Nervos Community Catalyst: Quarterly Reports

[neon.bit]

This thread will be used to provide quarterly updates for the activities for the Nervos Community Catalyst, documenting current progress, spotlighted contributions, and areas to address moving forwards.

Q2 2025 report

Executive summary

In May 2025 we officially launched the Nervos Community Catalyst initiative. Since then, throughout the remainder of Q2, we’ve focused on laying a solid foundation, recruiting community members onto the various tracks, and piloting community-driven bounties. This report highlights our key achievements to date and outlines the roadmap for Q3.

Achievements

• Established the Nervos Community Catalyst May 15 2025, setting out the framework for the various sub-initiatives including Community Keeps Building, CKB Off-Chain, and CKBoost.

Communty Keeps Building

• Onboarding: At the current time of writing, we have a total of 14 participants on the programme, around half of whom started last month (Q2), and the remaining have started this month (Q3). The breakdown is as follows: 8 Builders, 4 Content Creators, 2 Advocates
• Builders’ track: We have had an influx of people with a basic programming background wanting to learn CKB.
  • The curriculum involves CKB Academy courses and associated on-chain tasks, and, in addition to CKB docs, perusing the CCC documentation and CCC playground.
  • Track participants have been submitting weekly reports as to their activities and reflections. Examples are as follows: Methemeticz, Wadie
  • We have been kindly assisted by @Alive24 and @Hanssen to ensure any queries from the cohort can be addressed.
  • Discussions are underway to ensure that participants are working towards creating a basic application by month 3 to put their study into practice
• Content Creators track: Content output has commenced over the past few weeks with content creators publishing videos related to Fiber network, CKB and Quantum resistance, and more (example). This content has been well received in the community and more content can be expected in the near future as newly-onboarded creators commence their output.
• Advocates track: The newly onboarded advocates have started this past week (so technically Q3). Further updates will be provided in the Q3 report.

CKB Bounty Board

In Q2 we launched the CKB Bounty Board, a platform for community members to complete tasks and earn CKB. So far there have been 3 bounties paid out, 3 bounties claimed or in-progress, 1 available “one-time” bounty, and 4 permanent bounties. You can see the bounty board at: Welcome to the CKB Bounty Board!

Completed bounties include:

• Article: “How CKB achieves Quantum Resistance in the Age of Quantum Computing” – Draft complete; pending publication on a suitable platform. (Completed by Femi)
• CKB Rewards Bot – A bot to automate bounty notifications and submissions on Telegram.(Completed by Phill)
• Refer a friend and Meme factory bounties have also been completed, and are still open to any community members wanting to benefit.

Bounties in progress:

• Article analysing the aims and benefits of iCKB
• iCKB explainer infographic
• CKB community meme update

CKB Off-Chain

Regional leads have been identified and discussions are underway to organise community meetups in areas where the community is concentrated (e.g. France, London, NYC). The aim is to have at least a couple community meetups before EOY.

CKBoost

Preparations are underway to create an open-source gamified quest platform to synergise community efforts in a fun and interactive way, with rewards as points, xUDT or CKB. @Alive24 has commenced a draft and will submit a Community DAO proposal to work over the course of Q3 on bringing this vision to life. Personally I’m excited for how this could boost community engagement.

You can view a draft front-end for this here:
v0 App

Plans for Q3

• Ensure all track participants are working towards a personal development plan. There are ongoing discussions about ideas for DAO proposals as participants continue their progress towards specific goals. More information about this will come out in Q3.
• Address areas for further growth for Community Keeps Building. Interest from Builders and Content Creators has been good. Over time it would be good to see more Advocates and Pioneers on the programme. Further steps will be taken to explore this.
• Finalise CKB Off-Chain meetups for this year
• Commence building of CKBoost, aiming for MVP within Q3

Thanks to all who have participated and supported so far, I look forward to sharing more updates in future.

[neon.bit]

Q3 2025 report

Executive summary

Over the course of Q3, significant progress has been made on all core initiatives (Community Keeps Building, CKB Off-Chain, CKBoost), with concrete steps taken towards community empowerment and growth. Individual personal development plans have commenced and some project ideas conceived under the Nervos Community Catalyst have started to take shape. The plan for Q4 will be to continue supporting community members’ personal development plans, increasing awareness of the schemes we are running, and to continue growing the core initiatives.

Community Keeps Building

Onboarding

Since the last update, a further 5 builders have been recruited onto the programme. These have varying backgrounds in software development in terms of protocols and experience levels. Some new entrants have a basic webdev background, others have built in the Ethereum ecosystem, and another has worked on other UTXO chains such as Alephium. On the content side, we have added 1 more content creator. This brings the total number of people on the Community Keeps Building programme to 20 (13 Builders, 5 Content Creators, 2 Advocates ).

I have considered adding more advocates. Given various factors, I believe it is more prudent to focus resources on strengthening our builders’ roster and ensuring the seeds are sown for new ideas, new projects, and new people speardheading them. That said I have been talking to prospective advocates and will focus more on this in due course.

Builders’ Track

Support for new Builders: In order to improve the onboarding and introduction to CKB process, I have created the CKBuilders’ Handbook. This is a handy resource that links to everything a new developer needs to get started on the programme, as well as a structured progression pathway as they start to build their knowledge.

In order to help the new builders on their journey, we now have a growing Telegram channel for them to ask questions from more experienced colleagues. We have kindly received help from @Hanssen @jm9k @matt_ckb @Tung_Pham in this regard.

Recording progress: All builders are producing weekly reports reflecting their studies as a condition for reimbursement.

Project development: I can share that various new project ideas have been conceived from this programme.

