709 Stories To Learn About Decentralization

Let's learn about Decentralization via these 709 free stories. They are ordered by most time reading created on HackerNoon. Visit the /Learn Repo to find the most read stories about any technology.

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1. The Ultimate Guide to NFT Marketing and Promotion

How to promote a DeFi and NFT project, the full guide to NFT marketing that will help to make non fungible tokens and decentralised finance projects successful

2. Terra Luna Classic Price Prediction

I predict Terra Luna Classic will reach $0.01 by 2025. Here is why.

3. Bear Market Mental Models - Are You Ready for the Next Bull Run?

15 lessons from Crypto Bear Market to improve your investment skills. Mental Models | Strategies | Frameworks | Guides | Tutorials | Crypto Investment TIPS

4. From Company to DAO to Protocol, What Will be Next for Tellor?

Tellor’s CTO, Nicholas Fett, gives us an overview of his work building a decentralised oracle network.

5. The Objective Need for Decentralization: Reality Consensus

The main goal of network technology is the creation of human consensus. This is the REQUIRED step for ANY collaboration to occur. We MUST decentralize the web!

6. Are IDOs the Next Alternative to IEOs and ICOs?

There are major players as exchanges that are running in a fully controlled manner. The solution recently presented itself in IDO - Initial DEX Offering.

7. Ripple Is Orders Of Magnitude Better Than SWIFT GPI and Correspondent Banking Protocols

ripple vs sec might go on for a few months or years but there is no denying the wonder that is the ripple infrastructure in comparison to swift gpi

8. How to List Your DeFi Token on UniSwap

In our first article, we covered how to make a DeFi project successful, build a community, and organize a marketing campaign.

9. Voting CLOSES in Less Than 24 Hours!

Both the Noonies and Startups campaigns close in less than 24 hours. The time to vote is now!

10. 3 Reasons Why Free TON is the 1st Truly Decentralized Blockchain Platform

Free TON blockchain - the ultimate smart contract platform. The user stakes tokens into DePool. Free TON works on the End-to-End decentralization using DeBots.

11. The Top 7 Metaverses That You Can Try Right Now

Everybody's talking about Metaverse. Here are top crypto metaverses that you can try right now!

12. How Decentralized Science (DeSci) lowers the Cost of Innovation and Implementation

Despite the recent market shocks, blockchain is bet upon by many to bring innovation to finance, tech, and science.

13. "Be so wrong that they have to verify you."

This tweeted published on twitter.com by a bluecheckmark-less @Naval has since been deleted.

14. DAOs Vs DeFi: Decentralized Building Blocks

DAOs have grown exponentially to the point where the total value locked (TVL) in the DAO market is currently higher than that of DeFi’s

15. A Closer Look At Blockchain Infrastructure And IaaS Companies

In order for Web3 to proliferate, people need to understand the foundational infrastructure upon which it will be built and the infrastructure at the core of it

16. The Future of Digital Ownership: NFTs and Virtual Reality

The CEO of Koinos Group interviews Tim Copeland, a journalist at Decrypt where their mission is to demystify the decentralized web

17. Why Smart Contracts Aren’t Smart Enough for Mainstream Adoption

For many people, smart contracts are the most revolutionary innovation to come from blockchain technology.

18. Quicknode: Your One-Stop Web3 Infrastructure Provider

Quicknode: Your One-Stop Web3 Infrastructure Provider

19. Multi-Chain Farming Game DeFi Land Launches Single-Sided Staking

DeFi Land brings multi-chain gameFi farming to the gamers based on farming in a gaming and DeFi based environment.

20. WTF is Web3?

Web3 is just the continued evolution of the internet. It takes the ideals of Web1, the creative and social elements of Web2, and adds decentralization.

21. Modpol is a Self-Governance Toolkit for Communities in Online Worlds

What if our online communities had the tools to practice a fuller range of self-organized possibilities?

22. To Dox or Not Dox: Is Anonymity in Crypto a Farce?

Crypto enthusiasts attribute different meanings to decentralization and anonymity. This article examines these two pillars and the various arguments around them

23. What to do once you admit that decentralizing everything never seems to work

Headquarters of the Internet Archive, home of the Decentralized Web conferences (Wikimedia Commons).

24. Torches Finance: A Decentralized Lending Protocol Launched on KCC

Singapore, June 27, 2022 - Torches Finance, a decentralized lending protocol based on KuCoin Community Chian (KCC), announced the mainnet launch on KCC.

25. How To Mint Your First NFT (Non-Fungible Token) For Free

How to create and mint NFT (non-fungible token) for free at Opensea, Rariable and Mintable. How to promote and sell NFT tokens

26. Rebuilding the Tower of Babel: A Theory of New National Development Based on DAO

But when we stop focusing on dysfunctional, centralized government and talk directly to DAO members, we are already transforming ourselves and society.

27. The Ultimate Checklist For Marketing DeFi Projects

28. Omnichain dApps: a new crypto primitive

Why the world needs a decentralized blockchain with built-in omnichain interoperability

29. All You Need to Know About the Real Estate Token Market

here is how tokenization is being used to address the inefficiencies in the traditional real estate market.

30. For DeFi To Continue Marching, We Need To Build Bridges, NOT Burn Them

Globalization and liberalization in the 1990s changed the divided global economy into what was to become a single market, thus, making our global economy a hustling global village with free movement of capital, freedom of establishment and freedom of services.

31. 5 Most Expensive NFTs (Non Fungible Tokens) Ever Sold

NFTs or Non Fungible Tokens can be quite an interesting target for profitable investment since the platforms where such kind of tokens is application...

32. DAOs - Blockchains Final Frontier

Prosperity not created by capitalism but through cooperation.

33. How To Stake ETH 2.0 Without Running a Node and 32 ETH

How to stake eth without running a node, defi solutions, staking

34. Five Learnings from ETHDenver 2020

Come gather ‘round B is for Bufficorn children!

35. #Debunked: 3 False Narratives Surrounding Bitcoin

Bitcoin false narratives debunked , bitcoin mining, bitcoin illicit activity, bitcoin CIA, Bitcoin use cases

36. GameFi’s Potential Future Beyond the Blockchain

37. "We Haven’t Scratched the Surface of Crypto Opportunity," Ilia Maksimenka

Although the traditional banking system remains the foundation for the present global economy, experts believe that there is bound to be a systemic overhaul of this model to cope with the current demand for optimized financial processes.

38. Crypto Crash: Price v. Value

Is Bitcoin wasteful and can we create blockchains that are just as valuable but more efficient?

39. How to Democratize E-Signatures Using Blockchain Technology

We democratize digital e-signatures and make them public, so that all participants can unambiguously identify the contractors

40. Storage Incentives and The Evolution of Decentralization: An Interview with Viktor Tron

In this blog, Viktor Trón talks in-depth about storage incentives - what they are, how they work, and why they are so important.

41. Cryptographic Magic in Decentralized Storage

On Web2 or the traditional web, storage systems were designed to suit fast-growing, collaborative environments. These storage systems boasted different degrees of data availability and data security and protection from loss. As Web2 grew in adoption so did the generation of Web2 data volume and density in many formats. This data could be large files, non-transactional, often created by a single user, and may be shared over some geographical distance. This design led to the reliance on central authorities to store the world's data.

42. Can Blockchain Revive the American Dream?

As the Fed continues to pump our economy with an endless supply of fiat dollars, Bitcoin and the DeFi movement are making strides to level the playing field.

43. How We're Addressing Blockchain's Low TPS Problem While Retaining Its Core Values [Part I]

As we know, blockchain is now suffering from its low transactions per second (TPS). For example, Bitcoin only processes 6 to 7 TPS, and Ethereum currently processes roughly 15 TPS, while Alipay — a centralized payment system — was able to deliver 200,000+ TPS on November 11, 2017.

44. How to Track Bitcoin Transactions Worth $2 Billion or More

A practical guide on knowing when there is a massive amount of BTC is transferre over the network in near to real-time and take some automated actions from it.

45. Polkadot Vs. COSMOS Vs. Octopus Network Vs. NEAR Protocol: Fat Hubs Are Better Than Hub Minimalism

For a new public blockchain to occupy a significant place on the Internet of Blockchains, it must first develop into a robust DeFi center — a Fat Hub.

46. Decentralised Social Networks Are the Future of Web 3.0

The role of decentralised social networks in addressing the numerous problems that big tech is currently facing is becoming increasingly important.

47. Medusa Collection NFTs set its Gaze on Raising Money for TeachRock

Medusa Collection NFTs seek to correct the record concerning this misunderstood mythical character and raise money for alternative education.

48. Dating Apps Make a Compelling Case for Private Blockchain and Web3

Dating apps using private blockchains can quickly verify users’ actual identities through blockchain, eliminating any misrepresentation or identity thefts.

49. Twitch Will Ban Users for Off-Platform Activities

Amazon-owned streaming service Twitch has expanded its rules to include off-platform “misconduct” that will result in bans to curb the freedom of speech

50. How Launchpads are Helping NEAR Protocol Grow Exponentially

GONEAR is a launchpad and Initial NFT Offering (INO) platform built on the NEAR protocol.

51. Solve Slippage And You'll Solve Crypto-Volatility

How to solve crypto market volatility

52. Like, Share and Earn! The Future of Social Media in Web3

Will SoFi help to put the power back in the hands of Creators as more blockchains support social projects?

53. On the Future of ‘Ethical DeFi’: Interview with Waseem Mamlouk

Waseem Mamlouk, VP of the Nimbus Platform speaks about "Ethical DeFi", and how DeFi platforms can serve buyers with spiritual requirements such as Sharia Law.

54. How Does Blockchain Security Work, Anyway?

What is blockchain security? Learn how blockchain security works and common blockchain security vulnerabilities to know.

55. Everything Wrong with Proof of Stake

Staking is another form of centralized control.

56. Web3: Evolution, Need, and Outlooks

Why is Web3 needed and so urgent, because I see the very scary side of Web2 where people are being used as guinea pigs by machines......

57. #Decentralized-Internet Writing Competition 2021: September Results Announced!

In decentralization, we trust, and in our community, we believe! Here are the winners of the decentralized internet writing contest for the month of September.

58. Anonymity 3.0: Do We Have a Chance with Web3?

In the digital era, the volume of data generated online keeps on growing. Users leave their information on nearly every site. Will Web3 change this?

59. Bybit Contributes $134 Million to BitDAO Treasury to Invest in Open Finance and Blockchain

ByBit contributes $134 million to BitDAO making it the largest DAO in the world.

60. Crypto.com partners with LeBron James and LeBron James Family Foundation to Bring Web 3 Education

LeBron James and the LeBron James Family Foundation (LJFF) have partnered with Crypto.com to offer educational and workforce development.

61. Proposal making in DAOs: the limitations of “Anyone Proposes Anything”

If democracy were equivalent to voting, we wouldn’t need separate words to describe them. Unfortunately, when it comes to DAOs, too often, the focus is on the voting mechanisms, with an assumption that “anyone can propose anything” is both fair and sufficient. Some DAOs are very successful with this methodology, but it doesn’t scale well, nor does it account for the variety in the types of decisions that an organization makes.

62. Nodle's Arcadia Blockchain TestNet Brings You a More Secure and Faster Blockchain [Announcement]

Having launched our network one year ago on the Stellar Blockchain to support Nodle Cash micro-transactions, we have now to-date processed approximately 1.3 million transactions per day (more on that here). Bitcoin by comparison is realizing around 300,000 transactions per day.

63. Meet The Rosetta Stone of Blockchain

Koinos Types is like the Rosetta Stone for blockchain data structures. It allows programs written in different languages to talk to one another

64. Web1, Web2, Web3 and Counting: Addressing Healthcare Challenges

In the very beginning, the Internet was a free space where anyone could communicate. As time flew by, it started showing signs of monopolization: a common tendency for any economic environment. Big tech companies (Google, Facebook, Amazon) gradually took over various aspects of the global network, making it harder to launch new initiatives.

65. Blockchain Isn't Coming to Wall Street in 2020. It's Already Here.

Wall Street began in colonial times, with wealthy traders creating the rules of the game. Hundreds of years later, the abscesses of capitalism and deregulation, such as the abolition of the Glass-Steagall Act, led to the 2008 financial crisis. In the aftermath of Lehman Brothers’ bankruptcy, the Bitcoin cryptocurrency was devised, and an experimental financial system was born.

66. EASY FORK the Koinos Blockchain [Testnet Update]

The Koinos testnet went live, on time, and we've already been able to execute an EASY FORK

67. Decentralized Cloud Storage is changing the face of the internet (1/2)

(Read Part 2 here)

68. Dear Web3, You Don’t Have A Community, You Have A Cult

Minimum Viable Cult is the next big thing for Web3. Are you ready?

69. [Writing Prompt] Decentralized Internet Interview Questions List

Welcome to HackerNoon’s Writing Prompts program. Answer one today!

70. Why 2022 Will Be the Year of the DAOs

DAO developers believe that they can eliminate human manipulation or error from how companies work. This way, decisions are geared towards profitability alone.

71. How to Make Requests Over Tor Browser Using Python

To make requests over Tor using Python3, we are going to be utilizing a Python controller library for Tor called Stem.

72. A Brief History of Money: From Barter to Banknotes to Bitcoin

This article breaks down everything you need to know about the origin of money and bitcoin. What was the earliest form of money and why is bitcoin important.

73. Dapps: Offchains, Sidechains & Appchains

The wave of innovation in web3 is leading to the birth of new kinds of Dapps. Today we have, Native Dapps, Off-chain Dapps, Sidechain Dapps and Appchains

74. Problems With Blockchain and Why We Need the Internet Computer

Problems with the current Blockchain infrastructure today and why we need a truly decentralized Internet.

75. What is the Best Entry Point into the World of Web3? Meet Richard Patey, Web3 Community Builder

Hi I’m Richard or patey.eth on Twitter. I have a newsletter and discord on how creative people can contribute to web 3 communities

76. How MoonDAO Raised $8.3 million on JuiceBox

Initially, the deployment of $Mooney was aimed at raising $450,000 for a space ticket but it ended up pulling in $8.3 million by early February.

77. Changing the GameFi Game: An Interview with Don Norbury of Shrapnel

An interview with Don Norbury, Head of Studio at Shrapnel. Don explains how GameFi is the future of online gaming and why Shrapnel stands out from the rest.

78. #Noonies2021 Awards: Winners in the Decentralization Category

For 2021, Hacker Noon went all out for its annual Noonies Awards, making it the biggest Noonies to date.

79. From FireChat to Starlink: The Best Attempts to Decentralize the Internet

In this article, we look at the past, present, and future of internet decentralization efforts. We'll explore how projects such as FireChat and Starlink.

80. Ethereum 2.0 vs Bitcoin Cash vs Algorand: A Comparison of Upcoming Features

The year 2020 has witnessed a significant growth and adoption for cryptocurrency projects, moving past the hype and shady get rich quick projects.

81. An Introduction to Decentralized Currencies

82. 4EVERLAND's Bucket API for Decentralized Object Storage

A guide to use 4EVERLAND's bucket API for decentralized object storage.

83. A CBC Casper Tutorial

(Dec 5, 2018)

84. Inflationary cryptocurrency and domain based identity: A recipe for a decentralized social network

We need to leverage the domain names system and cryptocurrencies to implement an open decentralized global social network.

85. The Internet Belongs to Everyone

Normalizing the behavior of businesses to set the social standards for freedom of expression is a slippery slope.

86. DAOs and the Future of the Enterprise

DAOs could become pivotal to digital transformation for the enterprise over the next 10 years.

87. Meet the Writer: HackerNoon's Contributor Emmanuel Awosika, Freelance Blockchain Writer

'I think the centralized internet has been useful, especially in the post-2000s era.'

88. The DAO Transparency Index: Measuring an Organization's Transparency & Trust

Measuring a Decentralized Organization's Transparency: A Proposed Framework to Develop a Flexible Standard

89. What is a Multi-Dimensional Distributed Ledger?

Imagine if any kind of blockchain you are currently looking at is a 2D point of view of a 3D shaped blockchain. If you want to discover more read my story !

90. WingRiders is Using Cardano to Build a DEX Based on DAG-Based Technology.

In this story we’ll look at the evolution of decentralized exchanges as well as the EUTXO protocol and the WingRiders platform.

91. Ethos Plans to Rescue Voyager Creditors and Token Holders

Ethos will offer a free recovery token programme to impacted users impacted by Voyager's bankruptcy shortly after Ethos launches 2.0.

92. How Facebook Makes Money and Why You Should Worry

Facebook sells ads, as Mark Zuckerberg famously and patiently explained to Congress, but it’s a little more complicated than that.

93. Decentralized Media in the Web3 Era

You will discover how Web 3 can improve the future for media users and media buyers within 3 minutes.

94. "Decentralization is slowly becoming a priority", says Pando Browser's CEO

We had a chance to talk to Pando Browser's CEO to get answers to burning topics relating to Pando's ecosystem, like the security risks of traditional browsers.

95. The Decentralized Internet Writing Contest 2022: April Results Announced!

Heyo Hackers! Here we are again with the #Decentralized-Internet writing contest winners for the month of April!

96. The Lingering Problem With Cross-Chain Bridges

Without interoperability protocols, decentralization would be a myth. Let's explore the problem of cross-chain bridges and its solution.

97. Turning Income Into Collateralized Crypto Loans - Hodl!

Tomorrow, I'm getting $1313 CAD refund as a present from Newegg for their defunctional laptop they'd sent me. I'm going to etransfer it to canadianbitcoins.com in exchange for ETH at around 5% loss on the dollar.

98. The Future Of DeFi Is The AMM

Automated Market Makers (AMM) seem to be a faster alternative to previous models in the decentralized ecosystem, as they remove a counterparty from a trade.

99. The Decentralized Internet Writing Contest by QuickNode and HackerNoon

Hey, Hackers! The Decentralized Internet Writing Contest has just got BIGGER! HackerNoon is excited to host the contest in collaboration with QuickNode!

100. The Internet Computer Uniquely Enables Web3

The Internet Computer uniquely enables developers to build completely decentralized platforms.

101. Understanding Social Media's Dual Role In Promoting Crypto-Rugpulls & Acting As A Watchdog

social media has been a major reason for the growth of the crypto market. In 2013, to know bitcoin and invest in it would mean lurching into the unknown terrain

102. 5 Best NFT Generators to Create an NFT Collection (No Code)

The NFT industry is setting a new threshold for secure asset classes, property rights, and profitable careers for artists.

