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DeFi Training Grounds

The Academy

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Eye of the Seeker

Week 1 Training Grounds Activities. Acquire this role for entry.

- Post a meme incorporating Ink & tagging @inkonchain + using the hastag #Ink
- Bridge some ETH to Ink
- Like + RT our post on X
- Follow Ink on X

DeFi Training Grounds - Week 1

Week 2 Training Grounds Activities. Complete the tasks for contest entry and your chance to win 1 ETH.

- Solve The Scribe's Legacy riddle in the Ink Discord server then use it to inspire your Haiku poem. Share it in #✍️┃the-scribes-legacy-submissions channel

- Have at least 3 transactions on Ink mainnet

- Mint the "Ink the future" article: https://paragraph.xyz/@inkonchain/ink-the-future

- Follow Ink on Farcaster

- Correctly answer and submit the Ink Quiz form

DeFi Training Grounds - Week 2

The Seeker role for completing DeFi Training Grounds Week 1 to 4
https://guild.xyz/inkonchain/defi-training-grounds


*Note* Once granted in Guild, it can take up to 48h to apply to your Discord profile.

Seeker Role

https://paragraph.xyz/@inkonchain/ink-the-future

Mint 'Ink the future' article

Week 3 Training Grounds Challenges. Complete the tasks for contest entry and your chance to win 1 ETH!

- Solve 'The Broken Contract' in the Ink Discord server and suggest how you would improve upon the smart contract. 

- Give a star to the Ink repositories on GitHub

- Have either USDC.e or WETH on Ink

- Have deployed a smart contract on Ink

- Dinero Yield/Staking Task: https://mirror.xyz/0xE90c74145245B498fef924fAdC7bb34253c7cF90/FcwxOTL5RVcMNOAMm8EAy3QgScEZvZB-bKP17XUQAJU 
You can stake a small amount for this task as we do not require a minimum. Be mindful that Dinero's terms of service govern your use of their platform and you participate in DeFi Training Grounds Week 3 with that agreement. 

See the guide linked above for detailed instructions. Remember to select the 'Stake from Ink' option.

DeFi Training Grounds - Week 3

Verified Member

Hold either USDC.e or WETH on Ink to satisfy the task for Week 3 of DeFi Training Grounds

Training Grounds Token Check

Hold the celebratory Ink launch NFT!

https://zora.co/collect/oeth:0x5d1e1a5cdd95f68ff18d78242c252f6ceaa4538b/2

Ink OG

🏆┃Ink OG

Verify you are a developer-builder! Satisfy one of these requirements to receive the role.

Ink Apprentice Dev

🔍┃Ink Apprentice Dev

Satisfy Week 3 Training Grounds requirements. 
Connect a GitHub account to give a 'Star' to the Ink repositories: https://github.com/orgs/inkonchain/repositories

Star the Ink repositories on GitHub

Read the Week 3 description box for instructions to satisfy the staking task on Dinero.

Dinero Staking Task - Week 3

Week 4 Training Grounds Challenges. Complete the tasks for contest entry and your chance to win 1 ETH! Don't forget to fill the accompanying form to lock in your entry.

- Complete the Guild of Seekers challenge on Discord (#🗝┃4-guild-of-seekers)

- Follow + Like + Retweet @ak47ink on X (Ink Founder)

- Visit https://inkonchain.com & sign up for email updates using the mail ✉️ icon

- Complete the liquidity pool task on any of the listed platforms

- Obtain a .ink domain from ZNS Connect: https://zns.bio/search?chain=57073

DeFi Training Grounds - Week 4

The dApp tasks required for Week 4 of DeFi Training Grounds.

Satisfy the Reservoir task by adding liquidity to ETH/USDC.e or WETH/USDC.e https://swap.reservoir.tools/ Go to the Pool tab > New Position > select the pair > Complete the transaction

Satisfy the DYORSWAP task by adding liquidity to ETH/USDC.e and receiving LP tokens https://dyorswap.finance Go to 'Trade Now' > 'Liquidity' > 'Add Liquidity' > ETH/USDC.e & complete the transaction. There is no minimum to satisfy the task. 

Satisfy the task on The Deep by adding liquidity to the USDC.e/WETH pool https://app.thedeep.ink/explore Follow the link > Go to the USDC.e-WETH vault > Deposit & Complete the transaction. There is no minimum to satisfy the task.

To continuously remain eligible for the role, you will need to keep your liquidity position open. 

By participating you acknowledge and abide by the terms & conditions of Reservoir, DYORSWAP, and The Deep respectively.

dApp Tasks for Week 4

Welcome to Week 1 of The Academy! This week highlights the InkySwap and InkyPump platforms. 

Please expand this description box, read & understand the contents fully prior to participating. 

You will be using https://inkyswap.com and https://inkypump.com to complete the DeFi quests! 

Read on for instructions and information. 

Task List: 

- Swap ETH --> to USD₮0
- Provide Liquidity to USD₮0/ETH (must still hold 1 USD₮0 in your wallet)
- Make 3 trades for any of the top 12 tokens on InkyPump (see week 1 trader task for important details)
- Launch your own token on InkyPump (Include page URL in form)
- Post a meme on X based on any of the following topics: swapping, liquidity, or tokens. Tag @inkyswap, @inkonchain, & #defiacademy

Check the  #📖┃1-the-first-lesson  channel on Discord for details. 


DISCLAIMER: By participating you agree to The Academy rules available here: https://inkonchain.com/wizarding-academy-rules

InkySwap – DEX 1.0.1

Using https://inkypump.com > Go the the Trade page for any of the top 12 tokens (filtered by highest market cap, live status, + all social links) > Place a Buy order of at least 0.001 ETH for 3 different tokens.

Definition for Top 12: Highest market cap tokens listed on InkyPump filtered by *Live* status AND which have a linked *website* and *X* and *Telegram* on the day of February 10th 2025.

Listed in no preferred order of importance:

- $PURPLE
- $AK47
- $SHROOMY
- $RCN
- $PSD
- $FINK
- $IAGENT
- $Arch
- $FREAKS
- $WAGMI
- $PRL
- $CAT

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