• Blackbox - This is a point-of-sale terminal developed by Phill @wyltek that is aimed at accepting fiat and crypto payments as an all-in-one solution. Currently, it can process CKB and BTC payments via invoicing. The longer term vision is to accept a basket of cryptoassets that, where possible, can be routed through Fiber network and other payment channels. More details will be shared over the coming weeks and months. Planning is now underway for prototype testing which will be supported by the Spark programme. This will take Blackbox one step forwards on the road towards transforming into a market-ready product. Video demo.
• CKB Registry - This is an online land registry and marketplace platform that utilises CKB. This is being developed by CKBuilders Wadie and Mil0, the former is a land surveyor by profession. The progress made so far is impressive; their main challenge will be to ascertain if it can overcome regulatory hurdles that come with platforms of this nature. Video demo
• Mobile node for Android - This is a CKB node that can be run on Android mobile devices, developed by Jr.bit. It significantly lowers the barrier for supporters to run their own nodes at home. Many people have spare/disused mobile phones: these can be repurposed to support the network and increase the number and distribution of nodes. A CKB light client for Android is almost finalised, after which steps will be taken to full node support. Video demo
• CKB Credentials portal - This is a platform that enables organisations to issue secure, verifiable digital credentials on CKB. This can apply to use cases such as employment verification, professional certifications, academic qualifications, and similar credentials. This is currently under development by Methemeticz - I will share a demo when it becomes available.

Moving forward: As more CKBuilders come to the end of their 3-month study, they will be encouraged to work on ideas for applications to build on CKB. 3 Builders from the Q2 cohort are inactive due to work and personal reasons but wish to remain amongst their peers with the intention to return to building eventually.

Content Creators Track

We have 5 content creators who are producing regular CKB video content that cover the main focal points of CKB’s future developments. Examples include:

• Nervos Network CKB: Why I Mine & Hold This Crypto! #shorts by VoskCoin (YT shorts and integrated segments in longer form videos)
• Nervos Network’s CKB is insanely flexible when it comes to quantum resistance by 6figs (long form YT and X content)
• I’ve Never Seen Anything Like This Nervos Network CKB by Bitcoin Renegade (long form YT and X content)
• This Project Just Gave Bitcoin Superpowers by Rypto (X content)
• Nervos Network is powerful by Dober (X content)

One of the main objectives of Community Keeps Building is not only to support CKB content creators, but to empower them to play a greater long-term role in the CKB community by encouraging personal growth that plays to their strengths. Some planning that is underway is as follows:

• One of the above content creators, a seasoned ASIC miner (including CKB), is in discussion regarding a US-based mining pool initiative to better distribute hashrate and improve awareness of CKB mining in the US.
• Another content creator is being trialled to engage in miner-related BD and networking at the upcoming Mining Disrupt conference (more details below). If successful it could form the basis of a community DAO funded role to target this important stakeholder group in the US.

CKB Bounty Board

The bounty board has been active with graphics and meme competitions to win CKB, with winning contributions selected by the community on the Nervos Nation telegram channel. Notably through the bounty board we have had community member Femi write numerous articles:

• How Nervos CKB Achieves Quantum Resistance in the Age of Quantum Computing - which was published on DailyHodl and now is in the top 1-2 results when searching for “ckb quantum resistance” on Bing/Google. It has subsequently appeared organically on Gate, OKX, Newsbreak, and other platforms (probably through news scraping).
• Unlocking CKB Liquidity: A Deep Dive into the iCKB Protocol - published on the Knowledge Base

Other bounties in progress include:

• Article by Femi sharing the experiences and perspectives of the CKBuilders from the Builders’ Track
• Ecosystem progress aggregator that compiles all information from various teams developing on CKB, allowing users to track past, present and prospective development on one platform; being worked on by E. Eclipse

All of the above illustrates the opportunities for growth available to anyone in or outside the CKB community who wishes to productively participate and offer their skills.

CKB Off-Chain

Since the last quarterly update I have started the process of establishing regional CKB meetups for supporters to meet and build social links. The first CKB Off-Chain meetup was conducted by CKB India, led by long-time community members Raja and Gyan. Thanks to their proactive approach, they were able to arrange CKB merch, posters, as well as a venue where they presented information about CKB to a group of contacts. We have seen the benefit of their efforts with more interest in the Builder Track from their social group.

The next planned CKB Off-Chain meetup is by CKB USA, confirmed to be at Mining Disrupt (Dallas, TX) on November 11-13. There will be a CKB booth, hosted by the Nervos Foundation, and supported by numerous CKB community members who will be attending. There will be a CKB Off-Chain happy hour meetup at the VIBE rooftop pool and bar (The Westin) at the same location as the conference. As mentioned earlier, community efforts will be directed towards networking with miners to create fresh interest in CKB mining.

In the new year there will be focus on meetups for London and Paris for those respective communities. More details will follow in due course.

CKBoost

Following the successful Community Fund DAO proposal, community member Alive24 @Alive24 has now commenced building the CKBoost platform. This website will allow users to earn rewards for completing quest-style tasks and earn points, UDTs, and CKB, providing an easy entry point for people who have a few minutes to spare. Following recent testing, I can confirm that Milestone 1 has been completed and work on Milestone 2 has started.

For anyone who is interested, they can follow current progress on the github repository and view a testnet version (be sure to follow the published testing guidelines).

Plans for Q4

• The primary objective will be to follow through on the projects and ideas that commenced in Q3, ensuring progress is made as appropriate.
• In particular, I would like to see CKBuilders moving towards Spark grant applications or Community DAO proposals where relevant, as well as the new CKBuilders start to experiment with the tooling.
• Work will continue towards building on the initial growth of the three core initiatives and refining where necessary.
• Making information about NCC activities more accessible to the community.

Thanks to everyone involved in the various schemes mentioned above for their hard work. For any queries, please feel free to contact me on this forum or on Telegram.

