[Nomination] : Alex Bean

[AlexD10S]

Technical expertise

I am a Polkadot Support Engineer at Parity where I have been doing some technical work supporting Rococo:

• Script to onboard Parachains in Rococo.
• Changes in assgined_slots pallet

I have created some pallets for educational purposes at some events or exploring different areas:

• Betting pallet for a workshop in a Hackathon
• NFTs Royalty Pallet
• And collaborating in other cool projects like Substrate Chess

Community involvement

• Very active in StackExchange with more than 230 answers and top 7 in all time reputation list: https://substrate.stackexchange.com/users/2762/alex-bean

• Active in the Polkadot online forum: https://forum.polkadot.network/u/alexd10s/summary

Content creation

Different dive dives sessions in Youtube, explaining complex concepts:

• XCM e2e integration testing
• Weights Concepts | Polkadot Deep Dives
• Support Pallet | Polkadot Deep Dives
• Recovery Pallet | Polkadot Deep Dives
• Proxy Pallet | Polkadot Deep Dives
• Balances Pallet | Polkadot Deep Dives

Participate in a Substrate Seminar Session
Build a Betting Pallet - Substrate Seminar

Some technical tutorials:

• Add custom RPC to the node
• Parachain State Rollback

Leadership experience

• Judge in the Polkadot Hackathon LATAM.

Mentorship experience

Yes

Mentorship details

The last year I have participate in different Hackathons as a mentor:

• Polkadot Metaverse
• ETH Dublin Hackthon.

[github-actions]

Thank you for submitting a nomination for Hero status! ✨

A word about the process:

The team reviews nominations four times a year in March, June, September and December.
We commit to responding to every nomination within two weeks after the review process has completed.

How does this work? 👀

If you submitted this nomination in February, then it will be reviewed in March. 🙌
if you submitted this nomination in November, then it will be reviewed in December. 🙌

As a reminder, the criteria for review and selection for Hero status is publicly available in this GitHub repository.

You can continue to update your nomination form with new and relevant information up until the point of review.

Have any questions? Please don't hesitate to send us a message! 📧

[zsofimajor]

Hi @AlexD10S , thank you again for submitting your nomination to become a Hero in the Polkadot Developer Heroes program.
We would like to inform you of an important update regarding the approval criteria for our program. After some careful consideration, we've decided to update our criteria to minimise subjectivity as much as possible and ensure fairness and transparency in the Hero selection process. As a result, we kindly ask that you resubmit your application following the new criteria, which you can find here.

Your initial application showed us your passion and dedication, and we'd love for you to build upon that. Once again, thanks a ton for your interest in the Heroes program. We're looking forward to receiving your updated application. Your support means a lot to us, and we're grateful for your understanding as we make these changes.

[zsofimajor]

Hi @AlexD10S this is just a gentle reminder about your hero nomination. Please note that if you don't submit an updated nomination in a week, we close this issue. You can of course open a new one any time later in the future.

[AlexD10S]

Scoring Framework - Alex Bean: 30 points

Technical Expertise

GitHub activity related to Polkadot - in the past quarter	Scoring via	Points to earn
Is an owner or maintainer of any other open-source Polkadot ecosystem project (where the project is not the Polkadot SDK, not a Substrate based chain, not a tooling or library project, or not a dapp)	- Script to onboard Parachains in Rococo (Automate to tool used by the ecosystem to onboard the parachain on Rococo). - Substrate Betting(Repository for a workshop to teach how to build a pallet) - NFTs Royalty Pallet(Example of how to manage royalties of NFTs, gathering feedback from the community in the Polkadot Forum)	3 pts

Technical Education - in the past quarter	Scoring via	Points to earn
Has taught a coding workshop or training session on Polkadot and/or Rust in the past quarter	How to Deploy Solidity in Polkadot at the ETH Rome and XCM e2e integration testing Deep Dive	2 pts
Has contributed more than once to documentation for Polkadot or a Polkadot ecosystem project in the past quarter	polkadot-docs and ink-docs	2 pts
Has published a technical research paper or article about Rust or Polkadot with more than 60% of own content	Add custom RPC to the node and Parachain State Rollback	2 pts
Is in the top 10% on StackExchange	My StackExchange profile	1 pts
Has been graduated from the Polkadot Blockchain Academy	No	0

