Published in WeatherXM·1 day agoThe $WXM beta rewards programIn Q4 2023, we expect to launch our token, $WXM, which will be used to reward station owners for providing data to the WeatherXM Network. The beta-rewards program described in the Whitepaper is designed to retrospectively compensate the stations that have been providing data for almost a year now, with…Weatherxm4 min readWeatherxm4 min read
Published in WeatherXM·Mar 8A short history of token airdropsAirdrops have been an important part of projects on Ethereum. Let’s see how they started and how they evolved. The first airdrops The first airdrop in crypto history happened in March 2014 when Iceland launched its Auroracoin as an experiment that would potentially replace the Icelandic króna and Bitcoin. Each citizen first received…Weatherxm5 min readWeatherxm5 min read
Published in WeatherXM·Feb 28A look into the $WXM smart contractWhile the code of the $WXM token smart contract is not publicly available yet, it’s very close to being finalized. Here are some insights on its design and the decisions we’ve made. — WeatherXM stands at the intersection of Meteorology, Internet of Things (IoT) and Web3. This is the first article in a series that will present various Web3 aspects of the project, while explaining the fundamentals of Web3 to members of our community that don’t have a Web3 background.Weatherxm5 min readWeatherxm5 min read
Published in WeatherXM·Nov 24, 20221855: Le Verrier creates European meteorologyYou may recall that the first weather forecast was published in 1861 in the United Kingdom. But it’s the French who should be credited for inventing modern meteorology, and most specifically a man of many talents: Urbain Le Verrier. Urbain Le Verrier was one of the 72 scientists on the…Weatherxm2 min readWeatherxm2 min read
Published in WeatherXM·Nov 9, 2022IPFS Camp 2022 and CoD Summit²IPFS Camp 2022 took place in Lisbon, Portugal in October. It was amazing, and WeatherXM was there, of course. On the first day of the camp, Manos, our CEO, presented WeatherXM during the applications showcase. Did we leave Lisbon when IPFS Camp was over? No. Because the CoD Summit²…Weather1 min readWeather1 min read
Published in WeatherXM·Oct 20, 2022The first weather forecastIt was 1 August 1861, when The Times published the first weather forecast. Since then, weather forecasts have become an indispensable part of everyday life. But how did we get there? In the early 1800s, fishermen, farmers and others who worked in the open had to rely on weather wisdom…Weather Forecasts3 min readWeather Forecasts3 min read
Published in WeatherXM·Oct 10, 2022Hurricanes, Typhoons and CyclonesA hurricane is a type of storm called a tropical cyclone, which forms over tropical or subtropical waters. Same type of storm, different name Tropical cyclones are a common type of storm in tropical and subtropical waters, but when their average wind speed reaches 74 mph and above, we refer to them as hurricanes, typhoons and…Hurricane4 min readHurricane4 min read
Published in WeatherXM·Oct 3, 2022WeatherXM at FIL-Singapore ‘22Last week, Manos, our fearless leader (and WeatherXM CEO), was at FIL-Singapore ’22 Summit, the biggest in-person Filecoin gathering in Asia. The event took place in Marina Bay Sands, where Manos joined community partners from all across the Filecoin & protocol labs ecosystem. We have multiple ties with the Filecoin…Weather2 min readWeather2 min read
Jun 16, 2020Ο κορωνοϊός και πως αποβλακώνουμε την δημόσια συζήτησηΠροέρχεται ο ιός από εργαστήριο; Εσύ με ποιους είσαι, με τους συνωμοσιολόγους ή τους αντί-συνωμοσιολόγους; Εδώ και καιρό υπάρχει ένα δημόσιο debate σχετικά με τον κορωνοϊό γύρω από το οποίο συσπειρώνονται δύο ομάδες, οι συνωμοσιολόγοι και οι αντι-συνωμοσιολόγοι. …4 min read4 min read
Nov 9, 2019It’s time we regulate microtargetingThis article was originally published at blog.vrypan.net on 06-Nov-2019. Microtargeting is the ability to target a very small segment of people with a tailor-made message. You want to promote a snack that contains no sugar and no salt? Create different ads that target teenagers, young adults, parents, grandparents, and diabetics…Advertising6 min readAdvertising6 min read