103. Moledao Web 3.0 Hackathon in the Metaverse: Over $100,000 Prize Pool!

Moledao Web 3.0 Hackathon in the Metaverse. Over $100,000 prize pool. In collaboration with Bybit, BitDAO, Web 3.0 Collective, and more!

104. Chainlink Vs. Umbrella Network Vs. Kylin Network Vs. DIA Protocol: A Comparative Analysis

Here, we will show you how each of these decentralized oracles was built and how it tries to make data access faster, cheaper, more reliable, and decentralized.

105. Who's Building dApps On COSMOS: 2020 UPDATE

Early Bitcoin and Ethereum investors have earned significant profits on their coins. All they needed to do was tinker around with new tech, learn how to mine, or just use the first dApps that were rewarding their users with free coins. Today, Bitcoin is over a decade old and Ethereum has already lived through its best years. In this environment, everyone’s now asking “Who’s next?” Well, the answer to this is what tech-enthusiasts like to call Blockchain 3.0!

106. The Question of Ethics in Decentralization

The importance of ethics in a decentralized world.

107. How Are DAOs Changing the Way We Live and Work?

The level of transparency that DAOs provide could lead to better relationships between organizations and their members, workers, and even the general public.

108. How to Avoid Exploits and Hacks using Proper Decentralization

Everyone has heard the latest hack, or the exploit, or the arbitrage, or the profit :) done in the Decentralized Finance World. The main reason was short of liquidity in an exchange, and using a single source to get prices.

109. The Biggest DeFi Hacks 2021 and Their Impact on the Markets

The financial freedom offered by DeFi has led to the invitation of hackers' attempts to manipulate cryptocurrency security measures totaling billions.

110. Mounting Web3 Storage as a Folder on Your Desktop

Learn in this post how to mount Web3 Decentralized Storage as a folder on your desktop. Drag and Drop onto Web3 in seconds using Filebase and Mountain Duck.

111. Trends in Web3. The Biggest Challenges and Opportunities in the Industry

Cryptocurrencies come closer to use in real life. The hype over cryptocurrencies as a high-profit speculative asset has ceased.

112. True Decentralization is the Key to Cross-chain Bridge Security

That said, even though today’s bridging solutions are not without their shortcomings, cross-chain bridging is a mandatory feature for blockchains.

113. On-Demand Talent to Unlock Exponential Business Growth

Businesses, governments, and organizations around the globe are finding it impossible to keep up with today's fast-changing world. Typically, leaders at these institutions approach issues with an old-world mindset.

114. How Putting your Book on a Blockchain can Change your Career Overnight

Bend your mind around decentralized publishing with these success stories

115. Permanent File Storage for Web3 Apps With Arweave, Bundlr, Next.js, RainbowKit, and Wagmi

Permanent File Storage for Web3 Apps With Arweave, Bundlr, Next.js, RainbowKit, and Wagmi, how to create a Dapp that allows us to store data on the Arweave net

116. Cross-chain Interoperability: Building For The Next Generation Blockchain

Complete decentralization cannot come into play until there is mass adoption in web3. For mass adoption to occur, interoperability is a crucial factor.

117. Exotic Markets Bringing Derivatives & Structured Products to Solana Ecosystem

Exotic Markets is bringing crypto-based derivatives and structured products to the Solana blockchain.

118. Buying Virtual Property: 4 Key Principles to Consider

How should investors value virtual property and do the principles of physical property valuation apply to virtual property?

119. Meet DeFi. The Changer of Life.

These days, if you mention that ‘decentralized finance (DeFi) is revolutionary’ you may get more than a couple of eye-rolls.

120. Make Money by Writing About the Decentralized Internet!

It’s time to guide those who ‘can't find Web3’ in the right direction.

121. How to Vote in the HackerNoon 2021 Noonies Awards #Noonies2021

Voting will open today: Wednesday, November 17, 2021. Please stay tuned.

122. Smart Contracts Limit the Metaverse – Fat Contracts Enable It

Fat contracts conversely behave like traditional internet applications, they add access to all services, even if they are not operating on a blockchain.

123. Decentralized Computing & Storage vs. Legacy Cloud Solutions

On November 11th, 2021, an Infura outage collapsed large swaths of the Ethereum ecosystem...

124. Digital Identity Around the World: Why Some Countries are Embracing Self Sovereign Identity Quicker

This article outlines the questions and logistics to consider when countries adopt or adapt new privacy laws and self-sovereign identity.

125. IPFS – The New Internet's Protocol

IPFS can be seen as a new decentralized Internet infrastructure on which various applications can be built in a secure & resilient way.

126. 5 Important Crypto Lessons to Take Away From 2022

In this article, I want to look at the five lessons of the year and how they can affect the further development of the cryptocurrency industry.

127. The Decentralized Internet and Redistribution of Power

The decentralization driven by Web 3.0 might not look like similar battlegrounds of the past, but make no mistake, this is about redistribution of power.

128. Polkadot Vs. Cardano Vs. Koinos: Which Is The Best One For You?

there are similarities between these three protocols, because at the end of the day, what we are all trying to deliver are the best platforms

129. About My Ambivalence Towards a Centralized Metaverse

The more I contemplate the metaverse, the more excited I get. The more I contemplate the metaverse, the more worried I get.

130. How Yield Farming Projects Stack Up in 2020

The yield farming space is probably the most confusing piece of the crypto puzzle. At its most basic, it involves locking up ETH, USDT or other types of tokens into a smart contract. The difference lies in the specifics of the smart contract, as well as the number and enthusiasm of participants. The common thread is the possibility to receive passive income, instead of holding onto tokens long-term while hoping for gains!

131. The Data Revolution: Green, Accessible, and Fully-Decentralized

it's time to make data sexy again. Let's revive the dream of a truly neutral Internet, from the people for the people with wide accessibility and no censorship

132. Totem is Building an Operating System for Web3.0

With a dashboard that understands the digital era, Totem OS hosts your web3 experience. Totem OS will offer incentives to promote $CTZN integration.

133. Rootstock's 'Built-on-Bitcoin' Rebrand: Everything You Need To Know

Rootstock is the ‘smart’ version of Bitcoin that operates as a layer 2 on top of the main Bitcoin blockchain, combining the functionality of smart contracts.

134. 3.6 Million Websites Went Offline Due to a Fire: How Decentralized Cloud Would've Prevented It

Centralized cloud has never been a safe custodian of your private data but we may have finally found the perfect solution - Decentralized Cloud Storage.

135. From Web 1.0 to Web 3.0: Evolution of the World Wide Web

The Internet does not stand still. Like any other technology, it goes through many evolution stages, constantly improving its possibilities for users. If a modern teenager sees the way the Internet looked like at its early stage of development, one would probably get lost trying to figure out what's in front of him. Let’s briefly run through the stages of the Internet evolution, starting with Web 1.0 and ending with what we have today.

136. When Artificial Intelligence Meets Cryptography: a Pop Culture Trope

When envisioning pop culture, depending on what generation you might be born into, the perceptions range from HAL 9000’s glowing Red Eye from 2001 to Ava from Ex-Machina. However, the most modern concept of pop culture comes hand in hand with artificial intelligence. To make the experience wholesome, we look at artificial intelligence or specifically, machine language and cryptography as sister fields to see the implications of the phenomena in modern-day culture as well as in the times to come.

137. Whistleblower Blows Lid on the Decentralized Internet: An Interview with Mr. X

A decentralised web is open, secure, and free for everyone. The future of the internet and the Metaverse relies on its uptake. What are the advantages?

138. Buidling DAO-As-A-Service For Energy Efficient Decentralized Governance

The shortcomings of conventional organizations and systems of collaboration lead to problems such as mismanagement of resources

139. The Metaverse Is a Great Business Opportunity, and Facebook/Meta Knows This

Will metaverse change the way we connect or socialize online? Learn this and more on how metaverse will transform our online world.

140. Open Source Blockchain Microservices To Help You Build Your Own

The CEO of Koinos Group explains how Koinos is designed to support an experimental and iterative product development process like the Lean Startup

141. Understanding DAO: A Basic Explanation

DAO - Decentralized Autonomous Organizations is the new form to organize communities and work. here's the basic explanation of DAOs

142. Let Web3 Flow: Democratizing Data Ownership to Curb Malpractice

Web3 is the attempt to come full circle in how data is shared by democratizing ownership.

143. Why Decentralized Crowdfunding Could Be The Better Option

Running a successful crowdfunding campaign in the cryptocurrency space has posed many roadblocks over time. Finding a solution to this problem will require a decentralized approach. Centralized crowdfunding is not what this industry needs right now.

144. [ANN] Now LIVE: Koinos Testnet DEVELOPER PREVIEW

Announcing the beginning of the Koinos blockchain revolution with the release of a testnet developer preview! A critical step toward a fee-less blockchain

145. Polygon: Find Peace in Your Digital Kingdom

Costs, complexity and integrations are keeping crypto out of the mainstream. These are about to change.

146. Why Multichain Collaboration Is Critical To The Future Of Web3

Web3 is going to be built by a network of engineers working towards common goals using multichain collaboration to make it as interconnected as possible.

147. Risk Management in Crypto - How not to Lose All Your Money?

Uncertainty and risk present challenges to any investment success in cryptocurrency. Managing those factors in your investments is a crucial part of it.

148. A Rig for Your Digital Oil

In the age of data as oil, BioKeyPer digital legacy creator empowers private individuals to tokenize & commercialize their digital footprint & pass it on.

149. 5 Blockchain Applications That Have Transformed the World of Technology

The blockchain is the decentralized database of the blocks of information, which gets recorded in the chain format and linked in a secured crypto graphical manner. This technology ensures proper safety of the data due to its secure nature, and it totally changes how people carry out transactions. It also brings about a faster and secure process of validating information needed to establish reliability.

150. The Need for Real-World Assets in DeFi

The Need for Real-World Assets in DeFi

151. What Is It About Blockchain That Seduces Normies: An Analysis Through Free TON's Lens

Making blockchain more tangible to the average person will help attract millions of people.

152. Why Composability Matters For Web3

Composability, built on open-source technology, is key to unlocking value for developers and users in Web3 by making software that can be used between platforms

153. Crypto-Cards 2021: Bitpay Vs. Wirex Vs. CryptoPay Vs. TTM Bank

Why can 2021 redefine how we use crypto cards?

154. DeSci - the New Web 3 Movement to Revolutionize Scientific Research & Funding

DeSci - decentralized science is a new movement in Web 3.0 that will revolutionize science in the future thanks to NFTs, verification and other features.

155. DeFi: The Disruption Felt 'Round the World'

Legacy banks have held the power for too long. Decentralized Finance put the power back into the hands of the people.

156. How To Decentralize Virtual Communities?

The widespread use of social media has changed the way we communicate, however, not everyone thinks these changes are positive. For example, the lack of strict moderation of social media content has contributed to the spread of misinformation during the COVID-19 outbreak.Even before COVID-19, many users were unsatisfied of how social media platforms were addressing disinformation, censorship, privacy, political neutrality, user control, and malicious activity. Decentralized social networks and communities are more flexible than centralized ones, but they provide more opportunities for the disadvantages that are suppressed in centralized communities. This is the small paradox of decentralized communities.

157. Is Blockchain the Change We'd Like to See in The World?

This is how blockchain tech and bitcoin can be the future change you'd like to see in the world today

158. The Metaverse in Web 3

How the metaverse will function in web 3.

159. Why Web3 Requires Complete Decentralisation

Web3 won’t be owned by any central actor. Instead users control their own experiences and earn ownership by developing and maintaining the Web3 services.

160. The Power of Memes: Tendies, Dogecoin, and the Potential for Social Impact

Ask yourself this question: what is the most powerful, yet relatively untapped force on earth at this moment? You might think of the ability of sustainable energy to replace fossil fuels, the strength of youth voices as they attempt to take power back from the boomer powers that be, or as it's been hammered through the heads of technologists over the past 5 years, decentralization. The promise of decentralization is as follows: instead of the corporations owning all the services you pay for, the services run themselves and act in a truly fair way towards all users. This means no more price gouging of Epipens, no more ridiculously high medical bills, no more violations of net neutrality, and so on. To get to this idealized form of world decentralization, however, we need to think about the how. Think about the one omnipresent force that is on every single person's mind right now: virality.

161. Does Anyone Really Use Blockchain Based Applications?

I am, by all measures, a Blockchain believer. I’m 20 years old, and my first practical experience with Blockchain was buying Bitcoin several years ago, before the massive bull run to $20,000 that made everyone from your barber to your cab driver vying to get a piece of the action.

162. 10 Essential Essays on Bitcoin

My understanding and appreciation of Bitcoin has been shaped by a handful of essays that brilliantly capture its unique properties and potential.

What sets these authors apart is that they do not dictate WHAT to think, but rather HOW to think BETTER about Bitcoin.

Happy reading.

163. Decentralized Web (DeWeb Tokens) 101 – The next big thing?

Over the last years, but especially the last months, DeFi (Decentralized Finance) emerged to a popular and highly hyped niche within the crypto space.

164. Reinventing Rarity by the Foot with TiptoePunks NFTs

TiptoePunks NFTs add an interlocking feature to address the role of luck in scarcity.

165. DoraHacks Raises $20 Million to Promote Web3 Ecosystem Building through Grants and Hackathons

DoraHacks has secured $20 million in a Series B1 investment, spearheaded by FTX Ventures and Liberty City Ventures, to expand its web3 incentives ecosystem.

166. 5 Less-Known DeFi and NFT Projects Promoting User Protection and Funds Security

There are many concerns when it comes to investing in cryptocurrencies. One of the biggest concerns is security.

167. dApp Development With Michael Vandeberg: An Interview

Blockchain engineer explains how to build decentralized applications (dApp)

168. How Social Tokens Will Change the World of Influencer Marketing

Creator marketing has become a booming creator industry in recent years. However here is how social tokens will change the world of influencer marketing forever

169. [Writing Prompt] Thrilled to be Recognized as [Insert Award Title Name]

This list of questions is compiled for the Noonies or Startups campaign winners or runners-up.

170. An Anti-Sandwich Tool for Ethereum and BSC - With 10,000 $HKLS Airdrop Pool for Beta Users

DeFi security provider, Hackless, is introducing a new tool that helps fight sandwich attacks on BNB Chain and Ethereum. Try safe swaps with AntiSandwich

171. Is Your Perspective Convex or Concave?

How people approach the age-old tradeoff of compromise versus purity in making large-scale decisions.

172. How to Avoid Consumer Lock-in with The Decentralised Web

<em>This is the third blog post in our series exploring aspects of the Arweave’s decentralised, </em><a href="https://www.arweave.org/"><em>permanent web</em></a><em>. You can catch up with the other parts </em><a href="https://medium.com/arweave-updates/building-the-decentralised-web-part-one-the-problem-9766f1987c91"><em>here</em></a><em> and </em><a href="https://medium.com/arweave-updates/building-the-decentralised-web-part-two-the-components-97409d1fe545"><em>here</em></a><em>.</em>

173. French Connection Finance and FCF Pay: The Innovative Payment Gateway

The days of swapping crypto for fiat and then waiting for the deposit to land in your bank account are over.

174. The Main Challenges of Decentralization

Decentralization stands in opposition to centralization and is currently rapidly breaking into the world order of the modern world.

175. Is DeFi a Breakthrough for the Blockchain Industry?

The blockchain industry started twelve years ago with the release of Bitcoin. That was a shock, a huge slap for the traditional financial system. However, from another angle, it was a Big Bang of a Decentralized finance universe.

176. 3.6 Million Websites Went Offline Due To a Fire: Decentralization Prevents That

Recently, the cloud computing company and hosting provider OVH has had a fire that caused nearly 3.6 million websites to go offline. Some of the websites effected was a government site for the French government, and even a cryptocurrency exchange. According to Reuters, many of those sites were told to, "activate their disaster recovery plans following the blaze."

177. 10 DAOs You Need to Know About Right Now

Top 10 DAO projects that create Web3 and new crypto industries! The most interesting DAO right now!

178. "The Abandonment of Clean Algos is the Suicide of Mainstream Social Media" - Minds CEO Bill Ottman

Bill Ottman is the co-creator and CEO of Minds, a free and open source social network with crypto rewards. They continue to make waves as an alternative to the incumbent social network business model of surveillance capitalism. Bill has also been a guest on the Joe Rogan podcast. Today, he kindly took the time to answer some questions for Hacker Noon.

179. Crypto MUST Crash for Crypto to Survive

Why a crypto crash is necessary for Bitcoin and Altcoins to mature. I did this discovery comparing the tech life cycle of Crypto with the dot.com bubble

180. CBDC: Are We on the Brink of Financial Lockdown?

CBDCs could be the next big thing for governments and financial institutions.

181. Social Media Networks are Coming to the Blockchain

Learn what decentralized social media networks mean, how they work, and what benefits they offer to users.

182. Why I Dream Of A One World Government & New World Order

The One World Government is becoming a reality - just not in the way you might think.

183. The Change and Innovation that Web 3.0 Will Bring

The popularity of web 3.0 is increasing due to people’s increasing concerns about sensitive data exposure on the internet as well as the growing popularity of decentralized technologies, such as blockchain and IPFS. With this type of technology, users do not have to rely on centralized local networks and Internet providers in having access to the Internet. In other words, this allows for a failure-resistant Internet. But this also creates some issues regarding the content that is being published on such Internet. So, here I will give my view on how I see the benefits and challenges if there are any that web 3.0 may offer.

184. Decentralized Storage Could Be Blockchain's Killer Application

The distributed architecture of these novel storage solutions makes them immune to censorship, service failure, and data theft. With decentralized cloud storage

185. Decentralized web / dWeb - what is it?

envisioning a web that revolves around the user, not the server and not the Blockchain

186. Steps Toward a Decentralized Society

While many of the ideas conjured today are outlandish, real use cases are likely to appear in the near future.

187. Scaling Blockchain and DeFi with Piers Ridyard

Radix is the first programmable DeFi Engine for the smart contract platform that helps Dapp scale their products and services.

188. Generating Passive Income Through Filecoin Staking

In this post, we'll explore the concept of staking and how will you benefit from Filecoin staking.

189. Powering Decentralized Identities and Access For All

Uniris is a permissionless integrated services platform capable of meeting a fundamental need: giving everyone back the control over technology. In this way, we are part of the promise of a safer, more inclusive, and truly decentralized world.

190. Why Is the Internet Shifting Towards Web3?

Legacy online services are built around centralized models, but this could soon change as Web 3 gains momentum.

