The blockchain sector has known for years that technical hurdles need to be eliminated for mass adoption to take place. Has any progress been made? For several years, one of the biggest hurdles to blockchain adoption has concerned the fact that it’s a rather technical space. Experienced developers find it daunting to build decentralized apps…
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Blockchain gambling and gaming projects have seen their token prices triple as the COVID-19 lockdowns alter the nature of entertainment. Global developments over the past year have reshaped all aspects of daily life for most people and initiated some structural changes in how society operates. Lockdowns and travel restrictions have led to the rise of…
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Striving to become Ethereum’s DApp hub, MyEtherWallet users can now search for and access the entire suite of Ethereum DApps within their MEW app. Ethereum wallet and interface MyEtherWallet, or MEW, has brought decentralized applications to its 1.3 million monthly users through a new “DApps Browser” feature in the MEW mobile app. The collaboration with…
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Increasing interest and growth in the blockchain-based multiplayer gaming industry are the key factors pushing the price of FunFair (FUN) higher. Many DApps and blockchain-based games are designed with casino-style and RPG features that allow players to use cryptocurrency for gambling. FunFair is essentially a white-label, turnkey blockchain-based casino and the platform aims to provide…
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Let’s double down on making crypto accessible and usable for real people. When Bitcoin (BTC) launched in 2009, it was motivated by the distrust of financial institutions and their fees and the inflationary practices by central banks during the Great Recession. Bitcoin was supposed to usher in an era of decentralization, financial inclusion and democratization. …
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ConsenSys has partnered with China’s Blockchain-based Service Network to accelerate the enterprise adoption of Ethereum apps in China. ConsenSys, one of the world’s largest blockchain software companies, has partnered with the Blockchain-based Service Network, a Chinese government-backed nationwide blockchain project, As part of the partnership, ConsenSys’ Ethereum-based distributed ledger protocol, ConsenSys Quorum, will be featured…
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A new type of cross-chain bridge has been invented which integrates the interest-yielding properties of DeFi with second layer solutions for Ethereum. The first Aave-friendly Ethereum to Matic bridge has opened for business, allowing users to port Aave’s interest-bearing aTokens back and forth between the DeFi protocol and the faster, cheaper layer-two network. The smart…
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Grant programs have their flaws — they often lack transparency and shut out good ideas. Here’s why contests are a compelling alternative. What can contests be used for? Grants are normally reserved for developing infrastructure, apps and other tools, but Free TON says this means other important areas are overlooked. The network’s mantra is to…
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The global network of open APIs claims it can reduce development time of decentralized applications from months to days. The Graph Network launched its mainnet on Dec. 17, allowing developers to easily search, index, use and publish data from public blockchains. This is made possible through a global and open network of Application Programming Interfaces,…
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Ethereum’s top 10 most-popular DApps have collectively amassed more than 1 million active users over the past 30 days. Ethereum-powered decentralized applications, or DApps, have attracted more than one million active users over the last 30 days according to analytics platform DappRadar. This milestone comes as interest in decentralized finance, commonly referred to as DeFi,…
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