# BLabs x Community Update // October 5, 2021

**URL:** <https://forum.balancer.fi/t/blabs-x-community-update-october-5-2021/2249>\
**Category:** Community Updates\
**Created:** [October 5, 2021, 8:44pm UTC](https://forum.balancer.fi/t/blabs-x-community-update-october-5-2021/2249 "2021-10-05T20:44:21Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 5, 2021, 8:44pm UTC](https://forum.balancer.fi/t/blabs-x-community-update-october-5-2021/2249/1 "2021-10-05T20:44:21Z")

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## Smart Contracts and Integrations

Gnosis Launch

- Balancer solver
  - All pool types should be supported now

- Frontend
  - Ready! Testing is important

- Marketing
  - Working on launch video

- Monitoring Metrics
  - Let’s keep an eye on our trade volume coming from the UI vs BGP

- BAL for Gas
  - This may wind down when Gnosis’ gasless trades launch

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

- TUSD
  - They’re working on getting triple LM
    - MATIC
    - TRU
    - BAL

Liquidity Mining Distribution Contracts

- Merkle Redeem/Orchard
  - Pickle is getting their own contract this week
  - Orchard should be deployed and ready by next week
  - UI is ready to support the orchard

- StakingDistributor
  - Started working on this
  - Assessing where we’re at, and what else we want to do with it
  - Developing plan, will determine how fast we’ll be ready

- Looking into implementing [tokenomics proposal](https://vote.balancer.fi/#/proposal/Qmcyn5zdoGQs8nbo1nFroZiG2jWb8UEFPH9Y18cga3ESCJ)
  - Looking at the veCRV contracts
  - Possible use cases
    - Signaling LM
    - Etc

Linear Pools

- ToB Audit underway
  - No major issues so far
  - Finished end of this week

Managed Pools

- Fei wants to use these
  - They’ll want the new version

- Still waiting on Techemy, WSBDapp deployed on mainnet
  - AMA Wednesday on Twitter w/ them

[Liquidity Bootstrapping Pools](https://docs.balancer.fi/core-concepts/protocol/pools#liquidity-bootstrapping-pools)

- Copper
  - Balancer UI now points back to Copper UI for LBPs

- Polygen
  - No updates

- PrimeDAO
  - No updates
  - Keep pushing back launch timeline (Est Nov now)

- GRO launch:
  - $18.3 million raised
  - $37.4 million volume
    - $5.1 million volume in other pools

- GRO is launching an 80/20 pool after conversation w/ LM committee

Sidechains & L2

- [Arbitrum](https://arbitrum.balancer.fi/#/) TVL: ~$82m
  - We have a [StaBAL3 pool with DAI](https://arbitrum.balancer.fi/#/pool/0x1533a3278f3f9141d5f820a184ea4b017fce2382000000000000000000000016) now!

- [Polygon](https://polygon.balancer.fi/#/) TVL: ~$175m
  - Slingshot and Paraswap integrated!

- Any more side chains or L2 planned? No. Still no.
  - Announced at last community call

Aggregators

- Win them over with data
  - ![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/uploads/balancer/original/1X/de020019f72c3fce6f76e3192ced6f7dca1d494f.png) ![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/uploads/balancer/original/1X/030853bb4c45e23a47c849d673f148fca62e994f.png)

## Frontend

Subgraph Changes

- PRs in progress
  - One merged
  - One pending on review
  - Trading UI updates will be merged after

- Analytics subgraph idea with pulling data from not just Balancer, getting more accurate price data
- May move subgraph to data team and could hire someone dedicated to take care of that

Pool Creation

- Started implementing based on the designs
- Conceptual design almost finalized

Merkle Orchard

- Frontend ready, just needs the “go” signal

Production Docker Image

- Push to docker hub anytime we push to master
- Spin up production app in a decentralized way
- One-click deploys

Frontend Tests

- Worth looking at Cyprus over Selenium
  - Can interact with MM
  - Zekraken is using Selenium, let’s chat about that

- Backend of frontend tests

Github Project Board

- Discussing using this to address bridging the disconnect between Ballers, users, and Frontend team on UI Bugs

Invest/Withdraw Flow

- Coming along nicely, about 60% done
  - Coming soon: Invest with ETH
  - To discuss for Linear Pools

## Ecosystem Team

- Marketing

- Biz Dev

- Community

- BLabs Interim GC