Tezos

Personal reflections on why Tezos is still where I choose to be

There’s a question I get sometimes, especially during rough market periods: Why are you still here? Not in an aggressive way. More in that curious, slightly tired tone people use when they’ve watched cycles come and go and are trying to decide where they still want to spend their time and energy.

And honestly, it’s a fair question.

If you’ve been in crypto long enough, you’ve seen entire narratives disappear. Entire sectors that were “the future” for a year. Entire blockchains that felt unstoppable until suddenly they weren’t part of the conversation anymore. That’s just the reality of a space that moves this fast. So yeah, it makes sense to ask why anyone stays anywhere in this industry for years.

I’ve thought about that a lot myself. Not from a price perspective, and not from a “which chain wins” perspective, but from a much more personal place. After enough time in this space, you either drift toward whatever is trending, or you decide where you actually want to spend your time building and contributing.

For me, over time, the answer started to become clearer. This isn’t about saying Tezos is perfect, and it isn’t about pretending every experiment works. It’s definitely not about trying to convince anyone else what they should or shouldn’t focus on. This is just me trying to put into words the things I’ve seen and experienced over the years that made me keep showing up and keep paying attention to this ecosystem.

When I really break it down, a few patterns keep coming up. Not headlines. Not narratives. Just patterns you start noticing when you’ve watched something evolve over multiple cycles.

The first one is persistence. I’ve watched Tezos move through multiple cycles now. Not always loudly. Not always at the center of attention. But it keeps moving. It keeps upgrading. It keeps adapting. It keeps shipping.

Part of that persistence comes from the people who keep building and participating through every cycle, and part of it comes from a design that was built to evolve instead of staying fixed. Over time, persistence stops looking boring and starts looking rare.

A lot of things in crypto are built to win a moment. Tezos has always felt like it was built to survive many moments. And after enough time in this space, you start to understand how valuable that is. Surviving cycles isn’t flashy, but it’s usually how real infrastructure gets built.

Another big reason I’m still here is adaptation.

What kept me paying attention over the years is that Tezos never really acted like it was “finished.” The assumption always seemed to be that it would need to evolve. New ideas, new roles, new technical approaches, new experiments. Not chasing whatever is trending that month, but also not pretending the world isn’t changing.

There’s a difference between chasing trends and refusing to get left behind. Tezos, to me, has usually tried to live somewhere in the middle of that. And that balance, in my opinion, matters more than people think, especially if you’re thinking in years instead of quarters.

Then there’s the community aspect, which honestly became more important to me over time than I expected.

I’ve seen moments where the community didn’t just react to decisions, it helped shape conversations around them. Not perfectly. Not instantly. But meaningfully. There are ecosystems where direction feels like it lives very far away from the people actually building and using the technology. Tezos has never really felt like that to me.

Messy sometimes? Sure. Debated sometimes? Also yes. But alive. Participatory. Influenced by the people inside it.

And to be clear, I don’t agree with everything that happens. I don’t agree with every decision, and I don’t agree with every direction. No long-running ecosystem gets everything right all the time.

But at the same time, over the years, I’ve found myself trusting the broader direction more often than not. Not blindly, but because again and again, especially on the technical side, the long-term approach tends to age well. We’ve seen ideas that once felt niche or over-engineered slowly become industry standard, sometimes years later.

Love him or hate him, Arthur Breitman has been right more times than not when it comes to long-term technical thinking. And when you watch those patterns repeat over enough years, it becomes easier to stay patient even when you don’t agree with every individual step along the way.

For me, the fact that discussion exists and that direction can be influenced matters more than the illusion of perfection, and after enough years, you stop looking at individual decisions and start looking at the bigger picture.

Last but not least, we have the ideals and overall ethos.

For me, the original blockchain ideals played a huge role in why I got involved in this space in the first place. Things like open participation, reducing reliance on centralized control, giving users real ownership, and building systems that could be upgraded without depending on a single company or authority. Those ideas weren’t just technical concepts, they were the whole point.

Over time, you start noticing which projects quietly move away from those ideas when it becomes convenient, and which ones keep building around them even when it’s harder, slower, or less marketable in the short term. Tezos is one of the few ecosystems that has kept those core principles close to how it actually operates, even when it would have been easier to compromise them.

And then there’s the part people don’t talk about enough: history and personal investment.

At some point, it stops being just about technology. It becomes about the people you met, the projects you watched grow, the experiments you saw succeed and fail, the meetups, the conversations, and the shared wins and shared frustrations. You build knowledge, relationships, and context, and that matters more than people like to admit.

Ecosystems aren’t just tech stacks. They’re communities of people trying to build something together, usually under a lot of uncertainty.

All of that is why, after all this time, I don’t really look at Tezos through the lens of single cycles anymore.

I don’t expect every experiment to work. I don’t expect every decision to be perfect. And I don’t expect every market phase to favor us. And I definitely don’t get frustrated immediately with every decision I don’t like the first time I see it, the way I probably did when I first joined this space. Time and experience change how you look at these things.

What I do look for now is whether an ecosystem keeps building when things get quiet. Whether it keeps adapting when the landscape changes. Whether the people inside it keep showing up even when attention moves somewhere else.

In this space, sentiment can change faster than people think. We’ve seen projects spend years building quietly before suddenly finding themselves back in the spotlight. Even if it doesn’t happen often, it proves how quickly perception can shift. I’m pretty sure many people felt it was “too late” for Zcash before its recent surge in attention.

