CKB Ecosystem Biweekly Update

zz_tovarishch · October 27, 2026, 2:47am

CKB Ecosystem Biweekly Update #27

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 continued preparing CKB v0.211. CKB-VM and Tentacle gained runtime and networking improvements, while ckb-cli added a terminal UI. Light-client verification proposals remain under review, and experimental DAO voting progressed on vote thresholds and proposal settlement. More: CKB Dev Log 2026-10-14
@CKBDevrel made ckb-cinnabar easier for AI agents to discover and use, continued CCC development, and maintained CKBadger v0.7 services for mainnet and testnet.
@FiberDevs progressed toward Fiber v0.10, including invoice-settlement fixes. Channel V2 and Hosted LSP work continues on signing, recovery, and payment flows. More: Fiber Dev Log 2026-10-15

Web5 & DAO

@Code3ks is applying $6,000 from CKB Community Fund DAO for a 12-week development and validation phase for FiberNuts, an open Cashu-over-Fiber settlement adapter with RUSD reference applications. This proposal is now in the Discussion Stage.
@OWK50GA is applying $5,000 to advance CKB IDL. This proposal is now in the Discussion Stage.
@asondev is applying $20,000 to build CKB Poker, an online Texas Hold’em game with reusable multiplayer components. This proposal is now in the Discussion Stage.
@Ayoub_Lesfer is applying $5,000 for CrowdCell, a testnet-first, all-or-nothing crowdfunding app. This proposal has passed the Discussion Stage, and vote is live on Metaforo. Vote here.
@SalmanDev’s Kirea Finance proposal seeks $7,250 to harden native RWA lending primitives on CKB. It has passed the Discussion Stage, and vote is live on Metaforo. Vote here.
Rivet Phase 1 proposal by @Jedi_dtechmaker has passed DAO voting with 52.82% Yes.
Kaze × CKB UniTour Continuation proposal by @Dorex45 has passed DAO voting with 100% Yes.
@Jnr6 published Pocket Node for iOS Milestone 2 report, and released Pocket Node v1.8.6 (Android), providing better wallet protection and making backup and recovery easier to understand.
@Rypto posted the Month 2 report for the CKB Content Advocacy Campaign.
@truthixify published Vellum Milestone 2 delivery report.
@Ticoworld shared a FiberLatch Access post-grant update, demonstrating FiberFlow integration and local Fiber testnet settlement.
@Lawliet_Chan shared a weekly update: updated the design and feature development of Proof of Buy consensus.

Ecosystem Projects & Community

CKCon 2026 brought core developers and community contributors together in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Oct 12–16) to reconnect, share progress and ideas, and discuss what’s next for CKB.
A CCC paper by @zz_tovarishch and @Hanssen was accepted as a poster at IEEE ICDLT 2026, Dec 3–4 in Alcobaça, Portugal. Read the three design lessons from CCC to learn moe.
A Reddit AMA with Hanssen, CKBA’s DevRel team lead, concluded on Oct 9th. Read the answers if you missed it.
@Nervapes CAMP is live at nervape.com/pages/camp with ten artists and ten cities.
@ArthurZhang published the CellScript roadmap, introduced the experimental Tactus O1 based-rollup concept, proposed Project Matchmaker for brainstorming, and launched UTXOPlay in alpha.
@Victor_Okenwa published ckb-connect-wallet-kit, shared a wallet UI customization guide, and introduced Nervlith (formerly Mint Gate).
@LusoCryptoLabs launched POI: Proof of Identity, a testnet platformer teaching .cell names, and invited testers for the Cellula Wallet testnet beta.
@T_Silva introduced CKB Pulse, a live view of public CKB development on GitHub.
@TranNhi27 introduced FiberSurvivors, a browser-based, survivors-style game built around Fiber.
@Lawliet_Chan added notes on L1 censorship resistance to the Proof of Buy consensus.
@Mannychino published Understanding ‘Since’ on Nervos CKB.
@guopeng_lin released CKB Contract Flow, with visual Cell-transition explainers and an on-chain tx decoder for 46 CKB contracts.
@RetricSu released CKB On-ramp, a non-custodial first-deposit flow.

Nervos Community Catalyst & Spark Program

Nervos Community Catalyst

Nervos Community Catalyst released its Q3 2026 report: nearly 100 CKBuilders and alumni, 18 projects submitted for review, and 66 submissions from roughly 100 participants in the Fiber Infrastructure Hackathon. CKB Off-Chain expanded across regions, while CKBoost reached around 150 users.
Nervos Community Catalyst, in collaboration with BPSClub and TexLabs, held CKB Off-Chain Hanoi in Vietnam on Oct 8, 2026. Read the event recap.
CKB Builders Workshop in Kisumu, Kenya was concluded on Oct 16, 2026 with 37 people attending the event. Read the event recap.
Build on CKB: Campaign #7 is live. Send your first multi-hop payment with Fiber and win awards here.
The Vellum Test Campaign is running to test its portable quest-claim integration, with a listed end date of Nov 24. Join here.
@usekaze Kaze announced CKB-USDT and CKB-USDC swap support.
@blackbox_pos shared Devlog #10, showcasing prepaid-card and tap-to-pay functionality at the demo stage.
@xiaomao updated noir-ckb-verifier and opened participation in the private-tally trusted-setup ceremony.
@truthixify posted a post-hackathon update on Fiber Forge and released v0.4.0.
@karasbuilder introduced Nine Cells, a browser-based tower-defense game on testnet.
@Ticoworld introduced QuotaCell, a CKB-based treasury-spending tool, and Waymark Lite, a CKB wallet-state recovery tool, was integrated into Pocket Node’s main branch on Android and iOS.
@Code3ks shared fixes to FiberNuts Community Market, a Cashu + Fiber testnet app.
@ebubedev introduced Twine, an early, testnet-only P2P CKB/fiat trading prototype using Fiber and Nostr.
@Dat_Nguyen_Tu shared progress on CellRoute/FiberPay, a CKB developer-tooling and live asset-inspection project.
@LucentLabs shared CKB DEX progress update.
A new CKBuilder article in the Knowledge Base:
- *CKBuilders: A new generation of blockchain creatives on CKB — Volume 2*
New Catalyst projects:
- FiberContinuity: Browser-first backup and recovery reference for self-custodial Fiber apps.
- FreightOnNervos (FON): A CKB-native deliverables network.
- CKAutomata: Payment automation and Nervos DAO harvesting.
- Crowns: A multiplayer skill game with runs replayable on CKB-VM.

Spark Program

The Spark Committee approved the final evaluation of Wallet Behaviour Intelligence project.
Regular updates from approved projects:
New or pending applications:
- Corven: Browser-based IDE for CKB and Fiber.
- create-ckb-passkey-app: CKB passkey-auth starter kit.
- MeterNet: Pay-per-MB Wi-Fi hotspots using Fiber.
- Spark Verify: Reproducible acceptance checks for CKB projects.
- Bees Network: Decentralized observation layer for AI agents.
- DAO Cycle Alerts: Telegram reminders for Nervos DAO cycles.
- MatchLock: Private-until-match bilateral settlement primitive.
Rejected applications:
- LiquidLane: Fiber receive-capacity marketplace (resubmission).
- Fiber Mystery Shopper: Independent paid-use testing of Fiber services.
- RGB++ Resume: Recovery of interrupted RGB++ transfers.

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 update.