# Technical Update: First Fortnight of May

By [Reef Chain News](https://blog.reef.io) · 2021-05-18

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Reef’s Technical Update is a bi-weekly newsletter aiming to break down and represent the technical changes, integrations and news from the whole ecosystem in a language that all community members can understand.

Spotlight
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Checkout the brand new addition to the Reef DApp Academy: [HardHat guide](https://web.archive.org/web/20221002063338/https://blog.reef.io/reef-hardhat-examples/) (blog)

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**Reef dApp Academy: Deploy and Interact with Contracts using Hardhat (walkthrough video)**

Ecosystem & Partners
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*   [REEF DAB VERSE characters](https://twitter.com/reef_dabverse30/status/1520712347392045056?s=20&t=bb3O_lI_qE3F9lSRaT1yTg) are coming soon to the Reef’s upcoming NFT Marketplace.
    
*   Ever wondered if there could be a web3 equivalent to the CES event? [CoinMarketCap’s](https://twitter.com/CoinMarketCap/status/1524740733915504641?s=20&t=bb3O_lI_qE3F9lSRaT1yTg) ["The Capital" Conference 2022](https://web.archive.org/web/20221002063338/https://twitter.com/CoinMarketCap/status/1524740733915504641?s=20&t=bb3O_lI_qE3F9lSRaT1yTg) hosting on May 26-27 is exactly what everyone was waiting for! Register to secure a spot so you can hear what’s coming to the Reef ecosystem at the first glance.
    
*   Meet our [new ecosystem partner, 'Ispolink'](https://twitter.com/ispolink/status/1525071842901385218?s=20&t=bb3O_lI_qE3F9lSRaT1yTg).
    
*   Upcoming: The first of its kind NFT project ['Private People Networks'](https://twitter.com/PPNtwrk) will be opened for minting on 20th May.
    

Tools
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*   Reef App
    
    *   NFTs have made their way to the Reef App, making it one of the nearest native substrate implementations to display NFTs outside any marketplace.
        
    *   Introducing [the new ‘Pools’ page](https://app.reef.io/pools), more interactive and simplified than ever before!
        
    *   Direct Reefscan (explorer) link provision for contracts of ReefEVM tokens.
        
*   Reef Explorer (Reefscan)
    
    *   V12 is public which features additions of contract transaction order, verification source, arguments assert and support for deleted contracts’ events.
        
*   Reef HardHat
    
    *   Updates to the EVM provider come with simplification of contract deployment by eliminating the need for adding parentheses after the contract name.
        
    *   Added support for license verification along with the existing contract verification.

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*Originally published on [Reef Chain News](https://blog.reef.io/technical-update-first-fortnight-of-may)*