A new phase that starts in 2023. The first phase of the blockchain industry — let's call it Blockchain 1.0; from 2009 to 2022 — is done. Finished. Over. Blockchain 1.0 was an interesting period wherein we all thought that distributed ledgers were literal magic, and thus that if anything…

Its design, and a rationale for that design Crypto UBI Crypto UBI is the application of blockchain technology to implement Universal Basic Income (UBI) systems through cryptocurrencies. An example of a great Crypto UBI system is GoodDollar, which is originally and presently backed by eToro. GoodDollar grants an income of G$, which…

As of 2022 Descartes has now been renamed as Cartesi Compute. How Cartesi’s Cartesi Compute SDK came to be, and where to go from here Cartesi’s Cartesi Compute SDK, just launched, is the first software development kit for DApps that exposes Cartesi’s core technology through a programming interface that DApp…

Trailblazing the rebirth of peer-to-peer computing as Decentralized Applications. Hi! My name is Fabiana, and I have been recently hired as a Software Engineer for the Cartesi Team. I hold a Computer Science PhD in Distributed Systems, having specialized in cheat-proofing massively-multiplayer online games. …

The first Cartesi-powered Decentralized Application What is Creepts? Creepts is the world’s first decentralized tower defense tournament game. It is built on top of Cartesi’s Layer 2 solution for blockchains, which is available as an open-source software stack that is under active development. Currently, Creepts is playable on the Rinkeby Ethereum testnet. In…

Tired of ICOs and airdrops? Try out an UBI! What is ACORN? ACORN is a new token (crypto-currency) deployed in the Telos Network that has a new token distribution mechanism: an UBI (or Universal Basic Income). One (1) ACORN token is created every day for every Telos account that has any ACORN balance…

Escrever esta resenha foi uma das coisas mais difíceis que eu já escrevi… …pois eu sou uma pessoa “meio” neurótica e perfeccionista. Eu prometi pra Atena que escreveria, e queria muito poder escrever, pois absolutamente adorei o livro. …

An open letter to politicians, magistrates and honest intellectuals — [This is a translation to English of the original text written in Portuguese by Marcus Brancaglione. This text has been written in the context of the current political-media-judicial circus happening in Brazil right now (2016). …

[This is a translation to English of the original article written in Portuguese by Bruna Augusto. Please do check out the original article to see the pictures!! …