Sometimes it really does only take one moment, one breakthrough, or one narrative shift to change how the broader space looks at an ecosystem.

And I genuinely believe that Tezos still has those moments ahead of it. Not because of hype or market cycles, but because the technology and the ecosystem keep getting stronger. That’s part of why I’m excited about what’s coming next.

Between the continued evolution of the protocol, what we’re likely to see coming out of TezDev this year, and the long-term impact of the Tezos X roadmap as it continues to be implemented, it feels like we’re moving into a phase where a lot of years of groundwork start compounding.

I don’t expect everything to work. I don’t expect progress to always be linear. But I do believe the most important chapters of this ecosystem are still ahead.

And those are more than enough reasons for me to stay, keep building, and keep showing up for what comes next.

Why I’m Still Here was originally published in Tezos Commons on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

We’re now deep into February, and you can feel the energy picking up again.

After a few quieter weeks at the start of the year, things are moving in very different directions at once. This week, protocol research is looking years ahead, asking what it means to prepare Tezos for a post-quantum world. Additionally, the ecosystem is packing its bags for ETHDenver, ready for handshakes, coffee meetups, and real conversations with the community face-to-face.

And in between, we’re seeing entirely new initiatives launch, like a uranium-focused podcast that zooms out from charts and tokens to talk about global energy policy and long-term supply.

This week’s edition moves between those layers. Long-term security, near-term community momentum, and the projects pushing the ecosystem forward in their own way.

Let’s get into it.

Protocol “U” Previewed: A First Step Towards Quantum Readiness

Last week, Nomadic Labs shared a preview on Tezos Agora of the next protocol proposal, currently referred to as “U.”

At first glance, it might not sound exciting. Quantum-resistant signatures. Feature flags. Cryptographic standards. Not exactly headline-grabbing stuff.

But this is one of those moments that matters precisely because it is happening early.

Blockchains rely on public key cryptography. Today, that cryptography is secure. Tomorrow? With sufficiently advanced quantum computers, that assumption could change. In theory, a powerful enough machine could derive a private key from a public key. That is not an immediate threat. But it is a real long-term consideration for every network that intends to be around for decades.

Tezos is choosing to prepare now, not later.

The important thing to understand is this: nothing is breaking, and no one needs to rush to do anything.

Elliptic curve signatures remain safe today. The upcoming proposal does not deprecate them. It does not force users to migrate. It does not disrupt wallets or custody systems.

Instead, “U” introduces the groundwork.

Specifically, it integrates ML-DSA-44, a post-quantum signature scheme standardized by NIST. On Tezos, this would appear as a new account type: tz5.

Behind the scenes, the protocol will support:

Transfers, contract calls, delegation, and staking with tz5 accounts

A formally verified Rust implementation

A feature flag that keeps it deployed but not yet user-accessible

For now, baking and native multisig remain on existing account types. Nothing changes operationally.

This is infrastructure being quietly installed before anyone needs to flip the switch.

Why Do It This Way?

Cryptographic migrations are not hard technically. They are hard socially.

Wallets need to integrate new signing schemes. Custodians need to upgrade infrastructure. Tooling needs to adapt. Users need time to understand what they are doing.

That coordination cannot happen overnight. And if the industry ever reaches a point where migration becomes urgent, it will already be too late to begin calmly planning.

By starting now, Tezos gives the ecosystem breathing room as an ounce of prevention is worth a pound in cure.

Future upgrades are expected to introduce stateful addresses, allowing multiple keys to attach to the same account. That means users could eventually add a post-quantum backup key without losing address history. For artists, collectors, DAOs, and long-lived accounts, that continuity matters.

Tezos has always taken the long view. Twenty upgrades in, the network continues to evolve without disruption. “U” follows that same philosophy.

It is not flashy. It does not change your wallet experience tomorrow. It does not alter how you stake, trade, or build this week.

But it signals something important: this network intends to stay secure not just for the next cycle, but for the next era of computing.

That is the kind of preparation you want to see long before it becomes urgent.

The Tezos Community Heads to ETHDenver 2026

Next up, while some teams are thinking decades ahead, others are packing their bags for next week.

The Tezos ecosystem is heading to ETHDenver.

If you are in Denver, make sure to swing by the Tezos booth. Full details are coming soon, but expect conversations, a bit of swag, and a few surprises along the way.

A strong group of builders will be around the Etherlink booth as well, so it is a great chance to meet the people shipping the infrastructure and applications that many of us talk about every week. Stop by, say hello, and put faces to the names.

And if you are looking for a proper start to your morning, the Tezos Breakfast Club returns:

🗓️ Tuesday, February 17 | 10:00 AM–12:30 PM (GMT-7)📍 The Wild, Denver

Coffee, pastries, and time to connect before the day kicks off.

Denver always has a way of bringing the ecosystem together. If you are attending, this is your invitation!

This Week in the Tezos Ecosystem

Critical Mass Episode 1 Launches with the World Nuclear Association

There’s something fitting about this next story coming from the uranium corner of the ecosystem.

This week, Uranium.io officially launched a brand new show called Critical Mass, a podcast focused on nuclear energy, policy, and the forces shaping the future of the sector.

Episode one opens with a heavyweight guest: Sama Bilbao y León, Director General of the World Nuclear Association.

