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Implementing own sidechain using Lisk.

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Lisk is dedicated to develop custom blockchain based applications using Javascript. After Alpha SDK release it's possible for developers to prototype first custom applications. Technology is awaited by project investors since some time already. In that article I would like to go through the process of installing Lisk and all…

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What is sharding in upcoming Ethereum 2.0?

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Sharding is going to be scalability solution in upcoming Ethereum 2.0 and the enhancement hope for many other blockchains. Scalability is the speed key factor of the blockchain. This word is used to describe all the technology solutions which have the major goal: processing more transactions per second. Currently Bitcoin…

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Ethereum Studio – new web dapps IDE

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The news about releasing the Ethereum Studio developer environment was today published on the Ethereum blog. How does look like the new IDE and can it compete with popular RemixIDE? Let's take a look on the new tool and check what it offers.

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Lisk – short genesis and current ecosystem

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Lisk is one of the blockchain projects, whose primary focus is to enable building highly efficient blockchain based applications (dapps). The term "Lisk" at the moment can be called to describe the Lisk Core blockchain (with the native LSK cryptocurrency) and the SDK for building blockchain applications. The project is…

Do we need “closed” blockchains?

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The blockchain technology spreads. Mainly this can be visible in the context of cryptocurrencies popularity gain (which can be noticed by rising Bitcoin price). Blockchain became useful or even created plenty of new branches like tokenization which who knows - maybe will revolutionize the investments and the way we represent…

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How to read non-blockchain data in smart contracts and how Oracle works?

External data to the smart contract (from outside the blockchain) can be provided only, as parameters (arguments) of its call. Oracles are software running outside the blockchain, which listens for "requests" by smart contracts for external data, and then provides this data to the smart contract, by calling the appropriate…

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Turn your self hosted Lightning Network node to public in 10 minutes

In this article I will explain how can you setup self hosted Lightning Network (at home or anywhere) to get public (not changing) IP for 5$/month what will make your node public - other nodes will be able to open channels to your node. This is not TOR based solution. This is not DDNS based solution.

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How I lost 1 year of life doing failed crypto startup

In April 2019 I decided to completely stop developing my cryptocurrency project ending entire year of full time work in failed tech startup which I wanted to create. During that time: I spent about 2200 hours hardcore coding, writing, meeting, pitching, calling and everything else related to building a startup - in that case a…

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