🚀 Big momentum this week: **v2.0.0-beta.0 is out and eliza-1 training is underway** with serious speed/quality optimizations.

**🛠️ Key technical updates (Apr 30 → May 06, 2026):**
- 🧠 **eliza-1 model training** (Qwen base, trained in the Eliza harness) with **dflash speculative decoding**, **caveman compression** (thinking), and **turboquant** for quantization.
- 🔐 Landed **`@elizaos/vault`**: cross-platform secrets vault + **Settings UI integration** (encrypted-at-rest, OS keychain support, headless Linux fallback).
- 💬 **Slack connector is now in the monorepo** (`@elizaos/plugin-slack`) with actions/providers + a full test suite, bringing another major platform fully “first-class.”
- ☁️ **Eliza Cloud advanced** toward **monetized container apps**: app-scoped chat endpoints + Cloudflare-managed domain flows + deployment status improvements.
- 🧱 Repo modernization: continued consolidation (cloud + plugins pulled together) and ongoing housekeeping to keep builds + CI stable.

**🌐 Community highlights:**
- 🏁 Shoutout to **Baoger**: **elizaOK** made **Top 20** in the Fourmeme Hackathon (AI Sprint)! Voting on Binance Square is open until **May 8**.
- 🛡️ Strong community vigilance: multiple **scam link warnings** and quick mod escalation kept folks safe.

**🪙 AI16z / token notes:**
- Bridging discussion: for **BSC ↔ Solana**, community suggested **Wormhole** or **deBridge**. Please double-check official sources—scam links are circulating.

**🔭 Next up:**
More **eliza-1 training iterations**, continued **V3 / Cloud / Milady app** push, and improved docs + roadmap updates.