The conversation dives straight into the landmark declaration signed by 33 countries pledging to scale nuclear power. It unpacks what is actually driving this renewed momentum and why today’s nuclear renaissance looks fundamentally different from past cycles.

Here’s what they cover:

• The global pledge to triple nuclear capacity• Shifting public opinion around nuclear energy• The role of small modular reactors versus large-scale builds• Which regions are moving fastest and what policies are accelerating change

For anyone following uranium markets, energy infrastructure, or the broader macro context behind tokenized commodities, this podcast is a must-follow.

Listen to Episode 1 on your favorite platform.

Events

Big conference days tend to start fast, and ETHDenver is no exception. To make the morning a little easier, the Tezos Breakfast Club is back with a relaxed meetup designed to fuel conversations before the day gets busy.

If you skipped the hotel breakfast or just want a familiar place to land, this is a low-key stop for the Tezos community to connect over coffee and pastries before heading into the conference.

What to Expect

Complimentary coffee and fresh baked goods

Casual conversations about Tezos, Etherlink, and what people are building

Exclusive giveaways for attendees

A friendly starting point to ease into the ETHDenver schedule

The Breakfast Club is meant to stay simple. No panels, no presentations, just a chance to catch up with builders, artists, and ecosystem teams in a comfortable setting.

Event Details

Location: The Wild, 1660 Wynkoop St Suite 100, Denver, CO

When: During ETHDenver week

Registration: Spots are limited, so early sign-up is recommended

Grab a coffee, grab a pastry, and start your ETHDenver week with good conversations and familiar faces.

One More Thing…

We’re giving first details exclusively to you, our loyal subscribers, more information will be revealed in the near future, but save the date for Tez/Dev 2026!

🔴 Now Streaming: Inside TZ APAC and the Next Fortify Labs Cohort

This week on TezTalks Live, host Stu is joined by Imran Haqeem, Deputy Head of Programs at TZAPAC, for a wide-ranging conversation about how Tezos continues to take shape across the Asia Pacific region.

Imran returns to share what the TZAPAC team has been working on as 2026 begins, from ecosystem programs and regional initiatives to the next cohort of Fortify Labs projects. Together, they explore how builders’ needs are changing, what kinds of ideas are emerging, and how hands-on support can make the difference between an early concept and a real product.

Watch the full episode on YouTube.

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Tezosun Xeyriyyə Fəaliyyətlərini Gücləndirdiyinə Dair Nümunələr

İnternet hər il keçdikcə daha qaranlıq bir yer kimi görünə bilər, amma texnologiyanın həqiqətən yaxşı şeylərin baş verməsinə imkan tanıdığı anlar var. Bir xüsusiyyətin mənalı bir istifadə halını ortaya çıxardığı zamanlar. Ən əsası, texnologiyanın insanları insanlara kömək etməyə təşviq etdiyi anlar var.

Bir çox vaxt "çox mehriban" olduğum üçün istismar edildiyim biri kimi, illər keçdikcə bu meyl bir qiymətə başa gəldi, amma bu, eyni zamanda mənə sistemlərə, hekayələrə və performativ dəyərləri reallardan daha çox mükafatlandıran məkanlara qarşı ehtiyatlı olmağı öyrətdi. Buna görə də Tezos ekosistemi hələ də mənim üçün bir ev kimi hiss olunur.

A quick rundown of the latest happenings and significant milestones within the Tezos ecosystem for January 2026.

Welcome to our latest issue, Month At A Glance (January 2026), where we give a quick rundown of the latest happenings and significant milestones in the Tezos ecosystem on a monthly cadence.

January carried a strong sense of infrastructure maturing across the ecosystem. The month leaned into core protocol progress, deeper scaling groundwork, and continued improvements to performance and developer environments. Alongside that, steady movement across tooling, integrations, and research signaled an ecosystem continuing to build with a long-term view, focusing less on noise and more on strengthening the foundations that future growth depends on.

Let’s break it all down.

Ecosystem Insights

Tallinn Goes Live — Tezos Reaches 20 Protocol Upgrades

On January 24, 2026, the Tallinn protocol upgrade activated on Tezos mainnet, marking the network’s 20th protocol upgrade. It’s another example of the upgrade cycle Tezos has settled into over the years — proposals move through governance, bakers vote, and the network upgrades without disruption.

Tallinn focuses on three practical areas: speed, security, and storage efficiency. Layer 1 block time drops from 8 seconds to 6 seconds, which improves transaction responsiveness and shortens finality time, while also benefiting Layer 2 systems like Etherlink that rely on L1 block inclusion for data publication.

The upgrade also introduces all-baker attestation (once enough bakers adopt tz4 consensus keys), improving security and making rewards more predictable through BLS signature aggregation. On the application side, the new Address Indexing Registry can significantly reduce storage requirements for large Michelson applications, which is especially relevant for apps managing large address datasets like NFT platforms or large-scale financial infrastructure.

Tezlink Shadownet Launch

Shortly after the Tallinn upgrade, Tezlink Shadownet went live as the first public test network for Tezlink, bringing the Michelson runtime for the Tezos X roadmap into a live testing environment for builders. The focus here is simple: give developers a place to experiment with running Michelson-based applications in a higher scalability environment while keeping compatibility with existing Tezos development workflows.

