# Generosity Keeps Going 🫶 By [GIVnews](https://news.giveth.io) · 2026-10-09 --- GM friends! Top Stories 👩‍💻 ----------------- Highlights on everything Giveth. 🌟 [**The Stellar Community Growth QF Round is a wrap!**](https://x.com/Giveth/status/2107045947465146491) The community donated **$7K+** to projects bringing new Stellar events to life this November. Huge thanks to everyone who showed up and gave - **results coming soon!** 🎁 [**GIVbacks just crossed a huge milestone!**](https://x.com/Giveth/status/2108173854300393638) Since the program began, Giveth has rewarded **$1M+ worth of GIV** to donors. September’s winners are in, and October is already rolling, donate $5+ to any GIVbacks-eligible project this month for a chance to be next.  🔐 [**TheDAO’s ETHSecurity Initiatives Round is live.**](https://x.com/thedaofund/status/2099897003299791028) The round is building an open to-do list for Ethereum security, where important problems can become fundable initiatives and the ecosystem can help decide what gets tackled next. 👀 **Giveth is getting an upgrade.** A new experience, new tools, and some features we’ve been very excited to get into your hands are on the way. Stay close.  * * * Featured Project 🙌 ------------------- [**Web3Sec News**](https://www.web3sec.news/) ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/a33529500f07667932f4ff9495303ca76d462b5393efea0b6a110416aacc2e48.png) This month’s featured project is Web3Sec News, an independent Web3 security community making security research easier to understand and harder to ignore. Since 2023, Web3Sec News has grown to 10,000+ community members and publishes a weekly newsletter covering hacks, vulnerabilities, and emerging threats across Ethereum and L2s. They’ve also published 120+ hack postmortems and exploit breakdowns, alongside deeper research into protocols and security risks. A big part of their work focuses on threats that don’t always get enough attention - phishing, DNS hijacks, supply chain attacks, social engineering, and other ways users and teams can get compromised outside of smart contracts. [Support Web3Sec News on Giveth](https://giveth.io/project/web3secnews:-security-intelligence-newsletter) * * * Newly Verified Projects 🏆 -------------------------- 💧 [**BioWater Samaipata & ReFi BioHydration Expansion**](https://giveth.io/project/biowater-samaipata-refi-biohydration-expansion) is working to expand a public drinking water system in Samaipata, Bolivia, with the goal of giving the whole town access to locally available drinking water while reducing reliance on bottled water and plastic waste. 🌱 [**Sr. Dolores Foundation**](https://giveth.io/project/sr-dolores-foundation) supports vulnerable families in Binzi, Uganda, with livestock, community gardens, home restoration, and school supplies, helping child-headed households, widows, and single mothers build more self-reliant futures. 🔎 [**Independent Blockchain Forensic Research**](https://giveth.io/project/independent-blockchain-forensic-research) investigates DeFi exploits, rug pulls, phishing operations, and stolen-fund movements onchain, turning public blockchain data into evidence that can be shared with exchanges and law enforcement. 🎨 [**Nouns Piggy Bank: Creative Art for Children**](https://giveth.io/project/nouns-piggy-bank:-creative-art-for-children) is bringing hands-on art experiences to children across Indonesia, with a goal of reaching 20,000 kids through painting, creativity, learning about saving, and an age-appropriate introduction to new technology. * * * GIVfriends 🫂 ------------- [**Assertions.eth**](https://assertions.eth.limo/) ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/a87853d7af94c7cf238e62ffb3302d50813326b4e36014115b897f2fd679a285.png) This month’s GIVfriend is Assertions.eth, an open-source tool adding an extra layer of protection to high-stakes Ethereum transactions. Assertions lets teams set conditions that must be true at the exact moment a transaction executes. If something isn’t right, the whole transaction reverts - helping protect treasury movements, protocol upgrades, governance actions, and other operations where there’s no room for surprises. It’s already been put to the test in a big way: Assertions was used during TheDAO Security Fund reactivation, helping safely execute the movement of more than 75,000 ETH. * * * Tweet of the month 🐦 --------------------- [![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/b879f4adae94d8d2f436c1c0391ddea2acb732626d0fd147e4073f28d2354b6e.png)](https://x.com/Giveth/status/2102067628265066500) * * * Meme of the month 😎 -------------------- ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/7bc8a02b75417f0d640160fdd11664891a03cbde33b073c27a19448bf4d9eba2.jpg) Share --- *Originally published on [GIVnews](https://news.giveth.io/givnews57)*