# BLabs x Community Update // October 13, 2021

**URL:** <https://forum.balancer.fi/t/blabs-x-community-update-october-13-2021/2267>\
**Category:** Community Updates\
**Created:** [October 13, 2021, 4:29pm UTC](https://forum.balancer.fi/t/blabs-x-community-update-october-13-2021/2267 "2021-10-13T16:29:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![kia](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.balancer.fi/kia/32/2415_2.png) [@kia](https://forum.balancer.fi/u/kia)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2021, 4:29pm UTC](https://forum.balancer.fi/t/blabs-x-community-update-october-13-2021/2267/1 "2021-10-13T16:29:58Z")

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Hi Everyone, my name is Kia, I’m a recently joined product manager at Balancer Labs. Below are the updates for this week.

## Product Development

Gnosis Launch

- Gearing towards launch and announcement later this month
- Discussing the mechanism for winding down BAL for gas
- Front-end testing is needed, otherwise all elements are in place.

MetaStable Pools

- TUSD Pool on Polygon is in logistics discussions and will be followed by a pool on Arbitrum.

Linear Pools

- ToB first draft audits show no major issues
- The team has been discussing rolling-out Stabal3 and WETH/Stabal3 pools alongside a relayer for larger swaps all at once.

Managed Pools

- We are in the design and requirement gathering phase based on Fei and WSB’s needs for a new version.

Distribution Contracts

- Merkle Orchard
  - we will start using the Orchard next week in production

- StakingDistributor
  - Audits went well
  - We are considering some new features

Liquidity Bootstrapping Pools

- MetaFactory who already have a v1 pool will be migrating to a v2 pool and during the transition their DAO will use LBPs for a buyback mechanism.

Aggregators

- Developing documentation for aggregators especially around Linear Pools

Pool Creation UI

- Implementation has been kickstarted and is progressing well

GitHub Project Board

- The UI team has implemented a board for Ballers and the community to submit GitHub issues.

Sidechains & L2

- [Arbitrum](https://arbitrum.balancer.fi/#/) TVL: ~$94M
- [Polygon](https://polygon.balancer.fi/#/) TVL: ~$169m

## Ecosystem

Biz Dev

- The team is expanding!
- Preliminary discussions being held around permissioned pooled targeted at institutional investors.

Marketing

- A video for Gnosis\<\>Balancer partnership is in progress. The team is also going to work on a video for the Linear Pools
- Press Release and blog post for the Gnosis\<\>Balancer partnership announcement are in the works
- We are hiring a Product Marketing Manager – [posting here](https://angel.co/company/balancer-labs-1/jobs/1682168-senior-product-marketing-manager?utm_campaign=startup_share&utm_content=startup_share_module&utm_medium=social&utm_term=balancer-labs-1)