In practice, this means many contracts written for Layer 1 using Michelson, SmartPy, or Ligo can be deployed and tested on Tezlink Shadownet with minimal changes. The environment supports common features like smart contract deployment, calls, views, big maps, and internal operations, while intentionally excluding Layer 1 consensus features like delegation or voting, which don’t apply in a rollup context.

The current Tezlink Shadownet testnet runs as a single-runtime environment. The next planned milestone is a new testnet phase where Tezlink and Etherlink run side by side on the same rollup, allowing testing of cross-runtime interactions as the multi-runtime Tezos X architecture continues to take shape. Builders interested in Tezlink can already start deploying contracts, testing workflows, and sharing feedback through the dedicated Tezlink channel in the Tezos Discord as this part of the stack evolves.

Etherlink Introduced Instant Confirmations

January also brought a major performance milestone for Etherlink with the introduction of Instant Confirmations, reducing confirmation latency from roughly ~500ms down to under 50ms. Instead of applications reacting only after block production, transactions can now return a receipt almost immediately once the sequencer commits to including them in the next block.

The practical impact here is about shrinking the remaining execution uncertainty window and moving closer to real-time on-chain interactions. Lower latency improves trading efficiency in DeFi, enables more responsive gaming and interactive applications, and supports faster automated and agent-driven payment flows.

Instant Confirmations don’t change Etherlink’s finality model, with full settlement still anchored to Tezos Layer 1, but they significantly improve responsiveness at the execution layer. The feature is currently experimental, with feedback from builders expected to help shape how it evolves going forward.

News From The Tezos Ecosystem: Quick Bits

Beyond those insights, the ecosystem saw plenty of other noteworthy developments worth a quick look:

Tezos Baking Portal Goes LiveThe Tezos Baking Portal went live, bringing baker-focused resources into a single hub, including network stats, setup and operations guides (keys, monitoring, testnets), a governance overview, and a curated baking tool directory.

Meria Joined Tezos as a BakerMeria joined the Tezos network as a baker, contributing to network consensus while expanding access to on-chain staking through its validator infrastructure and regulated platform.

Etherlink Integrated with Ledgerhttps://x.com/etherlink/status/2016914732578648556

TenX Published a Research Thesis on TezosTenX Protocols published a research report outlining its long-term thesis on Tezos, focusing on governance-led design, validator economics, and long-term network durability. The report also highlights Tezos’ scaling direction through smart rollups, the Data Availability Layer, and Etherlink as part of its broader technical roadmap.

Events

Artz Fridays New Year’s Community Call — January 2nd

Tuesday🎙Tezday Community Call — January 6th

Artz Fridays w LMDesigns8 — January 9th

Tuesday🎙Tezday Community Call — January 13th

Artz Fridays w Bosque Gracias — January 16th

Tuesday🎙Tezday w Ivana on the block — January 20th

Artz Fridays w Victor Acevedi — January 23rd

Tuesday🎙Tezday Community Call — January 27th

Artz Fridays January’s Community Call — January 30th

Stay in the Conversation, Stay in the Know

Tezos Commons hosts a variety of community-oriented events and content. From podcasts, X-spaces, and long-form content, there’s something for everyone.

TezTalks Live

TezTalks Radio

X Spaces

X Shorts

Baking Sheet Newsletter

In-Depth Articles

You can also contact us on X or via email at social@tezoscommons.org.

Month At A Glance — January 2026 was originally published in Tezos Commons on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

A Wholesome Art Community

When I was in Miami for Art Basel 2025, I was overwhelmed by a unique sense of hope, but it wasn’t the art on the main Art Basel floor that sparked those emotions. In fact, I spent nearly a full week in Miami before even stepping onto the official fairgrounds. That time was filled with conversations, introductions, and unexpected moments of connection. I was meeting new people at a pace I had not experienced since my freshman year of college.

Parts of that journey were covered in a recent article, yet there was still more from Miami Art Week I wanted to share. One encounter, in particular, set the tone for the rest of the week. It was my introduction to a DAO-based artist community that immediately felt familiar, almost inevitable. It felt like crossing paths with people I was always meant to find.

That feeling began the moment I walked into the Gates Hotel. Before a single formal event or panel, I was greeted by digital and physical artworks spread throughout the lobby. The space felt alive. A central wall featured dozens of Metasil digital art frames, each displaying a carefully curated selection of work. The presentation was immersive without being overwhelming, intentional without feeling rigid. A key theme ran through it all, one that felt deeply familiar to me: One Love. One HeArt.

As both a journalist and an artist, my curiosity was instantly activated. The lobby itself had become a gallery, reassuring that art, community, and presence were central to the week ahead. The digital works radiated positive, uplifting energy into a very real physical space.

Finding Immediate Alignment

Shortly after exploring the lobby, I was introduced to the founder of One Love DAO, Jenifer, also known by her artist name SirenAI. From the first conversation, there was an easy sense of relatability. Our dialogue moved naturally between art, technology, community building, and even anatomical hearts in artwork. There was no pitch and no pretense, only a shared language rooted in experience and intention.

What stood out most was how grounded those conversations felt. Through the event, Jenifer articulated ideas clearly under pressure while calmly taking action whenever something needed attention. It was an immediate impression of thoughtful leadership backed by real execution. After spending even a short amount of time around her and the surrounding artists, it became clear that One Love Art DAO is not an abstract idea. This is an organized, active community already inspiring the people it touches and achieving its goals. Naturally, I wanted to know more and felt a genuine pull to get involved.

