It was in the news recently that Neon Machine, the studio behind the new web3 game “Shrapnel’, raised another $20M in funding for their Series A, led by Polychain Capital. This brings their total fundraising to $37.5 million. It’s a First Person Shooter in a sci-fi theme and game content such as Weapons, Weapon Parts, and other Cosmetics will be offered as NFTs, using an Avalanche (blockchain) subnet. You can see some of the NFTs listed on OpenSea (link at the bottom of the article). As someo...

It was in the news recently that Neon Machine, the studio behind the new web3 game “Shrapnel’, raised another $20M in funding for their Series A, led by Polychain Capital. This brings their total fundraising to $37.5 million. It’s a First Person Shooter in a sci-fi theme and game content such as Weapons, Weapon Parts, and other Cosmetics will be offered as NFTs, using an Avalanche (blockchain) subnet. You can see some of the NFTs listed on OpenSea (link at the bottom of the article). As someo...

Explaining staking rewards to someone new can be tough. An easy analogy could be stock dividends, except it’s not really accurate. Stock dividends originate from excess cash generated by a business which is then distributed to shareholders. There’s an approval step in there as well, where management and boards have to approve of the distribution. Protocols (L1’s for the purpose of this article, not L2’s), on the other hand, have it “coded in” where staking rewards come from. Since protocols d...

Explaining staking rewards to someone new can be tough. An easy analogy could be stock dividends, except it’s not really accurate. Stock dividends originate from excess cash generated by a business which is then distributed to shareholders. There’s an approval step in there as well, where management and boards have to approve of the distribution. Protocols (L1’s for the purpose of this article, not L2’s), on the other hand, have it “coded in” where staking rewards come from. Since protocols d...

Here’s a quick explanation on what makes Solana so fast and cheap that anyone can understand:Parallel Transaction Processing: Meaning, more than one transaction can be processed at the same time. The other way to do this is called a “single-threaded” model, which Ethereum uses. So Ethereum is essentially processing transactions sequentially, one after the other. In Solana, many transactions can be processed simultaneously.Transaction Speed: Solana targets confirming transactions within 0.4 se...

Here’s a quick explanation on what makes Solana so fast and cheap that anyone can understand:Parallel Transaction Processing: Meaning, more than one transaction can be processed at the same time. The other way to do this is called a “single-threaded” model, which Ethereum uses. So Ethereum is essentially processing transactions sequentially, one after the other. In Solana, many transactions can be processed simultaneously.Transaction Speed: Solana targets confirming transactions within 0.4 se...

What is CCIP from Chainlink, and why is it so important? Here’s an overview anyone can understand: First, if you aren’t familiar with Chainlink, it started as and is best known for being an “Oracle” solution with blockchain. What’s an Oracle? It helps bring off-chain data (example: Weather data) onto the blockchain in a secure, trusted and verifiable way. We can’t let anyone just say it was 90 degrees every day in Antarctica right? So Oracles are super important and help bring data that isn’t...

What is CCIP from Chainlink, and why is it so important? Here’s an overview anyone can understand: First, if you aren’t familiar with Chainlink, it started as and is best known for being an “Oracle” solution with blockchain. What’s an Oracle? It helps bring off-chain data (example: Weather data) onto the blockchain in a secure, trusted and verifiable way. We can’t let anyone just say it was 90 degrees every day in Antarctica right? So Oracles are super important and help bring data that isn’t...

One of the biggest topics on my mind when it comes to AI has been how existing business will “bring AI” to their actual day to day and begin adopting it. We all know every business will use AI in many ways, but how is that gap actually bridged? Who will help them get there? Then I came across “Agentforce” from Salesforce and it clicked. Salesforce has been empowering over 150,000 customers worldwide to streamline their operations, and ultimately connect more effectively with their clients. Bu...

One of the biggest topics on my mind when it comes to AI has been how existing business will “bring AI” to their actual day to day and begin adopting it. We all know every business will use AI in many ways, but how is that gap actually bridged? Who will help them get there? Then I came across “Agentforce” from Salesforce and it clicked. Salesforce has been empowering over 150,000 customers worldwide to streamline their operations, and ultimately connect more effectively with their clients. Bu...

In Layer 1 Blockchains, ‘client software’ is crucial for the operation and functionality of the blockchain network. It facilitates the interaction between users and the blockchain, ensuring transactions are validated (think Proof of Stake) and added to the blockchain. To set the stage before we get to Solana, let’s review some history and context for Ethereum. Ethereum has two types of client software: Consensus clients and Execution clients. The separation into two types of clients was drive...

In Layer 1 Blockchains, ‘client software’ is crucial for the operation and functionality of the blockchain network. It facilitates the interaction between users and the blockchain, ensuring transactions are validated (think Proof of Stake) and added to the blockchain. To set the stage before we get to Solana, let’s review some history and context for Ethereum. Ethereum has two types of client software: Consensus clients and Execution clients. The separation into two types of clients was drive...