated logo remix by June 1 for a chance to be featured in a 360° immersive installation at TezDev Cannes. 👉 Read the full newsletter for more from NFC Lisbon, Basel’s Digital Art Mile, and the road to TezDev 2025

Kiln 0.22.0.1 is now available 🔥 In this version, * Added support for --dal-node-uri, allowing the baker to use a Data Availability Layer node, given a URI to it. This Kiln release uses Octez v22.0 binaries. Download from

tezos-kiln.net

🔥 Hot out of the Oven: 'The Baking Sheet' – Issue #255 This Week in the Tezos Ecosystem: ➡️ TezDev 2025: Catalyst – The Countdown to Cannes Begins: TezDev returns on July 3, this time on the French Riviera. With a refreshed landing page now live, this one-day gathering will spotlight developer tools, ecosystem showcases, and a curated dive into Tezos art. Set at the iconic Hôtel Martinez, it’s shaping up to be more than just a conference, it’s a catalyst for what’s next. ➡️ State of Tezos Q1 2025: Growth, Real-World Assets & Etherlink Surge: Messari’s latest report shows massive growth in Q1. Etherlink’s TVL rose 6,200% QoQ, Apple Farm drove major DeFi participation, and tokenized RWAs like uranium and Euro bills gained traction. Validator activity is up, cross-chain liquidity is deepening, and Tezos continues to scale quietly but powerfully. ➡️ Tezos at Consensus 2025: Builders, Bytes, and Breakfast: From Arthur Breitman’s JSTZ reveal and Uranium.io keynote to a uranium-laced merch drop at the booth and packed Breakfast Club at 11:59 Bar:Café—Tezos showed up in Toronto with both substance and style. Panels, demos, and deep conversations fueled an unforgettable week for the ecosystem. ➡️ Dionysus Proposal Injected: Vote Now to Shape Etherlink’s Future: The fourth Etherlink kernel upgrade is officially in motion. Dionysus introduces smarter gas pricing, better support for large transactions, and fast FA token withdrawals—all integrated with the new Data Availability Layer. Voting is open until May 18. Bakers, this one’s a big deal—make your vote count. 👉 Read the full newsletter | Subscribe

Dear bakers, with the activation of the Rio protocol, the tezos-packaging and Tandoor projects are now officially deprecated. For tezos-packaging users, we recommend migrating to the packages from Nomadic Labs. Follow the step-by-step migration guide here:

octez.tezos.com

For Tandoor users, we suggest switching to TezBake:

bakebuddy.xyz

Thank you for your support!

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🔥 Hot out of the Oven: 'The Baking Sheet' – Issue #254 This Week in the Tezos Ecosystem: ➡️ Tezos at Consensus 2025: The Tezos community is converging in Toronto this week. Arthur Breitman will deliver a keynote on tokenized uranium and Tezos’ role in unlocking new markets. On May 15, the Tezos Breakfast Club returns—bringing builders, developers, and curious minds together over coffee and conversation. ➡️ Dionysus Proposal Set to Supercharge Etherlink: The next Etherlink upgrade is on the table. Dionysus introduces gas pricing improvements, DAL integration, fast FA token withdrawals, and better support for complex transactions. Voting begins May 13 and mainnet deployment is tentatively scheduled for May 21. ➡️ Apple Farm Hits $30M TVL as Episode 4 Launches: Apple Farm continues to drive momentum on Etherlink, now surpassing $30M in TVL. Episode 4 brings boosted ETH lending rewards and new yield opportunities across Superlend, IguanaDEX, Hanji, and Uranium.io. ➡️ Uranium Miner Climbs DappRadar Leaderboard: The tap-to-earn game from Uranium.io is catching fire with over 73K monthly active users and 400K+ transactions. Now ranked #21 globally, it’s proving that gamified access to real-world assets is resonating with a broad audience. 👉 Read the full newsletter | Subscribe

