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In 2021, the Indian Ministry Office of Corporate Affairs mandated that “every company which uses accounting software for maintaining its books of account, shall use only such accounting software which has a feature of recording audit trail of each and every transaction, creating an edit log of each made in books of account along with the date when such changes were made and ensuring that the audit trail cannot be disabled” (Economic Times, 2021). Companies only had a 7-day window to comply wi...

If you've got some experience with MetaMask or other web3 wallets, you’ve probably encountered a stuck (or ‘Pending’) transaction already. Often the best and fastest solution is to increase the gas fee for your transaction. Sending a higher gas fee along with your transaction incentivises nodes to process your transaction with higher priority. But what exactly is a ‘gas fee’? EIP-1559 introduced some new gas mechanics, so it’s important we understand the key factors:baseFeePerGas: The ba...

Run your Linea node at home using a Raspberry Pi 4 8GBRunning your own Linea Mainnet node at home is a great way to help decentralize the blockchain. Your node also allows you to query the blockchain. You no longer have to trust a third party node. This step-by-step guide will help you setup your Linea node on a Raspberry Pi 4 8GB with an external SSD. I used a Samsung T7 2TB SSD.Requirements:· Raspberry Pi 4 with 8GB ram · External 5V power supply · MicroSD card with a minimum of 8gb · Exter...

Non-Fungible tokensOne of the first major use cases for non-fungible tokens (NFTs) that grabbed the attention of the public was digital art. From the likes of digital avatars from Bored Apes or CryptoKitties selling for hundreds of thousands of dollars, to a digital painting NFT sold for over $69 million dollars [1]. It allowed art creators to tap into new markets worldwide, through the use of blockchain technology. Applications of NFTs have since evolved to include access (tickets), identifi...