## BUILDER BULLETIN *content for developers in the NEAR ecosystem* ### Highlights: * Near Social Hackathon: [Explore Ideas](https://near.social/#/devgovgigs.near/widget/Ideas?label=hackathon) and [Submit Projects](https://hack.near.social) by February 19 * [Workshop Video Content](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHjlLR4fERY): *Building Dapps on NEAR with Quicknode* * `fast-near` has a new [experimental backend](https://twitter.com/web4near/status/1623879660357701635) using LMDB * [NEP-448](https://github.com/near/NEPs/pull/448) approved: Zero Balance Account * Open [discussion](https://gov.near.org/t/extending-nep-171-events-standard-to-include-nft-update-events/30285) about extending the NFT standard (NEP-171) * Useful [integration wizard](https://github.com/near/wallet-selector/blob/main/packages/account-export/INTEGRATION.md) for the Wallet Selector modal * New boilerplate code in official NEAR GitHub: * Apps: [JavaScript](https://github.com/near/boilerplate-template-js) * Contracts: [Rust](https://github.com/near/boilerplate-template-rs) * Onboarding: [Keypom](https://github.com/near/boilerplate-template-keypom) ([docs](https://docs.keypom.xyz)) * Data Storage: [IPFS](https://github.com/near/boilerplate-template-ipfs) * **Fresh Tutorial:** Build a Loyalty Program with [NFTs](https://github.com/near/boilerplate-template-loyalty-program-with-nft) or [Fungible Tokens](https://github.com/near/boilerplate-template-loyalty-program-with-ft) * Pagoda [needs your help](https://nearprotocol1001.typeform.com/to/oAXLYu43) to build a more performant [search experience](https://github.com/near/near-search) on NEAR ### Releases: - `nearcore` ~ [v1.31.0](https://github.com/near/nearcore/releases/tag/1.31.0) - `near-sdk-js` ~ [v0.7.0](https://github.com/near/near-sdk-js/releases/tag/v0.7.0) - `near-adk-abi` ~ [v0.1.0](https://github.com/near/near-sdk-abi/releases/tag/v0.1.0) ([ABI docs](https://github.com/near/abi)) #### WIDGET OF THE WEEK ##### 💧 [GenaDrop Minter](https://near.social/#/iam_prometheus.near/widget/genadropMinter) @iam_prometheus.near ___ ### *Questions? Reply with any feedback!*