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After losing an early 14-point lead and falling behind late, the Seattle Seahawks found a way to finish off a big home win over the Cleveland Browns to move into first place in the NFC West. Reporter Corbin Smith dishes out his top five grades and other notable performances from a fun Week 8 contest at Lumen Field.

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Operator: Greetings, and welcome to the Lumen Technologies Third Quarter 2023 Earnings Call. During the presentation, all participants will be in a listen-only mode.

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At we collect constructive feedback, boiled down to single arguments, recognize duplicates and merge them into movements. stomt In this blog post, we show a way to split up large Laravel applications into smaller micro-services, in our case Laravel & Lumen applications, and the advantages and pitfalls it brings with it. As a result, we sped up our applications by more than 30% and achieved greater maintainability, too. These principles can, of course, be easily applied to other frameworks. Why do we want to share components between Laravel and Lumen instances? Our backend was a huge Laravel application. We had a server-side rendered administration interface, a for our clients, an OAuth 2.0 server, as well as our own URL-Shortener (stomt.co). In addition, we had a queue backend used for image resizing and other intensive tasks that shouldn’t bother our clients. I don’t want to say that Laravel is slow but we were searching for even better performance and when Lumen came around the corner, we decided to split our backend into multiple micro-services. That would make it easier to scale it across several Amazon Web Services and would also allow to give certain features better and more individual maintainability. REST API A lot of functions are needed in our REST API as well as in our administration panel. But while the REST API results sometimes were not enough and special behavior is needed from time to time we couldn’t rely 100% on just making API calls from one service to another. At this point we needed to be able to call commands/jobs from Laravel (used by our administration panel) as well as Lumen (our REST API). While we still have a “monolithic” codebase, we have multiple completely independent backend applications. You might want to call them “micro-services” (because it’s so trendy). Requirements when splitting up the application How to make sure that components, especially commands, configs and service providers can be used across different services when each service has its own namespace? Start using components (we will get into this later) and (thereby each component should have its own Event Subscriber class) Make use of Event Subscriber classes register them Make sure that you have all business logic in or something similiar. It is important to encapsulate all business logic in your components. Your commands have no access to data from outside. You do this in your HTTP layer and pass the data. commands (now called “Jobs”) (in Controllers) Use namespaces according to your folder-structure everywhere. (PSR-4 recommended) Make sure that things have mostly a single responsibility. The more you do that the more flexibility you have with your shared components. Splitting up the application Software evolves over time. You won’t start your startup developing a for your backend. You start with a prototype and you let your architecture evolve or do a rewrite. And then you should continuously have in mind to keep your technical debt low. Right from the beginning we at least decided to build our backend component based. A modular structure with a low level approach of principles. Domain Driven Design SOLID Let’s take a look how a component looks like: stomt component While Routes and Controllers are staying in the HTTP-layer, components include all the business logic which is separated in (in the meantime called “Jobs” in Laravels language), resulting and their handlers as well as entities/models/repositories. Component folders can also have sub-components. Components can also communicate with each other. commands events Example: Posts on our web platform are called “stomts”. Let’s say stomts can have comments. You would create a sub-component called “Comment” and place it into the Stomt-component folder. The comment-folder would have the same structure of sub-folders. How to structure the new backend Basic idea: The folder contains multiple Laravel/Lumen instances. apps Anything related to deployments: ElasticBeanstalk files, configs, migrations and seeds, environment-files and scripts are based in the root directory of the backend. The shared folder contains our shared components and service providers. We will dig into this soon. for example automatically creates a new git flow release including semantic versioning and regeneration our API documentation via . Release.sh aglio calls dependency updating composer commands in all services/apps. Update.sh Now let’s dive one step deeper. Take a close look at the -application folder. We are always referencing to the root -file while using symlinks to reference the and folders within the root-folder. This way configs can be easily maintained across all services as each config file allows multiple configurations. This may be Laravel specific. You can also see what we store in our shared folder: Components, Providers and Services. We will explore how to make service providers shareable later on. Let us first take a look on how to make the -folder accessible by the proper use of and . api .env configs database shared namespaces Composer Autoload multiple namespaces for shared components Now, what do we do about namespaces? Composer makes it pretty easy to define PSR-4 namespaces. While each of our application has its own Namespace (e.g. for our REST API) and Configfiles don’t need them, our Components folder has an own Namespace called StomtApi Stomt. We make those files accessible by using composers autoload configuration: Pretty easy, hm? Right now we are always deploying the full monolithic codebase while having the advantage of slim and more maintainable applications. More performance by being able to use Lumen for our and the full fledged Laravel framework when needed. REST API How to share ServiceProviders across Lumen and Laravel applications There is a small pitfall if you want to make ServiceProviders accessible between Laravel and Lumen applications. They both extend a different . EventServiceProvider Lumen extends from: While Laravel extends from: Laravel\Lumen\Providers\EventServiceProvider Illuminate\Foundation\Support\Providers\EventServiceProvider But if you take a look inside, both are doing exactly the same thing. Laravel is using the Event facade while Lumen is using to obtain an Event-instance because in Lumen, Facades are disabled by default. To ensure that the ServiceProvider system still works, Lumen makes use of . As the Lumen way would also work in Laravel, the solution is obvious. We’ll copy Lumens EventServiceProvider into the shared -folder and rename the file into “ServiceProvider”. Then we let all Service Providers extend our new . (You can’t call it “EventServiceProvider” as you normally use the to register in your applications) app(‘events’) app(‘events’) Providers ServiceProvider EventServiceProvider Event Subscribers In general: If sharing service providers makes sense totally depends on your applications. For us it does and therefore we wanted to share how this can be done. Future steps The long-term goal is to get components more and more framework agnostic. Regarding the Laravel specific Facades discussion: We don’t use them anymore. Which parts of our application will we transform into own services next? Auth and Search. Please feel free to make suggestions and ask questions here or on ! HN Originally published at stomt Blog .

Shared Components Across Multiple Laravel/Lumen Micro-Services

How blockchains organizations are finding a business model with Initial Coin Offerings Stellar co-founder is a genius , one of Stellar’s co-founders, is most likely the only person who has built two crypto-currency companies at scale. Jed Co-founded eDonkey2000 in 2001, a p2p file sharing company. In 2010 he got excited by Bitcoin and the possibilities of decentralized currency and realized that it needed a marketplace to trade and so he created Mt GOX. Within three years it was handling more than 70% of the World’s Bitcoin transactions. After Jed sold Mt GOX, the exchange was re-coded by its owners and unfortunately hacked. After Mt GOX Jed founded what became Ripple. He brought on , , and to create this new network. Jed left after disagreements with . Jed McCaleb David Schwartz Arthur Britto Chris Larsen Chris Larsen For a year, he was somewhat missing in action but made a swift return with his new brainchild: Stellar. Stellar uses the same open sourced code base from Ripple, but this time Jed was able to strike the deal with Stripe. He understood how a non-profit organization could serve the development of a cryptocurrency and a commercial ecosystem. was born in 2014. Stripe invested $3 Million, which was repaid with 2 Billion Stellar coins called Lumens (XLM). The Stellar team attracted prestigious advisors like , (Stripe), (President at Y combinator) and (Founder of WordPress). Stellar is now poised to redesign how people interact with payment systems and banks. Stellar Patrick Collison Sam Altman Matt Mullenweg Ethereum found a business model We take a step back to 2014, where I met with co-founders and at the Battery Club in San Francisco. Ehereum Vitalik Buterin Gavin Wood I remember how complicated the value proposition was back then. I understood it was based on the same as Bitcoin, but that this time the goal was to enable the recording of information in the through the creation of smart contracts. Several remote distant parties could agree and trust each other thanks to the reliable and distributed ledger. To record information in the blockchain, you would need to use Ethereum tokens. Even if I could have imagined the potential of such technology and the number of potential use cases, I admit it was hard to believe how this could scale. technology blockchain The tipping point: Coinbase and ICOs I understood that the Ethereum model was going to pivot in July 2016 when , Coinbase co-founder, announced that Coinbase was going to offer Ethereum along with Bitcoin. Since then Ethereum has started to gain real traction. At the same moment the number of Initial Coin Offerings started to grow. One year after in July 2017, Ethereum value had reached more than 50% of the Bitcoin cryptocurrency market capitalization and 100% of ICOs were happening through its blockchain. Together Ethereum and Coinbase had sparked a revolution. Brian Armstrong Source: icostats.com via Forbes Stellar has all the potential to become the next big ICO platform Overview of Stellar On a high level, Stellar connects banks, payments systems and people around the world. You can think of it as infrastructure for payments — designed from the start to make it easy for financial institutions to issue tokens representing fiat currencies. Stellar also features a built in distributed exchange which allows people to not only buy and sell currencies like in a typical foreign exchange but also to seamlessly convert from one currency to another during cross border or cross currency transactions. It works like a distributed exchange. What makes Stellar an ideal platform? Liquidity There are thousands of tokens being issued right now and each one is going to want to be issued on these 3rd party exchange. But the exchanges don’t have the capacity to list all these coins or they make you wait a long time or they charge a fortune. With Stellar you don’t need to depend on these 3rd party exchanges to list your token because Stellar’s built in distributed exchange allows you to list your token yourself as you issue it — that means you can have day one discoverability and transferability. Token issuers can customize tokens to satisfy securities, consumer protection and AML regulatory requirements. A Stellar token can also be added to a 3rd party exchange. Performance Stellar is significantly cheaper and faster than other protocols, including Ethereum (5 seconds median settlement time on Stellar vs 3.5 min on Ethereum for execution and secure confirmations). It costs 1 cent to make 100,000 transactions on Stellar. Security Stellar’s expressive but purposely limited system for smart contracts limits potential to write exploitable code. Ethereum has a Turing-complete programming language, which means you can write any complicated smart contract; whilst the flexibility is nice, in practice it allows the developers to write exploitable code. Anonymous hackers have stolen millions of dollars by exploiting vulnerabilities. The simplicity of the Stellar model helps avoid these situations. It’s ideal for applications that don’t require the full generality of Turing-complete smart contracts (which applies to the vast majority of ICOs). Ease of Use Launching a token on Stellar is super easy. Simple tokens can be created in a matter of hours and more complex ones take a day or two. Because Stellar supports simple programming, you don’t need to hire expensive solidity smart contract developers. Investors can also participate in Stellar-based ICOs using ETH or BTC just like they’re used to. Mobius, Stellar’s first ICO The first ICO to happen on the Stellar blockchain is . Mobius was co-founded by , it is a sort of middleware for app developers, enabling the creation of decentralized apps, these are called “DApp”, to avoid the GooglePlay and AppStore pay tolls and to also link easily to different blockchains. They define themselves as the Stripe for blockchain. For Mobius Stellar offers a level of expressivity that’s very practical with significantly greater security and lower attack surface compared to Ethereum, plus transaction speeds and cost are highly attractive. mobius.network David Gobaud The difference is this time there is no major consumer friendly exchange like that is selling Lumens but Bitcoin and Ethereum holders can easily buy Lumens on the major exchanges like Kraken. Since the market cap and the number of people who started to buy crypto has increased since a year, the first ICOs on Stellar should attract a lot of Ethereum and Bitcoin holders. Coinbase A big thanks to for her help on this post. Katerina Stroponiati

