### **Friday, September 1, 2023**  --- 💥 **Big things around the ecosystem** 💥 NEAR Blockchain reached 100M Blocks since genesis! https://twitter.com/ilblackdragon/status/1697513523159728302 7 Days Left to NEAR APAC! https://nearapac.org (https://nearapac.org/) NEARCON 2023: Join us in Lisbon, November 7-10th, for a jam packed schedule of hackathons, talks, and cocktails https://twitter.com/NEARProtocol/status/1697366928673722815 --- 🎨 **NFT & Gaming** 🎮 Aurora x PipeFlare: Aurora has partnered with Pipeflare, a crypto gaming platform fueled by the 1FLR Token, that now is integrated with Aurora Pass and Live on Aurora! https://twitter.com/auroraisnear/status/1697381319620362272 --- 🔷 **Project Updates** 🔷 OFP announced the first whitelist for 2024 access to the most verifiable and data backed #carbon credits in the world. https://twitter.com/OpenForest_/status/1697497019479392738 --- 🧑💻 **Developer** 🧑💻 NEAR DEV HUB: Today the Protocol Work Group met to vote on NEP492: Restricting Ethereum Addresses on NEAR https://twitter.com/NEARDevHub/status/1697404966074450408 ---