[neon.bit]

Q4 2025 Report

Executive summary

Over the quarter, Nervos Community Catalyst continued to advance its core programmes, with particularly strong progress across its flagship initiative, Community Keeps Building. With a growing number of new entrants and increasing momentum, more builders moved from learning to active development on CKB, alongside steady progress in several applications already under construction. As the CKBuilders cohort continues to mature, we expect to see these efforts materialise as testable applications and grant proposals to support further development.

In parallel, content creators and advocates sustained outreach and awareness efforts, with growing focus on community-funded roles that bridge online engagement and in-person activity. CKB Off-Chain supported the revival of CKB community meetups in the United States and is continuing preparations for further events in 2026. Meanwhile, CKBoost progressed through successive feature additions as it now moves toward focused testing and completion of its final milestone.

Community Keeps Building

Onboarding

In Q4, we made significant progress in building our developer base, onboarding another 10 developers, bringing the total number of developers in our ranks to 23. The overall composition of this programme (28 total) is now: 23 developers, 5 content creators. The 2 advocates concluded their roles and will be encouraged, as with all participants, to consider prospective roles for Community Fund DAO grants.

The new developers came from two main sources:

• Nervos Community Catalyst entered a strategic partnership with TechyJaunt, a developer education network based in Africa. Through this agreement, 5 developers have been introduced to CKB and are working through documentation and tooling to further their understanding.
• Word of mouth referrals. As we have continued to grow, current participants have shared their experiences with developer friends and colleagues, creating a steady influx of interested applicants.

Selection criteria

To provide some insight: my process for developer recruitment involves setting a few requirements, including: 1) a web development background of at least 2-3 years; 2) an established github profile at least 2 years old; 3) familiarity with Rust, Javascript, or Typescript, and a strong interest in learning or developing their blockchain understanding. These selection criteria help to isolate applicants who have a verifiable history and are sufficiently competent to work through CKB’s tooling at a beginner level.

CKBuilders (formerly Builders’ track)

Sharing the experience of builders

An article was published that explored the journey of learning CKB and its tooling from the perspective of CKBuilders (CKBuilders: A new generation of blockchain creatives on CKB). This provides valuable reflections regarding what facets of CKB they found appealing, and highlights the importance of peer support to overcome difficulties with tooling and other obstacles.

Strengthening connections

In November, we met with a number of CKBuilders for the first time at a CKB community meetup in Barcelona. This strengthened interpersonal connections and reinforces my desire to see more regional meetups.

Additionally, the CKBuilders telegram group is continuing to establish itself a space for people to ask questions, share any problems or perspectives, and receive help from more experienced developers.

Development progress

I can share that many of the developers have now completed their initial study of CKB and have now started using tooling such as CCC to create their own applications. Below I will list updates to existing initiatives as well as new ones.

Blackbox - a fiat + crypto all-in-one POS terminal

As introduced previously, this is a point of sale terminal built by @wyltek that will support traditional fiat payments as well as embracing payments in major cryptocurrencies, using payment channel networks (Fiber Lightning Network, Perun) for fast, private, cheap payment. Video demo.

Much of Q4 was spent in heavy development and preparation for prototype testing via the Spark programme. After some delays in acquiring components and with international shipping, the testing was completed and a preliminary report was issued in December. This was an extremely beneficial testing event which yielded excellent detailed feedback and recommendations for software, hardware, and UI/UX improvements for Blackbox. We now have a clear picture of the refinements needed to create a market-viable product and this will be the focus of Q1 2026.

A few models of Blackbox were available and presented at December’s CKCon, and the enthusiasm of the community to explore it was inspiring. I would also like to extend my thanks to all of the testers who participated from the various teams and from the community, as well as the Spark committee.

Verdict - a prediction market on CKB

With the rise in popularity of platforms like Polymarket and Kalshi, Verdict is a prediction market allowing people to trade on the outcomes of real world events, built on CKB. The creator, @Methemeticz, has deployed an early version of testnet and is continuing to add core features to reach an MVP. Currently, creation of new markets, minting and order book trading of YES/NO tokens is possible.

His roadmap includes oracle integration, implementing support for RGB++ and BTC collateral to support Bitcoin-oriented prediction markets, as well as further UX/UI enhancements to create an equivalent experience to other mainstream platforms. I will be recommending he seek a Community Fund DAO grant to support his ongoing work.

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Link for testing (WIP) Verdict - Prediction Markets on CKB

Eterna Registry - an on-chain land registry and marketplace

Eterna is a land registry and marketplace that combines the Spore protocol with advanced GIS mapping technology and satellite imagery, developed by Wadie. In Q4, it underwent further development, and an early version has now been deployed on testnet. Marketplace development and testing are ongoing.

As mentioned previously, the key for this application is finding its target clients within existing regulatory frameworks (land agencies, estate agents). Fortunately, as a professional land surveyor, such targets are already connected to his field of work. Once he is able to shortlist potential partners, which is his current focus, I will be recommending he seek a Community Fund DAO grant.

Link for testing: CKB Registry V0.0.1 - Land Registry DApp

PocketNode - a mobile wallet light client implementation

PocketNode is a mobile-native light client implementation that could eventually support CKB full node, developed by @Jnr6. Development encountered issues with native Tentacle integration with Anrdoid, prompting discussions around formulating a new mobile-centric standard or other potential solutions: Bringing CKB Light Client to Mobile devices. Recently, a solution was identified thanks to @Eval_Exec which paves the way for mobile light client integration without major changes, and provides an easier development path for PocketNode. A link for testing will be available soon.

