Web3 Roundup
July 2022: First edition of our biweekly newsletter!
Project & Product Updates
Staking for Card Pay & Card Wallet users
Starting on August 1, users will be able to stake their CARD.CPXD tokens on Gnosis Chain, using Card Wallet! The staking rewards will be calculated through our off-chain data analytics.
Read the announcement here!
Rewards for Card Pay & Card Wallet users
We’ve introduced profile creation rewards for Card Pay & Card Wallet users! New and existing users will be rewarded with 100 CARD.CPXD upon creating their Card.xyz profile.
Read the announcement here!
Card Space & Card Flow
What’s the difference between Card Space, Card.xyz, and Card Flow?
- Card.xyz is a live, public hosting service for Cardstack, supporting the creation of payment profiles for on-chain payment use cases.
- Card Space is a more general term, representing “cards-at-rest,” as in a space for cards to be created, displayed, and shared.
- Card Flow is a workflow infrastructure that facilitates interactions between businesses and teams, representing “cards-in-motion.”
Learn more about these products here.
Web3 Trends & Insights
For decades, digital piracy has plagued the media and content industries. Though technological evolution has introduced new security tools like encryption, digital watermarking, multimedia fingerprinting, and more, piracy still costs the content economy billions of dollars of revenue every year. Web3-based technologies like DLTs and the transparency of blockchain can offer new and more effective ways to combat digital piracy.
Read our article about how blockchain technology can help fight digital piracy!
Other articles from the cryptosphere we enjoyed this month:
- Web5 vs. Web3: The future is a process, not a destination
- Exit the internet, enter the metaverse — your online future is in 3D
Web3 Watch Events
Join our upcoming fireside chat about data ownership and data-driven economy with XY Labs’ Co-founder & CEO, Arie Trouw.
Register now.
Check out our latest fireside chats!
Cardstack’s Founding Director Chris Tse spoke about decentralized cloud computing with Flux’s Co-founder Daniel Keller.
Recently, we also hosted fireside chats with…
- Michael Kong, Fantom Foundation’s CEO, about dApp development
- Will Corkin, MANTRA DAO’s Co-founder, about DeFi and DAOs
Starting now, Web3 Watch fireside chats are on every Wednesday!
You can listen to each chat on these streaming platforms:
Spotify | Amazon Music | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Anchor
Meet the Cardstack Team
Curious about our engineering team? Learn about our Engineering Manager and Senior Blockchain Developer’s journeys with Cardstack.
- Hassan Abdel-Rahman, our Senior Blockchain Developer, is a pioneer member of the team who is in charge of the development & design of the Cardstack protocol. | Learn more about Hassan’s journey & how he has helped Cardstack’s development here.
- Luke Melia, our faithful Engineering Manager, is in charge of coaching & supporting Cardstack’s global development team. | Learn more about Luke’s many talents here.
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