The Origins and Mission of One Love Art DAO

One Love Art DAO emerged from a simple but powerful idea. Artists thrive when they are supported, seen, and connected in meaningful ways. The DAO was built to foster collaboration and shared growth, while encouraging artists to explore across mediums, platforms, and innovative new paths.

At its core, the mission centers on unity, creative freedom, and collective progress. Governance and decentralization matter here, but they never overshadow the human element. The DAO exists to serve its artists, not the other way around. That balance is reflected throughout both its structure and culture. As a nonprofit dedicated to empowering artists and building community, One Love Art DAO offers a grounded example of what a Web3-based organization can become when creativity, innovation, and collaboration are treated as shared values rather than buzzwords.

Today, the DAO facilitates exhibitions, residencies, workshops, and even scholarships. It stands as a rare and valuable example of what decentralized, democratic communities can look like when aligned around care, intention, and long-term thinking.

Artists, Exhibits, and Collective Energy

Now back to the storytelling. Throughout the week, I had the opportunity to experience the work of artists within the One Love Art DAO. The diversity of styles, disciplines, and perspectives was immediately apparent. Digital art, physical pieces, installations, and collaborative works all coexisted naturally, without hierarchy or separation.

What made the experience especially compelling was the dynamic between the artists themselves. Support was visible, genuine, and constant. They gravitated toward shared momentum. Accomplishments were treated as collective wins, reinforcing the idea that progress within the DAO lifts everyone involved.

One moment in particular caught me off guard. I opened my laptop to collect Me Time by DAO member and painter MykNash. The room erupted in cheers as I clicked collect, not because of the price, but because the work was seen, valued, and clearly moving people, myself included, in real life. That shared acknowledgment, that digital art mattered in that moment, lit up the entire space and etched itself into memory.

Following Up and Staying Tuned Into One Love DAO

The One Love Art DAO website serves as a clear entry point into the community. It outlines the DAO’s values, mission, and opportunities for artists to participate, while highlighting past exhibitions, partnerships, and cultural activations. Rather than acting as a static promotional page, the site functions more like a map, helping newcomers understand how the DAO operates and where they can plug in. It also includes an application for artists interested in becoming members.

For active participants, however, the true heartbeat of One Love Art DAO lives inside its Discord server. This is where artists communicate daily, share works in progress, announce open calls, coordinate exhibitions, and support one another in real time. The Discord functions as both a studio and a town hall, reinforcing the DAO’s emphasis on accessibility, transparency, and collective momentum. While the server is open to the public, members gain access to additional resources and private channels.

Open Calls, Events, and Ongoing Initiatives

One Love Art DAO consistently creates opportunities for artists to show up, contribute, and be seen, bringing real-world presence to a growing digital art movement. Open calls circulate regularly across social channels, the DAO’s Discord, and platforms like Webbie Social, inviting members to participate in curated drops, themed exhibitions, and collaborative showcases, both online and in person, including the Miami exhibition I experienced firsthand.

The DAO has built a strong presence at real-world events by investing in thoughtful, impactful ways to present digital art. From Miami Art Week activations to major Web3 conferences, One Love Art DAO continues to prioritize physical gathering alongside on-chain expression. Upcoming initiatives such as Zen Zone at ETHDenver reflect this approach, blending art, mindfulness, and community within high-energy environments.

The One Love Art Gallery on OBJKT

A cornerstone of One Love Art DAO is the One Love Art Gallery on OBJKT. Built on the Tezos blockchain, the gallery functions as a living exhibition space rather than a single moment in time. It allows the DAO to present its artists inclusively, while preserving individual works and showcasing the One Love story as it unfolds.

OBJKT’s dedicated gallery structure plays an important role in this. It gives One Love Art DAO a persistent, discoverable home where exhibitions can live beyond a single drop window. That permanence matters. It allows artists to be contextualized alongside one another, reinforcing collective identity while honoring individual voices. Over time, the gallery becomes an archive of growth, collaboration, and shared milestones.

Tezos may have its technical benefits, but the activity here is likely based on an aligned foundation. The broader Tezos art ecosystem has long emphasized sustainability, accessibility, and artist-first values. That ethos mirrors the principles at the heart of One Love Art DAO, where community, respect, and long-term thinking consistently outweigh short-term hype.

Exhibitions hosted through the gallery reflect that alignment. A wide range of artistic styles and perspectives come together under a cohesive curatorial thread rooted in unity and shared expression. For collectors, curators, and artists exploring the Tezos ecosystem, The One Love Art Gallery offers a clear window into what happens when infrastructure, values, and community genuinely move in sync. You can also find the works shown at the Gates Hotel exhibition, “Listen To Your Heart”, here.

Before You Dive Deeper Into One Love

My introduction to One Love Art DAO during Miami Art Week felt like one of the defining highlights of 2025 for me. It served as a reminder of why these spaces matter and why I continue to believe in the potential of Web3. When artists are enabled, empowered, and supported with care, they come together around shared values and mutual respect. When you give them tools to organize fairly, collaborate openly, and lead with heart, something rare and powerful emerges: art that transcends.

One Love Art DAO represents a version of Web3 that prioritizes people, creativity, and connection. It is a community built with intention, and one I look forward to continuing to learn from and grow alongside. I hope anyone reading this will feel inspired to join that journey too.

