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Here's what September2022 looked like!🌊 ✅veOCEAN is live. Lock your OCEAN to get veOCEAN, earn weekly rewards and curate data. ✅Data Farming week 5 successfully concluded. 🚜👩‍🌾👩‍🌾 💰10K OCEAN worth of rewards were available for this round. https://medium.com/@trentmc0/abed779211e3 https://twitter.com/oceanprotocol/status/1582386884692840448

TOMORROW at 10 AM UTC!📅 Join us for the Live Crowdcast Event Ocean X Acentrik: Building the Data Ecosystem for Enterprises and learn how #Acentrik - a decentralized data marketplace for enterprises - leverages Ocean's technology to enable greater data sharing! https://twitter.com/oceanprotocol/status/1582365393360146432?s=46&t=VMOPvg2r_6e-WE1b9RUFOA

Today, H2O 🌊🔱 is proud to announce the successful launch of its first liquid staking wrapper for #veOCEAN–psdnOCEAN. Explore thread below👇 https://twitter.com/H2O_data/status/1582066088552333312

Ocean Shipyard proudly presents the winners of the Data Storage Initiative!🎊 💰Out of a prize pool of $40K, the rewards were distributed to #MantisDataSolutions, @StartinBlox and @LighthouseWeb3 to build interoperable data storage integrations on Ocean!⚒ ✅The $10K “Arweave integration” grant was awarded to #MantisDataSolutions. The project will enable publishing assets stored in @ArweaveTeam using transaction ID, uploading data to Arweave and publishing it as an asset on the Ocean market. https://www.mantisdata.solutions/ ✅Since Arweave eliminates ongoing storage costs, this integration will drive data publish volume. ✅Building a decentralized backend storage for Ocean is @StartinBlox with $15K that will improve the UX flow for publishers using the Ocean Market. 👀Via Startin’Blox, developers can easily build & deploy applications. https://startinblox.com/en/ ✅The @Filecoin integration on Ocean will be implemented by @LighthouseWeb3 and supported by a grant worth 15K. ⚒Building on Filecoin also allows Lighthouse to provide data availability with minimum copies of data without any waste of resources. https://lighthouse.storage What happens next?👀 🌊All 3 data storage grants are scheduled to be completed by the end of 2022 🌊After the work has been completed, feedback will be collected from the community to define a versatile plugin architecture for additional new backend components. ⚒Want to know more? Access the Ocean GitHub for more details: https://medium.com/@TeamOcean/2756cddb4990 For more details have a read here: https://blog.oceanprotocol.com/announcing-the-winners-of-the-ocean-shipyard-data-storage-initiative-2756cddb4990 https://twitter.com/oceanprotocol/status/1582325981628731392

Ocean Shipyard proudly presents the winners of the Data Storage Initiative!🎊 💰Out of a prize pool of $40K, the rewards were distributed to #MantisDataSolutions, @StartinBlox and @LighthouseWeb3 to build interoperable data storage integrations on Ocean!⚒️ https://twitter.com/oceanprotocol/status/1582325981628731392?s=20&t=yEqL75esrMqc3-CoxML7Vw

Get your votes in by tonight!⏰ The @OceanDAO_ Round 22 voting ends today at midnight UTC!👀 Choose the projects that will get funded to grow the Ocean ecosystem 🌊 by casting your ballots in time!🔥 https://twitter.com/oceanprotocol/status/1582025677750284288

⏰2 days left! The countdown has begun - the Live Crowdcast event on "Building the data ecosystem for enterprises" is happening on 📅Oct 19 at 10AM UTC. The event agenda includes dedicated presentations on Acentrik and Ocean, a panel discussion and a community Q&A session! 🎙Speakers: ✅#ElaineSilan - Customer Success Lead of #Acentrik at Mercedes-Benz Singapore ✅#SrikanthKaja - General Manager and Principal Architect of Emerging Technologies at Mercedes-Benz Singapore ✅@PierreSamaties - Partner at @RolandBerger ✅@alexcos20 - VP of Engineering at Ocean Protocol ✅@sjohns - Enterprise Lead at Ocean Protocol ✅Register for the event here: https://www.crowdcast.io/c/oceanxacentrik Stay tuned for more Acentrik updates on this space: https://www.linkedin.com/company/acentrik/ Explore more at https://acentrik.io/ https://twitter.com/oceanprotocol/status/1581973567365087232

