# BLabs Community Update // September 8, 2021

**URL:** <https://forum.balancer.fi/t/blabs-community-update-september-8-2021/2214>\
**Category:** Community Updates\
**Created:** [September 8, 2021, 4:20pm UTC](https://forum.balancer.fi/t/blabs-community-update-september-8-2021/2214 "2021-09-08T16:20:02Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 8, 2021, 4:20pm UTC](https://forum.balancer.fi/t/blabs-community-update-september-8-2021/2214/1 "2021-09-08T16:20:02Z")

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# Smart Contracts

[**MetaStable Pools**](https://docs.balancer.fi/core-concepts/protocol/pools#metastable-pools)

- More groups interested in launching their own

**Liquidity Mining Distribution Contracts**

- Merkle Redeem: Increased interest following LDO claim contract launch
- MultiDistributor: OZ audits underway. Should be wrapping up this week then we need to make changes

**Investment Pools**

- Similar to weighted pools, but with this pool they have a manager who can change the weights. The manager can collect fees.
- Deployed on testnet; testing underway

[**Liquidity Bootstrapping Pools**](https://docs.balancer.fi/core-concepts/protocol/pools#liquidity-bootstrapping-pools)  
_Updates_: Deployed  
_Status_: Live and waiting on external UIs (PrimeDAO, Copper, Polygen)

- Copper
  - Will also be on Polygon
  - Launch date TBD, SoonTM

- Polygen
  - Expected on the order of weeks

- PrimeDAO
  - Test Sale complete
  - Expected on the order of weeks

**Sidechains & L2**

- Arbitrium: How is it going? $13M in liquidity.
  - Liquidity mining has started, APR is still high
  - Network is off to a slow start, lower than expected

- Polygon: still going fine
- Any more side chains or L2 planned? Nothing planned right now

**Aggregators**

- This is an ongoing project that we should prioritize

# Frontend

**Balancer Ecosystem Pools**  
Simple solution is live! Minor improvements continuing

**Investment Pools** (ie \>8 Token Pools)  
Partners are expecting this; they have a 20 token pool they want to create

**Gnosis Launch**  
Ironing out some issues regarding trade value and covering all pool types. Soft-launch is done. Hard-launch is for Gnosis to be the default option.