Thanks to Afy for providing a plethora of communication advice!Alpha releaseThe current options to run a node require technical skills to open a terminal and run commands or install a new operating system. Running a node should be as simple as downloading an app. I started NiceNode to solve this. NiceNode is an app that runs, monitors, and controls a node.NiceNode UI main screenSimple controls to put the node in light client mode (*experimental) and to allow Metamask to use NiceNode to send t...

Introducing WorldcoinA new, collectively owned global currency that will be distributed fairly to as many people as possible. (Worldcoin.org)Crypto twitter and media was littered with skepticism (The Defiant), claims of dystopia (reddit), and some passionate criticisms (crypto twitter) following the detailed launch plans revealed by Worldcoin in October (How the Launch works, Worldcoin.org). Creating a global scale, Proof of Personhood (Wikipedia) is important in the context of blockchains be...

Argent, the company behind one of the only smart contract wallets with social recovery for Ethereum, has previously announced plans to partner with and deploy on zkSync’s Layer2. It now appears that Argent may be experimenting with StarkNet’s Layer2 as seen by a new repo title argent-contracts-starknet in argentlabs’ github organization. Co-founder and Chief Science Officer at Argent, Julien Niset, has made all the commits to the repo. The description for the repo states:“Preliminary work for...