Happening in the next 15 mins!⏰ How has #data science evolved, where does blockchain come in and what are the opportunities to #BUIDL? Find out in the dedicated AMA by @GetCryptoJobs at ⏰9 AM UTC with Ocean's @andreaarmanni2 as a featured speaker! 🎙Andrea will explore the #OceanDataChallenge the Ocean-py library and the initiatives that were launched by Ocean to help democratise #AI for data scientists 😍 Fellow speakers include @gradivis of @DataLakeToken and @jackietanyen from @tribex_co! See you soon! https://twitter.com/oceanprotocol/status/1581928837344276480

One day left 🕐to submit your reports!👀 📅The ETH Prediction Challenge closes TOMORROW - Oct 16 @ 23:59 UTC! ✅Send in your strategic insights and ETH price predictions and win rewards from a prize pool of💸$5K (in $OCEAN) Access the competition details and engage with the datasets via the dedicated @questbookapp page here: https://t.co/9dDPtk8nhY A complete overview of the steps is available in the ocean-py README here: https://t.co/WmiBnYtsE1 https://twitter.com/oceanprotocol/status/1581245673663762432?s=20&t=zwpy4MmK0D4fx3gzZXtrtA

Cast your ballot Oceaners!🌊 Only 1 day is left👀 The Ocean x Dimitra Data Challenge: Phase 2 "Community Award"🏆voting is live until Oct 16 @ 23:59 UTC⏰ Click the link below to access the form & vote for your favourite submissions! 🗳 https://forms.gle/tZEQJ74SfQkVFsWX6 https://twitter.com/oceanprotocol/status/1581221439281459200

ICYMI| This week at Ocean 🌊 ✅The $ETH Prediction Challenge is currently live with $5000 USD💰on offer as rewards for best reports. ⏰Oct 16 @23:59 PM UTC https://bit.ly/3SpbpIm ✅The Ocean x Dimitra Data Challenge: Phase 2 "Community Award"🏆voting is currently on. Voting is on and ends Oct 16 @ 23:59 UTC⏰ https://forms.gle/tZEQJ74SfQkVFsWX6 EVENTS 📅 ✅Our live crowdcast event with #Acentrik is coming soon - Oct 19 @ 10AM UTC. Register for the event here: https://t.co/cZp4jcfyCh ✅Founder @BrucePon spoke at the @dxbontheblock 2022 summit to explore privacy preservation in data sharing and the Ocean connection in a dedicated panel discussion. MEDIA📺 ✅Ocean was featured in the 'Crypto Oasis Ecosystem Report 2022' report, launched by @CryptoOasisUAE in partnership with @RolandBerger. The report explores the mainstream adoption of the Crypto Economy and its hot trends. https://t.co/UFBuGy1bTm ECOSYSTEM 🌊 ✅The @OceanDAO_ Round 22 of the funding voting period has kicked off and lasts until October 17, midnight UTC ⏰ Be sure to cast your ballot before then. Ocean has a new veOCEAN milestone! 14.89 million $OCEAN locked! Lock your $OCEAN to get veOCEAN, earn rewards and curate data. Explore @ http://df.oceandao.org https://twitter.com/oceanprotocol/status/1580931770320826368?s=20&t=LqWAC3lqThecdJevjkl5Rw

ONLY 2 DAYS LEFT!⏰ You have until Oct 16 @ 23:59 UTC to submit your price prediction reports for the ETH Prediction Challenge👀 Prize pool - 💸$5K (in $OCEAN) https://bit.ly/3SpbpIm 🛠️Contestants need to submit: 1⃣Csv with predictions for ETH price over a 24-hr period, with the first prediction from Mon Oct 17, 2022 at 1:00am UTC, and a prediction every hr on the hr after that, for 24 predictions. Must be submitted as its own dataset in Ocean. 2⃣A report of 10-30 slides describing the approach, and insights they gained in making the predictions. Think of this as a “conference presentation” for the work. 3⃣At least one slide presenting any challenges faced The rewards are: ✅1st place: $2500 ✅2nd place: $1500 ✅3rd place: $1000 All valid entries submitted will receive an award of 250 $OCEAN tokens payable in $OCEAN A step-by-step guide can be found in the ocean-py README here: https://bit.ly/3LFc5XP. 👀Start engaging with the datasets and read more about the competition here: https://t.co/9dDPtk8nhY https://twitter.com/oceanprotocol/status/1580911883380723712?s=20&t=mAJ39NRKvP6LkL4bXyjX5Q

