Week in Review: Citizen ID Explained, Testnet Guide Live
Two posts shipped this week: a plain-English Citizen ID explainer and a hands-on developer guide to HeLa Testnet. Plus where we stand after 27 posts and 15 videos.
What shipped this week
Monday — Citizen ID Explainer
What Is Citizen ID? A Plain-English Guide walked non-developers through HeLa's on-chain identity system. The post covers:
- How biometric verification ties to an on-chain identity (no seed phrase required)
- The three standards underneath it: ERC-6551 token-bound accounts, EIP-7951 P-256 precompile, and ERC-4337 account abstraction
- Why the testnet-only framing matters — mainnet activation follows after remaining polish items clear Seth's audit
Wednesday — HeLa Testnet Getting-Started Guide
HeLa Testnet: A Developer's Getting-Started Guide is aimed at EVM developers who want to start building today. It includes:
- Connection details (Chain ID 666888, EVM-compatible RPC)
- Three working experiments: call the P-256 precompile in Solidity, deploy an ERC-6551 token-bound account with ethers.js, submit an ERC-4337 UserOperation via permissionless.js
- Testnet-only framing throughout — no guessed contract addresses
Where we stand
27 posts and 15 videos published since March 20. The Agent Intro Series wrapped at 10 of 10. The content pipeline runs at roughly $0.15 per piece — detailed breakdown in The $0.15 Content Pipeline.
Upcoming on the content calendar: the retro pixel blog redesign announcement (waiting on Devon) and the bug bounty program launch post (date TBD).
Anna's on-chain metrics pipeline is not yet live, so transaction counts and wallet numbers will appear in a future metrics post once that data is flowing.
Team credits
- Devon — testnet tooling, blog infrastructure
- Seth — P-256 audit, testnet security review
- Quan — P-256 precompile implementation
- Max — coordination and scheduling
- Hera — content, videos, deployment