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We will always offer something of value for you in each week issue: helpful tips, thought-provoking articles, practical web3 tutorials, motivation, recommendations, and probably a few laughs.

First up, some motivation for you...

There is no such thing as "impossible". Only tough times and then really tough times, but if you stay consistent, the tough times will make for great stories when success comes.

Now let's get into it:

What have we been up to? => WEN NFT!!!

The Supabase Hackathon is in every sense a major event that allows developers to build new Open-Source projects with Supabase with a 7-Day deadline.

The great thing is that it could be whatever you want - a project, mobile app, tool, library, anything!!! , as long as you are using Supabase in some way.

Guillaume Bibeau-Laviolette @guibibeau was there for the W.3.F.S and worked at the supabase hackathon to test if serverless edge functions would be useful in NFT projects. In his project, Gui builds a suite of tools on top of supabase edge functions that allows for automatic indexing and validation of NFT ownership.

The project, named "Wen NFT!" also lets the user link their social media data after owning an NFT.

The most important part of this project is the security provision it makes whereby, if you are not a valid owner of an NFT, you WILL NOT BE GRANTED access into the discord of that particular community and if you are not an owner, you will not even be able to access the "join" page. The edge functions make this solution possible.

This solution can greatly help to curtail the crypto scammers who move from channel to channel posting links and trying to steal private keys.

Watch the demo!

NEW ON THE W.3.F.S BLOG

For the new subscribers, the W.3.F.S blog will be regularly updated with new and insightful articles and tutorials for noobs, beginners and technical experts. This week, there are 4 exciting posts for your consumption already.

• Understanding a Smart Contract - Web3 Basics - An article that helps you understand the technical jargon behind smart contracts and goes further to show you how to build and deploy one.
• The Complete Guide To Web3 Authentication - Whether you are interacting with a DeFi protocol, a DAO or your everyday Trust Wallet/Metamask, or you want to wim in the deep oceans of the metaverse via blockchain gaming, Web3 authentication is an absolute necessity. Without the ability to login users to the blockchain, your Web3 apps will most likely fail. However, allowing users to log in to the Web3 portal provides life-changing opportunities, especially for early adopters.

Therefore, if you are looking achieve sensei blockchain developer status and want to create highly profitable/functional next-level dApps, you should know how to implement Web3 authentication. This guide will help you understand how to use Web3 authentication in your projects as a developer. Read the full article

here!

• Next.js with Metamask authentication - This article explores the problem with waiting for your data to get loaded in Web3 and illuminates the mind of the reader on the use of Wen Connect , a library built to improve UX and accessibility of applications built on blockchains, and also make it the best way to integrate web3 identity inside Jamstack applications and Metamask.
• Building and deploying an API with Vercel - In this tutorial, you will learn how to use Vercel's nice serverless offering and zero configuration deployments to set up a Typescript REST API using serverless functions.

Pleasant surprises

W.3.F.S has been cooking with all the spices and working towards creating a new website for all our open source contributions. You know you want to keep an eye out for that. And because we love you our dear reader, here's a sneak peek for you; YOU SAW IT FIRST!!!

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