# Technical Update: First Fortnight of May

**Published by:** [Reef Chain News](https://blog.reef.io/)
**Published on:** 2021-05-18
**URL:** https://blog.reef.io/technical-update-first-fortnight-of-may

## Content

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.SpotlightCheckout the brand new addition to the Reef DApp Academy: HardHat guide (blog) Reef dApp Academy: Deploy and Interact with Contracts using Hardhat (walkthrough video)Ecosystem & PartnersREEF DAB VERSE characters 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 "The Capital" Conference 2022 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'.Upcoming: The first of its kind NFT project 'Private People Networks' will be opened for minting on 20th May.ToolsReef AppNFTs 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, 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 HardHatUpdates 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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