191. My First Impressions on BitClout

I have been following alternative social networks for a while, infact I made a list. While I was browsing Twitter, I stumbled upon a newly emerging social network called BitClout. I decided to create a profile, and for those curious my handle is AMKN. You can actually follow my posts here. That said, I have some initial thoughts.

192. Single-Chain vs. Multi-Chain Wallets: About Metamask and its Alternatives

MetaMask is losing market share as the crypto wallet competition picks up. We're watching the following emerging wallets: Rabby, Coin98, XDEFI, and Frame.

193. Peeking at The Future of The Metaverse

The money pouring into the metaverse is building the virtual infrastructure for a space that could lay the foundations for the bulk of future human activities.

194. Best Websites to Buy Bitcoin Directly from Your Device, Anonymously

“Aren’t cryptocurrencies anonymous by default?” I’m sorry to be the one telling this to you, but Bitcoin is not anonymous. At least, not by default. Bitcoin is known as an immutable ledger, a leger that is publicly available and keeps a record of every single transaction that happens on the network. It’s true that anybody can transact Bitcoin, but it’s also true that anyone can see all of those Bitcoin transactions.

195. AI And Machine Learning Are Our Best Bet To Keep Saving The World From Climate Catastrophe

Many equations apply to Nuclear Fusion including the Maximum Entropy Principle. Fusion increases entropy. Think of unsolved equations relating to Nuclear Fusion as hardness problems. Whoever solves these problems or contributed towards software that solves these problems, helped achieve one of the biggest tasks in modern engineering and physics this century. I will be honest, many of us (including a certain somebody) want to win the race. Many of us are also removing obstacles from the obstacle course.

196. DINO (Decentralized In Name Only) Vs. True Decentralization

comparing centralization, partial (in name only) decentralization and true decentralization / the problems with blockchains / the single point of failure...

197. BLOCKCHAIN: Do You Really Need It? This Will Help You Decide!

The word “blockchain” is still surrounded by hysteria: companies that simply enter in it, their name soar in price by 400%. Half of the world would like to receive cryptocurrency as a gift for the New Year, while Bitcoin is called "the largest bubble in the history of mankind." A dozen new terms, some fascinate with innovation, others - scary, resembling a scam. I will explain in simple terms why bitcoin and blockchain are not the same things, how technology will make the world transparent and who will benefit from it.

198. Can Sporting Events Rejuvenate "NFT+Sports" This Time Around?

In the first quarter of 2021, NFT sales exceeded $1.5 billion, 20 times of the fourth quarter of 2020, which is the highest period of ever since NFT developed.

199. Diving into Stablecoins: Interview with Kurt Farrugia

Kurt Farrugia, product leader of a family of stablecoins, Samecoin, spoke to me recently in order to share his expert knowledge by answering some of the questions about the stablecoin sector in the crypto niche.

200. Web3 is Like Piracy and That's a Good Thing

“It’s better to be a pirate than join the Navy.” said Steve Jobs.

201. What is the Difference Between Web2 vs Web3

In this article, we will discuss the major differences in Web 2.0 and Web 3.0.

202. The Future of the Internet Lies in Decentralization: Dr. Zamboglou

A decentralized internet is coming to guide society away from persistent scarcity and towards unlimited abundance.

203. Leading Crypto VC Firms to Watch in 2023

One of the biggest drivers of innovation in the crypto ecosystem is Venture Capitalist firms. These firms fund the dreams of founders and allow them to build.

204. True Privacy is When Users Decide Who Sees and Uses Their Data: Unhased #24

Unhashed is a QnA series where I speak with top execs of new and established blockchain projects to unravel the mystery of blockchain & crypto.

205. How Bricktrade is Disrupting the Property Market

Using Blockchain to Disrupt the Property Market

206. Retiring on your Crypto-Bag: Is it Feasible?

The CEOs of Koinos Group and gFam explore how to think about crypto in the context of retirement investing

207. How Joe Roets Built 'Dragonchain', A Hybrid Blockchain Platform

Interview with Joe Roets, Architect and Founder of Dragonchain, a company that solves real-world problems using blockchain technology.

208. The Decentralized Internet Writing Contest 2022: March Results Announced

Hey Hackers! The wait is over! Here we are with the results announcement for The Decentralized Internet Writing Contest, March 2022 sponsored by QuickNode.

209. Crypto Banking: DeFi to CeDeFi?

Exploring the growth of crypto banking from DeFi to CeDeFi.

210. An Intro to Web3 Multi-Chain Trading

Yellow Network offers to interconnect multiple scattered exchanges in one automated non-custodial trading hub, providing a user with the aggregated liquidity.

211. Decentralization Debate Club: Blockchain, Autonomy, and DeFi

Has what started with Satoshi spun off into an hype-driven, ICO-indulgent startup industry of solutions for nothing? Or is blockchain technology and the mass decentralization it makes possible still worth the hype? Answered in 5 minutes by two top Hacker Noon Contributors, Mario Alves and Vladimiros Peilivanidis, scroll down and tune in for this special Decentralization Debate Club episode.

212. The Question Of Control Over Data in Shared Databases

Data is one of the most important tools of our time. Its usage is now pervasive throughout all aspects of society: from air transport to banking, construction to dentistry, from education to farming and beyond.

213. IDOs Work Like Mangroves

An interview with co-founder of Web 3 IDO launchpad who believes IDOs work like mangrove trees

214. The Family Tree of Webs: From Web 1.0 to Web 3.0

Web 3.0 is touted as the next evolution of the internet, but have you met the other two? Discover the differences between Web 1.0, Web 2.0, and Web 3,0.

215. Earning Yield in Decentralized Finance (DeFi)

Yields in financial markets have reached historical lows. For example, US 10 year bonds are paying a mere 1.52% annually and the S&P 500 Dividend yield is down to 1.94%. To earn higher yield, investors are buying deeper into illidiquity and risk targeting non-government debt in emerging markets. Another space that is evolving is Decentralized Finance (DeFi) based on blockchain protocols, cryptocurrencies and smart contracts.

216. #ForTheLastTime Blockchain is More Than Just Crypto

In this story, we will explain the true potential of blockchain and why it's a lot more interesting to use this technology outside of cryptocurrency.

217. Types of Crypto Lending Platforms: Centralized and Decentralized Finance

Crypto lending is a growing market that started only a few years ago. Unless you're new to cryptocurrency, you probably have heard this term at some point. Crypto lending works similarly to peer-to-peer lending, where borrowers are connected with lenders via an online crypto lending platform with cryptocurrency as the currency of trade instead of fiat money. Technically, the more appropriate term is crypto-secured lending because not all loans are denominated in cryptocurrencies.

218. Politics in Social Media: Bots, IDM and Decentralized Moderation

The internet has become the agora of modern times. The question is not whether we are discussing politics over the internet or not (we obviously are) but if...

219. Setting Up a Tor Hidden Service [A How-To Guide]

I'm gonna out on a limb here and assume that you know the basics of how a web server works when you clicked on the title of this post. Basic knowledge of vim would be helpful too.

220. DeFi Continues To Defy Odds While Ducking Questions on Scalability. For How Long?

The term DeFi, short for "decentralized finance," has been entering the lexicon of the tech world for the last few years, yet only gaining real popularity recently.

221. How to Get Paid in the Metaverse Creator Economy Today

Master the Metaverse creator economy. Design NFTs or use the picks and shovels strategy creating tools or services for NFT builders & virtual world inhabitants.

222. The Rise Of SocialFi: A Fusion Of Social Media, Web3, And Decentralized Finance

A new dawn for the social media ecosystem combines decentralization, finance, and social media.

223. Five Reasons Why You Should Start Learning About Web3 Today

Web3 is a set of protocols and technologies that enable a decentralized web. This means that instead of relying on central authorities like government

224. Everything You Need to Know About Polkadot

Polkadot is designed to be scalable, modular, and extensible, allowing it to support a wide range of use cases such as DeFi, gaming, IoT, and more.

225. The API Connectivity Problem: Connecting Off-Chain Businesses

APIs make up the backbone of many web apps and much of the internet cannot work without of them. However, the Blockchain is not compatible with APIs, a problem.

226. Can Humans Win at Progress With Coordination?

If you have improved the coordination in an unbalanced way, the results can be harmful!

227. Successful Decentralization Lives Right Under Our Nose

The successful decentralization of the Internet is a profound example to help other channels proceed in the same direction (social media included).

228. A Post Pandemic Environment Will Be Ripe for The Adoption of Decentralized Stablecoins

The global crisis is causing an explosive increase in demand for stablecoins. Some even say that it's stablecoins that will drive the mass adoption of crypto, not hypervolatile coins like Bitcoin. It's time to ask the question: which stablecoins will benefit more from the recession – regular ones, such as USDT, or decentralized ones, like DAI and others?

229. Proof-of-Stake Is Coming of Age, and Polkadot is Leading the Pack

Polkadot is currently the leading, highest value, and most secure PoS platform, offering estimated rewards of 13.87% per year.

230. Blockchain Tech that Promises Privacy and Performance

Enterprises need to collaborate with each other to accomplish business objectives. In the course of business, there are situations that call for utmost sensitivity in conducting transactions. Here, it is not necessary that all the involved parties can be trusted. Conventional legislation provides trusted third-party intermediaries to create a trustworthy environment.

231. The Establishment of Decentralized Application Programming Interface (DAPI) and Blockchain Oracles

How the emergence of Decentralized API (DAPI) and blockchain oracle is revolutionizing the off-chain and on-chain data transmission

232. What Web3 & Decentralization Mean for Data Storage

I think of web3 and decentralization on a spectrum - it’s not just one or the other, but you can take incremental steps on the path towards your end goal.

233. The Upgradeability Crisis in Blockchain

I'm Andrew Levine, the CEO of OpenOrchard where we are developing the Koinos blockchain.

234. Writing Decentralized Applications in JavaScript - Libp2p Basics

Libp2p is the base of the Interplanetary Filesystem and it will be the base of Ethereum 2.0.

235. The Decentralised Internet Writing Contest 2022: Round 3 Results Announced!

Here we are with the final announcement of the #Decentralized-Internet writing contest winners!

236. ThoughtSlime on Why All NFTs are a Scam

A contrarian POV on NFTs from ThoughtSlime

237. How to buy Crypton (CRP) Utopia P2P project cryptocurrency?

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238. Why Watch-to-Earn will Outshine Move-to-Earn

239. Top NFT and DeFi Marriages That Fix Common NFT Problems

The combination of NFTs and DeFi is the perfect match!

240. Crypto-Powered Finance Offers a Range of Benefits to Businesses: Unhashed #22

An interview with Request Finance CEO and Co-Founder Christophe Lassuyt.

241. Helium Network: A Decentralized but Connected Future

Discover what Helium, the "people's network," offers communities worldwide—as a rapidly growing data solution and potential solve for the supply chain crisis.

242. How Cryptocurrency Can Help Deliver High-quality Video to Your Home

The article is about how you can use a crypto project to deliver high-quality video to the end consumer faster and cheaper.

243. Everything You Don’t Know About the Evolution of Web: Web1.0 to Web3.0

From web 1.0 through 2.0, things are about to turn around as a transition into the third phase of the web is unfolding.

244. Crowdfunding in DeSci. Toward a Resource-Based World Economy

Crowdfunding in the context of a resource-based economy is about intelligent allocation of the Earth's resources to develop innovations that benefit everyone.

245. What's The Fashion Industry Doing With Blockchain?

Blockchain made the headlines in 2017 when Bitcoin gained traction. Ever since then, multiple industry-wide applications of blockchain tech broke the news. The distributed/decentralized ledger technology brought scalability, transaction speed, and better security that’d transform the world in coming years.

246. Blockchain Upgrades & Hard Forks

Understand how blockchains are upgraded; when are hard forks needed, and when SHOULD they be needed?

247. Is it Possible to Create a Decentralized Internet? This Startup, and its "Farmers" Think So.

The internet is now almost entirely centralized.

248. VPNs Leaked 1.2TB of Your Data and That is Pretty Awkward

20 Million VPN users across seven different VPN services had their data compromised when it ended up on the dark web.

249. HOW BLOCKCHAIN IS COMING TO SAVE MODERN MEDICINE

Governments are spending more and more resources on medicine every year, with the world’s drug development market amounting to more than 350 billion USD per year. On top of that, the World Health Organization is reporting almost 40 million confirmed cases of Covid-19 and more than a million deaths since the beginning of 2020. As such, this current pandemic will only cause a significant increase in the demand for vaccines; a market that exceeded 42 billion USD in 2019 and is predicted to grow more than 14.7% CAGR (compound annual growth rate) between 2020 and 2026.

250. The Role of Blockchain and Decentralization in the Digital Economy

Blockchain is a key emerging technology in realizing the full potential of the digital economy along with other emerging technologies and paradigms such as 5G, IoT, Cloud, AI, etc.

251. The Facebook Outage Proved a Need for Greater Decentralization

With the internet become more and more vulnerable to outages and crashes, will the answer to more stability come in the form of more decentralisation?

252. Ex-Bored Ape Yacht Club Artist Launches Female based Sneaky Vampire NFT Collection

Ex-BAYC artist is launching the 2nd collection for Sneaky Vampire NFT Collection.

253. Is Elon Musk WRONG About Dogecoin?

The CEO of Koinos Group explains Dogecoin and what Elon Musk might be getting wrong.

254. "The Correlation Between The Dollar And Bitcoin Has Been Inversely Proportional" - Nikita Soshnikov

The crypto market now has a market capitalization of over $1.5 trillion.

255. WTF Happened to Solana's Proof of History?

A blockchain architect explains Solana (and what's wrong with it)

256. 3 Ways to Increase NFT Adoption Among Artists

Let's talk about challenges and opportunities to increase adoption of art NFTs.

257. Getting Started with Web3 – the New Decentralized Web

In this article, we’ll look at the significant benefits of Web3 and some essential applications in technology.

258. Can DeFi Be Trusted: An Analysis

In DeFi We Trust, should we? Let's discover the potential risks of DeFi and understand them fully before we commit to something we don't fully understand.

259. 11 Defi Terms to Know Before You Buy Your First Crypto

Decentralized Finance is unchartered territory for most non-crypto users. If you are ready to invest in cryptocurrencies, here are some important terms to know.

260. Twitter Bluesky: A Decentralized Protocol Proposal

What is Twitter Bluesky? A proposal for a decentralized Twitter. Lets see how the GUN protocol could fit in.

261. "You should reinvent the wheel once you have sufficient knowledge how to do so," - Angelos Chalari

Angelos Chalaris from Greece has been nominated for a 2020 #Noonie in the Programming. The Noonies are Hacker Noon’s way of getting to know — from a community perspective —  what matters in tech today. So, we asked our Noonie Nominees to tell us. Here’s what Angelos had to share.

262. SperaxUSD: A Crypto-Collateralized Stablecoin Challenging Tether

With the DeFi revolution ramping up, the cryptocurrency community has witnessed the rise of stablecoins. Tether has been investigated and fined by the CFTC...

263. Rising Tensions in the Middle East Highlight the Need for a Haven Currency And Bitcoin Is Not It

Shortly after the United States assassinated influential Iranian military leader Major General Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad, the price of bitcoin spiked alongside gold and crude oil. Bitcoin’s price leap was especially significant because gold and crude oil are considered safe havens that tend to attract investment in the wake of economically destabilizing events like the strike against Soleimani in Iraq.

264. How To Tokenize Digital Assets on the Blockchain

Including a code sample using the ERC721 standard.

265. Top 4 Blockchain Virtual Machines for Decentralized Applications

From Polkadot to NEO, this article is a review of the most popular VMs in the dApp ecosystem other than Ethereum.

266. A Look into the DeFi Deflationary Yield Farming Boom

It’s not often that you see a technological boom inside of another breakout, but that’s precisely what is happening in the crypto markets currently. The DeFi (decentralized finance) sector, which seeks to revolutionize the current centralized financial system by introducing various decentralized replacements, is also experiencing a deflationary yield farming boom.

267. What are NFTs? - Their Role in DeFi

By definition, a fungible asset is a type of asset that is interchangeable with other assets of the same type. Currency is a fungible asset. After borrowing a $100 bill, the borrower can return the amount either in a combination of bills of different denominations or in a different $100 bill. The value of the dollar $100 remains the same in both cases.

268. The Koinos Co-Founder Discusses The Inconvenient Truth of NFTs

Blockchain architect and co-founder of Koinos Group reveals the "dirty secret" of NFTs.

269. My Interview With Dr. Craig Wright, the Alleged Inventor of Bitcoin

I interviewed the alleged inventor of bitcoin, Dr. Craig Wright

270. How Blockchain Technology Is Aiding The Rise Of The Sharing Economy

The sharing economy is fast transforming how we interact as people and work. Valued at around $15 billion five years ago, the sharing economy is predicted to be worth over $335 billion by 2025. The potential for the industry is massive.

271. Why Go Bearish with Real-World Assets in DeFi Lending Protocols

I'm sure you are acquainted with Decentralized Finance, more commonly known as DeFi.

272. SORA's Token Bonding Curve (TBC) Explained

Here are the three main purposes of SORA's TBC and their huge positive impact on the economy.

273. The Blockchain Stands as the Knight Against Fire-Breathing Monopolies

Monopoly is a word you hear probably once a month or so, maybe once a week if you’re a big board games fan. The word itself has stopped being associated with terrible business practices and is now considered more as honest fun with your friends.

274. 3 Investor Relations Best Practices For Crypto Projects

So you've founded a crypto project, and you're going to issue tokens to investors as a way to generate funds and turn your vision into reality - but have you thought about how you're going to take care of those investors beyond launch? After all, getting buy-in to the initial token-sale doesn't mean you take the money and run with it.

275. Decentralizing Data Storage on the Blockchain: An Exclusive Interview With Vincent Irlweck

Interview with Vincent Irlweck, CMO at Inery Blockchain to discuss their decentralized data storage solution and democratizing the data industry.

276. The Other Side of Moderating the Metaverse

Exploring what it entails to be a moderator in a Web3 metaverse in the future by taking lessons from gaming and social media mods today

277. Only 13% Of the Tech Professionals Are Buying in the Metaverse Real Estate, a Study Shows

Few people are buying virtual real estate in the metaverse, according to a survey from the professional social network Blind.

278. Can Blockchain Technology Help with Our Growing Privacy Problems?

Since the Internet's introduction to the public from the academic world, privacy issues have existed. Blockchain technology may be able to change this.

279. Perpetual Swaps, Futures, and Contracts — Which One Fits You Best

Bitcoin has come a long way in its eleven or so years of existence. It was created to be a ‘peer-to-peer electronic cash system’, but it has become so much more than that today. In fact, Bitcoin has crossed over quite significantly from being a currency to being more of an investable asset.