One Love DAO was originally published in Tezos Commons on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

Bakerlər üçün, bakerlər tərəfindən hazırlanmış Tez Capital aləti

Tezos bakımı başladığı vaxtdan etibarən açıq və çevik olması üçün hazırlanmışdır. Tez yatırılmış və düzgün qurulmuş hər kəs şəbəkənin təhlükəsizliyini təmin etməyə iştirak edə bilər. Zamanla, bu, məsuliyyətlərin aydın ayrılmasına səbəb oldu: Baking Stack və Signer.

Baking Stack düyünü, baker daemonunu və ittihamçını daxil edir. Birgə olaraq, onlar blokçeyn vəziyyətini saxlayır, bloklar təklif edir, təsdiqlər istehsal edir və etibarsız davranışları izləyirlər. Bu tərəf həmişə çevik olub, Raspberry Pis-dən bulud VM-lərə və xüsusi serverlərə qədər hər şeydə işləyir.

Digərləri düşdükcə, Objkt göndərməyə davam edir

Daha çox NFT bazarları fəaliyyətlərini dayandırdıqca, Tezosdakı incəsənət davam edir. Bu davamlılıq təsadüfi deyil. Bu, fayda və əlçatanlığa prioritet verən incəsənət-öncül ekosistem qurmağa daha dərin bir öhdəlik nümayiş etdirir. Bu kimi anlarda, Tezosdakı incəsənətin gücü daha aydın olur.

Geniş bazar yenidən tənzimlənərkən, Tezos ekosistemi infrastruktur, təcrübə və uzunmüddətli davamlılığa yönəlmiş olaraq qalır. İncəsənətçilər yaratmağa davam edir. Qurucular yenilik etməyə davam edir. Protokol yenilənməyə davam edir, yeni tərəfdaşlıqlar incəsənətə yeni diqqət gətirir.

5 Daha çox Tezos Alətləri Bilmədiyiniz

Tezos alətləri üçün müəyyən bir növ var ki, o, atəşfəşanlıqla gəlmir. Heç bir böyük təqdimat mövzusu, heç bir hype dövrü, heç bir “bizi izləyin.” O, sadəcə, sakitcə öz işini yaxşı yerinə yetirir və sonra kimsə linki bir cavabda atır, elə bil ki, bu, böyük bir məsələdir.

Bu seriyanın mövcud olmasının əsas səbəbi budur.

IV hissə üçün beş daha icma tərəfindən hazırlanmış vasitəni bir araya gətirdim ki, bunlar gündəlik Tezos həyatında həqiqətən faydalıdır. İncəsənətinizi düzgün qorumaq, Objkt fəaliyyətini yaşayan ekranda göstərmək və rəssamlara on-chain minting üçün animasiyaları hazırlayarkən daha incə nəzarət vermək (adi “sonsuz dövr” quraşdırmasından əlavə) və hətta Tezos musiqi NFT-ləri üçün düzgün radio üslublu oyunçu təqdim etmək. Gəlin buna dərhal başlayaq!

Tezos İcması Mükafatları — Dekabr 2025

Dekabr 2025 üçün CRP Qaliblərini elan edirik!

Salam Tezos İcması,

Dekabr 2025 üçün “İcma Mükafatları Proqramı” CRP qaliblərini elan etməkdən məmnunluq duyuruq!

Müxtəlif kateqoriyalar haqqında daha ətraflı məlumat üçün, xahiş edirik Tezos Commons veb saytında mükafatlar səhifəsinə baxın.

İcma Mükafatları Proqramı Tezos Commons Fondunun, qəbul etməni təşviq etməyə və Tezos ekosistemini dəstəkləməyə yönəlmiş təşəbbüsüdür. Hər ay 5,000 tez-ə qədər mükafat verilir ki, bu da Tezos ekosisteminin maraqları üçün önə çıxanlara yönəldilir.

Rəqəmsal Sənəti Yüksəltmənin Yollarını Araşdırmaq, Uzun Müddətli

Bir çox şeyi sənət kimi gördüyüm müxtəlif məqalələr yazdıqdan sonra, bu, ürəklə yaradılan hər şeyin sənət olduğu üçün vacib bir fərqləndirmə etmək vaxtıdır. Bütün sənət bərabər qiymətləndirilməmişdir. Gözəllik bəlkə də baxanların gözlərində yaşayır. O, orqanik olaraq tapıla bilər və zamanla öyrənilə bilər. Lakin sual hələ də qalır: bir əsəri insanların həyatını dəyişə biləcək baxanları cəlb edən nədir?

Mətbəx sənətində, yeməyin necə yüksəldildiyinə və nəticədə qiymət etiketləri və statusun necə izlənildiyinə həsr olunmuş tam şoular var. Ənənəvi sənətdə, Art Basel kimi institusiyalar və Sotheby’s kimi qalereyalar incəsənət müzakirəsini formalaşdırmağa kömək edir. Bu gün, biz kütləyə tanış olmayan, ənənəvi sənət icmaları daxilində ortaya çıxan yeni bir rəqəmsal sənət formasını şahid oluruq. Biz yalnız rəqəmsal sənət formalarının ən güclü və ya təsirli olanların dəyərləndirəcəyi ilk işarələrini görməyə başlayırıq.

