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Web3 applications offer significant potential, but their onboarding experience often alienates mainstream users. The integration of Magic.link into Flow aims to simplify this process, making Web3 more accessible and simple.

Flow Foundation is proud to unveil Flow Reference Wallet; a new self-custodial wallet designed to serve as a beacon to the Flow ecosystem, guiding wallets with an open-source implementation of the novel and unique product opportunities for wallets on the Flow blockchain. Flow Reference Wallet sets a new standard for wallet development on Flow by promoting a robust and secure, open-source, community-led foundation for wallet developers to build on.

Account linking ensures a mainstream, open, composable, and interoperable ecosystem. We are excited to see continued adoption of Dapper Wallet connecting to the Flow ecosystem with account linking.

Starting this month we're hosting monthly Cadence coding competitions to help developers learn blockchain engineering using the Cadence smart contract language. Each month will focus on a new topic in Cadence and is supported by workshops and weekly drop-in sessions to help accelerate your learning! Check it out!

The Flow Foundation is delighted to reveal the winners of the Flow to the Future hackathon, a global competition where ambitious Web3 builders competed for more than $500,000 in prizes by building decentralized applications that push the boundaries of current blockchain capabilities using Cadence. 

In this post, we’ll reaffirm some of Flow’s core attributes that help to keep the network distributed, accessible, secure, and compliant so developers can remain focused on their projects.

In this post, Jacob Tucker walks you through how he implemented the BoredApeYachtClub NFT smart contract in Cadence, the smart contract language used by the Flow blockchain and popular platforms like NBA Top Shot and Ticketmaster.

The Flow network is getting another significant upgrade that will enhance its BFT (Byzantine Fault Tolerance) capabilities and set the groundwork for a more efficient data exchange format, new streaming APIs to improve the developer experience, and a significant increase in transaction throughput in the future.

The Flow to the Future hackathon is a global competition for Web3 builders to compete for more than $500,000 in prizes by pushing the boundaries of decentralized applications that leverage sophisticated on-chain logic. It kicks off on June 15 and will last for an entire month, concluding on July 15. All pioneers of the Web3 world are welcome to join in unlocking the full potential of on-chain logic to create dApps that are more sophisticated, innovative, and accessible to mainstream consumers, disrupting traditional centralized models.

Metrika has unveiled the latest addition to its suite of tools for the Flow Network: the Network Overview dashboard. This dashboard is designed to provide transparency and valuable insights into the health and performance of the network. It is the first public facing dashboard providing real-time insights of key metrics of the Flow network.

We’re thrilled to introduce the Flow Incubation Program, which will provide the support standout teams on Flow need to successfully navigate the journey to becoming sustainable businesses. An inaugural cohort will kick off a pilot of the program – which will take the place of the hackathon launchpad phase – with teams selected from the recent Flow Hackathon. 

Boss Beauties and Barbie announced the launch of their career-honoring virtual collectibles collaboration on Flow. This is the latest collection to be released on the Mattel Creations Digital Virtual Collectibles Marketplace, which Mattel launched last year after selecting Flow as its long-term blockchain partner.

The Product Co-Founder of Flow sits down to share her thoughts on Flow’s growth, their competition, and what we can expect in 2023.

At the beginning of the year, our ecosystem became a little more colorful as Doodles announced that its vibrant universe is expanding to Flow with Doodles 2. Fast forward to today, and Doodles fans can now participate in the Doodles 2 Stoodio beta experience on Flow – and we couldn’t be more thrilled to unpack what’s involved.

This report takes a look at some of the ecosystem’s most noteworthy achievements toward realizing Flow’s full potential as the Layer 1 blockchain of choice for building and scaling powerful innovations for the mainstream.

Animoca Brands and Flow are hosting a week-long event called "Animoca Brands on Flow Week" from April 11 to April 18. It includes several Twitter Spaces with exclusive guests from different companies, including Animoca Brands' co-founder and executive chairman Yat Siu, and Dapper Labs' CEO and founder Roham Gharegozlou. The aim of this event is to showcase the partnership between Animoca Brands and Flow, create more brand awareness about Animoca Brands' games built on the Flow blockchain, and invite builders to build on Flow. 

Join guest author Brian Astrove in exploring account abstraction within the context of onboarding mainstream users to Web3.

Flow introduces consumers to Web3 through Walletless Onboarding and Account Linking to provide a familiar, accessible experience for users as they engage with apps and the broader ecosystem.

Developers on Flow can create a hybrid of app custody and self custody that provides the full benefits of both, removing friction from the user experience and paving the way for the mainstream adoption of Web3.

Let's explore the different tools and technologies you can use to help build on Flow blockchain, from starting to develop an application locally to production deployment on Mainnet.

The Flow SDK is built within Unity from the perspective of a games developer with links, tutorials, and clear examples to streamline leveraging the power of Flow in a more complete way. Traditionally understood game concepts such as Leader boards, matchmaking, and transparent arbitration systems for high latency game logic all can all be implemented on Flow, with both game side code and the smart contracts to power them.

While Web3 has had its highs and lows, 2022 was a strong year of growth for the Flow ecosystem – and 2023 has only continued to heat up from there. From setting new performance records to the exciting innovation currently taking place our ecosystem, I'm more bullish on Flow's future than ever.

One of Flow's defining features is its take on the Account Model, which redefines ownership and access.