Why Stellar could be the next big ICO platform

(This is a republished blog from my failed startup, Mighty Spring, on the subject of Referral Hiring) A on the First Round Capital blog promoted “referral hiring” as the go-to form of talent sourcing for young companies and provided ammunition for generating greater numbers of referrals from existing employees. recent post It seemed obvious while reading this post that using the suggested tactics would improve raw referral numbers, but degrade referral quality. There was little mention of the introduction of misaligned incentives and the downside risks associated with those new incentives. Comments on the post from the popular startup community, Hacker News, seemed to indicate that many employees have an intuitive grasp of the ris;ks and incentive problems that come with trying to juice referral-based candidate lead generation — more so, perhaps, than employers who are narrowly focused on trying maximize their referral numbers. Today, with the help of comments from the community on the aforementioned FRC post, we’ll attempt to present a fuller picture of referral hiring. Hacker News The Importance of Incentive-less Referrals Offering a referral bonus to employees for referring friends who get hired is common practice, but is it necessary? By offering bonuses in this way, companies essentially turn their employees into part-time contingency recruiters who now face the same bad incentives of their full-time counterparts. With $5,000 or more potentially on the line, a given employee is likely to be more lenient with their referral standards than if there were no financial reward at stake. Meanwhile, employees who truly love their jobs naturally gush about work and try to get their talented friends involved. In the Hacker News discussion, user made a comment to this exact effect, “If I love my job, then you better believe that all of my developer friends are going to hear about it until I am blue in the face.” Conorgil145 To drive a significant volume of meaningful referrals, focus on a feedback loop with your employees that address their root concerns — the reasons that they’re not already gushing to their talented friends about how much they love their company. If you want your employees to gush to their friends, ask them directly, “What can we do as a company to improve the likelihood of you recommending us to those in your network as a place to work?” Requesting referrals from employees who have fundamental concerns about their workplace lowers the likelihood of them referring their most talented friends. Instead, you’ likely to hear about their buddy who “really needs a job”. Once you’ve nipped the real issues in the bud, keep your hiring needs in the forefront of employees’ minds by mentioning them at regular intervals. Make your workplace somewhere people really do want to work, and the word of mouth will take care of itself. If you insist on using referral bonuses, consider tying them to the long-term success of the hire instead of positioning them as a quick buck. Fast cash actually lowers the standard of who your employees will refer. Try, for example, referrals bonuses (cash or equity) that vest based on the hire’s performance over the first year. Your Hiring Process (is a Problem) Companies don’t like to admit it, but many have hiring processes that treat candidates who are early in the hiring funnel as expendable, interchangeable, and disposable. This incentivizes employees to not refer their friends for fear of mistreatment. notes, Angersock “What’s really annoying is when you try to bring in talented engineers from your network, and your company drops the ball: either by not getting in touch with them, or low-balling them, or refusing decent equity. If I’m referring somebody from my network to you, I want to make sure you treat them well and with promptness–disrespecting them is a sign of disrespect to me as well, and makes me look like an ass to them.” It doesn’t take much to turn a good candidate off with your hiring process. Slow contact at important junctures, overly-vague explanations of how the hiring process works, what to expect from a given interviewer, and poor transparency into decision making criteria are all big annoyances for candidates (though most companies consider them to be a given in hiring). In a world where “hire the best, no questions” is considered foundational behavior for success, isn’t your hiring process your most important product? What if the only product your company produced was your hiring process? How would it change from your approach today? First impressions don’t fade easily. You may get a candidate who has been through a poor hiring process to accept an offer, but they’ll remember how they were treated. Even if they chalk their experience up to chance, they still may still be concerned about subjecting their friends to the same treatment. The Hacker News crowd expounds on the troubles with the middle of the hiring funnel, and the resulting effects: writes, Tptacek “My sense of it is that the valley believes recruiting to be a ‘top of the funnel’ problem. My experience says that it isn’t. My hypothesis is that the inefficiency is in qualifying candidates (deeper in the funnel), and that if you can fix that problem, the top of the funnel can sort itself out without much effort.” writes, InclinedPlane “I’ve seen too many examples of poor interviewing process, too many bad hires made, and too many good hires passed over to not put most of the onus on the middle of the funnel. Most interviewers are just not good at understanding the fragility of the process, or in having sufficient empathy to understand the difficulty of getting good data on a candidate.” From GVIrish, “By putting all of my contacts in the hands of the HR dept I no longer have any control over how or when the company contacts them. That company can easily break the trust I have with my contacts. I wouldn’t be comfortable doing that, referral bonus or no referral bonus.” Proxies Will Fail You Referral hiring can seem like a panacea, especially compared to low conversion rates from alternatives, but that attitude masks the real problem: you’re likely bad at evaluating cold leads. Like focusing on candidates from top-tier schools, seeking out friends of existing employees is nothing more than a proxy for independently-determined quality. This approach leaves you with an insulated pool of candidates, and a statistical evaluation will tell you that focusing too narrowly on referrals virtually assures that you’re missing out on the best talent in the market. points out the dangers here: Tptacek “Network hiring unavoidably personalizes the hiring process: candidates come in the door with sponsors. It’s hard to hire objectively, staying as close to apple-apples as possible, when your candidates are friends of employees who have significant bonuses riding on the selection.” If You Want More Referrals, Align Incentives For Success Consider paying for your employees’ contact lists, not the hires that come from them. By doing so, you put the incentive to conduct a high-quality and thorough interview process on the people doing the hiring. Traditional recruiting fee and standard employee referral fees are an equally broken extension of that model. structures are broken Poorly-aligned incentives are ultimately bad for you, the company, even though they look like they reduce risk in the short term. A better, more efficient hiring funnel will provide outsized returns over many, many hires, and aligning incentives in candidate sourcing is the best thing you can do to jumpstart the necessary change. Colliding Worlds Right now companies are only asking to mine your LinkedIn and Facebook connections. But what’s next? Does anyone want to connect their Snapchat account? Soon they’ll want family trees and the posts from your Secret account. From on the subject, edandersen “My personal network is not yours to ‘mine’. If an HR person at my company contacts a friend of mine to pitch a job at the company I work at, trying to use my name as an ‘in’, that is seriously unprofessional.” More from pnathan: “I’m not going to want to sit down with you and let you chew through my social networks for recruiting leads.” Conclusion Well-executed referral hiring has exceptional value, but not all referral hiring is well-executed. Incentivized referrals have inherent risk, and pressing current employees to offer up a marginal referral potentially alienates the referrer and likely generates a worse-fitting candidate than one who is organically recommended. If you’d like to augment your current candidate acquisition efforts with high-quality, non-referral-based leads, check out . We provide a curated short-list of candidates who are both qualified for, and interested in, your company’s open job. Mighty Spring TL;DR: Optimize your hiring process and candidate lead generation strategy end-to-end with referrals as one element. Consider ways to drive referrals that are not based in financial incentives. If you must use financial incentives, align them with long-term organizational goals. Use as another way to see great candidates :) Mighty Spring