Other new developments

These are ideas and projects in various stages of development and feedback being worked on by CKBuilders

Buy me a Coffee - This is an early patreon or crowdfund style application, built by Aditya, allowing users to donate CKB and offer messages of support. This can be developed further, enabling users to create their own pages, as well as creating a hub and dashboard to view all available pages. Testnet link

Spin to win - This is a spin the wheel game developed by Naitik, currently at early prototype stage. Users submit a transaction to spin the wheel plus payment which adds to the prize pool. Current feedback and exploration is around UX, prize pool cell designs, and different approaches to achieve randomness. Testnet link

Credentials platform - This is a platform that enables organisations to issue secure, verifiable digital credentials on CKB. This was previously worked on by Methemeticz, who decided to work on Verdict, and is now started afresh by Mil0. Current status: Prototype development.

Other ideas that are currently being worked on are Kickstarter-style applications, a blogsite built on CKBFS, lending, on-chain vaults, and counters. I will share further details as they become available.

To me what’s important, as much as the ideas being worked on, is having more developers begin their journey on CKB and finding reasons to stay and grow.

Funnelling towards the Community Fund DAO

We encourage all CKBuilders to work on ideas that can eventually become Community Fund DAO grant proposals. This is a core part of showing new developers that they can have a future in this ecosystem, and I’m sure the community will help to encourage them. As the process of grant application can seem daunting, I have created a template to help guide CKBuilders and any prospective applicants wishing to create a proposal.

Leveraging AI

Based on recommendations from @jm9k, we have explored the use of AI as a development aide for CKBuilders, including providing access to an API key to use Claude Opus 4.5. From our experience so far, Opus 4.5 is showing promise as a superior model for backend and contract development and troubleshooting when compared to alternatives. We are planning to combine this with a CKB MCP server that is trained specifically on CKB documentation and tooling, with the hypothesis that this could substantially reduce workload for building CKB applications.

Content creators and advocates

The roster for content creators remained the same for Q4 2025, with each participant producing content around CKB news, narratives and events. Examples:

Nervos Network News. Fiber Update. Bridge Proposal. Price Action Analysis by 6figs
The Most Overlooked Proof-of-Work Gem $CKB by Rypto
My $50,000 of Nervos Network CKB Mining Profitability Update by Vosk
I just found the Secret To Success Nervos Network #CKB by Bitcoin Renegade
Everyone is freaking out about Quantum Computers by Dober

A number of these creators are coming to the end of their tenure with Catalyst, and discussions regarding Community Fund DAO proposals are in progress. I recently shared my thoughts about how content or advocate oriented proposals could be structured for better alignment and appraisal. On Funding Social Media Activity via the Community Fund DAO

At least one proposal aimed for Q1 will target US-based in-person outreach and advocacy, based on experience gained from similar attempts at Mining Disrupt. Other creators have been asked to consider where their interests and capabilities could be utilised to benefit the community.

Another proposal mentioned previously, in regards to a mining pool initiative with a US-based miner, has been investigated further. Some work was undertaken to update Stratum v2 configurations to successfully test launch a pool. Thanks to further exploration by @Alive24, there are some additional ideas being considered around combining solo pools or creating a protocol that combines mining with collateralised debt positions (CDP). It’s possible that multiple different mining proposals may spawn from this experimentation.

CKB Bounty Board

We launched a few bounties in Q4 which were successfully claimed:

• Write an article about the CKBuilders, completed by Femi
• Refer a developer to the CKBuilders group, which yielded 1 successful referral
• Promotional CKB graphics, claimed by Raja

One bounty actively being worked on:

• Create and maintain an ecosystem update aggregator, by E. Eclipse. This is a resource that tracks progress of various ecosystem projects, their recent deliverables and upcoming goals, as an alternative to a central roadmap. It is still in development currently, and is designed to support submissions by anyone with an appointed caretaker to. A testable version is here: CKB Journey | Nervos Ecosystem Roadmap

CKB Off-Chain

In November, the US-based CKB community met up in Dallas, Texas for the Mining Disrupt conference. I have written a report about it here: Mining Disrupt community meetup overview

A recent video recap of community efforts and reflections is also viewable here.

In 2026, meetups will continue to be a key focus, encouraging community members to build stronger connections and to give CKB more IRL presence. The next planned meetup is CKB London on Monday 16 February, in collaboration with CryptoMondays, a popular monthly crypto meetup that occurs globally across many cities including London. We will be hosting a networking session and discussion about CKB and quantum resistance. Come drop by!

More regional meetups are being planned this year across the USA, India, North Africa and Europe, I will share more information closer to the time.

CKBoost

As mentioned previously, CKBoost is a community engagement and quest platform that issues rewards for completed campaign objectives. It is available on testnet, with the following features now live:

• Create and fund campaigns and subquests with CKB or UDT
• Submit entries for quest and campaign completion
• Telegram-based verification
• Manage profile and dashboard
• Platform and campaign admin roles and dashboards
• Rewards in CKB, UDT and points
• Leaderboard to track top performers
• Create and support tipping proposals. Apply your own custom tip or add to the tipping pool

A detailed record of development can be viewed on its discussion page and github. CKBoost’s development is now nearing completion, with milestone 3 currently underway. Documentation, extensive testing, and UI enhancements are now the priorities.

Looking forward to 2026

The priorities for Nervos Community Catalyst in 2026 will be as follows:

• Support CKBuilders to build cool things
• Continue to support anyone in the community who wishes to be productive, whether as a builder, content creator, advocate, or something else
• Encourage progression of more Catalyst participants towards the Community Fund DAO
• Foster more regional meetups and presence at regional conferences

We now have an online presence at nervoscatalyst.org, it will eventually contain all of the main resources relevant to our work. As always, thanks to everyone involved in the various schemes mentioned above for their hard work. For any queries, please feel free to contact me on this forum on Telegram or neon at nervos.community.

[Yeti]

The work you’ve done bringing on devs and them actually building some pretty cool looking apps is awesome mate, well done!

