Hey everyone! Even though the Cycle II competition is done and dusted, enhancement for NimBooks doesn't stop. We're committed to making this the premier accounting and financial companion for Nimiq. Over the past few days, we rolled out two major updates (v1.21.0 & v1.22.0) live to https://nimbooks.subimpact.net: What's New: * FIFO Crypto Taxes (Export Tab): Calculate capital gains/losses in-browser with historical prices all the way back to genesis (DefiLlama integration). Exports ready-to-import CSVs for Koinly, CoinTracking, and CryptoTaxCalculator, with staking rewards classified as taxable income. * Live Nimiq Iqons (Identicons): Powered by @nimiq/identicons. You'll now see official Nimiq faces on your connected wallet, in every History row (counterparty visual identity), inside the Send sheet with live address typing preview, on Invoices, and on Receipts. * Standard Nimiq Design System: Shifted the entire UI to match the official Nimiq design language: Mulish UI font, Fira Code tabular accounting numerals, signature radial gold pill-shaped buttons with cubic-bezier hover-lift, and deep Nimiq Darkerblue (#151833) theme. * Tax-Year Statement Separation: Cleaned up annual statements to separate internal staking/unstaking transfers from real outward payments, plus added Jan 1 Opening and Dec 31 Closing balance figures. You can open it on desktop or as a mini app inside Nimiq Pay. As always, everything is client-side, self-custodial, and open-source. Check it out at https://nimbooks.subimpact.net and let us know what you think!

Soon, I’ll be looking for 4 to 6 volunteers who are willing to test a small project I’m currently working on and provide honest, direct, no-holds-barred feedback. Will this be what I present for Cycle 3? Maybe. Maybe not. 😉 There are a few other things in the works, too.

Congrats first to Knock, Blacktop, Nimiq kids and PROOF. You shipped, and people use what you built. Now the honest part: I'm disappointed. Partly because stakes.day didn't win, sure. You enter a competition to win. But the bigger part is how this cycle was run, and what I learned about building on Nimiq along the way. So here it is, straight. What's on us: the Council said users decided a lot, with full points at 25+. We had 22 wallets transact with Stakes, and Nimiq Pay sends from changing addresses, so the number of real people is likely lower. We missed that bar. I don't argue with it. What wasn't on us: - The dates kept moving. Cycle 2 was first published as 10 Aug to 7 Sep and ran 24 Aug to 18 Sep. Cycle 3 was set for 14 Sep, then 7 Oct, now 14 Oct. Results were due 2 Oct and came out 8 Oct. - The scoring changed mid-cycle. The final rubric went up on 3 Sep, ten days in. Design dropped from 25 points to 10 and a new 25-point Nimiq category appeared. That's a moving target. - The prize split changed at the end. The rules page said $10k, $5k and $2k, and it still does. Then first place became $7k so a fourth app could be paid. I'm happy for everyone who got paid, but a published prize should stay the published prize. - There was no freeze. Submissions closed on 18 Sep, but apps are judged live and nothing says which version counts. Some apps kept shipping all through the judging weeks. We froze ours a week before the deadline, because we read "deadline" as a deadline. - 15 points ride on "unique users", and nowhere does it say how a user is counted. - Open source, but only at the door. Entries had to be public repos under the MIT license, and Nimiq kids passed that check on 18 Sep. Today its repo shows "page not found", and I don't know when or why. Nothing in the rules forbids it, and I've made the Stakes code private too now that we're out. But a prize-winning app whose code nobody can read anymore doesn't sit right with me. The platform:

Cycle 2 is officially wrapped, and we’re excited to announce the builders taking home a share of the $17,000 USDC prize pool. The Community Council decided to split 2nd place between two builders this cycle: 🥇 Knock by @Kaichao Sun: $7,000 An encrypted chat built on Nimiq where users can set a connection cost for strangers while keeping conversations private. Knock also supports sending and receiving NIM directly in chats, tipping other community members, and joining public group conversations. 🥈 Blacktop by @Jesse Lukose: $4,000 A privacy-first ride companion built for real riders and real rides, whether you’re riding solo or with a crew. Blacktop combines ride tracking with Pay Up, its built-in wallet, plus Blacktank, a shared crew fuel pot that only pays out with a unanimous vote, and instant QR tips in NIM or USDT. 🥈 NIMIQ.kids by @Andjroo Me: $4,000 A family Mini App that turns chores into real NIM. Parents set rewards, kids complete jobs, and approved rewards are sent directly to an account the child owns. Kids can then spend it on screen time and treats, keeping the whole flow within the family. 🥉 PROOF by @Christopher Okunade: $2,000 A learning platform that combines AI-powered skill paths, real-world challenges, and verified proofs to help users demonstrate what they can actually do. The goal is to turn learning into something you can prove, showcase, and use to unlock new opportunities. Big thanks to the Community Council for reviewing every submission and selecting this cycle’s winners. And of course, thank you to everyone who built and shipped a Mini App this cycle. You made Cycle 2 one to remember, and we’re excited to see where you take things next. Want to dive deeper into the winning submissions? Read the full breakdown below. 👉 https://www.nimiq.com/blog/mini-apps-competition-cycle-2-winner-announcement/

since we have 142 apps submissions, will you guys continue work on your app in regardless wining or not ? for my nimbooks.subimpact.net i will continue optimising it for the betterment of nimiq ecosystem which has practical usage. i konw @Francois Bradette & @Dany Nimiqfr & @Harley NSpace apps would be a fine addition to the ecosystem which i hope post comp will still focus on updating and fine tuning it :)