Don’t Break Referral Hiring

The State of The Market — March 14, 2019 : $3,902.74 (-0.26%) : $132.87 (-0.53%) : $0.312247 (-1.33%) BTC ETH XRP The market continues to remain unchanged today, adding less than $150 million to the total market cap in the last 24 hours. For Bitcoin, both the bulls and the bears are not ready to give up yet, as the 24-hour trade volume is at a constant $10 Billion. Most of the coins have changed by less than 2%. We might see some action over the weekend, but that is not a guarantee as there was no movement during the previous weekend. In other news, . The wallet app will soon be updated, and coinbase users can link it with their accounts. Once connected, users can transfer their funds instantly with just a couple of clicks. Also, for running an illegal Bitcoin operation. 1pool Ltd. was a Marshals island-based firm which dealt in BTC-funded security-based swaps. offering illegal BTC-margined retail commodity transactions to customers in the U.S, without registering as a futures commission merchant. They also failed to comply with Anti-Money Laundering (AML) protocols. users of cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase.com can now directly withdraw their holdings to the firm’s wallet app International Securities Dealer 1pool Ltd. is facing fines of almost $1 Million The exchange stated that it would accept XLM deposits for 12 hours before commencing with full trading. According to the post, the process of enabling XLM’s full trading includes limit, market, and stop orders, which will involve three stages. These are transfer-only, post-only, and limit-only. Per Coinbase Pro, XLM trading will be available for customers in Coinbase’s supported jurisdictions initially, and support in other regions might come later on. This news comes after Coinbase Pro listed XRP last month. ( ) 1) Yesterday, Coinbase Pro announced that it had listed Stellar Lumens (XLM) on its platform. Read More According to Robertson, Cotten did this after the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) froze the exchange’s fiat holding in January 2018 over questions about the origin of the funds. The statement was issued by law firm Stewart McKelvey and in it, Robertson said, “While I had no direct knowledge of how Gerry operated the business, he told me that he had been putting his own money back into QCX to fund user withdrawals in 2018 while the CIBC money remained frozen.” Robertson issued the statement to show CEO Gerald Cotten “had the best interests of the business in mind and cared for his customers.” ( ) 2) Jennifer Robertson, the widow of recently deceased QuadrigaCX founder Gerald Cotten, announced that her husband mixed his own private funds with customer funds on the exchange to compensate customers during a legal battle with a bank. Read More He is currently facing up to 10 years in prison for embezzlement charges. The 33-year-old is accused of stealing $3 Million of customer funds and faking exchange data. The prosecution claims that he diverted Mt. Gox funds to his other companies, including a 3D printing firm. However, Karpelès maintains his innocence. The exchange filed for bankruptcy in 2014 after losing 850,000 bitcoins to a hack. Karpelès is certain to face conviction as Japan has a 99% conviction rate. ( ) 3) Mark Karpelès, the former CEO of now-defunct cryptocurrency exchange Mt. Gox is receiving his sentencing on Friday. Read More

Coinbase Pro Lists Stellar Lumens, And Former QuadrigaCX CEO Misappropriated Exchange Funds

StellarPort: The Stellar Network exchange is launching a promotional giveaway StellarPort, the Stellar Network decentralized exchange, just launched their new advertising campaign. It’s a lottery based givaway for a minimum total of 10,000 XLM (Lumen)! StellarPort will hold their new Lumen Giveaway every Tuesday. If there is no winner the jackpot will roll over to the next week’s prize. There are 4 winners per week, dividing up the 10,000 XLM between the different winners. The prizes are as follows: Jackpot: 5,000 XLM, plus 50% of StellarPort’s weekly inflation payment*, plus any rollover from the previous week. 1st Place: 3,000 XLM. 2nd Place: 1,500 XLM. 3rd Place: 500 XLM. Your chance to win is based on the amount of XLM currently held in your wallet as well as your trade volume on StellarPort. *What is Inflation Destination? The Stellar Network uses a fixed 1% inflation scheme that adds new Lumen to the network weekly. It also adds the transaction fees that the Stellar network charges to that distribution pool. The network automatically awards those new Lumen to any account that has other accounts “vote” for it. The act of “voting” for another account to receive a portion of that pool of new Lumen is called “setting your inflation destination”. Votes are counted based on the amount of Lumen that the voting account holds. An account with 1 Lumen, for instance, would receive 1 vote while an account with 2 Lumen would have 2 votes, et cetera… In order for an account, such as StellarPort’s, to receive a portion of the inflation pool, it must receive votes from accounts that hold a combined total of at least .05% of all Lumen in existence. Any destination account that overcomes that 0.5% barrier during the voting period is awarded the newly injected Lumen in accordance with the percentage of votes it received. For instance, if people holding 2% of all Lumen pointed their Inflation Destination pointers at your account, you would receive 2% of the inflation pool. All unallocated Lumen returns to the pool for distribution the next week. StellarPort requires you to set their account as your Inflation Destination in order to enroll in their Giveaway, which is how StellarPort tries to cover their Giveaway expenses. Thanks for reading and good luck on that Stellar Giveaway! If you enjoyed this article, share it or applaud! If you have any questions or comments, please leave a comment below. Disclaimers: StellarPort is not a member of the Stellar Foundation. Additionally, I currently occupy a contracting position at StellarPort as a Developer and Marketer.

StellarPort: Lumen Giveaway (10K XLM) and How Inflation Destination Works on the Stellar Network

