July was a monumental month for Push Protocol as we hit the huge milestone of 100 Million Push Notifications. More than 8.91 Million Notifications were sent with a cumulative 241k subscribers reached ending the month on a high note marking significant progress in protocol user engagement, development, and community growth.
With all of this in mind, we are excited to share the highlights:
Product Updates:
Our website has undergone a revamp, as we:
- Updated the developer docs and 2024 live roadmap.
- Performed various bug fixes for better UX.
- Uploaded several new articles focused on developer engagement and protocol growth announcements.
Our DApp has seen significant upgrades, including:
- The debut of a new channel creation flow pipeline. Testing has been initiated for it.
- The protocol and staking analytics overview features being released in the dashboard UI.
- The update of the Development Design System with more components.
- The update of the Font Family throughout the platform.
- The beginning of work on the new Push Points Program.
- The completion of all scheduled priority bug fixes.
- We also enhanced the Push SDK by optimizing the code as per the new design system and added support for the ERC1155 Gated Chat Groups.
On the backend, we are:
- Working on improving the response format for our API calls.
- Working on a workflow automation tool that allows Push channels to automate their notification logic without writing a single line of code.
- Working on developing a custom delivery node that delivers notifications to different platforms like Discord/Telegram/email.
- Developing a pricing model for Push channels to leverage the custom delivery node’s capabilities.
On the Smart Contracts side, we have:
- Added additional functional support that enables the update of channel profiles from any chain.
- Completed the setup of an extensive mainnet testing framework for the CCR feature.
- Completed the optimizations for additional CCR-related features.
- Extended the optimization phase of development to include the gas optimization of the current Core and Comm contracts.
Partnership Updates:
We're thrilled to announce new partnerships:
- We welcomed Rivera - a liquidity management platform for transforming concentrated positions into DeFi-composable yield tokens who is integrating Push Notifications to enable weekly epoch rewards, APY changes, and more notification alerts for its users.
- We partnered with ETH Uruguay to co-sponsor the Buildathon event, offering bounties for developing projects using Push’s communication services.
- Push Protocol’s long-term partner Unstoppable Domains launched Group Chat powered by Push Protocol for the Crypto ‘Whale’ group and new gated group chats, powered by Push for Stepn, Raiin, and .ubu domain holders.
Ecosystem Highlights:
- Push Protocol’s Founder Harsh Rajat joined the Digital Duniya Podcast to talk in-depth about the inception of Push Protocol and entrepreneurial tips for early founders, especially from India.
- With Push’s expansion to Arbitrum, we conducted an exclusive AMA Twitter Space with Arbitrum ecosystem partners including Inferium, LogX, and Factor, moderated by our DAO Lead.
- We successfully conducted the second iteration of our Billion Reasons to Build (BRB) Bootcamp, this time on a global scale via an online medium. Over six weeks, the bootcamp attracted 70 participants, featured 10 masterclass lectures, and garnered 60,000+ impressions on social media.
- Further, we hosted Wormhole for a Push X Space to discuss how Push will enable not just cross-chain but all-chain communications. Zaryab and Ian joined from our side, with Os from Wormhole’s ecosystem participating as well.
- Push was also invited as a guest at the Koala Wallet’s AMA X Space.
- We are thrilled to share that Coindesk - the leading crypto news platform crossed 10k subscribers for its channel on Push.
- We were proud to feature DappLooker, Simplified Privacy, ShapeShift, and Grantships for the #PushChannelOfTheWeek in July 🔔
Push Governance and Community Updates:
- The Push Grants Programs V3 received 19 grant applications. Dhive - A governance data hub platform and Si3 - a decentralized media-tech platform became the first official new grantees under the Push Grants V3 Program, which is community-run for the first time in history.
- Our DAO Council member, SixtyKeys landed speaking slots at ETH Safari happening this year.
- We onboarded 20 new members to Push DAO.
- The Push Alpha Community on Push Chat grew its user base to 500+ participants becoming the largest conditionally gated community on Push DApp.
- Push Protocol received a notable mention in Electric Capital’s Crypto Market Map.
- The third iteration of the Push India Ambassador’s program has been formally initiated.
- We also had a booth set up at ETH CC Brussels at the Metamask Building Onchain event, featuring Push Metamask Snap.
Stay tuned for more updates as we continue to push the boundaries of the Web3 ecosystem.