CKB Ecosystem Biweekly Update #16
Welcome to the latest CKB Ecosystem Biweekly Update. Here’s a quick summary of key dev and ecosystem progress from the past two weeks.
Infrastructure & Tooling 
- @CKBdev improved CKB-VM ARM64 performance, added SKILL.md for AI agents in ckb-debugger, and upgraded toolchain to 1.95.0. Multiple DAO Treasury designs & voting directions under discussion. More: CKB Dev Log 2026-04-29
- @CKBDevrel published an investigation into the AI optimization plan, and is working on an RGB++ asset manager with the new SDK.
- @FiberDevs released Fiber v0.8.1, added the x402 facilitator MVP, and attended Bitcoin 2026 (Las Vegas). More: Fiber Dev Log 2026-04-30
Web5 & DAO 
- DAO v1.1 project was discontinued, while all platform code and a vote auditor tool remain open sourced.
- Invisibook completed milestone 1 and is awaiting review; released weekly report (2026.5.10, Completed Invisibook order placement and settlement zk circuits: ZeroKnowledge implement by Lawliet-Chan · Pull Request #2 · invisibook-lab/invisibook · GitHub)
- Pocket Node released v1.5.1, download and try it here.
- Fiber Link published its Product Delivery Report.
- Bitcoin Renegade CKB Media Campaign is applying for $3K from CKB Community Fund DAO. The proposal is currently in the Discussion Stage.
- Proposals that failed the Discussion Stage:
Ecosystem Projects & Community 
- @Nervapes attended Bitcoin 2026 (Las Vegas), is rolling out new shop features, and implementing email-based claiming to reduce friction for non-wallet users.
- The Fiber Network AMA on Reddit goes live on May 12th, post your question here.
- @Ckroamer published a post on demo development based on fiber-js.
- @RetricSu released a paid AI Agent calling experiment via Fiber, and fiber-pay v0.2.5.
- ArthurZhang started a design discussion on the CellScript package and deployment registry, and published a post on CellFabric.
- @xjd shared recommended cryptographic libraries on CKB-VM.
- @phroi published the iCKB Contracts Security Review.
- @zz_tovarishch shared a multi-model allocation guide for complex tasks.
- @Eyeam shared thoughts on DAO structures and the future of AI agents.
- Nervos Talk forum category streamlining is ongoing.
Nervos Community Catalyst & Spark Program 
Nervos Community Catalyst
- The first Africa-based CKB Off-Chain meetup was held in Lagos, Nigeria on April 18.
- CKBuilders is expanding into new regions, recruiting devs in Kenya & Vietnam via its referral program.
- New article by CKBuilders members: Nervos & CKB: The Blockchain Built to Last Forever
- CKB AI Scholarship, which provides builders with access to subscription-level AI models, is now live.
- Blackbox, an all-in-one fiat & crypto POS terminal, posted its first devlog.
- Catalyst projects seeking feedback on Nervos Talk/GitHub:
Spark Program
- Future Spark proposals, updates & content no longer require mandatory bilingual versions, thanks to the integrated AI translation tool.
- Fiber-checkout has been completed, read the completion report.
- Updates from approved projects:
- New/pending applications:
Every step forward in CKB is powered by the community. Let’s keep building! 
Thanks to @JackyLHH for his contribution to the edition of the bi-weekly report.