Today, I got the opportunity to explore the of Stellar Lumens and make an . I guess I can finally cross that off my bucket list! The goal of this article is to push a simple transaction to the Stellar network. As I couldn’t find much technical ‘how-to’ information on Stellar, I decided to do it the old way: ! technical side analysis of the pros/cons RTFM Understanding Stellar It would be nuts to immediately dive into the code, therefore I found this high-level architectural overview guide on the Stellar . website API: Horizon All interactions with the Stellar network happen through , a RESTful HTTP API server. It allows developers to submit transactions, check account’s balance, and subscribe to events. You can use Horizon through your web browser, a command line tool like cURL, or the Stellar SDK which is the easiest solution. The Stellar SDK is available for . There are also community-maintained SDKs for . Horizon JavaScript , Java and Go Python, C#, and Ruby Stellar Core The Stellar Core is the backbone of the Stellar network, every Horizon server connects with it. The Stellar Core is responsible for validating transactions and reaching consensus. The core is run by a bunch of individuals creating a decentralized network. Each transaction on the network costs a small fee: 100 stroops (equal to 0.00001 XLM). The should prevent bad entities from spamming the network. _Stellar Consensus Protocol (SCP)_SCP opts for safety over liveness — in the event of partition or misbehaving nodes, it halts the progress of the network until consensus can be reached. You can find more information on the protocol in their . whitepaper It is possible to become part of the network by running a Stellar Core instance. Such an instance can be easily set up with . Run Stellar Core with Docker stellar/quickstart docker image _Testnet_Luckily, Stellar provides a testnet for development purpose. Information can be found . here Let’s code Stellar : Basic knowledge of JavaScript, Express, and Async/Await. Prerequisites : Create two accounts on the testnet, fill the accounts with testnet tokens and transfer some random amount from one account to the other. At last, we want to be able to retrieve the transaction with the transaction explorer. In general, this Stellar coding tutorial teaches you the basics to get started with Stellar development. Goal Can be found , which makes following the tutorial easier. A complete snippet of the code is as well added at the bottom of the blog. Full working code: here Create Accounts The Stellar JavaScript SDK is the most stable SDK among the ones offered. You can easily install this package with npm: . npm i -S stellar-sdk We tell our Stellar SDK to use the testnet server URL: const server = new Stellar.Server('https://horizon-testnet.stellar.org')Stellar.Network.useTestNetwork() We are ready to create two random accounts. The Stellar SDK offers a function to randomly create a keypair without seed. let pairA = Stellar.Keypair.random()let pairB = Stellar.Keypair.random() This keypair contains a function to retrieve the public key and secret . pair.publicKey() pair.secret() Next, I’ve defined a route to initialize both accounts. In this function, we will create our wallet/account based on our public key and request the to send us 10.000 testnet Lumens on both accounts. I’m using the npm package for sending the request to the Horizon testnet API as this works well with async/await. We pass the public key from our first keypair via a query string. stellar friendbot request-promise await rp.get({uri: 'https://horizon-testnet.stellar.org/friendbot',qs: { addr: pairA.publicKey() },json: true}) The account is created now, but we don’t have the account object in our app. So, let’s retrieve this. accountB = await server.loadAccount(pairB.publicKey()) It’s now possible to check whether we got some Stellar Lumens on our account. accountA.balances.forEach((balance) => {console.log('Type:', balance.asset_type, ', Balance:', balance.balance)}) We repeat this code for as well in order to retrieve . pairB accountB Transfer Stellar Lumens A transaction can consist of multiple operations chained to the which creates the (multi-)transaction. To keep things simple, we will just transfer a small amount of testnet Lumens. We define the public key of as the destination. The amount transferred is equal to . The StellarSDK requires the amount parameter should be stated to seven decimal places. TransactionBuider pairB 30.0000001 const transaction = new Stellar.TransactionBuilder(accountA).addOperation(Stellar.Operation.payment({destination: pairB.publicKey(),asset: Stellar.Asset.native(),amount: '30.0000001'})).build() Cool, the transaction is ready to be signed by the initiator of the transfer — . Ok, now send this to the Horizon network: transaction.sign(pairA) const transactionResult = await server.submitTransaction(transaction) Retrieve History Code below will return only one transaction per ‘history page’. You can use the function on the ‘history page’ object to retrieve the next transaction in the history for an account. next() let historyPage = await server.transactions().forAccount(accountA.accountId()).call() We want to print the details of the operations in the transaction (which is XDR encoded). Let’s decode to base64 and loop over the transaction’s operations to print all sent amounts. let txDetails = Stellar.xdr.TransactionEnvelope.fromXDR(historyPage.records[1].envelope_xdr, 'base64') txDetails._attributes.tx._attributes.operations.map(operation => console.log(`Transferred amount:${operation._attributes.body._value._attributes.amount.low} XLM`)) At last, let’s retrieve the next ‘history page’. historyPage = await historyPage.next() That’s it? Yes, surprised? Did you know You can explore the transaction on the network — . The link is returned in the parameter: . example transactionResult transactionResult._links.transaction.href The metadata about the transaction is stored in the which is a standard data serialization format. You can deserialize it . XDR format here You can look up all transactions for a public key like . here The Stellar Analysis Pros Stellar is a payment engine, focused on asset movement where other blockchains may focus on the logic of the program itself. Stellar and Ripple are dealing with how your money is traded and sent, this is a more particular purpose. Stellar is easy to integrate for any web developer without knowing too much about blockchain. Perfect for payments / cross-currency / cross-border payments. Fast, cheap and easy to setup your own federated network: This is due to the consensus algorithm that does not use proof of work, but their custom . Stellar Consensus Protocol Very cheap fees: 0.00001 XLM per operation. A single transaction can contain multiple operations, so the fee doesn’t depend on the amount transferred. Cons Privacy — Every transaction can be found and read with a blockchain explorer. Important standards missing like payments links (still in development) that slow down the adoption. Payment links would handle the click on the link prompting the user for payment which is crucial for e-commerce. For now, you need to manually copy paste address, transaction memo and amount where Bitcoin has a one-click and approve payment option. It’s hard to determine if this is a : Stellar is not really using the concept smart contracts (it’s not Turing complete). It works for few popular use cases like escrow, time bounded and atomic transactions. However, standards can be extended for more use cases, but it will never get to the point of ‘Write your own DApp’. That’s ok as it makes Stellar optimized for this specific purpose of asset transfer, instead of being bloated by people’s fantasies. pro/con Stellar succeeded in removing the blockchain knowledge barrier even though it’s a blockchain payment provider. — Michiel Mulders Resources to become a Stellar expert Full code for this example on . Github Horizon API . docs Testnet . explorer Getting started code examples , and (react). here here here Check the of the Stellar network. status Interested in starting your own blockchain project, but don’t know how? Do you need help starting your token sale or having one audited? Get in touch with TheLedger . Full code : snippet

Exploring Stellar Lumens — Development Tutorial

I’m currently building a RESTful API using , from the guys that brought to us . Lumen is a great micro-framework with most of the spectacular features from Laravel like Eloquent, caching, validation, routing, middleware and so on and so forth. The API I’m building it’s supposed to serve an, yet to develop, iOS app that it’s meant to support the information system of the college where I attend, which don’t correctly support mobile devices. Lumen Laravel This would be a pretty straightforward project but they won’t make my life easy and won’t let me to access the existing database. It sucks, right? However they have a available that I can use. But… If I used their web service alongside my API every time I made a request it would take ages to get the information I’ve requested. This is, obviously, a shitty way to do things. So I’ve decided to implement a database where I can store the data by myself. unfortunately SOAP Web Service I’m fully aware that we shouldn’t repeat data but I can’t find a better way this time. I’ve decided to develop some Python bots that would periodically fetch information using the SOAP web service and store it on the database to be later served using the REST API. I’ve decided to use mostly for its flexibility, performance and scalability. I’m using mongo 3.4 so all the commands below are tested for this version. mongoDB So… How to setup Lumen to use mongoDB has a wonderful Composer package to use mongoDB with Laravel: . Looking at the repo instructions you can see that, for using with Lumen and after you installed the package, edit the file and make it look like: Jens Segers Laravel MongoDB bootstrap/app.php $app->register(Jenssegers\Mongodb\MongodbServiceProvider::class); $app->withEloquent(); After this you should create the file and it’s contents are: config/database.php <?phpreturn ['default' => 'mongodb','connections' => ['mongodb' => ['driver' => ‘mongodb','host' => env('DB_HOST', 'localhost'),'port' => env('DB_PORT', 27017),'database' => env('DB_DATABASE'),'username' => env('DB_USERNAME'),'password' => env('DB_PASSWORD'),'options' => ['database' => 'admin' // sets the authentication database required by mongo 3]],],‘migrations’ => ‘migrations’,]; This will override and it will allow you to use mongo with your Lumen project. After this you have you change our file and append: vendor/laravel/lumen/config/database.php .env DB_CONNECTION=mongodbDB_HOST=<dbHost>DB_PORT=27017DB_DATABASE=<dbName>DB_USERNAME=<dbUser>DB_PASSWORD=<dbUserPassword> Out of the box mongo doesn’t have any authentication details. You can add your own user to it using: use admin Now I’m able to use Lumen’s commands, for instance, I can create my table using: artisan users php artisan make:migration create_users_table — create=users I’ve modified the migration file like: public function up() {Schema::create(‘users’, function (Blueprint $table) {$table->increments(‘_id’);$table->string(‘username’);$table->string(‘password’);$table->timestamps();});} Now I can use and I’ll see my newly created collection. php artisan migrate