280. SORA Governance: The Wisdom of The Crowds.

How can a randomly selected governance, prevent corruption and directly improve all financial sectors?

SORA Parliament model will answer this question.

281. DeFi Learning: What Is a Liquidity Pool?

Running on the AMM model, liquidity pools have proved to be a secure and efficient income source. What is a liquidity pool? How does a liquidity pool work?

282. We are Entering the Age of Monetary Exploration

Cryptocurrency is full of people who believe in old economic theories that have never been tried in the real world. There’s an almost zealous adherence to esoteric principles that seem to have no place in our modern lives.

283. Open Hardware Projects Utilizing Lonero: Kinetic Miner and Lonero ATM

Hello world! Recently, I have been working on some open hardware projects utilizing Lonero. These specific projects are open source and created to push for innovative usecases of Lonero, and the blockchain. The list of projects are below:

284. Is It Legal to Do Business as a DAO?

This article explores the possibilities of operating DAO as a legal entity, examines the types of legal DAOs, DAO limitations and its advantages.

285. Decentralized Uber: Here's How I Built It With Status.im, Waku, and Vue.js

Write a decentralized Uber using Status.im Waku and Vue.js

286. Don’t Buy Cryptocurrencies (Earn them)

Five easy ways to earn cryptocurrency, without spending a penny. From getting a job, to winning contests, you don't need to code to be involved in blockchain.

287. Governance without Government

A new phase of humanity built on decentralized collaboration.

288. How to Use Secure Reliable Transport (SRT) for Your Live Video

Secure Reliable Transport (SRT) is an open source video transport protocol that excels at providing stable streaming at relatively low latency.

289. Fluid Decentralization: Randomness and a Lack of Manipulation

DLT and the internet need a political change, an all encompassing way to non-hierarchical society.

290. Bolstering Food Integrity With Blockchain

How Blockchain Could Enhance Our Food Integrity?

291. Why We Need Polygon Over Ethereum

To start an NFT project with high frequency and low value transactions, Polygon is the ideal blockchain to use as compared to Ethereum.

292. Decentralization Will Force Institutions to Conform or Die: Brandon Burgason, CEO of Mobie Labs

Brandon Burgason is the CEO and Founder of Mobie Labs. He explains the barriers that are keeping blockchain from realizing its full potential.

293. Global Bitcoin Adoption; A Case of Game Theory

Game theory examines interactive decision-making where the activities of all "players" affect the results for each participant.

294. 6 Predictions For Crypto Industry In 2021 (without trading)

Predictions for Crypto industry in 2021: DeFi, DEX, STO, ETH 2.0, CBDC and everything that can affect crypto / blockchain world and can help users and projects

295. Can We Decentralize Zomato/Swiggy?

A simple approach on how to decentralize food-delivery ecosystem.

296. Understanding Metaverse: A Basic Explanation

What is metaverse - a simple, basic explanation. How metaverse will impact the world?

297. Why a Decentralized Social Network with Passive Income Potential Will Emerge, Eventually

Social media changed the way you are browsing the Internet, but it didn’t change the way the Internet is being controlled by a few companies that are having a monopoly. While you are under the illusion of using platforms like Google, Facebook, and Twitter at no cost, their pockets are getting heavier and heavier.

298. Examining The Blockchain Trilemma

In the interview I made last year, I asked a leading cryptocurrency expert Andreas M. Antonopoulos, about whether someone could solve the so-called Blockchain Trilemma – scalability and security without sacrificing decentralization in the future.

299. What is Liquid Staking and How Can it Improve the DeFi Ecosystem?

Liquid Staking allows using the staked crypto assets in other trading opportunities to let you get the best of both a reward on your staked assets as well as

300. How To Own A Piece Of The New Web With Web 3.0

Web 3 is the latest wave of the internet that is already changing how users utilize and interact with the web.

301. Hey Mark Cuban, this is how you avoid crypto scams [Watch Video]

Adam and Andrew discuss how to avoid scams (and crypto scams), Mark Cuban, Titan, and the importance of self-sovereignty

302. Here's How to Build a Decentralized Internet

The philosophy of how to build a fully decentralized internet. Web3.0 needs interoperability, open source and better economic designs to succeed Web2.0

303. On Decentralization, Crypto and Blockchain with COO Bohdan Prylepa

It has been an impressive year for cryptocurrencies. From Bitcoin soaring to as high as $41.9k in early January 2021, to Ethereum rising above Jan 2018 high, and Cardano reaching a new three-year high, investors are upbeat.

304. A Cryptocurrency Driven Personal Recruiter/Headhunter Program that also Earns You Commissions!

Traditional recruitment processes take anywhere from days, to weeks, to even months to complete, and finding these “top-shelf” candidates is a lengthy process where the company has to spread the word about the recently opened position with the hopes that the right person will get the news and apply. It’s a game where the odds are pretty narrow.

305. What is Tellor 360? - Upgrading Beyond Upgradeability

Tellor is a decentralized oracle network built on Ethereum that enables censorship-resistant access to off-chain data.

306. Stochastic Assets - The Next Evolution Of Crypto Infrastructure

307. Blockchain Use Cases: Cutting Through the Hype

Since 2013, blockchain startups have raised over $23 billion, with the vast majority of that investment coming from Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs). Between eliminating intermediaries and having short investment timeframes, the advantages of crypto fundraising proved to be massive.

308. A Decentralized Anonymous Marketplace for Trading Precious Metals

Free Market One — Decentralized Anonymous Marketplace for Precious Metals Trading.

309. How to Choose a Blockchain Platform to Develop Your Project

There are many blockchain networks out there, each considers themselves the best in terms of scalability, unique features, or capabilities. But let’s look beyond all these buzzwords, rebrandings, and marketing hype. What characteristics do truly matter when choosing a blockchain platform to develop with?

310. Are NFT Marketplaces Really Decentralized?

Are NFT marketplaces really centralized or decentralized?

311. Aggregators Are the Next Big Thing in DeFi

Aggregators will be the next big trend for DeFi.

312. What The Interchain Sustainability Mission is About

The future of humanity is being decided by the actions we are taking today and by our impacts on the ecological state of the planet.

313. WaykiChain CEO Gordon Gao Explores the Potential of Synths

If you let me choose the best concept of DeFi, I vote for synths. The power of such protocols starts with TVL.

314. It's Web3 Time, But Are We Ready?

There is no denying that the reality of Web3 is the future of the internet. However, only a fraction of the developer and founder population are building in it.

315. Koinos Snapshot (and Main Net) COMING!

Koinos snapshot (and main net) IS COMING

316. An Intro to Cryptoeconomics in 2022

Learn the meaning of cryptoeconomics and the importance of cryptoeconomic design in maintaining decentralized networks.

317. The Rise of Cryptocurrencies in Latin America: Interview

The international blockchain industry size is projected to rise from USD 3.0 billion in 2020 to USD 39.7 billion by 2025, at a remarkable Compound Annual Growth Rate ( CAGR) of 67.3 percent in 2020–2025. The growing need to automate business processes and the need for advanced supply chain management solutions of blockchain technologies are pushing the overall blockchain industry to higher ground.

318. Web3.0 vs Web2.0 vs Web1.0

Web3.0 is the next generation of the internet. What sets it apart from Web1.0 and Web 2.0? The difference is it's based on trust, control and privacy

319. Smart Contracts: The Ethereum Bias and The Graphene Undercurrent

Building great applications takes both decentralized and centralized databases, and so Koinos is being designed to enable developers to integrate a decentralized database into their stack regardless of how much or how little they want to rely on that database.

320. "Buy Bitcoin" is the Best Advice #Noonies2021 Nominee Sergei Khitrov Has Ever Received

Hey Hackers! I’ve been nominated in these two following categories : HackerNoon's DeFi Degen of 2021 and HackerNoon's NFT Wizard of 2021.

321. 6 Most Crypto-Friendly States in America

There’s a big crypto battle underway among the states to get their share of the crypto pie.

322. Running a Global Blockchain Node Infrastructure Ecosystem: How We Do It

Blockchain infrastructure is basically the decentralized deployment of different blockchains, and the overlay network that sits on top.

323. Why Liquidity Bootstrap Pools are the Future of Fundraising

Crypto projects went through multiple cycles, seeking the right recipe to build finance operations. The most intuitive and immediate takeaway was that crypto was volatile and unpredictable, with wild price swings for new projects. There were multiple reasons for the price swings, ranging from outright scams to coordinated pumps.

324. 5 Portals That Rate And Rank DeFi Projects For You

DeFi industry is stepping forward at a great pace. Currently it appears to be the largest tectonic plate covering the Blockchain sphere and you have to be fully prepared.

325. How the Internet has Evolved: The Journey From Web1.0 to Web3.0

The Internet has come a long way - from the simple web pages of web1.0 to the decentralized web3.0.

326. From Free TON to Everscale: Anatomy of a Decentralized Rebranding

Rebranding is a gargantuan task for any company or public entity at the best of times, but throw a massive dose of anarchistic decentralization into the mix, and mission impossible becomes mission incredible.

327. Is Decentralisation Even Real?

What does decentralisation mean in the context of blockchain, and where is it relevant for end consumers. See how the industry is evolving.

328. What to Expect of Shelley - Cardano's Latest Update

The purpose of this short article is not to disapprove concepts and achievements of IOHK foundation. It is rather an opposite — an attempt to openly discuss issues related to the newest version ‘Shelley’ that will be tested in the upcoming months and may be implemented next year.

329. The Cacophonies of Distributed Systems

If you have never heard about Deutsch + Gosling’s fallacies of distributed computing, you are missing out big time! I encourage you to check them out here. Those delusions are widely considered in the distributed systems field as some of the most painful assumptions any junior systems designer, or architect can make. I like to call them “career-limiting choices”.

330. What Is Ethereum? And What Is Its Relevance to Decentralization?

A common mistake occurs when Ethereum and Ether are used interchangeably to describe cryptocurrency. But that is not entirely accurate.

331. NAFO’s Decentralization is Its Greatest Strength in Information Warfare

A meme-driven community has risen to become a formidable force in the fight against Russia.

332. Societies and Decentralized Systems Have A Lot In Common

333. Web 3.0 is About Ownership and Self-Sovereignty

While Web3 is about ownership and self-sovereignty, it’s also about community and giving equity to the participants.

334. Building DeFi protocols on Polkadot: An Interview with Bette Chen, Co-Founder at Acala Network

Acala network is building decentralized protocol on the Polkadot network. This interview discusses the DAO architecture, parachains, and DeFi.

335. Ethereum, You Are A Centralized Cryptocurrency. Stop Telling Us That You Aren't

When looking at Ethereum, there are some good things I can say about it and some bad. Ethereum did early stage investors in their ICO right, in the fact that the 2014 ICO price was $0.30.

336. Venezuela is Patient Zero Challenging The Western Financial System with Bitcoin

Venezuela can now interact with trading partners instantly and globally without touching US-controlled payment rails

337. Web 3.0: Decentralizing the Internet

Web 3.0 opens a new future where users and distributed machines can interact with data, value, and even other counterparties via peer-to-peer networks without the need for third parties. Therefore, Web 3.0 is considered a new generation of the world wide web to increase user utility and the number of online applications in exploiting the power of the current decentralized network.

338. The Illusion of Decentralization

Back in the 1990’s, then-chairman of the Federal Reserve Alan Greenspan used the phrase “irrational exuberance” to describe the rapid and relentless rise of stock markets amidst a preponderance of data that should have tempered market mania. Setting aside Greenspan’s role in stimulating such “irrational exuberance” via interest rate driven monetary policy, it seems as though his phrase is ripe for recycling when looking at the current fever for “decentralization”; particularly, decentralization as it would apply to blockchain, Web 3.0, and cryptocurrencies. Can blockchain as a foundation of Web 3.0 really be decentralized?

339. DeFi+GameFi: How Decentralized Finance Helps Blockchain Games Become More Profitable for Users

Solutions that DeFi can offer to play-to-earn projects. How to improve the in-game economy and create profitable projects for players. The answer is DeFi.

340. Novel Solutions for Inclusive Digital Currencies

An efficient, interoperable, scalable, and quantum encrypted CBDC solution for sovereign monetary systems of the future, possible today.

341. Introducing ANY-Language Smart Contracts

Koinos will now use Google's Protocol Buffers to enable unparallled language support and developer accessibility

342. Rebutting MIT's Paper on Blockchain Voting - In A Completely Decentralized Manner

Following the release of an MIT paper dismissing the potential for blockchain based voting solutions, one crypto community decided to crowdsource a rebuttal.

343. Gaming as a Step in the Right Direction Towards Blockchain Adoption

Is blockchain adoption set to increase towards the new normal? As the world sees COVID-19 cases surpassing the 10 million figure, countries slowly prepare to open up for the “new normal” life. A lot of things will need to be changed, starting from the way we work to the way we travel and have fun.

344. 3 Companies Show You What Matchmaking on Blockchain Could Look Like

Dating is fun. It gets you to know your potential counterpart. But dating is hard in the real world, especially when you don’t know how to approach someone or if someone you clicked with is real.

345. Polkadot Deep Dive 2021 - Connecting The $DOTs

A detailed 2021 guide on Polkadot and how it is geared towards solving some of the most fundamental yet complex problems faced by the blockchain ecosystem today

346. How Will Blockchain Fix the Centralization of Data?

“In order to have a standard of value [cryptocurrency] must stand outside all value schemes. It must have value in and of itself."

347. CBDC Digital Yuan Deployment To Massively Impact Cross-Border Policy Regulators' Decisions

The PBOC's app release gives the world excellent insight into China's e-CNY ambitions, particularly with the upcoming Winter Olympics and Chinese New Year.

348. Social Media Breakthrough: Yet Another Reason to Get Paid For Watching the Feed

Social media was a great invention but the innovative wheel got a bit stuck with Instagram and TikTok. With social media platforms getting a whopping amount of $153 billion last year and scandals like the 6th Facebook breach affecting 533 million users, every user now and then asks hard questions.

349. What Makes the Cosmos Hub a Virtual Port City

Blockchains are virtual cities: districts of economic and cultural exchange, where common infrastructure gives rise to a mutual sense of place and a shared social fabric.

350. The Future Of The Crypto World Lies In Partnerships

Here's the latest on the growing integration of blockchain technology into the mainstream, showing cryptocurrencies' potential to become a new asset class..

351. "Freedom of Movement is a Human Right, So Too Should be the Freedom of Information" James O Connor

Interactive streaming has been one of the most popular industries for years now, ever since Netflix exploded, causing the launch of other streaming platforms

352. Interview with a Koinos Blockchain Architect: Nathaniel Caldwell

CEO of Koinos Group interviews co-founder and blockchain architect

353. The DeSci Guide: Is Decentralized Science the New Web 3.0 Trend?

This article is about what DeSci is and what problems modern science is trying to solve by moving it to the blockchain. I also discuss how DAOs impact science

354. Dan Larimer Announces His New Decentralized Platform, ClarionOS

The CEO of Koinos Group explores Dan Larimer's recent announcement of ClarionOS.

355. Voting for the 2021 HackerNoon Noonies Awards is OPEN! #Noonies2021

It's time to 'head to the polls' and make possibilities into reality. #Noonies2021.

356. Girlfrens NFT Project: Cancer Survivor Gives Back to the Community

An interview with the co-founder and artist for Solana-based NFT project, Girlfrens.

357. WTF is Proof of Transfer (and Why Should Anyone Care)?

If you’re in crypto, you know that Proof of Work or ‘PoW’ powers consensus on Bitcoin’s legendary blockchain. You probably know Proof of Stake (PoS) systems, too. Between the two, they power nearly all the major players in the world of blockchains today.

358. The Key Differences Between DeFi apps and NeoBanks

2019 was marked by a boom of DeFi apps and neobanks. Both form part of the wider fintech industry, and both can change the way people view and use money. But you shouldn't lump them together. In this post, I'll explain the subtle differences between decentralized finance and neobanking apps.

359. How ‘Fractional NFTs’ Can Help Accelerate the Future of Fantasy Sports on the Blockchain

With a current valuation of around $19 billion, Fantasy Sports is big, but COVID-19 is bigger. Nobody in the fantasy sports industry expected that the pandemic would not only delay games but ultimately shorten the sports season by months. With more people staying at home during the pandemic, the demand for online gaming platforms has increased significantly.

360. Blockchain Interoperability: An Introductory Guide

Blockchains were made to be self-sufficient decentralized ledgers, where the validity of any state transition only depends on the history of blockchain itself.

361. Vladimiros Peilivanidis has Been Living Solely on ETH Since 2017

Vladimiros Peilivanidis, currently in Greece, has been nominated for 2020 Noonies for contributions in the Decentralization and Future Heroes Award Categories. Read on to learn more about his thoughts on LSD, technological progress, and working for our mother, the machine.

362. COVID-19 and the Decentralized Economy

Testing the System

363. Hackers Target Centralization, So DeFi Should Stick To Its Own Game

DeFi holds much promise as a novel financial system, but from the security perspective, its main flaw is that it's not as decentralized as we think.

364. NFTs are Democratizing the Art Industry for Everyone

This interview talks about NFTs and why it democratises the art industry by bringing digital art to the masses.

365. Across The American Border, Mexico Is Quietly Making Big Moves Towards Blockchain Adoption

Blockchain in Latin America

366. 10 DeFi Projects to Keep Your Eye On in 2021

DeFi can change the financial landscape. Here is a list of the 10 best DeFi projects to watch out for.

367. Song of the Cicada Project and the Mystery of Cicada 3301

A lot of people ask me about the Cicada project.

368. The Importance Of Liquidity In Decentralized Finance (DeFi)

Liquidity is one of the most improtant aspects in every market and asset. The main reason liquidity is so important is that it greatly affects asset prices. In

369. List of Awesome Decentralized Finance (DeFi) Projects

I probably don’t need to introduce you to Decentralized Finance (DeFi) or Open Finance. DeFi is here to change traditional finance, creating an open ecosystem of financial products. It’s here to stay.

370. Trump’s War on Social Media is an Opportunity for Decentralized Platforms

We are surrounded by battles, if one wants to use the language of war that seems to be the default setting of a number of political leaders. For some months the world focused on defeating Covid-19, but as interest in that wanes, President Trump, and indeed the USA, have all too readily provided us with two other touchpaper moments that have claimed our attention, and they are intertwined: the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis and Trump’s executive order targeting social media platforms.

371. What Is Looping in DeFi and How Does It Work

There is a method known as "looping" that allows investors to profit from borrowed funds.