[neon.bit]

Q1 report 2026

Executive Summary

Q1 2026 was a quarter of continued momentum across all of Nervos Community Catalyst’s core programmes. The Community Keeps Building initiative reached 46 participants, with accelerated development at the heart of current progress. Supporting an expanding group of builders at varying stages of development remains the central challenge, and new structures around mentorship, project tracking, and AI tooling have been introduced to address this. The highlight of the quarter was the Claw & Order hackathon, which produced 22 open-source agent projects in two weeks and demonstrated the depth of talent present in the CKB developer community. CKB Off-Chain made its UK debut in London, with Lagos to follow in April. CKBoost completed a significant UI overhaul and its most rigorous live test to date, with mainnet progression now in sight.

Website Updates

The Nervos Community Catalyst website at nervoscatalyst.org has been updated to be more public-facing, providing clearer information for prospective participants across our various programmes. The site now includes a dedicated section for the Community Keeps Building initiative, with onboarding information for CKBuilders, as well as dedicated sections covering CKBoost and CKB Off-Chain. A new section has also been added for our AI scholarship initiative, which will be discussed further below.

Community Keeps Building

Onboarding

In Q1, we continued to make strong progress in expanding our developer base. The Community Keeps Building programme now has a total of 46 participants, of whom 44 are developers and 2 are content creators. Over the course of the quarter, we reduced our allocation to content creators to focus more directly on where momentum has been strongest: with the CKBuilders. Content creators who completed their tenure have been given guidance and support as they consider working towards Community Fund DAO grant proposals.

As in Q4, new developers came from two main sources:

• Our strategic partnership with TechyJaunt continued to bear fruit, yielding another cohort of developers, drawn particularly from Nigeria and Kenya.
• The developer referral bounty on the CKB Bounty Board proved highly effective, generating more than half of new entrants through word of mouth.

Many of the incoming developers bring prior blockchain experience across a range of ecosystems, including Ethereum, Solana, Cardano, Starknet, and Stellar, among others. The referral scheme has been successful enough to generate a waiting list of developers interested in joining. Looking ahead, I will be expanding the scope of the CKBuilders programme, opening up more slots and opportunities for developers to come onboard.

New challenges, new possibilities

The growth of the CKBuilders programme has created new opportunities, but also new challenges. Chief among these is how to effectively support and mentor an expanding cohort of developers at various stages of their learning journey.

A number of strategies have been developed to address this. Most notably, we have introduced a CKBuilder project hub, which provides a structured mechanism for developers to open issues on GitHub. These are then reviewed and delegated to experienced CKB developers, who provide feedback, suggestions, and technical guidance. This creates a more direct line between CKBuilders and the broader developer community, and ensures that builders are not left to navigate complex problems alone. I must thank @chenyukang for his help in facilitating this.

In addition to the support mechanism described above, there is a tracker (which I recommend bookmarking) that contains a live record of all projects currently being developed by CKBuilders, presented in tabulated form. In a change from previous quarterly reports, this table will serve as the primary resource for tracking project progress and developments, rather than individual written summaries. Going forward, each developer will be responsible for posting their own project introduction and progress on the forum - a process already underway. The table can be viewed below.

Name	Project	Repository	Test link	Development status
Methemeticz	Verdict: prediction market	Link	https://verdict-three.vercel.app/	Ongoing
Wadie	Eterna Registry: on-chain land registration		https://ckb-registry.vercel.app/	Inactive
RJnr	Pocket Node: light client android wallet	Link	https://www.pocket-node.com	Ongoing
Phill	Blackbox: POS terminal	Link	https://www.blackboxpos.com	Ongoing
Aditya	DripFund: crowdfunding	Link	https://dripfund.vercel.app/	Implementing feedback
Naitik	CKB Arcade: minigames and lottery	Link	https://ckb-spintowin.vercel.app/	Implementing feedback
Petelgeuse	CKB-PoP: proof of participation	Link	PoP - Proof of Presence Protocol	Implementing feedback
Oluwaseun	InheritVault: time-locked inheritance	Link	https://inherit-vault.vercel.app/	Implementing feedback
Dragon Dev	Dragon Rush: 3 match game	Link	https://dragon-test.mememadness.xyz/	Ongoing
Smilez	Cvent: Event ticketing	Link	https://cvent-chi.vercel.app/	Demo complete
MorseCode	MintGate: gated communities		https://mint-gate.vercel.app/	Ongoing
Rick	CKB Kickstarter	Link	https://decentralized-kickstarter-kappa.vercel.app/	Ongoing
Amine	CKB Node Manager	Link		Ongoing
Chetan	ChainPress	Link	https://ckb-academy-progress.vercel.app/	Awaiting feedback
Truthixify	Grid3	Link	https://grid3-ckb.vercel.app/	Awaiting feedback
Truthixify	Haven Protocol	Link		Awaiting feedback
vibes	Ohrex Protocol	Link		Awaiting feedback
Oluwaseun	PactAgent	Link	https://www.pactagent.online/	Ongoing
Petelgeuse	NERVE	Link	https://nerve-docs.vercel.app/	Ongoing
Destiny	Lean Oracle	Link		Ongoing
Destiny	Lenderr	Link		Ongoing
Williams	CKB Privacy Mixer	Link		Ongoing

Project updates

For the sake of continuity, brief updates on previously introduced projects are provided below. As noted above, going forward each project will maintain its own dedicated forum thread for ongoing updates. You may have noticed this already with some projects:

• Building CKB PoP: a reusable participation primitive on CKB
• Introducing CKB Kickstarter: Decentralized All-or-Nothing Crowdfunding on Nervos CKB (Testnet MVP Live)
• Introducing DripFund - A Creator-First On-Chain Donation & Crowdfunding Platform (Testnet MVP Live)
• InheritVault - A Simple Timelock Inheritance Vault on Nervos CKB (Web MVP)
• Introducing Haven Protocol — Privacy Reputation on CKB
• Ohrex Protocol: Decentralized Token Launchpad with Auto-DEX Deployment on CKB - English - Nervos Talk

Blackbox. In Q1, Blackbox completed its testing programme under the Spark programme (completion report, testing overview). The results demonstrated a promising foundation, with clear areas identified for iteration on the path toward a market-facing product.