How to use mongoDB with your Lumen API

For aspiring game developers, breaking into the AAA gaming industry has long been a formidable challenge. Traditionally, high-budget studios with vast teams and years of experience have dominated the landscape, leaving small teams and solo developers struggling to gain a foothold. However, Epic Games has provided an unprecedented opportunity with the Unreal Editor for Fortnite (UEFN)—a powerful game development tool that enables newcomers to create and publish professional-quality experiences within Fortnite’s ecosystem. Unreal Editor for Fortnite (UEFN) This article explores how UEFN serves as a launchpad for new game developers, offering cutting-edge tools, a built-in player base, monetization opportunities, and a direct pathway to AAA game development. launchpad for new game developers What Is UEFN? What Is UEFN? UEFN is a specialized version of Unreal Engine 5, designed for Fortnite’s creative ecosystem. Unlike Fortnite’s original Creative Mode, which offers a more limited set of tools, UEFN provides access to powerful industry-standard features such as Nanite, Lumen, custom asset imports, terrain editing, and the new scripting language, Verse. These capabilities allow developers to craft AAA-quality levels, mechanics, and even entirely new game modes within Fortnite. specialized version of Unreal Engine 5 Nanite, Lumen, custom asset imports, terrain editing, and the new scripting language, Verse AAA-quality levels, mechanics, and even entirely new game modes Why UEFN Is a Perfect Gateway to AAA Gaming Why UEFN Is a Perfect Gateway to AAA Gaming 1. Hands-On Experience with AAA Tools (For Free) 1. Hands-On Experience with AAA Tools (For Free) UEFN grants developers access to the same technology used by major studios—without any upfront cost. Features like real-time global illumination, high-resolution asset rendering, and full physics-based environments enable small teams to learn and master AAA-grade development tools within a sandboxed environment. learn and master AAA-grade development tools For newcomers, UEFN provides a low-barrier entry point into the Unreal Engine ecosystem, allowing them to build a portfolio of real-world projects that demonstrate proficiency with UE5 workflows, optimization techniques, and multiplayer networking—all skills highly valued in the AAA industry. real-world projects UE5 workflows, optimization techniques, and multiplayer networking 2. Monetization Through Creator Economy 2.0 2. Monetization Through Creator Economy 2.0 One of the biggest hurdles for indie developers is financial sustainability. UEFN’s Creator Economy 2.0 program provides a built-in monetization model, where developers earn revenue based on player engagement. Unlike traditional indie games that require marketing and distribution efforts, UEFN allows creators to tap into Fortnite’s massive player base, offering immediate exposure and a chance to earn while they build. Creator Economy 2.0 massive player base By publishing experiences within Fortnite, developers can generate income that funds future projects or serves as proof of concept when pitching to publishers and investors. 3. Industry Recognition and Career Opportunities 3. Industry Recognition and Career Opportunities Successful UEFN developers have the opportunity to gain visibility within the gaming industry. Epic Games actively supports and spotlights high-quality UEFN projects, providing a direct line to AAA studios looking for fresh talent. By showcasing polished work within Fortnite, developers can attract job offers, collaborations, or even investment in their own independent studios. high-quality UEFN projects AAA studios looking for fresh talent In addition, many game studios are now recruiting directly from the UEFN creator pool, recognizing it as a proving ground for game design, level creation, and scripting expertise. recruiting directly from the UEFN creator pool game design, level creation, and scripting expertise 4. A Built-In Player Base for Testing and Iteration 4. A Built-In Player Base for Testing and Iteration One of the most significant challenges for indie developers is gaining players. In traditional game development, launching a game requires significant marketing efforts, which often prove to be costly and time-consuming. With UEFN, developers can skip this hurdle by instantly deploying their games to Fortnite’s millions of active users. skip this hurdle millions of active users This built-in audience allows developers to receive immediate feedback, refine their designs based on real-world data, and improve their skills in a live environment—mirroring the iterative process used in AAA game development. immediate feedback 5. Low-Risk Prototyping for Future Indie or AAA Projects 5. Low-Risk Prototyping for Future Indie or AAA Projects UEFN serves as an excellent low-risk testing ground for new ideas. Developers can prototype mechanics, experiment with game design principles, and polish their skills without investing in expensive software or distribution platforms. low-risk testing ground without investing in expensive software or distribution platforms For indie developers who eventually want to release standalone games, UEFN offers a risk-free way to validate ideas before committing to full-scale production. Many mechanics and concepts can be tested within Fortnite before being ported to a standalone Unreal Engine 5 project. risk-free way to validate ideas 6. Learning the Future of Game Scripting with Verse 6. Learning the Future of Game Scripting with Verse UEFN introduces Verse, a new scripting language designed specifically for Fortnite’s ecosystem but with broader implications for future game development. By learning Verse, developers gain a head start on a cutting-edge scripting language that may become a significant part of Unreal Engine’s future. Verse head start on a cutting-edge scripting language Verse allows for advanced game logic, dynamic environments, and customized gameplay experiences, providing skills that translate directly to AAA game development and live-service game operations. advanced game logic, dynamic environments, and customized gameplay experiences AAA game development and live-service game operations How to Get Started with UEFN How to Get Started with UEFN For those looking to jump into UEFN, here’s a step-by-step roadmap: Download UEFN – Available for free through the Epic Games Launcher.


Explore Tutorials and Documentation – Epic provides extensive guides, YouTube tutorials, and community forums to help newcomers get started.


Join the UEFN Creator Community – Engage with other developers, participate in Epic-hosted game jams, and learn from industry experts.


Start Small and Iterate – Build simple experiences first, then gradually increase complexity as you gain confidence.


Monetize and Showcase Your Work – Once comfortable, start publishing experiences and applying for Creator Economy 2.0. Download UEFN – Available for free through the Epic Games Launcher. Download UEFN – Available for free through the Epic Games Launcher. Download UEFN Epic Games Launcher Explore Tutorials and Documentation – Epic provides extensive guides, YouTube tutorials, and community forums to help newcomers get started. Explore Tutorials and Documentation – Epic provides extensive guides, YouTube tutorials, and community forums to help newcomers get started. Explore Tutorials and Documentation Join the UEFN Creator Community – Engage with other developers, participate in Epic-hosted game jams, and learn from industry experts. Join the UEFN Creator Community – Engage with other developers, participate in Epic-hosted game jams, and learn from industry experts. Join the UEFN Creator Community Start Small and Iterate – Build simple experiences first, then gradually increase complexity as you gain confidence. Start Small and Iterate – Build simple experiences first, then gradually increase complexity as you gain confidence. Start Small and Iterate Monetize and Showcase Your Work – Once comfortable, start publishing experiences and applying for Creator Economy 2.0. Monetize and Showcase Your Work – Once comfortable, start publishing experiences and applying for Creator Economy 2.0. Monetize and Showcase Your Work Creator Economy 2.0 Unreal Editor for Fortnite is more than just a tool for creating custom Fortnite experiences—it’s a gateway to the world of AAA game development. By leveraging its powerful features, built-in monetization, and direct exposure to millions of players, developers can hone their craft, generate income, and open doors to professional opportunities that were once out of reach. gateway to the world of AAA game development hone their craft, generate income, and open doors to professional opportunities For indie developers, students, and aspiring game designers, UEFN represents a golden opportunity to break into the industry—all while building games in one of the world’s most popular platforms. Whether your goal is to work at a major studio or launch your own indie game, UEFN is a proven pathway to success in modern game development. golden opportunity to break into the industry proven pathway to success in modern game development

Unreal Editor for Fortnite: A Game-Changing Gateway to AAA Development

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The process through which web developers create websites and applications is highly influenced by the PHP frameworks.  The selection of the right framework is significant for better performance, maintainability, and scalability of web projects be it a startup project or large-scale web applications. In this blog, I will be explaining 10 top PHP frameworks with examples of how they can be utilized in different tasks of web development projects. 1- Laravel Still in 2025, Laravel remains as one of the best PHP frameworks in tech market. Its dynamic set of features, nice syntax, and a vast ecosystem of packages, extensions, and tools such as Laravel Mix, Eloquent ORM, and the Blade templating engine offers a seamless user experience. I mostly use this command to define control in the Laravel PHP framework: php artisan make: controller GreetingController 

php 

<?php 

namespace App\Http\Controllers; 

use Illuminate\Http\Request 

class GreetingController extends Controller 

{
    public function greet($name) 
    { 
       return view(‘greet’,[‘name’ => $name]); 
  } 

} After designing the controller, it results in view this way: < !Doctype html > 

< html lang =  “en” > 

<head> 

< meta charset = “uft-8” > 

    <title>Greeting</title> 

</head> 

<body> 

    <h1>Hello, {{$name}}! </h1> 

</body> 

</html> 2- Symfony One of the most popular PHP frameworks for large-scale applications is Symfony. For creating large web applications such as enterprise software solutions, content management systems, and eCommerce platforms developers at big companies opt for Symfony. Moreover, its flexibility makes it a perfect fit. I mostly prefer this command to create a controller in the Symfony framework: <?php 

Namespace app\controller; 

Use Symfony \ component \ httpfoundation\ response; 

class GreetingController 

{ 
    public function greet($name) 

    { 
        return new Response(“<h1>Hello, $name! </h1>”); 
  } 

} After creating a controller, templates can be rendered in controllers through Twig: Return 4 this- > render (‘greet. html. twig’, [‘name’ = > $name]); < ! Doctype html > 

< html lang = “en” > 

<head>   

    <meta charset = “utf- 8” > 

    <title>Greeting</title> 

</head> 

<body> 

    < h1> hello, {{name}}! <h1> 

</body> 

</html> 3- CodeIgniter For medium-sized applications, CodeIgniter is a simple and fast solution still in 2025.  Even if I compare Laravel vs CodeIgniter I would recommend CodeIgniter for new developers due to its user-friendly documentation and minimalist approach. In contrast to Laravel, it avoids the need for a command line interface making it suitable for lightweight applications. For instance, to design a controller in CodeIgniter I may use this approach: <?php 

defined(‘BASEPATH’)OR exit(‘No direct script access allowed’); 
 
class Greeting extends CI_Controller { 

      public function greet($name) 

    { 
        $data[‘name’]=$name; 

       $this->load->view(‘greet’,$data); 

    } 
} 4- Yii2 The fast speed and high performance of Yii2 make it one of the most efficient PHP MVC frameworks in 2025. Mostly APIs and large web applications that require performance optimization opt for Yii2. For setting up routes in Yii2 this given command is used: ‘urlManager’ => [ 

    ‘enablePrettyUrl’ => true 

    ‘ShowScriptName’ => false, 

    ‘rules’ => [ 
        ‘greet/<name>’ => ‘site/greet’ 

    ], 
], Moreover, this PHP framework is an ideal choice for performance-intensive web applications as it supports caching. 5- Zend Now known as Laminas, the Zend framework is mostly useful for applications requiring extensive customization. Also, suitable for designing enterprise-level scalable web applications and adding only those components that are required. It also backs integrations with multiple databases and third-party applications. In Zend, for designing a controller I use this way: <?php 

namespace Application\Controller;

Use zend \mvc\controller\AbstractactionController 

Use zend \view\model\ViewModel; 

class GreetingController extends AbstractActionController 

{ 
    public function greetAction() 

