Community + Ecosystem TLDR

Welcome to the Community Report, your update on recent key community resources, ecosystem growth, and community creativity.

Community voices

We’re excited to welcome Riyaz Faizullabhoy to the team.

Riyaz brings deep experience in security and crypto infrastructure. As co-founder of Bastion, former CTO at a16z Crypto, and former tech lead and architect for Novi (Facebook’s blockchain wallet), his leadership will be key as Nexus advances toward Testnet III and beyond.

Welcoming Riyaz Faizullabhoy as VP of Security

The team at Nexus is thrilled to welcome Riyaz Faizullabhoy as Vice President of Security.

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I share insights on growing an open, global community culture around a technical mission.

Community Building: Bria Han on Plugging In

At the heart of every transformative technology lies a human story. In the latest Nexus Chat, community manager Bria Han talks about what it means to build an open, global culture around a deeply technical mission — creating the Verifiable Internet. Curiosity → Community Bria’s journey into Web3 began after hearing

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Nexus engineer Joseph Zhang discusses his work building conceptual clarity around the functionality of Nexus. It’s a thoughtful look into the process of understanding complex systems and visualizing them to communicate with the broader world.

Seeing the System: Joseph Zhang on Mapping Nexus

When Joseph Zhang joined Nexus a few weeks ago, one of the first projects he got involved with was the launch of a global map interface for the Nexus OS. The new map, which just launched, is not just a visual — it’s a window into the scale and shape

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Nexus Product Design Lead Muchao Tang gave a live demo of Nexus OS, the app interface designed that makes it possible to join the Nexus network in one click.

Nexus OS: Muchao Tang on Connecting

A recent Nexus Chat serves as a live walkthrough of the Nexus OS — the app interface that invites anyone, anywhere, to join in just one click.

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Ecosystem growth 

Introducing VIA: The Verifiable Intelligence Alliance

Nexus is launching a new initiative designed to bring together leaders in cryptography, AI, and economics to make verifiability a first-class property of intelligent systems.

Introducing VIA: The Verifiable Intelligence Alliance

Nexus is launching the Verifiable Intelligence Alliance (VIA), a new initiative bringing together leaders in cryptography, AI, and economics.

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We continue to expand its ecosystem and strengthen infrastructure through new partnerships:

• FastNode.io joined the mission to increase computing power on Nexus Layer 1.
• Finoa became a Nexus partner, adding institutional custody capabilities.
• A new collaboration with StarkWare focuses on advancing ZK proof systems and building shared tooling across the ecosystem.
• Nexus is teaming up with PublicAI to explore privacy-preserving AI solutions that align with verifiability and decentralization.
• Joint efforts between Cysic and Nexus are pushing forward secure, efficient computation frameworks for zk-based environments.
• Routescan has integrated Nexus to provide real-time, transparent on-chain data and analytics for the growing ecosystem.
• Lunal is partnering to scale up verifiable compute with a modular architecture for distributed proving.

Community spotlights

This month, the Nexus community delivered a wide range of creative and educational contributions, and we’d love to give shoutout to the following community members:

Artwork and projects

• Handmade and digital artwork by: @lololohat55362, @AngelaSouz5175  @Avaderdis @Raynellle18 @suyan_520
• Graffiti art for Nexus by @gelumelu_eth
• Creative stickers by @_NearCrypto_ @lutfimbo
• Nexus logo Minecraft builded by @AnterNarvaiz
• Creative videos by @dr1mmerr @IMenlikovaOG
• Nexus game by @qazzaq_eth

Educational threads and posts

• Informative Twitter threads by @NameTr0uva1lle  @ferdo717
• Medium articles by Crypto Kesha🦜

Thank you to everyone who has contributed content. Your creativity and knowledge-sharing are helping to grow the culture and visibility of the Nexus network.

New community emojis, stickers, and badges

Say hello to Nexus Emoji and Sticker Pack 1.0, now live in our Discord! These custom emojis and role badges celebrate our growing community and top contributors. Use them in your conversations, show your Nexus spirit, and keep contributing to earn recognition and proudly wear your badge.