**Weekly Updates Recap #84 [26/05/2023]** **Aurora Updates** 🟢Aurora [DemoDay](https://twitter.com/pitchtalk_com/status/1660598809666240512) opens with Alex'speech 🟢Alex Schevchenko published a thread on [Aurora Cloud](https://twitter.com/AlexAuroraDev/status/1661058116577026048?s=20) 🟢Oleksii Krasynskyi of the [Developer Portal](https://dev.aurora.dev/posts/spinning-up-your-own-aurora-node) on how to launch an Aurora node 🟢Aurora Labs published another epidose of "[Meet the Team](https://social.near.page/p/auroraecosystemnews.near/92708691)" series featuring Armand Didier **Ecosystem Updates** 🟢The [Encode x Aurora](https://dev.aurora.dev/encode) hackathon is kicking off on the 30th of May 🟢[Kalder](https://twitter.com/kalder_xyz/status/1661769953731661826?s=20) integrated with Aurora 🟢[Meta Poo](https://blog.metapool.app/2023/05/25/how-staur-works-aurora-staking/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=A+Closer+Look+at+Aurora%E2%80%99s+Innovative+Staking+Appro)l published a blog explaining how stAUR works **Community Updates** 🟢Aurora Latam hosted a master class '[Blockchain Development with Solidity](https://twitter.com/AuroraLatam/status/1660394391347888131)' during ETH Ecuador 🟢[Aurora Hunter](https://twitter.com/aurora__hunters/status/1661323424726171648?s=20) published a post on the cost of minting NFTs on different networks Find more info on Aurora [YouTube stream](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkrekIByWyo) and [Blog Post](https://aurora.dev/blog/aurora-weekly-updated-2023-05-26) 💚 [Aurora Twitter](https://twitter.com/auroraisnear) | [Telegram](https://t.me/auroraisnear) | [Blog](https://aurora.dev/blog) | [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/c/auroraisnear) | [Community Dashboard](https://auroradao.club/) 💚