    { 

     $name = $this->params()->fromRoute(‘name’, ‘Guest’); 

     return new ViewModel([‘name’ => $name}); 

    } 
} 6- Phalcon This one was built as a C extension, making it one of the incredibly fast PHP web frameworks. Web developers select Phalcon when they do not want to compromise on advanced features for performance optimization. For setting up routes in this framework this command can be adopted: $router = di->getRouter(); 

$router->add(‘/greet/{name}’, [ 

    ‘controller’ => ‘greeting’, 

    ‘action’     => ‘greet’, 

]); 
 
$router->handle(); This framework also observes MVC patterns and includes query builder and ORM making database interactions easier. 7- Slim The Slim framework is a go-to option for building microservices and simple API. It is a minimalistic yet powerful framework to create RESTful APIs. Let’s see how a Basic route in the Slim framework can be established: require ‘vendor/ autoload.php’; 

$app= new\slim\app; 

$app->get (‘/greet/ {name}’ , function ($request, $response, $args) { 

Return $response - > getbody () - > write (Hello, ‘ .  $args [ ‘name’]); 

}); 

$app->run(); This framework also offers a flexible middleware system to modify requests and respond to the object. 8- FuelPHP This one is a full-stack PHP framework and follows the Hierarchal Model View Controller design pattern. The FuelPHP framework with its built-in authentication features is suitable for highly customizable web projects. For example: Controller in FuelPHP can be created this way: <?php 

class Controller_Greeting extends Controller 

{ 
    public function action_greet($name) 
    { 
        return Response::forge(View::forge(‘greet’, [‘name’ => $name])); 
    } 
} 9- Lumen The creators of Laravel have also designed another PHP framework called Lumen. It mostly utilizes the same components as Laravel but it's comparatively lightweight and best for designing high performance APIs and microservices. Set up and define routes in Lumen in the routes/ web.php file just like the given example: $router->get(‘/greet/{name)’,function $name) { 

    return “Hello, $name!”; 

}); 10- CakePHP Another top PHP framework is the CakePHP focusing on convention over configuration for web development tasks. It offers a set of built-in dynamic tools suitable for fast paced web development projects. To define a route in CakePHP I prefer this command: Router::connect(‘/greet/*,array (‘controller’=>'greetings’, ‘action ‘= > ‘greet’ )); If I need to design a controller, I mostly use this command in CakePHP: $router->get(‘/greet/{name}’, function ($name) { 

    return “Hello, $name!”; 

}); Conclusion For your web development projects selection of the best PHP framework is crucial. It’s important to keep requirements, complexity, timeline, and future growth, and project size in mind as well. The top PHP frameworks discussed above in the blog be it Laravel, Symfony, Phalcon, CodeIgniter or others are suitable for different web projects depending upon the needs. The right framework assists in achieving better security, fast development, and enhanced user experience no matter what. The process through which web developers create websites and applications is highly influenced by the PHP frameworks.  The selection of the right framework is significant for better performance, maintainability, and scalability of web projects be it a startup project or large-scale web applications. In this blog, I will be explaining 10 top PHP frameworks with examples of how they can be utilized in different tasks of web development projects. 1- Laravel Still in 2025, Laravel remains as one of the best PHP frameworks in tech market. Its dynamic set of features, nice syntax, and a vast ecosystem of packages, extensions, and tools such as Laravel Mix, Eloquent ORM, and the Blade templating engine offers a seamless user experience. I mostly use this command to define control in the Laravel PHP framework: php artisan make: controller GreetingController 

php 

<?php 

namespace App\Http\Controllers; 

use Illuminate\Http\Request 

class GreetingController extends Controller 

{
    public function greet($name) 
    { 
       return view(‘greet’,[‘name’ => $name]); 
  } 

} php artisan make: controller GreetingController 

php 

<?php 

namespace App\Http\Controllers; 

use Illuminate\Http\Request 

class GreetingController extends Controller 

{
    public function greet($name) 
    { 
       return view(‘greet’,[‘name’ => $name]); 
  } 

} After designing the controller, it results in view this way: < !Doctype html > 

< html lang =  “en” > 

<head> 

< meta charset = “uft-8” > 

    <title>Greeting</title> 

</head> 

<body> 

    <h1>Hello, {{$name}}! </h1> 

</body> 

</html> < !Doctype html > 

< html lang =  “en” > 

<head> 

< meta charset = “uft-8” > 

    <title>Greeting</title> 

</head> 

<body> 

    <h1>Hello, {{$name}}! </h1> 

</body> 

</html> 2- Symfony One of the most popular PHP frameworks for large-scale applications is Symfony. For creating large web applications such as enterprise software solutions, content management systems, and eCommerce platforms developers at big companies opt for Symfony. Moreover, its flexibility makes it a perfect fit. I mostly prefer this command to create a controller in the Symfony framework: <?php 

Namespace app\controller; 

Use Symfony \ component \ httpfoundation\ response; 

class GreetingController 

{ 
    public function greet($name) 

    { 
        return new Response(“<h1>Hello, $name! </h1>”); 
  } 

} <?php 

Namespace app\controller; 

Use Symfony \ component \ httpfoundation\ response; 

class GreetingController 

{ 
    public function greet($name) 

    { 
        return new Response(“<h1>Hello, $name! </h1>”); 
  } 

} After creating a controller, templates can be rendered in controllers through Twig: Return 4 this- > render (‘greet. html. twig’, [‘name’ = > $name]); Return 4 this- > render (‘greet. html. twig’, [‘name’ = > $name]); < ! Doctype html > 

< html lang = “en” > 

<head>   

    <meta charset = “utf- 8” > 

    <title>Greeting</title> 

</head> 

<body> 

    < h1> hello, {{name}}! <h1> 

</body> 

</html> < ! Doctype html > 

< html lang = “en” > 

<head>   

    <meta charset = “utf- 8” > 

    <title>Greeting</title> 

</head> 

<body> 

    < h1> hello, {{name}}! <h1> 

</body> 

</html> 3- CodeIgniter For medium-sized applications, CodeIgniter is a simple and fast solution still in 2025.  Even if I compare Laravel vs CodeIgniter I would recommend CodeIgniter for new developers due to its user-friendly documentation and minimalist approach. In contrast to Laravel, it avoids the need for a command line interface making it suitable for lightweight applications. For instance, to design a controller in CodeIgniter I may use this approach: <?php 

defined(‘BASEPATH’)OR exit(‘No direct script access allowed’); 
 
class Greeting extends CI_Controller { 

      public function greet($name) 

    { 
        $data[‘name’]=$name; 

       $this->load->view(‘greet’,$data); 

    } 
} <?php 

defined(‘BASEPATH’)OR exit(‘No direct script access allowed’); 
 
class Greeting extends CI_Controller { 

      public function greet($name) 

    { 
        $data[‘name’]=$name; 

       $this->load->view(‘greet’,$data); 

    } 
} 4- Yii2 The fast speed and high performance of Yii2 make it one of the most efficient PHP MVC frameworks in 2025. Mostly APIs and large web applications that require performance optimization opt for Yii2. For setting up routes in Yii2 this given command is used: ‘urlManager’ => [ 

    ‘enablePrettyUrl’ => true 

    ‘ShowScriptName’ => false, 

    ‘rules’ => [ 
        ‘greet/<name>’ => ‘site/greet’ 

    ], 
], ‘urlManager’ => [ 

    ‘enablePrettyUrl’ => true 

    ‘ShowScriptName’ => false, 

    ‘rules’ => [ 
        ‘greet/<name>’ => ‘site/greet’ 

    ], 
], Moreover, this PHP framework is an ideal choice for performance-intensive web applications as it supports caching. 5- Zend Now known as Laminas, the Zend framework is mostly useful for applications requiring extensive customization. Also, suitable for designing enterprise-level scalable web applications and adding only those components that are required. It also backs integrations with multiple databases and third-party applications. In Zend, for designing a controller I use this way: <?php 

namespace Application\Controller;

Use zend \mvc\controller\AbstractactionController 

Use zend \view\model\ViewModel; 

class GreetingController extends AbstractActionController 

{ 
    public function greetAction() 

    { 

     $name = $this->params()->fromRoute(‘name’, ‘Guest’); 

     return new ViewModel([‘name’ => $name}); 

    } 
} <?php 

namespace Application\Controller;

Use zend \mvc\controller\AbstractactionController 

Use zend \view\model\ViewModel; 

class GreetingController extends AbstractActionController 

{ 
    public function greetAction() 

    { 

     $name = $this->params()->fromRoute(‘name’, ‘Guest’); 

     return new ViewModel([‘name’ => $name}); 

    } 
} 6- Phalcon This one was built as a C extension, making it one of the incredibly fast PHP web frameworks. Web developers select Phalcon when they do not want to compromise on advanced features for performance optimization. For setting up routes in this framework this command can be adopted: $router = di->getRouter(); 

$router->add(‘/greet/{name}’, [ 

    ‘controller’ => ‘greeting’, 

    ‘action’     => ‘greet’, 

]); 
 