🚀 Introducing stacy.fi & stXTZ: Liquid Staked Tezos 🚀 Today we’re thrilled to launch stacy.fi the first Tezos staking platform combining full baking rewards with instant liquidity - brought to you by youves.com and powered by acurast.com. 🔹 What Is stXTZ? An FA2-compliant liquid staking token, stXTZ represents your share of staked XTZ. As the staking pool earns rewards, the share of the XTZ stake behind each stXTZ automatically increases. 🔹 Why Choose stacy.fi? The Tezos Paris B upgrade forced DeFi users to choose between lower rewards for delegated, but liquid XTZ or for full yield with staked XTZ locked for four days. stacy.fi gives you both: 1. Full Rewards — stXTZ accrues 90% of the staking rewards (there is a 10% fee shared with the youves DAO & node operator). 2. Instant Liquidity — Swap stXTZ ↔ XTZ anytime via our built-in CPMM pool. 3. DeFi-Ready — stXTZ works where FA2 tokens are supported. 🔧 How It Works 1. Deposit XTZ via UI or directly to the contract → it will be staked and stXTZ will be minted at the current rate. 2. Earn & Grow as rewards flow in, boosting your stXTZ’s underlying value. 3. Redeem or Trade: • 🔒 Redeem → burn stXTZ to unstake XTZ (claimable after \~4 days). • 🔄 Trade → instant swaps in the stXTZ/XTZ CPMM pool - no waiting. 🛡️ Security & Governance • Thoroughly audited smart contracts with simple logic • On-chain parameter control and updates by the youves DAO • Acurast signers ensure atomic stake/mint & unstake/burn operations 🔗 Get Started Today 1. Visit 👉

stacy.fi

2. Connect your wallet (Temple, Kukai, etc.) 3. Stake your XTZ & start earning - while staying liquid! 📚 Read the docs →

docs.youves.com

Welcome to liquid staking, reimagined on stacy.fi!

🔥 Hot out of the Oven: 'The Baking Sheet' – Issue #249 This Week in the Tezos Ecosystem: ➡️ Staking Just Got a Boost: Try the New dApp and Earn 3x Rewards – With Tezos staking rewards now 3x higher than delegation, it's the perfect time to level up. The refreshed stake.tezos.com dApp makes it easier than ever to stake your tez and earn more ➡️ Final Stretch for Rio: Bakers, Cast Your Vote – The Rio protocol upgrade is in its Promotion Period, and the final vote is open until April 16. If passed, Rio brings 1-day cycles, DAL incentives, and improved validator responsiveness. ➡️ Etherlink Crosses $10M TVL + New Builders Join the Ecosystem: With Apple Farm Season 1 live, Etherlink hit a major milestone with $10M in TVL. New builders like Lilypad Network, Bluwhale AI, and Absolute Labs are joining the fold—pushing DeFi, AI, and data tooling forward on Tezos. ➡️ Arthur Breitman Talks Shop on The Block’s Podcast: Arthur joined The Scoop to explore how Uranium.io is unlocking retail access to uranium markets and what tokenizing real-world assets on Tezos enables. ➡️ TZ Apex Season 5 Is Live: Dive into the latest cohort from Fortify Labs, complete interactive missions, and earn rewards. Up to $3,000 in prizes are up for grabs through April 9. 📆 Tezos Community Events in Paris & London: Tezos Soirée in Paris and Tezos x Manchester United Match Night 👉 Read the full newsletter | Subscribe

22.8% of the baking power is now running DAL nodes – with more joining weekly 🙌 🎯 At 66%, next-level L2 scaling for Tezos rollups like Etherlink will be unlocked. Learn about the DAL rewards allocation proposed in the Rio upgrade:

research-development.nomadic-labs.com

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📣 Octez-v22.0~rc1 and Octez-v21.4 have just been published! Learn more:

forum.tezosagora.org

Included in Octez v22.0~rc1: 🏗️ Support for the Rio protocol proposal, currently undergoing Tezos’ on-chain governance 🧑‍🍳 An experimental protocol-agnostic baker 🪧 The baker option --without-dal becomes mandatory if no DAL node endpoint is provided.… and other improvements. If Octez v22.0~rc1 proves to be stable, it will be released as version 22.0. 🧑‍💻 You can test this release candidate on the Ghostnet or Rionet test networks. 🔍 Octez v21.4 fixes a memory leak in baking software, adds stability improvements and resolves peering issues for DAL nodes operating behind a NAT.