Following a short break after testing, attention turned to the development of open source hardware libraries, including the embedded builder for ESP32. Open sourcing at this level benefits the broader ecosystem by lowering the barrier to entry for hardware developers building on CKB, enabling others to reuse and build upon established components rather than starting from scratch. It also serves to streamline Blackbox’s own development going forward. A placeholder website is live at blackboxpos.com, with a reference page available on Wyltek Industries. Biweekly dev logs will be posted to keep the community up to date on progress.

PocketNode. PocketNode is a mobile-native Android wallet with an integrated light client, designed for minimal trust assumptions. In Q1, it became the first CKBuilder project to successfully secure a Community Fund DAO grant — a significant milestone for the programme. Development has progressed at a strong pace, with the project now closing in on its third milestone. PocketNode is available to view at pocket-node.com, and progress can be followed on its dedicated Nervos Talk thread.

Verdict and Eterna Registry have no major updates to report at this time. Both developers will share updates in their respective threads when news is forthcoming. In the meantime, their current status is reflected in the project tracker table above. As I haven’t heard about the latter project in a while, it is currently listed as inactive.

Two other projects mentioned last time are currently receiving and implementing feedback via the above tracker. “Buy me a coffee” is now DripFund, and “Spin to win” now hosts a few more different games as CKB Arcade.

Further contributions

The value added by CKBuilders can also be seen by the various issues they open on different repositories (1, 2, 3), or by the CKB learning resources they create spontaneously:

• Learn CKB in 45 Minutes — A Developer’s Fast Track Guide by @truthixify
• Lessons | Learning CKB by @Jnr6

CKB AI Scholarship

Over recent months, our use of AI as a development resource has grown substantially. The Share-AI platform - which gives CKBuilders access to otherwise paywalled AI models, providing more powerful tools better suited to intensive CKB development - now has over 30 registered developers.

The hackathon placed considerable strain on this platform, with usage regularly exceeding available limits even on the highest tier packages. This stress-tested the concept, raising important questions about scalability and how best to support developers as demand grows.

In response, we are pleased to announce the CKB AI Scholarship: a multi-tiered initiative to ensure that CKBuilders have the best AI tools at their disposal as they develop their applications. The scholarship operates across two levels: Level 1 provides access to the Share-AI platform for shared AI resources; Level 2 supports personal Claude accounts for more dedicated use, tied to specific performance and reporting requirements.

Hackathon success

In March, we organised the Claw & Order: CKB AI Agent Hackathon: a two-week event challenging developers to build autonomous, user-authorised AI agents leveraging CKB’s cell model and/or the Fiber Network. The event drew 25 participants and concluded with 22 project submissions spanning a remarkable range of categories: trading agents, coordination protocols, micropayment infrastructure, gaming referees, social tools, and more. All submissions were fully open-sourced, and have now been forked to the Nervos Community Catalyst Github, creating a permanent resource for the community.

The results were a strong signal for the health and trajectory of the CKB developer community. Of the 22 submissions, 16 came from CKBuilders - and the top two winning places were claimed by CKBuilders as well. This reflects how far AI has come in lowering the barriers to building on CKB, enabling developers who are relatively new to the ecosystem to produce serious, technically grounded work in a matter of weeks. The full results can be viewed here. The future of the CKB developer community looks brighter than ever.

CKB Off-Chain

CKB London. In February, CKB Off-Chain hosted its inaugural UK community meetup in collaboration with CryptoMondays London, bringing together CKB community members alongside local blockchain researchers, founders, developers, and enthusiasts. The evening centred on a keynote by @Alive24 entitled Quantum vs Blockchain: Existential Threat or Industry Myth?, which examined the realistic timelines for quantum risk, the vulnerabilities of existing cryptographic stacks, and how CKB’s flexibility-first, RISC-V based architecture transforms quantum resistance from a costly retrofit into a straightforward cryptographic upgrade. A fireside chat followed, exploring the broader governance and coordination challenges facing the industry. A full overview of the event can be found here.

The next CKB Off-Chain meetup is occurring in Lagos, Nigeria on Saturday 18th April 2026. It promises to be a great developer-focused event bringing together many of the CKBuilders and other local software developers, with a number of CKB projects to be presented.

CKBoost

In Q1, CKBoost received a significant visual UI upgrade, making for a considerably more polished and visually appealing experience. It also served as the live campaign management infrastructure for the CKB AI Agent Hackathon, providing a meaningful real-world test of both its campaign manager and user flows. The platform held up well under live conditions, with numerous bugs identified and resolved through the process. Overall reception from hackathon participants was positive, with the clean UI, ease of navigation, and gamified quest structure all noted favourably.

Prior to final completion of its third milestone and progression to mainnet, some targeted work remains: transaction cost optimisation, onboarding documentation and search functionality, and the resolution of outstanding GitHub issues. A number of further enhancements have also been logged for a future development round, including improvements to page load times, submission form UX, leaderboard visibility, and identity integration. A detailed post-hackathon testing and feedback report can be found on the CKBoost discussion thread. Credit to Alive24 for his continued work in developing the platform to this stage.