$router->handle(); $router = di->getRouter(); 

$router->add(‘/greet/{name}’, [ 

    ‘controller’ => ‘greeting’, 

    ‘action’     => ‘greet’, 

]); 
 
$router->handle(); This framework also observes MVC patterns and includes query builder and ORM making database interactions easier. 7- Slim The Slim framework is a go-to option for building microservices and simple API. It is a minimalistic yet powerful framework to create RESTful APIs. Let’s see how a Basic route in the Slim framework can be established: require ‘vendor/ autoload.php’; 

$app= new\slim\app; 

$app->get (‘/greet/ {name}’ , function ($request, $response, $args) { 

Return $response - > getbody () - > write (Hello, ‘ .  $args [ ‘name’]); 

}); 

$app->run(); require ‘vendor/ autoload.php’; 

$app= new\slim\app; 

$app->get (‘/greet/ {name}’ , function ($request, $response, $args) { 

Return $response - > getbody () - > write (Hello, ‘ .  $args [ ‘name’]); 

}); 

$app->run(); This framework also offers a flexible middleware system to modify requests and respond to the object. 8- FuelPHP This one is a full-stack PHP framework and follows the Hierarchal Model View Controller design pattern. The FuelPHP framework with its built-in authentication features is suitable for highly customizable web projects. For example: Controller in FuelPHP can be created this way: <?php 

class Controller_Greeting extends Controller 

{ 
    public function action_greet($name) 
    { 
        return Response::forge(View::forge(‘greet’, [‘name’ => $name])); 
    } 
} <?php 

class Controller_Greeting extends Controller 

{ 
    public function action_greet($name) 
    { 
        return Response::forge(View::forge(‘greet’, [‘name’ => $name])); 
    } 
} 9- Lumen The creators of Laravel have also designed another PHP framework called Lumen. It mostly utilizes the same components as Laravel but it's comparatively lightweight and best for designing high performance APIs and microservices. Set up and define routes in Lumen in the routes/ web.php file just like the given example: $router->get(‘/greet/{name)’,function $name) { 

    return “Hello, $name!”; 

}); $router->get(‘/greet/{name)’,function $name) { 

    return “Hello, $name!”; 

}); 10- CakePHP Another top PHP framework is the CakePHP focusing on convention over configuration for web development tasks. It offers a set of built-in dynamic tools suitable for fast paced web development projects. To define a route in CakePHP I prefer this command: Router::connect(‘/greet/*,array (‘controller’=>'greetings’, ‘action ‘= > ‘greet’ )); Router::connect(‘/greet/*,array (‘controller’=>'greetings’, ‘action ‘= > ‘greet’ )); If I need to design a controller, I mostly use this command in CakePHP: $router->get(‘/greet/{name}’, function ($name) { 

    return “Hello, $name!”; 

}); $router->get(‘/greet/{name}’, function ($name) { 

    return “Hello, $name!”; 

}); Conclusion For your web development projects selection of the best PHP framework is crucial. It’s important to keep requirements, complexity, timeline, and future growth, and project size in mind as well. The top PHP frameworks discussed above in the blog be it Laravel, Symfony, Phalcon, CodeIgniter or others are suitable for different web projects depending upon the needs. The right framework assists in achieving better security, fast development, and enhanced user experience no matter what.