ONLY 2 DAYS LEFT!⏰ You have until Oct 16 @ 23:59 UTC to submit your price prediction reports for the ETH Prediction Challenge👀 Prize pool - 💸$5K (in $OCEAN) https://bit.ly/3SpbpIm 🛠️Contestants need to submit: 1⃣Csv with predictions for ETH price over a 24-hr period, with the first prediction from Mon Oct 17, 2022 at 1:00am UTC, and a prediction every hr on the hr after that, for 24 predictions. Must be submitted as its own dataset in Ocean. 2⃣A report of 10-30 slides describing the approach, and insights they gained in making the predictions. Think of this as a “conference presentation” for the work. 3⃣At least one slide presenting any challenges faced The rewards are: ✅1st place: $2500 ✅2nd place: $1500 ✅3rd place: $1000 All valid entries submitted will receive an award of 250 $OCEAN tokens payable in $OCEAN A step-by-step guide can be found in the ocean-py README here: https://bit.ly/3LFc5XP. 👀Start engaging with the datasets and read more about the competition here: https://t.co/9dDPtk

Have you cast your vote yet? 👀 The Ocean x Dimitra Data Challenge: Phase 2 "Community Award"🏆voting is currently on and ends Oct 16 @ 23:59 UTC⏰ Access the form below and cast your ballot in favour of your favourite submissions! 🗳️ https://forms.gle/tZEQJ74SfQkVFsWX6 https://twitter.com/oceanprotocol/status/1580891173325049863?s=20&t=fe_acHPJShL04LfDcKS0_Q

Another week of data farming has gone by!🧑‍🌾🧺 DF6 has now been completed and counting for DF7 has begun 👀 💰If you staked in DF6, you are eligible to claim rewards! 💰10K OCEAN worth of rewards were available for this round. To get your rewards: ✅Visit the DF webapp Claim Portal at https://df.oceandao.org ✅Connect your Wallet ✅Rewards are distributed on Ethereum mainnet. Click “Claim”, sign the tx, and collect your rewards. Moving forward 🌊 1⃣Data Farming DF/VE Alpha runs for another 3 weeks, yielding 10K OCEAN 2⃣DF7 begins this week, ending October 20th at 12:01am UTC. 3⃣On October 27th DF Beta starts, offering up to 100K OCEAN as weekly rewards. Want to find out more about the DF6 input parameters?👀 Read the dedicated blog post here: https://t.co/X7rc0fyZKz https://twitter.com/oceanprotocol/status/1580883262452699137?s=20&t=fe_acHPJShL04LfDcKS0_Q

What is veOCEAN, and what #DataFi opportunities does it bring for users? 👀 Find out in this latest feature on veTokenomics & how it "offers an incentive structure that can kickstart an encompassing, decentralized data economy" by Crypto_Potato 😍 https://cryptopotato.com/ocean-protocols-vetokenomics-kickstart-a-decentralized-data-economy-and-data-finance/

The ball is in your court! 🏀 The Ocean x Dimitra Data Challenge: Ideation Phase has successfully concluded with the 3 top shortlisted submissions now decided by the panel!👀 It's your turn to choose one of them for the "Community Award"🏆 https://twitter.com/oceanprotocol/status/1580570629040123905

Ready? 👀 Set🏃‍♀️ Submit your ballot!🗳️ ✅The OceanDAO Round 22 of funding proposals enter the voting period TODAY @ midnight UTC until October 17, midnight UTC ⏰ Make sure to have your say by then and do your bit in growing the Ocean ecosystem!🌊