Northeast India's First Web3 Social Initiative - 'Web3Assam' Launched at Shardeum Guwahati Event

Guwahati, Assam - Northeast India's first web3 social initiative, 'W eb3Assam', was officially launched on the 28th of January 2023 at the S hardeum Proof of Community meetup in the Computer Science Department of Gauhati University, Guwahati. The Proof of Community meetup was attended by the CS department students & faculty members, web3 enthusiasts around Assam, and members of the community. Loveneesh Dhir, Committer, Shardeum, gave a welcome note and an introduction to S hardeum, its underlying technology, and how the community is the CEO of the project. J esu Neelkamal Borah, the initiator of W eb3Assam, presented the community's roadmap, including meetups in Guwahati and other cities, establishing Web3 clubs in colleges and universities, hosting workshops and hackathons, organizing NFT art fairs and music concerts in person, assisting Web2 companies in adopting Web3 technology, and launching a coworking space for the Web3 community. A hands-on session to claim 100 $SHM tokens + POAP giveaway was conducted by Loveneesh where he showed how to claim 100 SHM (Shardeum token is called Shard or 'SHM') testnet tokens with simple instructions. Two guest speakers, L ohit Boruah and B ristin Borah gave sessions on the basics of NFT and Career opportunities in Web3 respectively. The meetup ended with a Twitter contest, where selected top 10 winners were given Shardeum’s merchandise T-shirts. A bout Web3Assam: W eb3Assam is a web3 social community-driven initiative dedicated to promoting the adoption and understanding of decentralized technologies and their potential to revolutionize various industries and sectors in the Assam & NE region through an effective branding strategy. The community was envisaged by D igital Notice Media Labs, L inkedinlocal Guwahati & C ryptoNewsPoint. The community will host various meetups, hackathons, corporate events, cultural events, ambassador programs, college events, tours, NFT concerts, fests, NFT events, art exhibitions, and workshops throughout the region. The goal is to bring together like-minded individuals from across the region to share knowledge, collaborate on projects, and drive the adoption of decentralized technologies. A bout Shardeum: S hardeum is the world’s first EVM-based L1 blockchain that scales linearly i.e., the network can scale up by simply adding more nodes. Further, it can auto-scale up or down depending on the traffic in the network. It aims to be the first Web3 platform to overcome the blockchain trilemma. For more information about Web3Assam, please visit: Website- w ww.web3assam.com Linkedin- h ttps://www.linkedin.com/company/web3assam Twitter- h ttps://twitter.com/web3assam Instagram- h ttps://www.instagram.com/web3assam Telegram- h ttps://t.me/Web3Assam