Web3 Roundup

September 2022: First edition of our biweekly newsletter!

Web3 Watch & Other Events

Cardstack’s AMA with Chris Tse

If you missed our live AMA with Cardstack’s Founding Director Chris Tse, you can watch it now on our YouTube channel!

Here’s the gist of what was covered:

The three pillars of Cardstack’s infrastructure

• The Cardstack App combines a self-sovereign, self-hosted smart-contract wallet (iOS & Android) with a growing set of tools and features in the form of a Web app.
• The Cardstack Protocol is a set of protocols that deals with payment & billing via stablecoins to facilitate fast, cheap, and easy blockchain payments. It also includes the Tally analytic protocol that powers the reward system.
• The Cardstack Framework is an R&D project that is open-source and encompasses the Card Runtime, the Card SDK & the Card Catalog.

Community questions

Chris Tse answered numerous questions from the community around Cardstack’s strategy, protocol, product, and marketing, including:

• The launch of the B2B invoicing product & the payment scheduling tool
• Updates on the Card Compiler & Card Catalog
• Staking & prepaid cards in the Cardstack Wallet
• Details about Card Space & Card.xyz

Watch the AMA here.

Web3 Watch Podcast

Join our upcoming fireside chat about building a DeFi protocol with Kain Warwick, Founder of Synthetix.io.

Register now.

Check out our latest fireside chats!

Cardstack’s Founding Director Chris Tse spoke with NEAR Protocol’s Co-Founder Illia Polosukhin about a usability-focused Web3 ecosystem.

Recently, we also hosted fireside chats with…

• Rusty Matveev, CSO of Calaxy, about the creator economy
• Harsh Rajat, Founder of EPNS, about chain-agnostic push notifications

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

Web3 Trends & Insights

Articles from the cryptosphere we enjoyed this month:

• Ethereum Finishes Long-Awaited Energy-Saving ‘Merge’ Upgrade
• Blockchain Technology Isn’t Just for Cryptocurrency Any More
• Exclusive: Jim Carrey Secretly Dropped NFTs Under His Web3 Alias
• Music NFTs will take gaming to new levels

Meet the Cardstack Team

We’re happy to introduce Cardstack’s design team. Get to know the faces behind the Cardstack product and marketing designs!

• Chris Gardella oversees all design of our products here at Cardstack! Learn about Chris’s role at Cardstack here.
• Michael Dang is one of our designers and a big part of Cardstack’s design process! Learn about Michael’s life at Cardstack here.

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