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Mashal Waqar

Head of Ecosystem @ Octant

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DEADLINE: Epoch ending tomorrow

Hi all, This is a reminder to allocate your ETH before our deadline tomorrow at 11 am ET/5 pm CET/ 4 pm UTC tomorrow (4 March, 2026). Allocate Now Make sure you migrate after allocating (this will ensure you can continue earning ETH and participating in future Octant rounds)

Migrate now to keep earning ETH on Octant

Epoch 11 is our final v1 Allocation Window First off, our allocation window is live. Until 4 March. This is a special one because it's our last epoch on v1 of our app and will lead into our migration to v2 of our app. The allocation window runs

Attend our first DeFi Summit + DeFi Hackathon

gm <3 It's been our busiest few months at Octant. Ever. v2 development is in full swing, with lots of exciting product launches coming up in the next few weeks. This is marking our first foray from funding impactful projects to moving into DeFi and a broader

Epoch 9...our most creative one yet?

gm gm. We're sending this email as we wrap up an incredible week in the Big Apple. That's right. We've been in an empire state of mind. This week's been big for Ethereum. No it's not because of number go

Invite: Staking in 2025

In collaboration with ETHStaker We're excited to invite you to our first staking workshop tomorrow. RSVP here!✨ The staking ecosystem has evolved It's been almost 3 years since the Merge brought Proof of Stake to Ethereum. And with it an entire new ecosystem for staking and

Epoch 8 Cohort | Design for Ethereum

gm folks <3 Epoch 8 ran from April 11 to July 24 2025. The theme was Design for Ethereum. Working together we managed to distribute a whopping 460 ETH (~$1.7M) to the Octant community! Design for Ethereum 🧑‍🎨 Epoch 8 was about funding projects making Ethereum stronger. But we

Final call: Apply to Epoch 8!

gm gm, While we're in the midst of planning for Berlin blockchain week, we wanted to send a final reminder about the upcoming deadline (3 June | 11:59 pm PST) It's been great to see such stellar apps and we're excited to dig into

What Does Ethereum Alignment Mean?

Article written by Benjamin Siegel. With thanks to Julian Zawistowski, James Kiernan, Artem B., Nico Gallardo 🫡, Andrzej Regulski, and Mashal Waqar for their feedback. The words “Ethereum Alignment” keep being thrown around in conversations in our industry of late. And while its easy to say you’re ETH-aligned in theory,

Epoch 8 & Our Bigger Roadmap

At Octant, we've always been values-first in our decision-making. It's something we're very proud of. And we're optimistic in our beliefs. We believe in an open Internet. In a world where open-source projects thrive. In Ethereum winning. In a world where funding