Community involvement

Activity on the Polkadot Forum - in the past quarter	Scoring via	Points to earn
Has authored more than one topic on the forum in the past quarter	Forum profile link	1 pts
Has added more than one comment to topics on the forum in the past quarter	Forum profile link	1 pts

Polkadot forum technical contribution - Tech talk category	Scoring via	Points to earn
Created a technical topic for discussion in the tech talk section of the forum in the past quarter (Non tech topics can still be submitted in this category, but will not count here.)	Link to post	1 pts
Gave technical responses to 3 or more topics in the tech talk section of the forum in the past quarter	Forum profile link	1 pts

Attendance at Polkadot-related events - in the past quarter	Scoring via	Points to earn
Has attended two or more Polkadot-related events in the past quarter (e.g. meetups, other community events that's not sub0, Decoded or a hackathon)	Polkadot Brunch at ETH Rome	1 pts
Has attended most recent sub0	The previous one in person, the last one online Event link(s)	1 pts
Has attended most recent Decoded	The previous one online, the last one in person Event link(s)	1 pts

Participation at a Polkadot hackathon (Polkadot-focused or has a Polkadot track)	Scoring via	Points to earn
Has participated at a hackathon with a submitted project in the past quarter	Not as a player	0
Won a hackathon with a submitted project in the past quarter	No	0

Mentoring within the Heroes program	Scoring via	Points to earn
Has been mentoring folk(s) within the Heroes program	No	0

Polkadot Ambassador Program	Scoring via	Points to earn
Is a Polkadot Ambassador/Senior Ambassador/Head Ambassador	No	0

Community moderation	Scoring via	Points to earn
Moderator or active contributor in Polkadot-focused online communities (e.g., Telegram, Discord)	No	0

Content creation

Written content - in the past quarter	Scoring via	Points to earn
Has produced more than one technical blog post in a Polkadot specific topic	Add custom RPC to the node and Parachain State Rollback	2 pts
Has produced any interactive educational content related to Polkadot (e.g. coding challenges, quizzes)	No	0
Has produced any Polkadot-related educational content in other languages than English	Translate ink-docs to Spanish	2 pts
Has created and shared Polkadot-related infographics or visual content in the past quarter	No	0

Recorded content - in the past quarter	Scoring via	Points to earn
Produced more than one technical-focused video on own Youtube (or other platform) or podcast channel in the past quarter	Deep Dives Learning Sessions on Twitch (And Youtube): XCM e2e integration testing, Weights Concepts, Support Pallet, Recovery Pallet, Proxy Pallet, Balances Pallet	2 pts
Has been a guest speaker on a Polkadot-focused YouTube (or other platform) channel or podcast in the past quarter	Build a Betting Pallet - Substrate Seminar	1 pts

Public speaking - in the past quarter	Scoring via	Points to earn
Served as a speaker or panelist at conferences or events on a Polkadot-related topic in the past quarter	Polkadot Brunch at ETH Rome: Introduction to Polkadot	1 pts

Leadership experience

Organization of or participation at Polkadot-related tech focused events - in the past quarter	Scoring via	Points to earn
Has organized or hosted a Polkadot related technical community meetup in the past quarter	Help to organize and present an introduction to Polkadot at Polkadot Brunch at ETH Rome	2 pts
Has organized or hosted a Polkadot related technical workshop in the past quarter	Help to organise and run a workshop on How to Deploy Solidity in Polkadot at the ETH Rome	2 pts
Has organized other community initiatives (eg. Polkadot-focused hackathon or coding challenge) in the past quarter	No	0
Served as a judge or mentor at Polkadot hackathons in the past quarter	Judge in Polkadot Hackathon LATAM, Mentor in ETH Dublin Hackathon and Polkadot Metaverse	1pts

Active involvement in Polkadot based projects	Scoring via	Points to earn
Founded or is leading a Polkadot-related working group or special interest group	No	0
Is holding an engineering leadership position in a Polkadot-based project	No	0

Leading discussions in the online space	Scoring via	Points to earn
Is creating and managing a Polkadot-focused media outlet or publication (Including discussion starters, with twitter threads, acive discussions started in chat rooms, forums, or productions similar to DotLeap, AAG, any newsletters etc.)	No	0

[zsofimajor]

@AlexD10S Thanks for submitting your nomination! Great job!

Aaaaand... drumroll please!
🚀 Congratulations on becoming the first Hero in the Polkadot Developer Heroes program! The org team is going to reach out to you with more details!