372. Midnight at the Oasis: Thoughts on the Metaverse

What is the Metaverse, how did the Web mutate to get us here, and how the hell do we stop Meta taking control?

373. How Open Source and Decentralization Lead to the Evolution of AIOps

Open source and decentralization led to the development and the evolution of the AIOps clan by making it dynamic for communities and democratizing information.

374. En route to Web 3.0 – The Promise of a Decentralized Internet

En route to Web 3.0 – The Promise of a Decentralized Internet

375. How Sustainable is Crypto Rewards for Content Creators?

The CEO of Koinos Group interviews the founder of gFam who's reward content creators with crypto

376. Why DeFi Needs Decentralized Oracles

Decentralized finance, or DeFi, is a relatively recent variation on FinTech that is seeing a massive surge in popularity. As of the time of writing, there’s over $12.4 billion of value locked into DeFi, which is an enormous jump up from the $547 million it held a year ago.

377. "The Perfect Internet Tech Award Does Not Exi..." Make one!

This year, the Hacker Noon team won't be the only one making the decisions about award titles! You can help!

378. Exploring Libp2p PubSub Protocol Implementations

PubSub is a messaging system that is used to enhance asynchronous communication between senders and receivers. In this system, a node can publish content to a topic while another node can subscribe to each topic of interest. In this system network traffic and bandwidth requirements are reduced as the the network subscriber's interest are matched to published events.

379. From Centralized to Decentralized? That Horse Is Out of the Barn

In the wake of Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency announcement, which has its own regulatory challenges and governance issues, more and more “traditional” companies are evaluating how to embrace blockchain and crypto to achieve their financial and strategic goals. This is especially true in the retail commerce industry, where decentralization driven by blockchain and token economics has the potential to disrupt many different parts of the centralized business model.

380. What Does a Decentralized VPN Look Like?

As far as the Internet is concerned one of the most significant hot-button issues has got to be the issue of privacy and restrictions. Currently, everyone seems to have an opinion over the prospect of providing restrictions and keeping other people from having access to some portions of the Internet-technology which, ideally, should have been for us all.

381. 10 Common DeFi Scams and How to Avoid Them

DeFi scams are elaborate schemes designed for the DeFi space. This article covers 10 common DeFi scams; how they work and how to avoid them.

382. The Intersection of Blockchain Technology and Fintech

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383. What are Upgradeable Smart Contracts? (Watch Video)

Co-founder and blockchain architect Michael Vandeberg explains how Koinos makes smart contracts upgradeable.

384. Aleksandar Svetski Is A Stateless Freedom Maximalist; Will Not Bend

The Bitcoin Halvening is More Than Just About Money [Deep Dive] is the story that got Aleksandar Svetski (Australia), nominated for a 2020 Noonie in Hacker Noon's Politics content category (yes, we're also somewhat surprised that's a thing). Read on to learn more about this enigmatic contributor to Hacker Noon, who is "resisting the chip, the pod, the bugs, the soy and fiat."

385. Web3 vs the Traditional Web: A Look at Web3's Benefits

A look at Web3 and the traditional web

386. What You Need To Know About Metaverses Now

What is Metaverse - a simple explanation. And what you need to know about metaverses

387. An Essential Guide to Kubernetes Observability Challenges with Pixie

Debugging on K8s is hard The main reason that makes Kubernetes observability so difficult is the volatile and dynamic nature of workloads and resources.

388. Bitclout: Is it a SCAM?

The CEO of Koinos Group, Andrew Levine, discusses Bitclout and other decentralized social media applications

389. How to Research New Crypto Projects

How to Research New Crypto Projects using Selection Framework. Supply & Demand | Valuation, Financial & Real Utility | Resources, Problem & Solution

390. The Current State Of Synthetic Assets

Synthetic assets have proven to be an exciting addition to the cryptocurrency and DeFi industry. Bridging the gap between crypto and real-world assets will provide better liquidity

391. Ownership, Authenticity and Cloning of NFTs for the Greater Good

Let's demonstrate some issues NFTs have by cloning them!

392. Decentralized Platforms: An Answer to EU Digital Markets and the DSA

EU targets digital markets and services with new restrictive legislation, could it be that decentralized digital markets and services are compliant by default?

393. Inside the Curve Wars: DeFi Bribes

What role do token bribes play in defi curve war?

394. Secure Rendering: A New Browser Standard for User Privacy

I've been having conversations with some browser vendors about improving security for both users and enterprises. This article is an attempt to quickly summarize the why and what and aid in the guide of developing such a standard.

395. Hiding Secrets: Steganography in Digital Arts and NFTs

The Da Vinci code for the NFT art generation is called steganography. Artists must use new techniques for hiding their secrets inside their artworks.

396. "We Work With Nature, Not Against It," says OUDToken CEO Teh Huang Wei

Most innovative concepts lead to some form of manipulation. The only way forward is decentralizing these aspects to keep green investing manipulation-free.

397. Is Decentralization in Danger: How Will DAOs Survive the Crypto Bear Winter

DAOs are a staple in the blockchain and cryptocurrency industry. But they have never faced a bear market. How well will DAOs fare in these conditions?

398. DeFi's Collateralized Debt Protocols

399. An Intro to Web3 and Why You Should Give a Damn

With blockchain, Web3 users get more freedom, privacy and access to the same social services without fear of their data being used without their permission.

400. Rethinking the Importance of Crypto Trackers

Decentralization has become an inevitable process, not just in the crypto industry but far beyond it as well. This is easy to understand since users prefer full ownership of assets and freedom of action, instead of widespread interventions by third parties. It appears that the FBI understands the current trend and is ready to take preventive action.

401. Is Jack Dorsey's Web5 Idea Truly Decentralized?

Web3, I hardly knew ye. Jack Dorsey’s new company, TBD, recently announced its intent to create “web5”. It explained it as “a new evolution of the Web that enables decentralized apps and protocols.”

402. An Interview With Ivan Starinin And Alexander Salnikov On DeFi Tech

Ivan Starinin and Alexander Salnikov are two alumni of Moscow’s elite Higher School of Economics that went on to forge a prolific entrepreneurial partnership in the blockchain space.

403. Decentralized Discussions on the Hacker Noon Podcast with @MarkNadal and @DavidSmooke

Listen to this episode on iTunes, Google Podcast, Podchaser, Castbox, PlayerFM, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, Stitcher or wherever else you get your podcasts.

404. P2P Lending Myths: Sorting Fact From Fiction

Today’s borrowers and investors have a large range of financing options at their disposal. Of all of them, modern peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platforms are gaining the most traction when it comes to growth and popularity.

405. If It’s So Awesome, Why Doesn’t Every Company Adopt the DAO Model?

When Ethereum first launched back in 2015, it marked a new era for the blockchain ecosystem. For the first time, anyone could mint their own tokens using the ERC-20 standard, creating a new means of crowdfunding and leading to the heady days of the 2017 ICO boom.

406. ZKSwap Tech Review: SKALE – An Elastic, Decentralized Sidechain Network

SKALE's years of hard work have offered itself a relatively stable advantage, but it still needs to catch up in ecological construction.

407. Defi Is About (Freedom of) Choice

Those privileged players knew that we would consume whatever they produced because we had no other choice. Lack of competition put us, the end user, in a helpless position.

408. Welcome to the Age of the Decentralized Storage Systems

The decentralized and distributed file storage system, like others, has its strengths and weakness.

409. 4 Metaverse Projects to Check Out in 2022

Metaverse is the talk of the town right now. However, contrary to blockchain and cryptocurrencies, it is more accessible to people.

410. Scouting for Unicorns in a Sea of dApps

The onset of Web 3.0 has been marked by a flurry of decentralised apps (or dApps in short) making their way into our daily lives. dApps take the modular approach to applications and combine it with a non-centralised management structure. In a world, where personal data integrity and freedom of speech is increasingly important, dApps will play a major role in creating a more safe space for end users when it comes to individual privacy and data access liberty.

411. Decentralized Crowdfunding: A New Way of Funding Seed Stage Startups

Many decentralized funding platforms are emerging that are helping new startups raise funding for their business by tokenizing the business ownership.

412. KOINOS Testnet v2 is Now LIVE: A Modular and Fee-less Blockchain

Koinos v2 is now live on testnet!

413. What is Chainlink? - Intro to the Oracle Network for Hybrid Smart Contracts

Staking will further define the value accruing mechanisms of the Chainlink Ecosystem. To become Truth Machine for society at large it will have to decentralize.

414. IoT Trends And Insights That Can Guide Your Business Decisions: 2020 Edition

Internet of Things is literally changing our world. The global number of IoT devices is predicted to grow from 30.7 to 35.8 billion in a single year (2020-2021). Both industrial and consumer niches get transformed by diverse IoT applications.

415. Smart Contract Vulnerabilities Are A Ticking Time Bomb Holding Billions of Unsuspecting $$$ Hostage

Its growth has brought new opportunities to users, developers, and the industry in general, but has also brought new risks that investors may not be aware of but must endure nonetheless.

416. How Blockchain Can Democratize Data Collection And Why You Should Care

Blockchain technology democratizes data collection and gives individuals data sovereignty in the context of social media being able to collect so much of it.

417. How Defi Projects Use Chainlink Oracles

Chainlink is currently one of the most trusted oracle networks, providing services for many platforms in the Defi world.

418. How to Decentralize Twitter

Ever since Jack tweeted about decentralizing Twitter I’ve thought about it constantly.

419. Collateralized Stablecoins: What Goes On Under Our Hood?

Unit Protocol is a decentralized lending protocol that allows using a variety of tokens as collateral. $USDP $DUCK

420. Why is Web3 Failing?

Why it's too early to predict the future of Web3?

421. The Gaming Metaverse will Decide the Future of the Video Game Industry

This article talks about gaming metaverse and in-game items being used in game development as the next frontier for the gaming industry.

422. "We want functional decentralization" Q&A with Wildland Creators

Wildland is a new, open data management protocol with improved users' privacy, security, and multi-categorization. A Q&A with J. Zawistowski and A. Regulski.

423. DeFi Isn’t the Only Place Where Innovations Are Happening 

DeFi has been the leading narrative in the crypto space in 2020 with its pulsating innovation and stellar growth. Not only has the entire concept of financial services been turned on its head but we've also witnessed some of the speediest development in tech of all time. In the savage unforgiving decentralized landscape, competition is fierce and protocols are required to iterate almost daily to survive.

424. The Two Distinct Worlds of DeFi And How Retail Investors Are Losing Out

DeFi is supposed to be inclusive but beyond basic products with fiat-like returns (APR < 10%), discovery and usability are too complex for retail investors.

425. Olive Garden Gets NFOG Delisted And Triggers Streisand Effect: Marketing and PR #Fail

What can we learn from a recently censored, unofficial community of Olive Garden enthusiasts and digital restauranteurs?

426. The Nexus mobile wallet: embodying the next evolution of blockchain technology

When Bitcoin burst onto the scene in 2009, many early adopters realized that cryptocurrency could change the world. These pioneers were the first of many yet cryptocurrency remained elusive for everyday people, a technological marvel that required adept technical skills to use.

427. DAOs (Decentralized Autonomous Organizations) for Beginners

A comprehensive article about DAOs (Decentralized Autonomous Organizations) and how they work using blockchain technology.

428. #Decentralized-Internet Writing Competition 2021: October Results Announced!

Heyo Hackers! October has been a great month! We received some superb decentalized-internet stories, and now it is time to celebrate our contributors

429. How to Load Unlimited Free Test Ethers to Metamask Wallet

By using this technique, you can have a plentiful supply of ethers available for use in testing and development. You only need NodeJs, the Chrome extension for

430. Is ‘True’ Decentralization Possible without Decentralized Computing?

High demand and high interest in decentralization made it high-profitable, hundreds of millions USD, even for mediocre products.

431. Decentralized Autonomous Organization - The Future of Management for Agriculture Sector

Businesses, to stand out from each other, are coming out with different blockchain approaches targeting different sectors. Blockchain initially hit the financial market when it was introduced, followed by data management, software development and more.

432. Tether Is No More A Cryptocurrency Than Every Other FIAT Money Out There

Tether (USDT) is a controversial stablecoin, to say the least. Having been embroiled in several incidents — most notably concerning its reserves — Tether has somehow managed to stay afloat. And even become the most used stablecoin on the market.

433. Decoding the Future of Web3 and Blockchain With Justin Sun

In this episode, we interview His Excellency Justin Sun, founder of TRON and global advisor to Huobi, one of the largest digital asset exchanges in the world.

434. Benefits, Use Cases, and Implementations of Blockchain in Real Estate

Real estate enterprises are recognizing the inevitable impact of blockchain technology to streamline payments and for the optimization of both commercial and re

435. Why Elastos is Building a New Internet With User Rights and Freedom at its Core

Building decentralised web 3.0 network on a decentralised network which is censorship resistant and provides users with net neutrality.

436. Facebook vs. Decentralized Projects: Who Will Win the 'Metaverse War'?

Facebook's Upcoming Metaverse: the Caveats of Centralization and Why Decentralized Projects Will Dominate the Market in the Long Run

437. The Shardus Consensus Algorithm: A Blockless Architecture for Immediate Transaction Processing

With the introduction of the Bitcoin network software, a new era of technology was born. It provided, for the first time, a trustless, peer-to-peer payment network with a very transparent, and rule-based money supply. It revealed a distributed ledger technology that will profoundly change the way society transfers value, and ushered in a new era of trusted decentralization.

438. Boycott RobinHood: Trading Apps Reviewed - CakeDeFi Vs. WeBull Vs. TradeStation

In this article, we want to present the top 3 Robinhood alternatives, which have proven to be unbiased and allow you to invest safely, free from manipulation.

439. Making Sense of AI on Blockchain (Part 2)

In the first article of this series, I introduced the lifecycle of AI (which consists of training and inference) and discussed blockchain use cases for AI inferences. If you are not familiar with what these terms mean, I suggest reading my first article before this one.

440. The Web 3 Data Economy Will Win If It Eats Silicon Valley

Even though the values embraced by decentralized Web 3.0 applications resonate with the average Internet user, adoption has been sparse. Network effects of existing platforms mean that services need to offer users more than just an ethically superior solution. That’s why we won’t see a decentralized Facebook or Spotify succeed. Luckily, there’s a much easier way forward.

441. 8 Ways Blockchain Will Change E-Commerce Forever

Blockchain has disrupted the financial industry in a big way. Now it seems that the Ecommerce industry is next in line for blockchain evolution.

442. Are NFTs More Than Just Art

NFTs are more than just art and could be any other file or document stored on the blockchain.

443. #Decentralized-Intenet Writing Contest: December Results Announced

With the December announcement, HackerNoon & Everscale bring you a surprise gift. We are extending the decentralized internet writing contest for 3 months.

444. 31 DeSci Projects to Turn Your Next Scientific Idea into Reality

DeSci, combining science with Web 3.0, provides scientists everything needed to overcome the problems of traditional science and turn their ideas into reality.

445. Let’s Reconsider Tradition Before we Decentralize The Entire World

Technology promises change across all markets, but not all technological advances are as beneficial as they seem. In some markets, attempts at improvement end up producing inferior, complex products that cost more and don’t work as well as the product it was designed to improve.

446. Cryptography Interference With Blockchain

Cryptography Interference With Blockchain

447. On MoonDAO's Unending Ambition to Decentralize The Space Industry

MoonDAO will stop at nothing to decentralize the space industry, or so it seems, and with a consortium of 1,000 crypto investors throwing 2,620 ETH behind it

448. DeFi Will Replace The Global Financial System

There's no denying that DeFi will play a major role in finance of the future, and the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission looked at the problems with regulating it this week.

449. Kevin Murcko of CoinMetro Demystifies Crypto

Much has changed in crypto and blockchain after the first peer-to-peer exchange was launched over 11 years ago. Bitcoin Markets was the first rudimentary ramp allowing early Bitcoin enthusiasts to exchange coins. No other coins had been conceived at that time. However, it provided a base for the cryptocurrency scene to develop, evolve, and meet the increasing demands of present-day traders and investors.

450. Fact or Cap: NFTs are the Future

One degen's take on NFTs, web3, and the future of decentralized assets.

451. Surviving Crypto Winter — Part Two: Blockstack and the Great Pendulum of History

Welcome to part two of the Surviving Crypto Winter series (part one is here), where I profile companies and projects that have a shot at surviving the winds of crypto winter and thriving when dreams of spring comes again. This time I profile one of the biggest and best companies in the space, Blockstack.

452. Code A Full Node for A Proof Of Work Blockchain - From Scratch

Learn the basics of PoW Blockchain and create your own Coin

453. Why Are All Eyes On China's Digital Yuan?

China has continuously been in global news, be it corona crisis, diplomatic relations, army conflicts or trade & commerce. Since the last couple of weeks, everyone is talking about China’s digital currency.

454. There’s More to NFTs than You Think

Thr utility of NFTs has the potential to go far beyond that single-use case. They can completely redefine customer experience, community engagement, and loyalty

455. "Supply chain financing enables businesses not only to survive but also to grow" - Eugene Tan

Supply chain finance is one of the concepts countering conflicting interests arising from buyers’ traits of extending their payment terms and suppliers’ desire to receive payment instantly. This model mitigates the risks involved in the financing of the increasingly digitized global supply chains by enabling adequate working capital and providing the appropriate liquidity. As such, a supplier, with approved invoices, can receive the full amount owed by sourcing for funds from financial institutions. In turn, the financiers can provide extensions on the payables depending on the credit-worthiness of the buyer in question.

456. The Pros and Cons of Decentralisation

Decentralisation has gained popularity with cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, but what are the benefits and drawbacks of Decentralisation? Free TON is leading the

457. Klein Finance: Low-Slippage, Low-Impermanent-Loss Decentralized Exchange in KCC

Klein Finance is a liquidity provider on KCC (KuCoin Community Chain), on which tokens under KRC 2.0 standard can be traded.

458. How to Get From Web2 to Web3

We need a map -- a set of instructions -- of how to get from Web2 to Web3.

459. Tracking H1N1pdm09, the Hantavirus, and G4 EA H1N1 w/ Data Mining

After the start of this whole Covid19 pandemic, worries of other viruses have been making rounds. These worries have ranged from variations of the Hantavirus showing up in China, to newly reoccurring worries of H1N1 strains. While people aren't too worried about widespread animal to human and human to human transmission, the same was thought about in regards to Covid19. While it is less likely these viruses are worth a concern, their data at least to some regard is worth exploring.