Looking Ahead

The past few months laid solid groundwork for what comes next. The priority for Q2 is to continue expanding the CKBuilders cohort, deepen mentorship and support structures, and encourage more projects to progress toward Community Fund DAO grant proposals. The CKB AI Scholarship will play an increasing role in equipping developers with the tools they need to push boundaries on CKB.

The benefits of growing our developer ranks are, I think, abundantly clear: more people experimenting, contributing, and innovating creates the conditions for lasting success, and brings us closer to unlocking what CKB is truly capable of.

CKB Off-Chain will continue its regional meetups, bringing together CKB supporters and strengthening community bonds, and CKBoost is expected to complete its final milestone and move to mainnet. Overall, there is good reason to be encouraged by the direction of travel.

As always, thanks to everyone involved across the various programmes for their hard work and commitment. For any queries, feel free to reach out on the forum, on Telegram, or at [email protected].

[neon.bit]

Q2 2026 report

Executive Summary

Q2 2026 was defined by expansion and consolidation across all of NCC’s core programmes. The Community Keeps Building initiative grew to 70 CKBuilders, while the launch of the Build on CKB initiative brought a further estimated 40 new developers into the ecosystem, bringing the total number of developers who have taken active steps to explore and build on CKB to over 100. To support this growing cohort, a dedicated CKBuilders website, weekly developer calls, and a CKBuilder Developer Liaison were introduced. The CKBuilder project tracker now lists 45 projects, with 23 added over the quarter and 15 submitted for technical review, reflecting both the volume and maturity of work being produced within the programme.

The newly announced Gone in 60ms: Fiber Network Infrastructure Hackathon has already surpassed its predecessor in registrations, with a subsequent use-case focused hackathon to follow. CKB Off-Chain made its Africa debut in Lagos, with Nairobi to follow in July. CKBoost completed its final milestone and is now an established campaign platform with over 100 users, setting the stage for its next phase of development. Five CKBuilder projects progressed to Community Fund DAO proposals, with three passing. Q2 demonstrated that the foundations laid in Q1 are bearing fruit, and the conditions for continued growth are in place.

Community Keeps Building

Expanding Scope

Q2 brought a number of structural developments to reflect the growing scale of NCC’s developer activities, which I wrote about in a June mini-update. CKBuilders now has its own dedicated web presence at ckbuilders.dev, serving as the primary point of reference for developers looking to learn about the programme. Alongside this, a new Build on CKB initiative and Telegram group has been launched, open to any developer with an interest in CKB regardless of experience level. Members receive support from CKB DevRel, pointers to guides and documentation, alerts for upcoming events and hackathons, and the opportunity to win prizes for standout weekly contributions. It also serves as a pathway into the CKBuilders programme proper, as well as other grant programmes such as Spark and the Community Fund DAO.

To support the increasing operational demands of a larger cohort, a dedicated CKBuilder Developer Liaison has been recruited to help oversee and track developer activity. Weekly CKBuilder calls have also been introduced to keep the community connected and moving forward. In addition, NCC is working closely with DevRel to ensure that feedback and reporting from CKBuilders is being analysed and used to improve the broader developer experience on CKB.

Onboarding

CKBuilders

By the end of Q2, the Community Keeps Building programme had grown to 70 participants, all of whom are CKBuilders. Our remaining content creators have moved towards Community Fund DAO proposals, as noted later in this report. While the primary focus of NCC’s activities is on building a strong developer community on CKB, we remain committed to supporting rising content creators and community activists.

As in Q1, the developer referral bounty on the CKB Bounty Board continued to be the primary source of new developer referrals. Building on the momentum established in Nigeria, Q2 saw continued growth efforts in Kenya and Vietnam, with new developers joining from both regions as we work to strengthen our presence across emerging developer hubs.

Build on CKB

The Build on CKB group has also grown significantly, with an estimated 40 new developers joining who have no prior involvement with CKB as CKBuilders. To engage this wider audience, two campaigns were run exclusively for developers new to CKB with prizes for completion:

• Build on CKB Campaign 01: install OffCKB, deploy a test contract, and share proof of completion. 8 completions.
• Build on CKB Campaign 02: complete the Store Data on Cell tutorial and share proofs of completion. 18 completions.

Both campaigns gave new developers a structured entry point into building on CKB, and provided further real-world usage data for CKBoost as a campaign platform.

Continued growth

Across both initiatives combined, we now have over 100 developers who have taken active steps towards exploring and building on CKB. This is a significant achievement given current industry conditions, with many other blockchains experiencing a decline in developer activity. The effects of this surge are visible across the ecosystem: more applications being built, more developers coming to CKB spontaneously via social momentum, an increase in grant proposals, more technical discussions across social channels, and greater participation in campaigns and hackathons. I will see how we can communicate these successes in the form of external media campaigns.

AI Scholarship

As detailed in the Q1 report, NCC launched the CKB AI Scholarship initiative to ensure that CKBuilders have access to the best AI tools available as they develop their applications. The scholarship operates across two levels: Level 1 provides access to the Share-AI platform for shared AI resources, and Level 2 supports personal accounts for more dedicated use, tied to specific performance and reporting requirements.

In Q2, the number of CKBuilders receiving Level 1 support has grown to 43, reflecting the continued uptake of shared AI resources across the cohort. 5 CKBuilders are now receiving Level 2 support, with recipients required to produce monthly reports detailing their activity and learnings. This reporting requirement ensures accountability while also providing useful insight into how AI tooling is being applied in practice across CKB development.

CKBuilder Project Tracker

The CKBuilder project tracker continues to serve as the central record of all projects being developed within the programme. Since the start of Q2, the number of listed projects has grown from 22 to 45, with 23 new projects added over the quarter. The range of applications being built reflects the breadth of the CKBuilder cohort: new additions include a ZK key recovery protocol for AI agents, a multi-tenant indexing and query service, a Groth16 zkSNARK verifier, a Fiber desktop client, a DID reference dashboard, an implementation of ML-DSA quantum-resistant cryptography, a governance voting prototype, and various DeFi primitives including lending and prediction pool applications, among others.

