Before we dive into the topic of how reputation mechanisms supercharge decentralized communities, I want to take a moment to reflect on the creation of the web as a backdrop in understanding web3.

Because nerds are rarely nerdy for only one thing, along with everything else I really really like Dungeons & Dragons (D\&D). D\&D is a tabletop role-playing game where players create their own characters and embark on adventures in a world co-crafted with a game master. While the game began as a pen-and-paper affair, much of the content (e.g. lore, settings, monsters, spells, etc.) is now digital with platforms like D\&D Beyond or Roll20 servicing this online audience.

This week we were thrilled to announce the release of our Malicious Smart Contract API alpha, designed to enable fraud detection and smart contract reputation management within web3 applications. 🎉 Our API is simple to use, yet incredibly powerful, providing developers with a checkpoint to ensure the safety and validity of their smart contracts on Ethereum. We’re also thrilled to share that one of the key ways our API can be so powerful is due to our proud partnership with Spice AI to support the underlying infrastructure of our product, enabling us to deliver a cutting-edge ML solution that meets the needs of developers in the web3 ecosystem.

We are thrilled to share what we have been working on with you, and are so excited to announce that Fimio’s API for smart contract fraud detection is here! 🎉 The alpha 0.0.1 is live! Request access here.

Reinvigorating! That's the word for my EthDenver experience. Maybe it was the thin mountain air. Perhaps it was the cool clime that made every moment outside feel like a new morning. But more likely it was the energy of the event itself. A packed conference hall is a thrilling reminder of how big, diverse, and passionate the web3 community is--and EthDenver is only a slice of it! Elbow-to-elbow with strangers, conversations uncountable with the same. Always trying to remember who's doing what, who knows who, and why you should know them too. It makes sense that the venue was a rodeo. It felt like it. Fast-paced, exhilarating, the slight smell of manure in the air.

Hello Frens, we are back with our day 4 recap of EthDenver. And the word of the day for us was ceramic security. Bear with me and it will all make sense.

Bufficorn oh Bufficorn! The Fimio hummingbird was super eager to hang out with the Bufficorn. But it seemed the Bufficorn was complete overwhelmed! Our first day at the Spork Castle was ... what is the right way to put this ... hmm ... let's just say we could have had a better experience if there was Wi-Fi in the castle as well as cell signal.

GM Frens! Day 2 for the Fimio team at EthDenver was filled with all thing decentralized machine learning. We attended the countdown to the Filecoin virtual machine event I mentioned yesterday. It was a series of short talks catching everyone up to what has been happening in the filecoin network community. For folks who would like to watch the talks, they were livestreamed on EthGlobalTv, you can watch it here.

First things first, the #BearMarket has had very little impact on the energy and excitement of the community. One might even go far and say that the #BearMarket has had the unintended effect of filtering for builders who are enthusiastic about the fundamental technology that we are all inventing 🎉.