460. Futuristic Future of Human in the World of Financial Technologies

Finance has entered a phase of radical charge, promising much for both consumers and those leading the revolution.

461. A Trader’s Review of the Nominex Cryptocurrency Exchange

Hello everyone, I’m Edward, I live in Ireland and I have over 10 years of trading cryptocurrency wins and losses under my belt. I was completely inexperienced when I started trading Bitcoin, some were back-breaking losses even, I won't lie, but some were amazing wins. I’m willing to share my experience and share some hints and tricks I learned recently

462. What’s Next for Surveillance Capitalism and Social Domains?

A psychologist’s perspective on why, how and when digital privacy violations irk us

463. Implementing an ERC721 Market [A How-To Guide]

Put tokenized items for sale in a decentralized classifieds board

464. The State of the DAO: Rise, Fall, and Rise

The last few weeks have seen some major failures in the area of DAO and distributed governance. They’ve also marked a revival of energy for DAO technology, with new initiatives that seem to pick up where the failures left a gap.

465. Zenon Network Aims To Be Satoshi's Ethereum: STEX Bullish on Aliens

My suggestion for most people is to buy ZNN or QSR from STEX, then immediately withdraw as native ZNN or QSR to their SYRIUS wallet.

466. The Rise of Crypto Predictions on Decentralized Prediction Markets

The prediction markets depend on crowdsourcing information from the general public to form beliefs and forecasts about the occurrence of future events.

467. The Decentralized Internet Is Bigger than Decentralized Money

A look at why decentralized internet is bigger than decentralized money

468. THE HELLADOGE MANIFESTO: Why Web3 Ads are Like Instagram Ads on Steroids

Ok, this might sound like shameless self-promo, but I’m hoping you will indulge me. I hope Hackernoon lets me run this article - I think they’ll let it slide cause Utsav is the homie, and also because if you can look past the self-promotion you will see I’m making an important philosophical point.

469. Powering the Future: Decentralized Oracles and Metaverse DNA

In the decade-long history of blockchain and distributed ledger technology (DLT), rapid developments have led to consistent advances in the capabilities of decentralized financial platforms. By today’s standards Bitcoin has its limits: it supports value transfer and the storage of metadata within those transfers, but little else. With a block time of 10 minutes and a maximum block size of roughly four megabytes, it is also extremely slow compared to the emergent blockchains of the past few years.

470. Surviving Crypto Winter — Part One: Mattereum and the Internet of Agreements

Welcome to part one of my new series Surviving Crypto Winter, where I profile companies and projects that have a shot at getting through the storm and thriving when spring comes again. Today I kick it off with co-author Carly E. Howard, JD, LLM as we profile Mattereum.

471. Let's get rid of the blockchain - on_decentralization()

1. Introduction

472. NexOS, Internet of Things (IoT), And Beyond: Part II

The Nexus Operating System - A Bastion for the Internet of Things (IoT) & Beyond.

473. Healthcare in Blockchain - An Evolution?

474. Become a Decentralized Storage Provider with RIF Pinning Services

By bringing together service providers and consumers together in a marketplace, and by using decentralized technologies, it’s possible to create a decentralized

475. Disrupting and Decentralizing Lending - ​Dan Schatt [Interview]

Hi Dan Schatt, welcome to our series “Behind the Startup” tell us about your journey from the payments industry to decentralized finance (DeFi)?

My “Aha” moment was in 2013 at PayPal. We called ourselves “The Internet of Payments” and had spent so much time plugging into traditional payment and settlement systems around the world, eliminating buyer and seller frictions, as long as they all used PayPal. Moving bits of data is easy when everyone is using the same database.  I thought to myself, I don’t know if it’s 10 years or 20 years, but when distributed ledger technology scales, they will eventually overtake traditional payment networks. We started thinking about what infrastructure would be needed to spur the development of financial services for the “token economy” and that’s eventually how CRED was born!

476. Real Estate vs Virtual Lands: New Verticals of a Global Economy

2020 has been quite challenging for a lot of people. When the year started, the COVID-19 pandemic hit, and the majority of nations went into lockdown, which caused the global economy to plunge. A number of important industries have been negatively affected, and one of the sectors that suffered the most was the real estate space.

477. "Everyone Should Have Access to Their Finances Anytime, Anywhere," Sulaiman Al-Fahim

It is common knowledge that the global financial service sector, which is projected to reach $25.6 trillion by 2022, is undergoing some changes as a result of the extensive incorporation of disruptive technologies. Stakeholders have come to understand that financial services need a lot of revamping to meet the current needs of consumers. As of now, the universal requirements of banking services and products are speed, transparency, security, and affordability. However, we all know that it is impossible to seamlessly combine these features if financial service providers rely solely on conventional practices.

478. Why Elastos Is Building a New Internet With User Rights and Freedom at its Core

Building decentralised web 3.0 network on a decentralised network which is censorship resistant and provides users with net neutrality.

479. Digital Rome and the Real Value of Cryptocurrency

Max Hasselhoff’s Guide to Making Sense of the Cryptospace

480. DeFi Enthusiasts Dream up New Ideas as Cross-chain Support Gains Importance

The decentralized finance industry never sleeps, as competition remains fierce. Several new trends can be identified every month, yet the reputable projects appear to remain on top. For those who like fast-paced action and competitiveness, DeFi is well worth keeping an eye on.

481. Discussing Perpetuals in DeFi and Making Them Accessible to the Masses

A conversation with Bernd Stöckl, the CPO and co-founder of Palmswap, on making DeFi more accessible for retail investors, perpetual trading, and DeFi 2.0.

482. #Web3 Writing Contest 2022: Round 3 Results Announced!

Hey Hackers! Welcome to the third round of results announcement of the #Web3 Writing Contest!

483. Webmentions: Why I Made the Switch from Comments

Finally, I made the switch to Webmentions, not because I hated comments, but it just didn't serve the platform. You might be wondering, what is he talking about? Let me explain in some more detail.

484. How to Nominate Nominees in the HackerNoon Noonies 2021 Awards #Noonies2021

Nominations for Noonies 2021 have been extended! If you haven’t had a chance to nominate your favourite person, you still have the chance. Visit noonies.tech!

485. What Will Happen to the Internet as We Enter Web3?

The entire internet as we know it will change, and it all starts with some of the protocols we can already see. So, what kind of change can we expect with Web3?

486. Decentralized Storage Networks — An Explainer

A comprehensive analysis of decentralized storage networks, technologies behind them, benefits, use cases, current issues, and an overview of DSN offerings

487. What’s Golem’s role In The Antifragile Web 3.0?

488. Web3, Good Hygiene, and the Need for End to End Security

Having a smart contract audit is a lot like washing your hands– do it only once, and be prepared for the consequences.

489. Following the Robinhood Saga, the Demand for Decentralization Has Never Been Higher

Robinhood's recent debacle leads to rising demand for decentralized solutions.

490. "The Present Financial System Will be Replaced by DeFi" - Umar Farooq

With DeFi trend steadily gaining momentum across the world, 2020 has been deservedly proclaimed as the year of “DeFi Renaissance”. Indeed, no other technological innovation shook up the world to the same extent as decentralized financial technology did earlier this year. Even in the face of such a major ground-shaking event as Covid-19, not only DeFi stood up to its position, but also magnified in value to an extent hardly envisaged half a year ago. The TVL index accurately reflects it – compared to the start of this year with $80 million, the total value has now augmented to the transcendental value of $11 billion.

491. Latest Binance Lawsuit Is Every Crypto-Exchange User’s Nightmare

On March 30, the Block broke the news that Binance is involved in yet another legal dispute. This time, the lawsuit was filed by a former employee, Steven Cody Reynolds, who accuses the exchange of confiscating nearly $300k in crypto following a heated disagreement.

492. Cryptocurrencies Are Being Adopted Faster in the Sports than the Broader Economy

In the past few months, it appears the sports industry has finally caught the crypto bug, realizing the immense potential of blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies. The world of sports has made a significant entry into the cryptocurrency space and is using it to attract sponsors, engage global markets, and monetize fan engagement in ways that were unimaginable a few decades ago.

493. Overview of 3 Web 3.0 Projects: Tachyon, Substratum, and Unstoppable Domains

It is no more news that decentralization is fast becoming the standard solution for several of the recurring issues plaguing various industries. That said, this concept is slowly finding its way into the cybersecurity scene. Several startups and established firms are introducing tools based on blockchain technologies that would give internet users autonomy over their data.

494. Why YouTube’s biggest competition will come from decentralized video platforms

YouTube creators and users are fleeing to decentralized, blockchain-based platforms, which offer greater choice and less exploitation.

495. DeFi Applications Will Determine the Future of Financial Markets

This article talks about referral-based blockchain-based protocol and how building infrastructure for Web3 applications is critical for society.

496. Artificial Intelligence talks with Daniel Jeffries, AMA on August 25th, 10 am EST

Daniel Jeffries is Chief Technology Evangelist at Pachyderm, author, engineer, futurist and pro blogger.

497. Psychology of the dWeb: Incentives to cooperate on the decentralized internet

Interest in the dWeb is blossoming, but decentralized systems require cooperation in order to work. If Richard Hendricks’ dream of the new internet is to come to fruition, it’s going to mean we’re relying on our friends, neighbors, and even strangers to provide us with information and connection to the outside world. It’s going to take communities of ultra-cooperation to work. But can we rely on networks of people (some or all of whom are self-interested) to deliver? Call me the optimist, but I think humans actually have the necessary "stuff" to make it work well. Here, I lay out some of our evolved moral fabric, and how that moral fabric can be tailored to socially scale the decentralized web.

498. Blockchain Applications in The Public Sector

Well functioning public services are crucial for the functioning of society and this, in turn, has a large impact on the economy.

499. NexOS, Internet of Things (IoT), And Beyond: Part I

Understanding the inspiration and history behind Nexus helps convey the current vision. This is the first of three articles covering pertinent aspects of Nexus’ history in which the context is set for the burgeoning NexOS (Nexus Operating System), and its innovative security principles are introduced.

500. What are dApps and How Do They Enable a True Free Market?

The world economy is facing a gigantic hurdle that threatens our future: too much money and power is being controlled by too few people.

501. Securities on Blockchain: Revolutionizing Capital Markets - Interview with Alex Nascimento, UCLA

Welcome to our series, "Behind the Startup." Tell us about your book on Security Token Offerings ('STOs') and your journey into the blockchain industry?

[502. Nigerian Contemporary Art:

The NFT Marketplace and People that Don’t Know How to Quit](https://hackernoon.com/nigerian-contemporary-art-the-nft-marketplace-and-people-that-dont-know-how-to-quit) The concept of governance has evolved extensively. This is evident in the evolution from the first ‘city-state’ notion of it practiced in Greece (born out of necessity and aided by the Mediterranean geography) to a largely democratic system, attainable in most parts of civilized society today.

503. dWeb at Large: “Simply Connect a Bunch of Computers Around the Globe” - Dr. Cazzell

Dr. Amber Cazzell is a visiting Scholar at Stanford, Honorary Associate Lecturer at University of Queensland, CSO at ERA and long time Hacker Noon contributing writer. She kindly shared some of her time to type together. Here is our conversation:

504. Signup or Login with Web3.0 Wallet to HackerNoon

HackerNoon now supports logging in with your web3 ethereum wallet!

505. "The Idea Behind Digital Сurrencies is to Reduce Total Control Over Money Markets" - Dmitry Filyaev

The crypto market has evolved significantly since Bitcoin’s whitepaper was conceived 12 years ago, shortly after the U.S Financial Crisis which devastated the global economy. Today, this space enjoys a cool $400 billion in market capitalization with Bitcoin taking the lion share at a 62.4% dominance. Unlike like in the past where Bitcoin was the main narrative, dynamics are now shifting as crypto innovators pivot towards decentralized products and ecosystems.

506. The Unfulfilled Promise of Blockchain and the Key to Unleashing Its Potential

Solving the Blockchain Trilemma to Unlock Real Business Value.

507. Yearning Man 2020 -  4 Projects for DeFi 2.0

DeFi has been making a lot of noise recently, but it’s perhaps more established than most people think.

508. "DeFi Continues to Innovate And Grow Despite The Economic Downturn" - Jonathan Edward

Since its origin quite long ago, asset management has been considered a smooth way to effortlessly kick your financial portfolio into gear using a professional’s help. To get it done, people prefer to hire professionals who possess a strong level of financial sensibility and constantly keep their hands on the pulse of the market. Whether you are driven by their competence or your own lack of free time, financial professionals can do all the grunt work for you and in the best cases, end up with returns which exceed initial expectations.

509. How To Analyze Cryptocurrency Cash Flow?

Cryptocurrency Evaluation using Demand & Supply forces | Real Utility (value provided via token like cash flow), Financial Utility and Valuation (Speculation) |

510. Raising Funds as a Blockchain Startup: A KYVE Interview

This article talks about how to raise funding as a blockchain startup and decentralized storage systems.

[511. Security, Transparency and

Compliance: An Interview with Mariana Gospodinova from Crypto.com](https://hackernoon.com/security-transparency-and-compliance-an-interview-with-mariana-gaspodinova-from-cryptocom-ow133uok) oAt Crypto.com, we build our services on the solid foundation of security, transparency, and compliance - these are the necessary prerequisites to scale a successful business.

512. Why You Should Care More About The Recent Global Internet Outage

Toward a decentralization of power: why you should probably care (a lot) about the recent global internet outage

513. What is Web3.0?! Explaining the Future of the Internet

Web 3.0 is the next third generation of the internet.

514. How Crypto Audit and KYC Companies Work

Blockchain security companies offering smart contracts and crypto project auditing are on the rise and they are a step in the right direction.

515. The Idea of “Safe Cex” Should Stay in 2022

While a questionable play on words might have temporarily licked the wounds of crypto Twitter last year, its time in the spotlight is over.

516. DeFi is the Antidote to the current Market Chaos

WallStreetBets is at the eye of a war between Wall Street and an army of small investors over GameStop, a languishing video games chain, that has agitated finan

517. Top 5 Ways You Lost Your Crypto in 2020

Not all crypto products are born equal.

518. The Next Big Step is Web2 Integration into Web3 Ecosystems

This article talks about Web3, Solana, DAC and NFTs.

519. [Interview] Decentralization and Privacy in Telecommunications

ENCRY is a multi-disciplined international holding company specializing in the creation of high-tech products in the telecommunications field, as well as decentralized and distributed services. We talked with ENCRY’s founder Roman Nekrasov and the technical director Andrei Chmora about the implication of blockchain in the telecom industry and how ENCRY’s developments can drastically improve the security of users on the Internet.

520. Is It Time to Move to a Decentralized Gig Economy?

The freelancing economy has taken over the world. In less than 10 years, there may be more freelancers in the US than full-time workers. This growth

521. Everything You Wanted To Know About NFTs

A herd of cartoon cats, a video of LeBron, a digital painting of 5,000 thumbnails - all of this has recently been turned into NFT tokens - a new tool for digital art buying and selling. NFT tokens are a hype topic in the world of cryptocurrencies today: three years ago, the entire NFT market was worth no more than $ 42 million, and by the end of 2020 it had grown by 705% to $ 338 million.

522. Could a Decentralized Login Have Prevented @Jack's Hack?

A possible solution to single-factor and multi-factor authentication methodologies using decentralized login (DLI).

523. Tokenized Micro-Licenses on The Blockchain: An Overview

The world of software licensing may sound like a snooze fest but the $456.1 billion software industry is expected to grow to $507.2 billion by 2021.

524. The Monetization Model for A Decentralized Web/dWeb [Deep Dive]

This is a second article in the ‘Decentralized web / dWeb’ series. To get an idea on what the dWeb is please check — this article.

525. A Getting Started Guide to Collector DAOs

Collector DAOs are buying NFTs for their collections. Learn how do they work under the hood. Get inspired and create your Collector DAO with XDAO

526. Koinos Blockchain v0.3.0 Released: Fee-Less Blockchain Enters The Fray

The 3rd and FINAL version of Koinos, the most flexible blockchain EVER, is now LIVE

527. WTF is a Decentralized Identity?

Decentralised identity is the Sign In With Google equivalent for the physical world, except you are in control of your data.

528. How to Start Investing in NFTs: For Complete Beginners

How does investing in NFTs work? This guide will cover all you need to know to get started.

529. Nodle Cash For iOS Devices Has Arrived

Nodle Cash app is now available for both Android and iOS smartphones and tablets

530. Will the World Be Able To Limp Back to Normalcy After The Coronavirus Scare?

This is not a drill. This is not the time to give up. This is not a time for excuses. This is a time for pulling out all the stops. Sounds dramatic, right?

531. Blockchain in a Post-Crisis Economy

Economies are in freefall. People are losing their jobs. Companies, large and small, are going out of business. Pension funds are taking a big hit. Consumer confidence is disappearing.

532. Millennials Need Decentralized Social Media - Here's Why

It’s time for decentralized social apps to take over

533. Which Industries will Benefit The Most From Blockchain - According to Blockchain Companies

We’re now in Spring 2020 and crypto isn’t dead (far from it!), unlike what most critics have predicted. The number of case studies where blockchain technologies found their market fit isn’t that big, sure (yes, that harsh reality is still the same right now), but the industry is doing quite well overall. Over the past few years, we’ve cut through the hype, eliminated the “get rich fast” scams, and continued improving our products.

534. The Evolution of dOrg: The Builder DAO

This is the story of dOrg’s evolution from a few passionate engineers to a heterarchical network of builders developing industry-leading Web3 software.

535. From NFT Colors to NFT Poop: Are We Calling Auto-Generated JPEGs Art?

Despite great enthusiasm, NFTs are neither thought-provoking, complex, nor beautiful. If anything, it's auto-generated pixelated JPEGs and shallow content.

536. Decentralized Social Media: How Do You Really Build One?

The CEO of Koinos Group discussed integrating smart contracts into social applications with the founder of gFam, a site dedicated to monetizing creative content

537. Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Decentralized Identities

There's no denying the benefits to mankind brought about by the digital age. The ease of which we can transfer, process, and apply information has led to many breakthroughs impacting all aspects of daily life.

538. Unliked: Facebook’s Reign Could End

Facebook shares went tumbling following the news after a ‘sell’ recommendation from Michael Levine of Pivotal Research Group. Levine cited concerns over Facebook’s Ad revenue as well as ongoing regulatory risks.

539. Cardano Native Tokens: Good or Bad?

The CEO of Koinos Group explores the recent announcement of native tokens on Cardano. What does it mean? Is necessarily a good thing?

