11th Aug - Yearn News

Hello and welcome! This newsletter is going to be all about Yearn, which is a collective of builders collaborating together.

We hope to target an audience who are new and less experienced with Yearn.

Ecosystem News

Unless you've been living under a rock, you'll know EIP1559 went through on the 5th, getting us eth-heads a step closer to the 'merge'
What's Fixed Forex? Ceazor explains (13mins)
$600m multi-chain attack on Poly Network, not part of Yearn - however worth asking how can we avoid such an attack?

Governance News

[Proposal] create video content for people new to Yearn. What do you think?
Vote closed today to vote for/against the Legal activism DAO. Final votes shown below:

Targeting members of the public, a good amount of questions still to be answered in this Yearn assessment. Can you help explain how Yearn is being governed?

Source: Yearn Governance Forum

What are people asking right now

None! (Thanks to J • yHelper)

Obviously one perspective isn't enough, so i'd like to open this up to anyone: feel free to let me know your experience.

Bits and bobs

Short chat about Yearn (9mins) by Flipside. Consider sharing with people who are new to crypto
Learn about the Evolution of Yearn with Tracheopteryx and Facu (60mins) by Zero Knowledge.
Have any friends in China? Show them this below from the Chinese Yearn site:

Did you know?

A good way to get involved in Yearn is to identify something that needs doing, and 'just do it'. Look at all the projects you could contribute to ... https://github.com/orgs/yearn/projects

Weekly Challenges

EASY Challenge to do: Read the Blue Pill
MEDIUM: There's billions deposited in Aave and Compound despite Yearn offering a higher rate of interest. Maybe some of this is you? It's worth considering if it's worth the gas fee to migrate. Maybe get the calculator out?
HARD: Can you design a quest to educate people about what Yearn are doing? Could go on Rabbithole, or Coinbase Earn