Weekly #1 (Apr 14-20, 2025)

Highlights

1. The Namada Mission — Response to Vitalik Buterin

Namada responds to Vitalik's post about privacy with a powerful message on the importance of shielding:

"Why I support privacy." Read the full post on the forum

1. Development Update: Phase 4 & 5 Progress

The team is preparing for the mainnet upgrade after updates to Campfire and Housefire testnets. A hard fork will enable protocol improvements to support shielding rewards in future phases.

Key Points:

• Campfire testnet upgrade ✅

• Housefire upgrade in progress 🔥

• Mainnet fork coming soon ⏳

“Once the mainnet hard fork is completed, there will be no remaining technical barriers to moving quickly through phase 4 and 5.” 📎 Read the full update

1. Delegation Program Round 2 is Live

Applications for the next round of Namada’s delegation program are open until April 30, 2025. Up to 50 validators will be selected for a 6-month delegation period.

✅ Requirements:

• High uptime & performance

• Community contribution

• Participation in testnets

📎 Apply here

1. New Asset Proposal

The Veil team proposed adding 5 new tokens to Namada’s MASP:

• USDC, USDY (via Noble)

• UM (Penumbra DEX)

• NYM (Nym Mixnet)

• NTRN (Neutron)

📎 Read full proposal on the forum

🔥 Community & Culture

• 🧠 “Everybody asks wen Phase 5… nobody asks how is Namada”

• 🔁 “Connect. Protect. Repeat.”

• 🎭 Meme of the week:

  Never show anyone outside the family your transactions again 🔗 See the post

• 🎥 Featured Video:

“You choose what’s visible on-chain. That’s the whole point.” 🔗 Watch here

• 🗣 Community Question:

  What’s one thing you wish blockchains didn’t show publicly? Join the conversation on Twitter