540. The Good, The Bad and the Ugly of Consensus 2017

CoinDesk’s Consensus 2017, the blockchain and decentralized app conference of the year, is officially in the books.

541. Decentralizing the Internet, One Metaverse at a Time

The metaverse is simply the internet, evolved. And that’s why we need to ensure we build it with open standards, decentralized infrastructure and Web3 tools

542. The Persistence of Crypto and its Breach of Mainstream Consciousness

Trends come and go, but some things in our world stick around and become the new way of life. When the internet first emerged in the early 90s, no one was quite sure of the potential and how it would permanently change the world and the way our society functions.

543. Introducing Apron Network: A Gateway to Decentralized Infrastructure Services

Apron Network, a project supported by the Web3 Foundation, received early grants from the Web3 Foundation.

544. What Makes Decentralized Storage the Future of Online Storage Market

Decentralized storage is a promising development, and its rapid implementation in 2021-2022 shows promise for the tech systems powering these networks.

545. Filecoin (FIL): A Beginner’s Guide to the Token, Technology, and How It Works

Global file sharing and storage are areas marked by constant innovations. One such innovation is the introduction of Filecoin.

546. Startup Largo Coin Found a Solution to Reduce Investment Risks

Largo Coin Limited has launched a blockchain-enabled warranty service targeted at securing private investors’ funds. This project looks to partner with startups and established firms by providing a trustless investment relations solution.

547. Jon Squires Interview: Key Tactics To Protect Yourself From Inflation

Global financial markets are tumbling again as market sell-off accelerates due to fears of lockdowns occurring again in parts of Europe. As the hopes of a faster economic recovery die down, the situation for small and medium enterprises and individuals is becoming bleaker day by day due to a fall in demand and no hopes for a fiscal stimulus from the government. With a dip in the business activity, individuals must hedge themselves against various financial and budgetary risks that are arising in the market today. I sat down with Jon Squires, CEO of Currency.com; a CIS regulated exchange for trading tokenized stocks, indices, commodities, and FX pairs with fiat or crypto to talk about global financial markets, technology, and how investors should hedge themselves against the market downside.

548. The Era of Decentralized Globalization Started Today

Surviving post-pandemic new normality isn't to be easy. Discover the secrets of deglobalization the value of decentralization to succeed in the new economic era

549. What is Yield Farming?

DeFi put blockchain on the map last year, drawing the attention of both regulators and institutional investors like never before.

550. Scale and Decentralization Shouldn’t Be at Odds

The blockchain industry has been caught in a very limited mindset of how to judge a blockchain’s potential for meeting the needs of the modern digital economy. Transactions per second (TPS), the dominant unit for measuring the ability to scale, appears to be the only concern when designing blockchains.

551. What Could a DAO Look Like?

The decentralized governance movement loooooves to talk about taxonomy, which isn’t surprising, but it is tiring. For most people, lengthy taxonomy doesn’t leave them with a picture of what a Decentralized Autonomous Organization is.

552. How Can You Create a Million Dollar App?

Every man is born equal. That’s how our parents and grandparents always kept us in check. Based on the promise of equality they wanted to push us to our very limits.

553. The Blockchain Trilemma: Could Layer 0 Be the Solution for Mass Adoption

As blockchain technology booms, blockchain solutions like Ethereum are running into trouble.

554. My Dream for the Future: An Anarcho-Capitalist Society

When people think of anarchy, they think of the world on fire or complete and utter chaos. However, that is not the case. When I say anarcho-capitalism, I am not advocating for a traditional anarchist society but rather an anarcho-capitalist one. Two entirely different things. That being said, let me get into my "key points". As our intellectual capabilities increase as society so should our own sovereignty as nations. In a perfectly intellectual society, one wouldn't need a government to function. The current generation tends to blame capitalism for most of the world's problems, embracing socialism. I would say, capitalism is the answer and that many of the problems capitalism is blamed for is actually globalism disguised as capitalism.

555. An Intro to Stablecoins for Beginners in 2022

Stablecoins are digital currencies pegged to a stable asset class. But how does it work? What is it necessary for the crypto world?

556. #Decentralized-Internet Writing Competition: August Results Announced!

The Decentralized Internet Writing Contest is a great success! As always, we got some superb decentalized internet stories in August.

557. Blockchain in the Sex Industry: Light at the End of the Tunnel?

The article explores how blockchain helps the sex industry fight stereotypes and bias, add transparency, and ensure sustainability and safety.

558. Blockchain-Verified Sentiment

The explosion of content on the world wide web, social media and chat networks greatly increased the interest in sentiment analysis from a growing number and variety of interested parties.

559. In Decentralization We Trust

Is decentralization fair for everyone? This Week On Planet Internet, Utsav Jaiswal, Sidra Ijaz, and Amy Tom talk about the decentralization movement. What's the latest with DeFi? Can AI & decentralization be friends? 🥺

560. The Economic Ideology of Crypto and DDLTs (Decentralized Distributed Ledger Technology)

In the Beginning...

561. Why We're Choosing Open Source for Ara (And Why You Should, Too)

Earlier this year, we released the Ara File Manager. Today, we’re very happy to announce we’ve also released the Ara File Manager’s source code.

562. Why the Market Needs a Cross Chain

What if it were possible to send and receive cryptocurrencies across different blockchains? For example, using bitcoin on the Binance Chain would allow users to transact bitcoin for a lower transaction fee with a faster payment settlement time. Instead of taking roughly an hour to receive six confirmations on their BTC transaction, the transaction would take as little as 6 seconds to receive that same amount of confirmations on Binance Chain.

The Swingby Protocol makes this possible.

563. Monetize your Sports Knowledge on the Blockchain with TradeStars’ New TSX Token

San Francisco, USA - November 9, 2020 - The NASDAQ-equivalent fantasy stocks exchange, TradeStars, announced today the launch of the new governance token, TSX. It allows users to monetize their sports knowledge based on athletes' real-time performance.

564. Gamification through Tokenization Can Disrupt the Fitness Industry

The interview discusses gamification through blockchain tokens and its use case in the fitness industry.

565. "DeFi Will Set People Free" - Gautham J

The Pandemic has left the world’s economy plunged into a struggle--already for the second time. With the level of workplace layoffs reaching the fever pitch, there’s still an even more critical problem of an avalanche of country debt that severely gnaws the welfare of all global economies, let alone developing ones. Small businesses are among the most exposed to this damage.

566. An Introduction to Web5: A New Decentralized Web Venture

Web3 Vs Web5 | Web3 To Web5 Evolution: Web5 Development the New Decentralized Web Venture. Web5 or Web3 which is better?

567. "In the US, Customer is King. In Japan, Customer is God": An Interview with Joel Edgerton

It is fun to speculate on the price of Bitcoin or whatever your favorite asset is, but the real question for our industry is what value are we delivering to our customers. How are we making their lives better, saving them time or money? If a crypto exchange needs a major bull run in Bitcoin to survive, then they have the wrong business model.

568. The 10,000 Foot View of WallStreetBets, Gamestop, Robinhood and Crypto

The CEO of Koinos Group, gives the 10,000 foot view of the ongoing situation, the history behind it, and how it ties into cryptocurrencies

569. "Blockchain Technologies Provide a Solution For Almost Every industry" - Charles Allen

There are several narratives identified as the propelling factors for the increasing demand for crypto assets. However, the most potent is the “store of value” narrative that has established crypto, most especially bitcoin, as the go-to-asset for investors looking to hedge against inflation. This sentiment trails what experts term as a critical period in human history borne by an unrelenting health crisis and a myriad of flawed economic policies designed to suppress its impact. According to a report by the Economic Policy Institute, over 17 million Americans will permanently lose their jobs because of the coronavirus pandemic.

570. Why Do We Urgently Need Web 3.0?

Mass censorship and de-platforming have been normalized at such break-neck speed that a new totalitarian milestone appears almost every month. Fortunately, cryptocurrencies have already paved the road ahead for a brighter, less surveilled future, leading to Web 3.0.

571. How We're Building an Open-Source Google Photos Alternative with React Native

We built an opensource alternative of Google Photos using react-native, to showcase the project "box", which aims to liberate people's data and privacy by web3

572. Solana Supercharges Crypto On The Go By Launching Web 3 Smartphone

The launch of the Saga by Solana could catapult Solana into the league of the big tech, rubbing shoulders with the likes of Samsung and Apple.

573. Can Blockchain Fix Enterprise Cloud Computing?

As cloud waste increases, businesses are looking for a silver lining.

574. The Ultimate Takeaway From The Rise of Blockchains is The Importance of Incentivization

What is the significance of blockchain technology in the future, why can Bitcoin be hyped for over ten years and still have such strong vitality? It is impossible to know what the future world will look like without studying these issues in depth.

575. Intro to dApps: A Beginners Guide to Decentralized Applications

A decentralized app (dApp) is a digital application or a program that resides and executes on a blockchain or peer-to-peer network of computers

576. DeFi and the Rise of Stablecoins

In the last few years, Bitcoin has had an unexpected competitor - stablecoins.

577. The Future of Governance is DAO

Can we even effectively regulate a global network of computers upon which these contracts are executed? My gut reaction is this will be very difficult.

578. Staking, Yield Farming, Lending: DeFi Remains Crypto's Home for Passive Income

DeFi has made access to financial services easier and with its farms, lending services and staking rewards, the ecosystem is a go-to for profit-hungry investors

579. On the Decentralization of Spotify and Similar Platforms

Music streaming services should embrace Blockchain Technology and leverage their accumulated knowledge to launch new types of marketplaces.

580. Private Browsing Technologies in 2020: A Brief Overview

As cases of Internet censorship continue to grow globally, there has been a tremendous demand for VPN services over the last few months. In Belarus, citizens resorted to privacy apps when Internet services were disrupted to throttle the widespread protests after the disputed presidential election. On the other end of the spectrum, the impending ban on popular media platforms TikTok and WeChat in the United States has already seen a surge in the sales of VPN apps. A similar trend was seen in India, Hong Kong, and other regions which had imposed similar bans earlier.

581. Join the Silent Revolution of WEB 3

This is how WEB 3.0 will empower artists and content creators beyond the power of present-day gatekeepers like Facebook and Spotify through the blockchain.

582. Decentralizing Financial Instruments with Programming: Interviewing Boris Povod of Dfinance

We want to become the Robinhood of financial products, letting any regular person to experiment with our protocol or try to find profitable opportunities. One of the use cases would be a financial platform-oriented at mainstream users, that we are going to launch on top of dfinance.

583. The Future of the Creator Economy

The #creatoreconomy is changing quickly with the influence of #NFT #Crypto and #blockchain.

584. Web Monetization In Crypto: The Skynet Way

Skynet is an open protocol for building and hosting decentralized applications. It is built on Sia, a decentralized storage network.

585. Why BlockFi Could Be the Bank of the Future

The future of money is in the realm of decentralization. Can BlockFi really take over the banking industry? Click here to find out.

586. Same Old Villains Get Clobbered By The New Heroes of The Financial Markets - Redditors

They kept buying GameStop shares, and kept buying, and kept buying… and the giant who had bet on the failure of the little guy fell.

587. GitHub is Amazing, but its Terms of Service is Extremely Concerning

Lots of websites have a termination clause, even Hackernoon, however, when it comes to the case of open source software this can be extremely concerning. The reason goes much deeper than you think.

588. How To Decentralize The Internet?

Can we decentralize the internet? Or are the blockchains of today not up to task? I speak to Pavel Prigolovko, of TON Labs, to find out how it can be possible.

589. How to Protect Yourself Inside the Metaverse: Do NOT Fall Victim to Virtual Maniacs

Crimes will continue.

590. What is Tokocrypto and Where is it Positioned in the Asian Crypto Markets?

The multi-million-dollar question now is: what’s next for digital currencies? The answer will be found in Asia. The likely outcome in Asia is that the trend becomes the norm. China is leading the world in central bank digital currency deployment along with Cambodia, while Singapore has cautiously positioned itself to be a major player using a different approach. In each case, Asian economies are on the cutting edge of innovation, while avoiding the pitfalls of bitcoin by ensuring government sovereignty over currency, not having a common currency with other economies, and allowing for the supply of their currencies to be adjustable.

591. How DEXs Fuel the Development of the Decentralized Internet

he operation is concentrated in the hands of corporations which creates room for censorship imposed by national governments, company management and even application stores.

592. DeSci: Decentralized Science as Our Chance to Recover the Real Science

DeSci is an approach to organize scientific ecosystem in a decentralized way to have the real science done by the people, for the people.

593. Blockchain in the Energy Sector

It is a well-known fact that energy markets sustain both our economies and our daily lives simultaneously.

594. Ethereum's Rising Gas Fee Hurts DeFi and the Ethereum Ecosystem Itself - Kiran Pachhai of Elastos

There is no question that there has been considerable progress and development in the DeFi ecosystem. Still, it is prudent for investors to steer clear at least at the moment as transaction fees guzzle the entire ecosystem.

595. Why DeFi Could Foster the Killer App of Banking

The financial system is broken, and no one is coming to save you. Therefore you must learn to make and protect money on your own.

596. Top 5 Headaches for Web3 Developers

The developer experience for Web3 is rife with inconveniences, including bloatedness, lack of protocol standardization, limited support for other platforms, and many more.

597. A Brief Intro to the Metaverse in 2022

The metaverse is a parallel universe or multiple universes running through the internet, supporting persistent online 3-D virtual environments.

598. Moviegoers Will Inspire New Growth in the NFT Collectibles Market

The growth of NFTs is mind-blowing. Here we explore the largest untapped market in the NFT landscape, movies-oriented collections.

599. "Centralized service providers theoretically can end their products" - Masato Kakamu

The sheer number of professionals and artisans opting for more flexible working and sharing models aided by significant advancements in communication and transaction-based technologies have surged in recent years.

600. Post Covid Hack 2020: Bringing Together Developers to Shape the Post-Pandemic World

`Calling all developers! Your creative blockchain solutions are needed to solve the problems we face in a post-pandemic world, and at IOVLabs we want to reward you for those ideas.

601. I went on a Big Data Spree because of Covid19

Covid19 taken the world by storm. People have been panicking and buying toilet paper like no tomorrow. Celebrities have been making sure to keep us caught up on latest videos of them eating cereal. Anxious teens and twenty year olds have been extra moody.

602. Cryptocurrency Technology Provides a Higher Level of Security Compared to Widespread Credit Cards

This article talks about crypto, blockchain and DeFi solutions.

603. NFTs' Future Beyond Investment: The 7 Types of NFTs Available Today

NFTs have a future beyond inflated #cryptopunks and #BoredApes

604. #Decentralized-Internet Writing Competition 2021: November Results Announced!

Hey Hackers! This is the second last announcement of the HackerNoon Decentralized Internet Contest, 2021.

605. Creating Flawless DApps with No-code Bubble + Nexus.io Plugin

Nexus’ no-code Bubble plugin allows you to create Web3 applications on the Nexus blockchain using REST APIs

606. We're Building a Multi-Language Blockchain That Supports Both JSON RPC and Binary Serialization

I’m Andrew Levine, the CEO of Koinos Group and below you will find the third episode of the Koinos Group podcast in which I explain Koinos-Types which is an important solution for adding multi-language support to Koinos. At Koinos Group we’re developing the Koinos blockchain which will have free transfers, free accounts, and free smart contracts. These features, in combination with a number of technical innovations will make Koinos the first programmable blockchain with no barriers to entry and as a result we expect it to touch every corner of the technology space.

607. "I See DeFi as The Future of Finance" — Dohyun Pak, CEO and Co-founder of Bifrost

This is an interview with the CEO and co-founder of Bifrost, which will attempt to create a decentralized infrastructure that connects the fragmented markets.

608. Interview With Francesco Vivoli About Crypto Lending And DeFi

Crypto’s growing attractiveness stems from digital assets’ unique capacity to eliminate pain-points peculiar to certain industries. Without any doubt, one of the defining successes of crypto in 2019 is the emergence of DeFi technology, especially in the lending and investment market. Together, cryptocurrency and its underlying technology enable lending ecosystems devoid of challenges prevalent in legacy systems. With this setup, lenders can easily invest in the budding crypto lending market, while borrowers can evade the bureaucratic structure of traditional lending facilities and enjoy lesser interest rates.

609. 5 Ways China Is Using Blockchain Technology Against Coronavirus

We all remember the previous deadly Ebola virus outbreak, which lasted three years from 2013–2016 affected the dominant population of Africa.

610. How We're Building a Fee-less Blockchain

CEO of Koinos Group explains how to build a blockchain without fees

611. Top 20 Blockchain Development Companies to keep tabs on in 2020

No more than a dozen years ago reliability of the blockchain technology was doubted, but by the start of 2020, most professionals have recognized it as a smart solution to business challenges.

612. My Thoughts on Stocktwits, Censorship, and Online Harassment

Stocktwits as a tool really excited me in the beginning, but I was awakened to a reality of things that are quite toxic. What inspired me, is that you seem to have had founders with an innovative vision in terms of creating a community for stocks and stock tickers. However, this community may have become a safe haven for trolling, internet harassment, defamation, stock dumping, privacy concerns, and much more. This isn't to personally come after the founders or anything like this, as I warrant a healthy discussion on how to improve big tech. We do need to look at the problems though.

613. Decentralized Social Media is Improving User Experience

For the first time since the creation of mainstream social media platforms, the number of American users with at least one social media profile decreased in 2018.

614. WOMEN IN BLOCKCHAIN | DECENTRALIZED

Women in Blockchain | Decentralized

615. The Rise of DID Authorization Mechanism in Client-Server Model

A new type of DID authorization and authentication in the decentralized architecture of the client-server model.

616. Institutional Investors and the Decentralized Finance Sector

The decentralized finance industry has experienced impressive growth this year. The capitalization of the DeFi sector has grown 20 times: from $646 million to $14 billion. And the longer decentralized finance evolves, the more attention gets from institutional investors.

617. What the Future of Open Source Software Will Look Like

Open source is the current norm for developer collaboration and customer adoption in software. It is the foundation that enabled unicorns and cloud providers to build their services from the ground up. But that wasn’t always the case with open source, and it is changing and evolving again.

618. The Lay of the Cryptoland - Part I: Coins, Wallets, and Exchanges

A beginner's guide to the crypto ecosystem

619. Marketing was Key to Moonbirds Becoming a Super Successful NFT

Moonbirds is a super successful NFT. Let's do a marketing review how this NFT drop was done and promoted.

