Bonuz, the ecosystem dedicated to simplifying digital asset management, has launched its Social Smart Wallet during an exclusive event at Fish Hut, in Dubai. The celebration brought together VIPs, industry leaders, and notable figures from the world of blockchain and entertainment.

The event featured the world’s first real-world gamification quest conducted onchain. Attendees engaged in interactive quests, such as checking in to the event via the Bonuz app, and participated in social media posts, and a group photo session. Those who completed the challenges were rewarded with soulbound Proof of Participation NFTs and a special commemorative “Mende’s 40th B-Day and Bonuz Launch” NFT, offered as complimentary keepsakes.

Prominent guests included executives from leading exchanges such as Binance, OKX and Bitpanda, as well as representatives from major crypto media outlets like CoinDesk, Web3 TV, Blockpedia and the Crypto Hub.

“After nearly two years of development, we’re thrilled to introduce the Bonuz Social Smart Wallet to the world,” said Matthias Mende, Founder and CEO of Bonuz. “Our mission is to onboard hundred of millions into the digital realm by offering the simplest, most user-friendly self-custodial wallet. With features like social login, our wallet is so smart that users don’t have to be.”

The evening was enriched with a raffle, where participants had the chance to win dental treatments and dental hygiene kits, sponsored by MONAJI and Dr. Mohammed Naji who said “We’re excited to support Bonuz’s launch and help everyone have a bright smile—as bright as Bonuz itself,”

As per the press release, the Bonuz Social Smart Wallet sets itself apart with its simplicity and advanced features. As a self-custodial wallet with social media aggregation capabilities, it lowers the barrier to entry for digital asset management, making it accessible to users of all experience levels.

Key Features of the Bonuz Social Smart Wallet:

  • User-Friendly Interface: Designed for simplicity, so users don’t have to be tech-savvy.
  • Self-Custodial: Empowers users with full control over their digital assets.
  • Gas-less: All Bonuz Onchain Utilities are free of Gas Fees.
  • Social Login: Streamlines access and enhances user convenience.
  • Gamification: Enables Gamification features for Real World and Digital Brands.
  • Onboarding Millions: Aims to make cryptocurrency accessible to a broader audience.

Former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao has started a new project that has nothing to do with crypto but includes gaming, education, blockchain and NFTs (Non Fungible Tokens) as soul bound tokens. The project called Giggle Academy aims to offer high quality education that is free to all.

As CZ notes on X, “Building a high-quality and sticky education platform that is entirely free and accessible to all is the most impactful thing I could do for the next chapter of my life.”

The platform will include gamification to make learning addictive. It will include high quality content from the best teachers and game developers in the world.

NFTs will be uses for badges, points, scores, rankings and more. Levels and badges will be issued as Soul Bound Tokens. SBT are blockchain based tokens that cannot be transferred to others. Potential employers can easily verify them on the blockchain, with the students’ permission.

As per the concept paper while current schools tend to encourage kids to be “average”. Ie, you are good at math, but weak in English, so you should spend more time on English than Math. Giggle Academy leans towards the opposite. Students who are good at Math will be nudged to focus more on math, and less on other subjects.

In the concept paper it notes,” We feel this is the most effective way for them to be the strongest at what they do best, and make themselves most valuable to the world.”

There will be no degrees but giggle points, levels and badges.  A Giggle level or badge system will be developed to identify how far a student has progressed on a certain subject. For example, Science Level 391 Purple Badge could mean Grade 3, 91% completion, at top 20 percentile.

CZ does not want to make revenues from Giggle Academy.

He adds, “ I chose this project because my area of expertise is building (teams to build) software platforms. We (together with a team) can reach hundreds of millions of people. This is scalable, and thus high impact. In addition, education is fundamental to everything in our world. Give a man a fish vs teach a man to fish. This is the most impactful thing that I could come up with for the next chapter of my life.”

This comes in parallel with an interesting development happening in the blockchain ecosystem. The new terminology, Decentralized Science (DeSci) is a movement aiming to build public infrastructure for scientific research using Web3 technologies.

DeSci allows for more funding sources, censorship-free collaboration, and open access to research data. By leveraging blockchain technology, DeSci has the potential to make science more decentralized, transparent, and accessible.

Essentially, DeSci aims to broaden access to scientific data, promote more transparent peer review processes, and incentivize international collaboration among researchers. By leveraging blockchain technology, DeSci can ensure the integrity and immutability of scientific records while eliminating barriers to entry.

DeSci can revolutionize the allocation of research funds through mechanisms such as quadratic donations and decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs). This promotes a fairer distribution of resources.

DeSci may increase accessibility by leveraging blockchain-based research repositories. This can ensure that scientific data and publications are stored transparently on a decentralized ledger, making them more accessible. Smart contracts can govern access to data, typically ensuring its fair and secure distribution.

DeSci can introduce incentives for reproducibility, such as token rewards and reputation systems. Smart contracts can facilitate transparent and verifiable peer review processes, incentivizing researchers to make reproducible scientific work. This typically improves the reliability of scientific findings.

But most importantly just like CZ’s project, DeSci platforms can promote open access to scientific data and publications, democratizing access to knowledge. TradSci publishing models tend to involve subscription fees and access barriers, often limiting the distribution of research findings.