Thread by @auroraisnear

After a turbulent 2022 we are approaching the end of the year with a NGMI feeling. In these moments, is important to remember the extraordinary achievements that our team has reached in 2022 to approach the future with optimism and determination.

Here're a few highlights 🧵1/16

2/ The #Aurora ecosystem witnessed astonishing growth in 2022. At the beginning of the year, a little over 10 dApps were building on Aurora, and only 2 regional communities were active. Currently, we count <200 dApps, & 13 regional communities, & 6 media groups 🔥

3/ Aurorascan 🚀

Aurora’s integration with Etherscan was one of the first major announcements of 2022. It allows users and developers to get access to dev tools and network stats with extended insights into Aurora’s EVM.

🔗 aurorascan.dev

aurora.dev/blog/aurora-in…

4/ Aurora Engine Updates

In 2022, the #Aurora's Engine team delivered several key updates that simplified devs' work and UX.

➡️ Lower gas usage
➡️ Cross-contract calls
➡️ Security enhancements
➡️Solidity cross-compilation into WASM

aurora.dev/blog/aurora-re…

5/ Aurora MEV 🛠

6/ Aurora+ 🚀

The launch of Aurora+ was a major accomplishment when it comes to elevating UX. By proposing basic & premium accounts, this membership program unlocked an incredible suite of benefits.

📖 aurora.dev/blog/aurora-pl…
🔗aurora.plus

7/ Bounty Programs 💰

➡️ #Aurora released a bounty program to encourage external contributors: github.com/aurora-is-near….

➡️ Together with @immunefi, #Aurora launched Aurora a bug bounty program: immunefi.com/bounty/aurora/

8/ Key Partnerships 🤝

In 2022, #Aurora had the pleasure to strike new partnerships with key players. One of such partnership is with @brave, which made Aurora preloaded blockchain for all Brave Wallet Users.

9/ Covalent 🤝

Aurora's integration with @Covalent_HQ in May, provided developers with reliable, high-quality data that enables them to build faster and easier.

🔗 aurora.dev/blog/aurora-pa…

10/ Fireblocks 🤝

Aurora's integration with @FireblocksHQ enabled institutional clients to benefit from a fast, low-cost, secure, and reliable asset managing tool on the #Aurora network.

🔗 auroraisnear.medium.com/the-aurora-eco…

11/ Chainstack 🤝

Aurora's partnership with @ChainstackHQ was an important step towards achieving greater decentralization and scalability. #Aurora devs are now able to retrieve the chain data and send transactions through Chainstak's nodes 🔥

👀 👇
🔗 chainstack.com/build-better-w…

12/ Rainbow Bridge Key Updates 🌈

The release of the Rainbow Bridge NEAR-native token connector signed a new era for compatibility and connectivity between #NEAR and #Ethereum. Users are now able to bridge any NEAR-native token to the Ethereum network 💫

13/ Aurora In the World: Conferences & Events 🌎 ✈️

Throughout 2022, Aurora Labs was present at 30+ events across the world, from #EthDenver, to #Permissionless, #Consensus, #EthBarcelona, #EthCC, #KoreaBlockchainweek, to #NEARCON and #DevCon 💫

14/ This 🧵 is by no means exhaustive as it does not cover all the work that our wonderful team has put into making #Aurora one of the best chains on the market. We are very proud of all of our teams' contributions and commitment, and we are ready for another year of 🔥

15/ We also want to thank the 258 projects that have joined the #Aurora ecosystem as well as our beautiful #AuroraCommunity for believing in Aurora & making it a thriving ecosystem 💚

16/ For more information about the above-mentioned news and accomplishments visit our blog 👇 👀

🔗 aurora.dev/blog