620. Now Is the Right Time for Entrepreneurs to Embrace Web 3.0

Web 3.0 democratizes the ability to build businesses that hold value, so entrepreneurs can offer services like finance, insurance and banking solutions

621. The #NoFork Movement, OR The Real Reason Why We Need DAOs

Everyone knows that forking is risky, expensive, and potential destructive. But none of those problems are the real reason I'm obsessed with #nofork problems.

622. Is Your DeFi Startup A Viable Idea?

In the last couple of years, the DeFI landscape has worked tirelessly to improve the way we interact and engage with financial processes and systems. Needless to say, all that hard work has begun to pay off.

623. Why Developers Are Buzzing About Mozilla’s Fix-The-Internet Incubator

I've seen software developers in dozens of Slack channels, Telegram groups, and Discord servers pass this image around about Mozilla's Fix-The-Internet Incubator.

624. Fashion Houses are Finding a Home in The Metaverse

Fashion houses are finding a home in the metaverse: how luxury fashion labels are experimenting to find a digital fit worth coveting among web3 consumers

625. Is DeSci the Future of Research?

The DeSci movement advocates for real decentralization, rejecting institutional influence, and supporting citizen research in the quest for truth.

626. How We're Building an EVOLVING Blockchain

The CEO of Koinos Group explains how they built a blockchain that evolves

627. The World's 6.6 Trillion per Day Forex Market Will Migrate On-Chain - Lalo Bazzi

This article talks about stablecoins, FATF VASP regulations and how decentralized stablecoins protocol can bridge the fiat and crypto market.

628. Damned if you do, damned if you don’t: Censorship, Decentralized Networks and Moderation

The current landscape has given newfound attention to the concept of deplatforming and led many to wonder what the right solution is.

629. WTF is Decentralized Finance or DeFi?

1. Well kept billion dollar secret at your fingertips

630. "DeFi Space Welcomes Anyone, From Anywhere" - Victor Larionov

Entering the decentralized finance space can often seem daunting. With the help of companies such as Priority Token, that process becomes a lot smoother. Existing technology companies can reach out to a growing network of highly qualified investors.

631. Open Source is Everywhere, but So Is Fake Open Source

How to choose open source projects by evaluating Intellectual Property, License, Governance, Infrastructure, Community and Adoption.

632. How to Approach True Finality For Block DAG?

Importance of Finality

633. Is Blockchain Ready for Mass Adoption? Here's What 100 Influencers Think

“There are no more no conferences, no more networking.” That’s not true! Digital Week Online happened last week, and more than 100 invited speakers connected during the 48-hour, non-stop online conference to talk about the latest events happening in the innovation, investment, and technology space.

634. "Technology is much more advanced than that of 10-year-old blockchains," says Mr. Grygoriy Sytenko

Grygoriy Sytenko, the CEO of crypto wallet OWNR Wallet, gives an insider’s view on what’s going on in the niche of Decentralized Finance.

635. Crypto Going To The Moon and Stars!

I remember the excitement of the space race as a young child, excitement recently reawakened by the 50th anniversaries of the moon landings.

636. Decentralizing The Internet: The Hitchhiker's Guide

Decentralizing the internet will require effort. Blockchain technology, cryptocurrency, and development will be the leading factors in fighting centralization

637. Steemit Vs. Publish0x: Where Should You Publish?

Steemit was launched in 2016. It was the first application built on the Steem blockchain. Steemit is the first decentralized social media or publishing platform in the history.

638. NFTs Can Bring Immutability and Transparency to the Halal Supply Chain

By integrating immutable NFT technology within the halal supply chain, consumers can investigate and ensure increased confidence in the origin of halal foods.

639. The Danger In the Stable Coins (Thought Experiments and the Real Price of Bitcoin

Introduction

640. What Git Could Look Like in Web 3.0

A Distributed Version Control System that can be navigated via a block explorer.

641. MetaBlaze is Bringing High Yield Rewards and Deflation to the Metaverse on Binance Smart Chain

MetaBlaze is developing a play-to-earn Role Playing Game (RPG) comprised of worlds based mystical NFT characters that will fight battles in the metaverse.

642. Speechless

FTX was not the first high-profile exchange to fail and it won’t be the last. But, we shall emerge from the bear market with less deadweight for those survived.

643. How To Add Authentication To Your Apps and dApps

I co-founded a developer toolkit company with the explicit goal of making decentralized applications easier to use. However, the tools aren't just for decentralized applications. Traditional application developers can make use of SimpleID to add authentication and storage to their app quickly and with zero overhead. Let me show you how easy it is.

644. The Decentralized Web is Here to Stay

Imagine ecentralized YouTube, Facebook, Gmail. Are we there yet and what will the decentralized web for developers look like once it all finishes maturing?

645. In Decentralized AI We Trust

End-users enjoy free products provided by central authorities but do not realize they are manipulating our behaviors and making a good fortune from our data.

646. Cross-Chain DeFi with Juliun Brabon of Unifi

The CEO of Koinos Group interviews the CEO of Unifi, a cross-chain automated market maker protocol

647. A New Paradigm For The Internet, Cryptography, Blockchain, And Online Societies

Why is human civilization suffering from issues such as poverty, inequality, corruption, exploitation, over consumption, environmental problems, biased and censored media, inadequate education, immigration, discrimination, oppression, and tyranny?

648. Want Bitcoin’s Price to Go Up? Bet on People, Not Inflation

Financial uncertainty makes people do strange things.

649. Start Building Smart Contracts on the Nexus Blockchain

There is an increasing number of smart contract platforms rolling out in the crypto space, with many becoming household names. However, a dark horse in the race to be the most efficient and secure blockchain is ‘Nexus’. Given its low market cap, most people have never heard of this seven year old blockchain, yet it delivers far more than many of the leading smart contract platforms today.

650. Impact of Next-Gen Blockchains On The Adoption of IoT

The Internet of Things (IoT) means the internet-connected devices or objects which are capable of exchanging data and instructions over a wireless network of the internet. Modern computers, smartwatches, and smartphones can be considered as the basics of IoT. Along with increasing modernization, the use cases of IoT devices are also increasing day by day in every field. There is a wide range of applications of IoT technology to make lives easier. For example, IoT devices are used in the healthcare system, cryptocurrency mining, machine learning technology, agricultural products' analytics, gaming, manufacturing, trading, and many more.

651. On Collusion

Special thanks to Glen Weyl, Phil Daian and Jinglan Wang for review

652. IPF$: The Interplanetary Financial System - A Deep Dive

The tipping point for the colonization of North America was the humble beaver pelt, funding expeditions, wars, and journeys into the unknown; All for the fashionable hats made from beaver felt that Europeans found so fashionable.

653. On Building the Upstart DeFi Aggregator iearn.finance with Andre Cronje [Interview]

Disclaimer: This article does not offer financial advice, do your own research when using one of the presented products. Use these projects and services at your own risk.

654. StackOS: Decentralized Cloud Infrastructure

The CEO of Koinos Group interviews the Chief Architect of StackOS; decentralized cloud infrastructure

655. Key Developer Insights To The State Of The Decentralized Web (DWeb)

Rapidly picking up the pace of development in the 2010s, the decentralized (or distributed) web—better known as the DWeb—is oft-regarded as the technology that will finally empower individuals with the privacy, security, and control that is largely missing from the traditional web we’re all accustomed to using.

656. What Does a 'Layer 2 Blockchain' Mean?

Layer 2 is a secondary protocol designed to operate atop another blockchain network.

657. Egalitarian Investing & Fair Launch 4 All | Launchpool AMA

Been rekt aping into a new token only to watch helplessly as early whales cash out their 100x or 1000x gains? Pre-IDO launchpads may be your solution.

658. What the Heck is a Numiz?

As of 2021, there are three topics you don't discuss over polite conversation; politics, religion, and NFTs. But CryptoNumiz is here to change all that.

659. DAOs Will Likely Cover All Aspects of Our Lives - Waldemar Schlemmer

The advent of blockchain technology has provided the requisite framework for creating revolutionary projects and platforms designed to strengthen trust and improve business engagements. Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) are one of the many innovations deployed on the blockchain. A DAO is a community-governed entity where community members are responsible for every decision on managing and running the entity. With DAO, there is no hierarchy where only a few people decide what to do.

660. A Beginners Guide to Blockchain: Basic Terms and FAQs

Anyone who has even a passing interest in cryptocurrency has probably heard the word ‘blockchain’ branded about.

661. The Ultimate Guide to Crypto Tokens

You have probably heard lately the terms tokens, crypto tokens, and cryptocurrencies. In this article, I will cover in depth what crypto tokens are, how they are created, what they are used for and how they differ from cryptocurrencies along with the most common questions around this topic.

662. Blockchain-Based On-Chain Solutions: An Overview

With more than a decade having past since the creation of Bitcoin, blockchains have come a long way. There is no doubt that the Bitcoin blockchain has its specific uses, and as developers figured out what else blockchains could be used for new types of chains had to be created.

663. What is Decentralized Science (DeSci)?

What is decentralized science (DeSci), and what are its opportunities, current landscape, and challenges?

664. #Decentralized-Internet Writing Competition: April Results Announced!

HackerNoon has always been a thriving example of decentralization. With team members spread across 5 continents and 15 countries, centralization just cannot touch us.

665. A Decentralized Future Starts With Blockchain Games

As fintech innovations continue to disrupt the traditional financial system, blockchain technology becomes the clarion call for curbing market manipulation

666. A Blockchain Answer to Moxie’s ‘Impressions of Web3’

While critics have argued that Web3 is currently undermined by too much centralization, at least one blockchain platform promises end-to-end decentralization.

667. Avoid rug pulls, don’t get REKT, and DYOR; the degen’s definitive guide to DeFi

The definitive degen guide to not losing your money in DeFi rug pulls or getting rekt by crypto scams. Do your own research and show off your new crypto bags.

668. I Got Tired of Reading About Blockchain Projects that I Can't Use - So I'm Building One Myself

In August in Montréal, MUTEK, an international festival of digital creativity and electronic music, showcased fantastic projects combining art, music, spherical video, and virtual reality. I attended from Ara Blocks, a software startup dedicated to building tools for digital creators like these. MUTEK invited me to speak on the blockchain panel.

669. Here's How and Why We're Building A Decentralized Caching Layer on Ethereum

The Graph project is building a decentralized data network to enable fast access to Ethereum and IPFS data for Dapps.

670. Tech Newsletter 02/09: "Decentralizing everything never seems to work"

This newsletter is proudly sponsored by Indeed Prime.

671. Verifiable Credentials: What They Are, Why They Matter

672. Anything Big Biz Can Do, Blockchain can do Better

As crypto again enters the bull market limelight, things feel different this time. The decentralised merger of Dune Network with Free TON offers insight to why.

673. Building Serverless Smart Contract Automation Project

‘Smart contracts’ is a misnomer. Despite its name, smart contracts on Ethereum are not self-executing digital agreements. Smart contract code only run when triggered by an external account. In other words, you need an external process to trigger the smart contract.

674. The Guide To Lisk Tree with Use Cases

If you are interested in blockchains and cryptocurrencies, it is likely that you may have stumbled across Merkle trees (also known as hash trees).

675. Non-Fungible Education And Proof of Knowledge On The Decentralized Internet

As blockchain seeks mass adoption, crypto-education is vital to advancing understanding. Free TON Academy is a novel community project addressing this issue.

676. Compliance by Design is the future of Blockchains - Beni Issembert, CMO at Concordium

This article talks about compliance by design in a blockchain ecosystem focusing on Zk-protocol and the development of smart contracts using rust language.

677. Experimenting with Chaos Engineering and Blockchain

Use the open-source Chaos Toolkit (CTK) to better understand Blockchain, stable-states, and what immutability really means.

678. Is There a Future for Cryptocurrencies Without Privacy Features?

Many people think that Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other public blockchains all offer privacy by default. Unfortunately, that is not the case

679. Blockchain Search Engines: Can Decentralization Defeat Google?

Searching for information on the World Wide Web has become routine for billions of users. Meanwhile, search engines have become so firmly entrenched in our lives that they have gained unprecedented power over what we read, what information we consume, and what services we use. The algorithms that generate search results, which were originally designed for the user's convenience, have become a propaganda tool that wields power over the public’s consciousness. Search engines serve an agenda aimed at informational control. Instead of providing impartial access to data, they have led to the polarization of society.

680. NFT Game Splinterlands Sees Explosive Growth in Popularity

We interview the creator of Splinterlands, one of the oldest and most successful NFT-based games, that has recently EXPLODED in popularity.

681. Decentralized Governance: On Quadratic Payments

If you follow applied mechanism design or decentralized governance at all, you may have recently heard of quadratic voting and quadratic funding.

682. Global Hackathon: 'Revelation' Kicks Off With Up to $10M in Prizes! Hosted By BNB Chain

With millions of developers preparing to move to a more decentralized environment, the time has come to pick up the pace and reward early adopters.

683. The Dogecoin Salut on The HackerNoon Podcast

Welcome to this beautiful corner of the internet - Dogecoin meets partying & decentralization. Amy Tom talks to Gary Lachance, a Vancouver Dogecoin millionaire.

684. "I Always Tell All My Friends that bitcoin is a Useless Thing"

This article talks about how smart contracts can be applied to the betting industry.

685. Is There Still Hope for the Future of Blockchain

A list of challenging technical issues of blockchain adoption is briefly discussed here.

686. On The Verge of Economic Change: An Interview with Dr Sebastian Bürgel

It’s been over a year since COVID-19 appeared, and it’s still painfully apparent that this crisis is far from over. In fact, it may even trigger the largest economic change since World War Two. According to Arthur D. Little, a management consultancy firm, COVID-19 has been the impetus for an economic shift from a resources-driven to technology-focused economic model, one where the principles of “green” and tech go hand-in-hand. In essence, it will be data, not natural resources, which plays the fundamental role in keeping the global economy running. One possible implication of this is a full-scale transition to a digital economy. Data will be the fuel which powers our lives – and emerging technologies like the Internet of Things (IoT) and smart technologies will have to hit the ground running.

687. What Will It Take For DeFi Protocols To Seize The Future of Loan Payments?

To be sure, blockchain rose to the world stage on the back of Bitcoin's remarkable performance. However, blockchain technology is gaining its significance, especially after the cryptocurrency ecosystem nearly collapsed in 2018. Today, the technology anchors around three primary use cases: staking, custody, and DeFi.

688. How Decentralized Can We Get in The Modern World? (Podcast Transcript)

In this episode, Amy & Sharmini (CMO at Mysterium Network) chat about whether it's possible to achieve anonymity and decentralization from the modern Internet.

689. The SOcial LInked Data (SOLID) Project of Tim Berners Lee: An Organizational Take

The web is more a social creation than a technical one. I designed it for a social effect—to help people work together―and not as a technical toy.

Tim Berners-Lee, Weaving the Web, 1999

690. Are NFTs Real Art? Four Artists, One Question

I discuss the nature of NFT art with artist and supermodel, Sasha Pivovarova, and world-renowned artists Emmanuel Flipo, Igor Vishnyakov, and Artem Mirolevich.

691. FEE-LESS Blockchains & Smart Contracts: Introducing Koinos' MANA

At Koinos Group, our mission is to accelerate the transition to a more decentralized future by maximizing blockchain accessibility.

692. The Funny Oddities of the People in Crypto

Illogical projects, a few absurd people, redundant narratives and the never-ending supply of trolls and memes — over the past few years, the Cryptocurrency space has not for a moment failed to excite its many followers and workers.

693. On Decentralization and 5GB Block Sizes: An Interview with Norbert Goffa

Norbert Goffa is a co-founder and the Executive Manager of ILCoin Blockchain Project, whose mission is to prepare the blockchain technology for wide adoption and create the first fully scalable on-chain data storage solution.

694. blue(sky)print

towards a decent future

695. Decentralizing Art Will Give A Big Boost To The Creator Economy

For many years, artists and cultural centers face difficulties in claiming ownership of their products and their products are quickly reproduced and resold multiple times. The original authors do not even get a commission. This has lead to an increased need for social protection, better and more open access to relative markets, better exposure to artists, their products and, those in cultural centers.

696. The Future of the Internet: Privacy, Censorship, and Equality

Big tech companies like Facebook and Google are censoring a wide range of information from being published and shared on social media channels like Twitter, Instagram, Youtube, and Facebook.

697. How Blockchain Scales Banking Services

Total forecast

698. Waiting for Government to Solve Our Problems…

Unprecedented.

699. Privacy, Decentralization & Investments: What Do They Have in Common?

Privacy regulators' grip tightens on megacorporations and major cryptocurrencies make their way into institutional funds portfolios, how can you benefit?

700. A Brief Look At Those Who Laid The Foundation of Blockchain, Decentralization and DeFi

Many people mistakenly believe that the history of blockchain starts with the launch of Bitcoin, the world’s first-ever cryptocurrency.

701. Working Towards a Sustainable Ecosystem Beyond Tokenization

Many industries are on the brink of the next technological revolution in record keeping. Ten years after Bitcoin made its splash, we’re seeing many inspired by some of the benefits promised by the technology outside of the money use case:

702. A Step by Step Guide to Building a Zero Dependency Notes App on IPFS

This is part one of a two-part tutorial. Part one focuses on authentication and part two focuses on posting and fetching content from IPFS.

703. An Inside Look at Fight to Fame's Global Business Operations

All great business ideas start somewhere. Sometimes, it’s just to introduce something new to the market. Other times, it’s to provide solutions to problems that have long plagued a certain industry or sector of society.

704. Build a Versioning System With IPFS and Blockstack

There are so many great use cases for versioning. Handling code deployments, document edits, and database snapshots are just a few immediate uses that come to mind. Normally, a versioning system is another segment within a database, but it can be so much more when you think of it through the lens of immutable data and DHT (distributed hash tables) technology. So, today, we’re going to build a stream of consciousness note-taking app with version history. This will be different than other notes apps as it will have just ONE note that the user can edit over time, removing information or adding information. But we’ll include versions so they can grab their history. We’ll do all that by using Blockstack and IPFS.

705. 15 Best SurveyMonkey Alternatives to Check Out for Building Better Forms

SurveyMonkey alternatives, eh?

706. Global Trading on the Blockchain - Opportunity or A Pipedream?

Industries and governments are continuously seeking ways to optimize the movement of goods, data, and currencies across global supply chains. Global growth needs a jumpstart.

707. "Decentralized Protocols Disintermediate Misaligned Agencies" - Melanie Mohr [Interview]

The Decentralized economy based on permissionless protocols is swiftly growing as more people in the world embrace the idea of P2P ecosystems.

708. Meetings with Remarkable Tech: Can RChain Solve Scaling Limitations in Blockchain?

What’s so great about RChain (in plain English)

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