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Digital assets are in a unique place as we enter 2025. The not-so-nascent-anymore industry finds itself in the unique position of still feeling like the Wild West while simultaneously grappling with increasing regulatory oversight. Everywhere we look, major jurisdictions are implementing comprehensive frameworks to reign in the less desirable elements of Web3. From Europe's Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) regulation to Singapore’s forward-thinking Project Guardian, Web3 is quickly leaving its cradle and to be embraced by the loving arms of regulators. Web3 wallet providers in particular find themselves in a challenging place. Having evolved into sophisticated financial interfaces, these entities must balance the rapidly iterating landscape of decentralized finance with increasingly stringent regulatory compliance requirements. Whether non-custodial software providers or digital asset custodians, a new era is dawning for Web3 wallets—one where regulatory navigation is as crucial as appeasing a growing user base. Forthcoming Clarity Across Jurisdictions The regulatory landscape for Web3 wallets is diverse across the many jurisdictions in which they operate. While recent regulatory developments offer clarity, they also pose challenges for wallet providers. For example, Brazilian lawmakers are considering strict restrictions on self-custody wallets due to stablecoin usage in the jurisdiction. This would mean mandatory registration of previously self-hosted wallets – no more MetaMask in Brazil. Europe In Europe, the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulatory framework went into full effect on December 30, 2024. This legislation establishes a comprehensive framework across all 27 EU member states, aiming to foster a unified approach that will replace the previously fragmented and patchworked regulations on digital assets. MiCA introduces strict licensing requirements for service providers, including Web3 wallets, and enforces new market abuse rules that directly impact wallet providers' operations. MiCA’s enforcement is already redefining the digital asset landscape on the continent. Most notably, stablecoin giant Tether has wound down EU operations and offered redemption of its EURT token. This departure highlights the complex decisions facing crypto companies under the new regulatory regime. Some choose to stay and comply, while others uproot entirely. United States The primary legislation impacting digital asset custody in the United States is Staff Accounting Bulletin 121 (SAB 121). This Bulletin requires entities to record any custodied digital assets as liabilities on their balance sheets, a challenging rule that has sparked significant pushback from crypto-native asset custodians. There have been several recent legislative attempts to overturn SAB121, and the incoming Trump administration has hinted that they will either significantly amend or repeal the Bulletin. Such a move will reshape how financial institutions approach crypto custody services in the U.S. and potentially open up significant opportunities for wallet providers operating in the jurisdiction. Hong Kong and Singapore The Asian financial hubs of Hong Kong and Singapore have drafted forward-thinking legislative frameworks for digital assets. Hong Kong's Monetary Authority (HKMA) mandates that 98% of client digital assets be held in cold storage and requires that all custodied assets maintain insurance coverage. Singapore has also positioned itself as the region's leading digital asset hub. The Monetary Authority of Singapore’s groundbreaking Project Guardian has served as a defining sandbox for global financial institutions, and the city-state doubled its crypto license approvals in 2024. These developments point to a broader shift for Web3 wallets and the crypto industry as a whole. As jurisdictions worldwide implement stricter oversight frameworks, wallet providers face mounting pressure to integrate compliance features while maintaining the decentralized benefits that initially attracted many users to the new technology. A Compliant-by-Design Solution The solutions best suited for balancing innovation and regulation are those purpose-built to do so from the beginning. In this field, Stellar dominates. The decade-old blockchain has long-anticipated the convergence of traditional finance (TradFi) and cryptocurrency. Rather than treat regulatory compliance as an afterthought, or assume clarity would never come, Stellar built these aspects into its core architecture. This forward-thinking configuration has laid a foundation that's thus far appealed to builders, regulators, and especially institutions. One of the core aspects of Stellar’s attractiveness lies in how its native asset issuance controls allow financial institutions to maintain regulatory oversight while leveraging the efficiencies of blockchain technology. These controls, which include robust transaction monitoring and automated regulatory reporting capabilities, help organizations fulfill their reporting obligations without needing to sacrifice the benefits of blockchain technology. TradFi players looking to benefit from blockchain-native and tokenized real-world assets have found that these frameworks mesh well with evolving regulatory standards while still allowing for flexible innovation. So far, Stellar has demonstrated how distributed ledger technology can evolve to meet the needs of a regulated financial ecosystem while remaining flexible enough to stand the test of time. Web3 Wallets on Stellar Freighter Wallet is a non-custodial browser extension wallet built for the Stellar ecosystem. With full support of Soroban’s latest features, Freighter has quickly become the go-to wallet for the emerging DeFi ecosystem on Stellar among both users and developers. Lobstr wallet is the most popular Web3 wallet that’s designed specifically for Stellar. Its user-friendly interface makes managing Stellar Lumens (XLM) and Stellar-based assets simple, and the wallet’s built-in exchange allows users to trade assets directly within the app. Solar Wallet, developed by SatoshiPay, is another Stellar-specific wallet. It maintains a focus on speed and smooth user experience, and boasts an integration with the Stellar Decentralized Exchange (DEX). Trust Wallet, owned by Binance, also supports Stellar assets. With a user-friendly interface, this wallet makes it easy for both beginners and experienced users to manage their Stellar assets. Stellar’s Soroban Offers A Middle Ground for Compliant DeFi In March 2024, Stellar launched its smart contract platform – Soroban. Its architecture allows for 150 transactions per second to be settled on the main chain with 5-second finality, while allowing for customizable DeFi applications to be deployed using their own configurations. This blend of speed and customizability maximizes security and stability for transactions executed on Soroban. Traditional financial institutions using the platform can create complex derivatives, structured products, and other financial instruments easily, without needing to maintain deep in-house blockchain expertise. The accessibility, modularity, and built-in compliance features of Soroban make it an attractive choice for TradFi players. These compliance features include built-in KYC/AML checks and automated regulatory reporting features, which ease the reporting burden for operators and end users. For regulated entities looking to harness the power of DeFi, Soroban offers a strong compromise of flexibility and compliance. So far, entities like OwlTing Group are finding Soroban an easy platform with which to integrate. They cite the streamlined nature of Soroban when compared to other more retail-focused DeFi offerings. Conclusion Web3 wallets are evolving as fast as the regulatory landscape that governs them. While there are a plethora of options on the market for consumers, the rising tide of regulation is an important consideration when selecting a wallet. Platforms like Stellar and Soroban demonstrate that compliance and innovation aren't mutually exclusive. By embedding regulatory considerations into their core architecture while enabling advanced DeFi capabilities, they're charting a path forward for the industry. Using a Stellar wallet is as simple as using any other Web3 wallet, and presents an enticing option for new and veteran crypto users. As traditional finance increasingly embraces digital assets, compliance-first platforms like Stellar are positioning themselves to lead the next wave of financial innovation. Digital assets are in a unique place as we enter 2025. The not-so-nascent-anymore industry finds itself in the unique position of still feeling like the Wild West while simultaneously grappling with increasing regulatory oversight. Everywhere we look, major jurisdictions are implementing comprehensive frameworks to reign in the less desirable elements of Web3. From Europe's Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) regulation to Singapore’s forward-thinking Project Guardian, Web3 is quickly leaving its cradle and to be embraced by the loving arms of regulators. Web3 wallet providers in particular find themselves in a challenging place. Having evolved into sophisticated financial interfaces, these entities must balance the rapidly iterating landscape of decentralized finance with increasingly stringent regulatory compliance requirements. Whether non-custodial software providers or digital asset custodians, a new era is dawning for Web3 wallets—one where regulatory navigation is as crucial as appeasing a growing user base. Forthcoming Clarity Across Jurisdictions Forthcoming Clarity Across Jurisdictions The regulatory landscape for Web3 wallets is diverse across the many jurisdictions in which they operate. While recent regulatory developments offer clarity, they also pose challenges for wallet providers. For example, Brazilian lawmakers are considering strict restrictions on self-custody wallets due to stablecoin usage in the jurisdiction . This would mean mandatory registration of previously self-hosted wallets – no more MetaMask in Brazil. restrictions on self-custody wallets due to stablecoin usage in the jurisdiction restrictions on self-custody wallets due to stablecoin usage in the jurisdiction Europe In Europe, the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulatory framework went into full effect on December 30, 2024 . This legislation establishes a comprehensive framework across all 27 EU member states, aiming to foster a unified approach that will replace the previously fragmented and patchworked regulations on digital assets. MiCA introduces strict licensing requirements for service providers, including Web3 wallets, and enforces new market abuse rules that directly impact wallet providers' operations. Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) went into full effect on December 30, 2024 went into full effect on December 30, 2024 enforces new market abuse rules enforces new market abuse rules MiCA’s enforcement is already redefining the digital asset landscape on the continent. Most notably, stablecoin giant Tether has wound down EU operations and offered redemption of its EURT token. This departure highlights the complex decisions facing crypto companies under the new regulatory regime. Some choose to stay and comply, while others uproot entirely. redemption of its EURT redemption of its EURT United States United States The primary legislation impacting digital asset custody in the United States is Staff Accounting Bulletin 121 (SAB 121) . This Bulletin requires entities to record any custodied digital assets as liabilities on their balance sheets, a challenging rule that has sparked significant pushback from crypto-native asset custodians. There have been several recent legislative attempts to overturn SAB121, and the incoming Trump administration has hinted that they will either significantly amend or repeal the Bulletin . Such a move will reshape how financial institutions approach crypto custody services in the U.S. and potentially open up significant opportunities for wallet providers operating in the jurisdiction. Staff Accounting Bulletin 121 (SAB 121) Staff Accounting Bulletin 121 (SAB 121) significantly amend or repeal the Bulletin significantly amend or repeal the Bulletin Hong Kong and Singapore The Asian financial hubs of Hong Kong and Singapore have drafted forward-thinking legislative frameworks for digital assets. Hong Kong's Monetary Authority (HKMA) mandates that 98% of client digital assets be held in cold storage and requires that all custodied assets maintain insurance coverage. Singapore has also positioned itself as the region's leading digital asset hub. The Monetary Authority of Singapore’s groundbreaking Project Guardian has served as a defining sandbox for global financial institutions, and the city-state doubled its crypto license approvals in 2024. 98% of client digital assets be held in cold storage 98% of client digital assets be held in cold storage Project Guardian Project Guardian These developments point to a broader shift for Web3 wallets and the crypto industry as a whole. As jurisdictions worldwide implement stricter oversight frameworks, wallet providers face mounting pressure to integrate compliance features while maintaining the decentralized benefits that initially attracted many users to the new technology. A Compliant-by-Design Solution A Compliant-by-Design Solution The solutions best suited for balancing innovation and regulation are those purpose-built to do so from the beginning. In this field, Stellar dominates . The decade-old blockchain has long-anticipated the convergence of traditional finance (TradFi) and cryptocurrency. Stellar dominates Stellar dominates Rather than treat regulatory compliance as an afterthought, or assume clarity would never come, Stellar built these aspects into its core architecture. This forward-thinking configuration has laid a foundation that's thus far appealed to builders, regulators, and especially institutions. One of the core aspects of Stellar’s attractiveness lies in how its native asset issuance controls allow financial institutions to maintain regulatory oversight while leveraging the efficiencies of blockchain technology. native asset issuance controls native asset issuance controls These controls, which include robust transaction monitoring and automated regulatory reporting capabilities, help organizations fulfill their reporting obligations without needing to sacrifice the benefits of blockchain technology. TradFi players looking to benefit from blockchain-native and tokenized real-world assets have found that these frameworks mesh well with evolving regulatory standards while still allowing for flexible innovation. So far, Stellar has demonstrated how distributed ledger technology can evolve to meet the needs of a regulated financial ecosystem while remaining flexible enough to stand the test of time. Web3 Wallets on Stellar Web3 Wallets on Stellar Freighter Wallet is a non-custodial browser extension wallet built for the Stellar ecosystem. With full support of Soroban’s latest features, Freighter has quickly become the go-to wallet for the emerging DeFi ecosystem on Stellar among both users and developers. Freighter Wallet Freighter Wallet Lobstr wallet is the most popular Web3 wallet that’s designed specifically for Stellar. Its user-friendly interface makes managing Stellar Lumens (XLM) and Stellar-based assets simple, and the wallet’s built-in exchange allows users to trade assets directly within the app. Lobstr wallet Lobstr wallet Solar Wallet , developed by SatoshiPay, is another Stellar-specific wallet. It maintains a focus on speed and smooth user experience, and boasts an integration with the Stellar Decentralized Exchange (DEX). Solar Wallet Solar Wallet Trust Wallet , owned by Binance, also supports Stellar assets. With a user-friendly interface, this wallet makes it easy for both beginners and experienced users to manage their Stellar assets. Trust Wallet Trust Wallet Stellar’s Soroban Offers A Middle Ground for Compliant DeFi Stellar’s Soroban Offers A Middle Ground for Compliant DeFi In March 2024, Stellar launched its smart contract platform – Soroban . Its architecture allows for 150 transactions per second to be settled on the main chain with 5-second finality, while allowing for customizable DeFi applications to be deployed using their own configurations. This blend of speed and customizability maximizes security and stability for transactions executed on Soroban. Soroban Soroban Traditional financial institutions using the platform can create complex derivatives, structured products, and other financial instruments easily, without needing to maintain deep in-house blockchain expertise. The accessibility, modularity, and built-in compliance features of Soroban make it an attractive choice for TradFi players. These compliance features include built-in KYC/AML checks and automated regulatory reporting features, which ease the reporting burden for operators and end users. For regulated entities looking to harness the power of DeFi, Soroban offers a strong compromise of flexibility and compliance. So far, entities like OwlTing Group are finding Soroban an easy platform with which to integrate . They cite the streamlined nature of Soroban when compared to other more retail-focused DeFi offerings. OwlTing Group are finding Soroban an easy platform with which to integrate OwlTing Group are finding Soroban an easy platform with which to integrate Conclusion Conclusion Web3 wallets are evolving as fast as the regulatory landscape that governs them. While there are a plethora of options on the market for consumers, the rising tide of regulation is an important consideration when selecting a wallet. Platforms like Stellar and Soroban demonstrate that compliance and innovation aren't mutually exclusive. By embedding regulatory considerations into their core architecture while enabling advanced DeFi capabilities, they're charting a path forward for the industry. Using a Stellar wallet is as simple as using any other Web3 wallet, and presents an enticing option for new and veteran crypto users. As traditional finance increasingly embraces digital assets, compliance-first platforms like Stellar are positioning themselves to lead the next wave of financial innovation.

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