Tezos’un EVM-i 2025-in Uğurlu Hekayələrindən Birinə Necə Çevrildi

2025-ci il Layer 2 həlləri üçün müəyyənedici bir fəsil kimi yadda qalacaq. Ethereum-un əsas şəbəkəsi davamlı sıxlıq və yüksək ödənişlərlə üzləşdiyi zaman, miqyaslana bilən, sərfəli L2 infrastrukturunu qurmaq üçün mübarizə şiddətləndi. Bu sıx mənzərə arasında, bir layihə sakitcə çıxış edərək uğurlu bir hekayəyə çevrildi: Etherlink, Tezos SmartRollUp texnologiyası ilə gücləndirilən EVM-uyğun Layer 2.

Etherlink-i rollupların artan siyahısından fərqləndirən yalnız performans deyil, həm də memarlığıdır. Etherlink, istifadəçilərin etibarlı vasitəçilərə etibar etmədən aktivlərinin tam nəzarətini saxladığı qeyri-müəllik rollup kimi fəaliyyət göstərir. Zəncir, Tezos Layer 1-in birbaşa uzantısı kimi fəaliyyət göstərir, ayrılmış etimad modelini qurmaq əvəzinə onun təhlükəsizlik təminatlarını miras alır. İstifadəçilər üçün il boyunca digər L2-ləri narahat edən istismarlar və mülkiyyət riskləri ilə yorulmuş olanlar üçün bu fərq əhəmiyyətlidir.

Salam Tezos icması,

Bu həftənin Pişirmə Səhifəsi adi bir tonla gəlir. Yanvar yalnızca başlayır. Bir tərəfdən, inşaatçılar yenidən masalarında, alətlər təkmilləşdirilir və uzun iş iplikləri bayramlardan sonra yenidən başlayır. Digər tərəfdən, bizə xatırladılır ki, bu ekosistem real insanlardan, real yerlərdən və koddan və tablolardan çox uzaqda uzanan icmalardan ibarətdir.

Bu nəşr o tarazlığı əks etdirir. Biz Tezos-u gündəlik istifadə edilə bilən və əlçatan saxlayan praktik alətləri vurğulamaq üçün vaxt sərf edirik, Cryptonio tərəfindən hazırlanmış dərin araşdırmanın sayəsində. Və biz real itki ilə qarşılaşan incəsənət icmasının üzvləri ilə dayanmağa da bir anlıq dayanırıq, burada həmrəylik başlıqlardan daha vacibdir.

İncəsənət, Mədəniyyət və Daimi Mövcudluq

2025-ci ilin sonuna doğru, illər boyu xüsusi nailiyyətlərə əsaslanaraq ilin təyin edilməsindən daha az maraqlanıram və yolda yaradılan təsir və inkişaf təzyiqi məni daha çox cəlb edir. Dərindən böyüməyə davam edərkən, Tezos və onun cəmiyyəti də böyüməyə davam edir. Heç kim dayanmır, çünki hər kəs sevdiyi işləri edir və mükafatlar və ya şəxsi qazancdan daha dərin səbəblər tərəfindən idarə olunur.

Sənətçılar, toplayıcılar, inkişaf etdiricilər və irəli gedən düşünənlər şəbəkəsi, yaxşı üçün davamlı, mərkəziləşməmiş yaradıcı qüvvələrə çevrilir. Səsini yüksəltmək və ya daha çox diqqət çəkmək əvəzinə, cəmiyyət daha məntiqi, güclü və daha dayanıqlı hala gəlir. Əməkdaşlıq daha intensional oldu. Təcrübə, daha performanslı deyil, daha sevgi dolu hiss olunur.

2025 İncəsənət Bayramı Tezos-a Diqqət Çəkir

İlin sonu tez-tez bir hiss ilə gəlir. Ailə dinamikası, sosial gözləntilər, düşüncə və azadlıq eyni anda birləşir. Hər kəs bu enerjini fərqli cür emal edir. İncəsənətçilər üçün bu, tez-tez işə daxil olur.

Tətillər sevinc gətirir, lakin eyni zamanda yavaşlamaq üçün yer yaradır. Qeyri-adi, bəzəkli və kiçik incəsənət detalları ilə mövsümün toxumasını təqdim edən şeyləri görmək üçün yer. Hədiyyələr mübadilə edilir, lakin niyyət də eynidir. Bir çox incəsənətçi üçün bu an çıxışdan daha çox ifadə ilə bağlı olur.

Məqalə Formatında Nümunə İlə Necə Quracağımı Planlaşdırıram, 1-ci hissə

Sonuncu məqalələrimdə, fiziki yığıncaqlarda iştirakın əvvəllərdən daha vacib olduğuna inandığımı vurğuladım. Son bir neçə il ərzində, Tezos sakitcə amma ardıcıl olaraq bir şey sübut etdi. İcma fiziki dünyada bir araya gəldikdə, sehr baş verir. Fikirlər daha sürətlə hərəkət edir. Münasibətlər dərinləşir. İncəsənətçilər və qurucular avatar kimi hiss etməyi dayandırır və dostlar və əməkdaşlar kimi hiss etməyə başlayırlar.

Əgər Tezos uzunmüddətli əhəmiyyətə ciddi yanaşırsa, davamlı, təkrarlanan və məqsədli fiziki iştirak seçim deyil. Bu, əsasdır.

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Yeni iliniz mübarək, Tezos İcması!

Salam Tezos icması, və Yeni iliniz mübarək.