As well as being listed on the tracker, many of the projects have been introduced on the forum or mentioned in the CKB Bi-weekly report, so for brevity they do not need to be listed again here.

Project Review

In Q2, a further 15 projects were submitted for review, with feedback and suggestions provided by core CKB developers. This continues to be a valuable mechanism for ensuring that CKBuilders receive informed technical guidance as they develop their applications.

Progression to Community Fund DAO

In Q2, a number of CKBuilders and content creators progressed from NCC support towards Community Fund DAO proposals:

• Fiber Desktop: Passed
• Rypto CKB Content & Advocacy Campaign: Passed
• Bitcoin Renegade CKB Media Campaign: Withdrawn to reapply with a better fit
• FiberLatch: Passed
• Vellum: Did not pass

A word on the Community Fund DAO

From the beginning, the positioning of NCC has been to guide creators and developers towards output that benefits the ecosystem, is likely to receive community support, and could possibly become self-sufficient over time. The judge of that is ultimately the Community Fund DAO by way of the governance process. Conceptually, the DAO works because it aligns incentives with ecosystem progress and accountability to the community. My request to the community is to continue to engage over both voting stages to ensure that proper due diligence occurs, and, where majority support does exist, that the community’s voice is resoundingly clear on that.

CKBuilder Articles

Q2 saw a number of articles published by CKBuilders, sharing their experiences and perspectives on CKB from a variety of developer backgrounds. These pieces offer a valuable window into how developers from other ecosystems perceive and engage with CKB, and contribute to the growing body of community-generated technical content.

• Nervos and CKB: The Blockchain Built to Last Forever
• Your Ethereum Account Doesn’t Exist
• Research Notes: What Zero-Knowledge Proofs Enable on CKB
• From Solana to CKB
• Where is the ABI? Also, Why is My Cell Dead?
• From Polkadot to CKB

One Hackathon Ends, Another Begins

Following the conclusion of the CKB AI Agent Hackathon, time was taken to consider possible routes forward for the projects that emerged from it. The most noteworthy progress has come from the hackathon winner, PactAgent, which has continued its development and is working to identify the right niche in which it can operate, with attention turning towards applications that could be built on top of it, such as content or service commissioning platforms. A series of developer updates can be found here.

More recently, a new hackathon was announced: Gone in 60ms: Fiber Network Infrastructure Hackathon. As Fiber Network matures, the priority is to make it easier for external developers and businesses to build on top of it. This hackathon is designed to address that directly, challenging developers to build reusable infrastructure that strengthens the foundations around Fiber and makes it easier to integrate, operate, and productise.

As of writing, the event has attracted over 85 registrations representing roughly 95 participants, a significant step up from the previous hackathon. A round-up of submissions will be shared once the campaign concludes. This hackathon, and a subsequent Fiber hackathon aimed at use-cases, will continue to generate momentum and focus developers’ attention towards real-world impact based on Fiber.

CKB Off-Chain

Lagos

On April 18, in collaboration with TechyJaunt, NCC hosted the first Africa-based CKB Off-Chain meetup in Lagos, Nigeria. The event drew over 50 attendees, bringing together existing CKBuilders and developers from TechyJaunt’s wider network. Following an introduction to CKB’s design and ecosystem, three CKBuilder projects were presented: PocketNode, Pact Agent, and Backr, with some developers onboarding their first users on the day. A CKB airdrop event introduced new participants to PocketNode and provided useful real-world testing feedback. The full event overview is available here.

Nairobi

The next CKB Off-Chain meetup is scheduled for Saturday 18 July in Nairobi, Kenya, in collaboration with Web3 Clubs. The event will bring together CKBuilders and regional blockchain developers, featuring presentations from developers building on CKB, networking and idea-sharing, and an introduction to CKB for new developers. With a growing contingent of CKBuilders based in Kenya, it represents a natural next step in expanding CKB’s regional presence in East Africa.

Future Plans

Q3 will continue to build on this momentum, encouraging further regional community and builder meetups as a means of strengthening in-person engagement across the ecosystem.

CKBoost

In April, CKBoost completed its final milestone review, with Alive24 publishing a product delivery report confirming that all three milestones from the original proposal have been substantially delivered. The platform now constitutes a working, CKB-native system for structured community campaigns, verifiable participation, on-chain points and rewards, identity verification, tipping, and admin review flows.

As noted in earlier sections, CKBoost served as the campaign platform for the Build on CKB developer campaigns in Q2, bringing in new developers from outside the CKBuilders cohort and generating further real-world usage data. This has translated into more substantial engagement during the ongoing hackathon. With over 100 developers now having used the CKBoost platform across its various campaigns, there is sufficient evidence of traction to consider the next stage of development.

The priorities for that next phase include better DID integration, improved use of mailing lists to engage the growing user base, UX and UI improvements, and a solution for reducing CKB cell costs as usage scales. Once these areas are addressed, progression to mainnet can be considered, though an audit may be warranted at that stage.

Looking Ahead

Q2 continued to build on the momentum established in Q1, and there is good reason to feel encouraged by the direction of travel. Our developer community is growing, and the interest, participation and output are all noticeably higher. My priority is to continue this momentum and seek opportunities for it to translate into broader ecosystem growth. I would like to see builders empowered to go one step further and become entrepreneurs, creating useful applications that utilise the unique benefits of CKB. I would also like to see external teams and other potential partners inspired by recent momentum to consider CKB as a viable home for their endeavours. There is however still much work to be done.

As always, thanks to everyone involved across the various programmes for their hard work and commitment.