Yanvarın ilk günlərinə qədəm qoyduğumuz zaman, 2026-cı ili Tezos ekosistemindəki hər kəsə səmimi və isti bir Yeni il arzulayaraq başlamaq istədik. İstər bayramlardan çıxarkən, istərsə də iş ritminə yavaş-yavaş geri dönərkən, ümid edirik ki, qarşıdakı il aydınlıq, yaradıcılıq və davamlı irəliləyiş gətirəcək.

Bu Baking Sheet buraxılışı Tezos icmasına həsr olunub. İnşaatçılar, sənətçilər, çörək bişirənlər, tədqiqatçılar, oyunçular, operatorlar və gündəlik istifadəçilər bu ili formalaşdırmaqda rol oynadı. Hər an baş xəbərlərdə yer almadı, amma bu ekosistemi müəyyən edən davamlılıq, qayğı və uzunmüddətli düşüncə il boyunca nümayiş olundu.

Tezos-da tez və tokenləri qorumağa dair praktik bələdçi

Son dövrlərdəki bir məqalədə, Umami Wallet-ın qorunan tez əməliyyatları üçün dəstəyi necə əlavə etdiyinə baxdıq, bu da uzun müddətdir olan Tezos protokolu xüsusiyyətini praktikada daha asan istifadə etməyə imkan tanıyır. Eyni zamanda, Tezos-da qorumağın yalnız tez ilə məhdudlaşmadığını qeyd etdik. Shield Bridge vasitəsilə istifadəçilər FA2 tokenlərini (məsələn, USDT, tzBTC və digərləri) də qorumaq imkanı əldə edirlər.

Bu məqalədə, Shield Bridge-ə daha yaxından baxırıq. Bunun nə olduğunu, praktikada necə istifadə edildiyini və Tezos-un ictimai və qorunan istifadələr arasında tez və ya tokenləri köçürərkən gizlilik yanaşmasına necə uyğun gəldiyini müzakirə edəcəyik. Amma əvvəlcə bir az kontekst əlavə edək.

Tezos İcmasına Christmas Notu

Salam Tezos icması,

Bayram mövsümüdür və bu həftə adi ritmdən bir addım geri çəkilib sadəcə bir-birimizlə danışmaq üçün doğru an kimi hiss olunur.

Keçmiş ilə bağlı olaraq Baking Sheet-in perspektivindən baxdıqda, ən çox öne çıxan şey tək bir elan deyil, Tezos-un irəliləməyə davam etdiyi sabit yoldur. Səs-küylü deyil. Qarışıqlıq içində deyil. Yalnızca davamlı, qayğı ilə, dəqiqliklə və niyyətlə.

Protokol tərəfdən, bu il bizə Tezos idarəçiliyinin niyə vacib olduğunu xatırlatdı. Biz gündəlik iştirakın daha asan olmasını təmin edən Rio kimi yeniləmələri gördük, dövrləri qısaldaraq bakerlərə və delegatorlara qarşı olan frictionu azaldır. Seul, yerli multisiglərdən daha sadə unstaking-ə qədər təhlükəsizliyi və istifadə rahatlığını sakitcə artıran dəyişikliklərlə canlı oldu. Və il sona yaxınlaşdıqca, Tallin güclü iştirakla idarəçilikdən keçdi, bir daha göstərərək ki, bu icma yalnız mərkəzləşdirmə haqqında danışmır, onu tətbiq edir.

Umami qorunan tez əməliyyatlarını əlavə edir və uzun müddət mövcud olan protokol xüsusiyyətini araşdırmağı asanlaşdırır.

Tezosta məxfilik yeni deyil, amma həmişə istifadə etmək asan olmayıb. Protokol bir müddətdir ki, qorunan əməliyyatlara dəstək versə də, onlar əksər gündəlik istifadəçilərdən uzaqda qalmışdır.

Sonuncu yeniləmə ilə Umami Wallet, qorunan tez əməliyyatlarına birbaşa cüzdanda dəstək gətirdi. Bu, tamamilə yeni bir konsept deyil və bu funksionallığın Tezosda ilk dəfə ortaya çıxması deyil, amma bu, məxfiliyi daha əlçatan edir və praktikada istifadəsini asanlaşdırır.

Oyun-Nəzəriyyəsi İnkişafı

Tezos illərinin əsaslarını sakitcə yenidən qurur, tək bir dramatik dəyişikliklə deyil, hələ də baş verən bilərəkdən yüksəltmələr ardıcıllığı ilə. Paris gəldikdə, dəyişiklik inkarolunmaz oldu: Tezos yalnız çörək bişirənlərin təhlükəsizlik modelindən çörək bişirənlər və yerli stake edənlərin real stake-i birbaşa protokolda bağladığı hibrid bir modelə keçdi və zənciri birlikdə təmin etdi.

Bu yalnız “daha çox iştirak” deyildi, bu, şəbəkənin iqtisadi məntiqini gücləndirdi. Tezos-da stake etmək həqiqidir, pis davranış cəzalandırılır, dürüstlük mükafatlandırılır və uyğunlaşma riyaziyyatla təmin edilir. İndi daha çox iştirakçı oyunda real məna daşıyır, dağıtımı genişləndirir, təşviqləri sıxlaşdırır və çörək bişirənlərin sayı azaldıqca davamlılığı artırır (bunun üzərində daha sonra genişlənəcəyəm).