Devs

Breaking New Ground

October has been another strong month for our development team who are continuing to make breakthroughs with the NFT module aspects of Paribus. As we always say it’s never easy to do something that hasn’t been done before, and we’re lucky to have such a talented team of devs conscientiously breaking new ground. Even before our MVP hits the mainnet we’ll be ready to conduct in-house testing of various aspects of our NFT iteration. Frontend This month we’re pleased to announce that several areas of the frontend have completed the

With a ‘ready to go’ ecosystem, does Polkadot have a shot at the $250-$350 range

Polkadot, the 8th largest token has been surging for a while now. Steady development and strong fundamentals significantly contributed to a rally toward a new all-time high ($49.80). Consider this plot- DOT is up 356% YTD. Source: CoinMarketCap Meanwhile, the flagship token witnessed a 256% recovery over the last 56 days, as per Trading View. Although the token, at press time is trading just shy of the $37 mark (down by almost 23% from its ATH)- different analysts remain bullish. For instance, crypto analyst Lark Davis took to Twitter to shed

Defi Is Coming to Qtum as Ethereum Rival Launches $1M Defi Dev Fund

Blockchain smart contract network Qtum has become the latest ecosystem to woo Ethereum developers. Unlike many of its rivals, however, Qtum can boast compatibility with Ethereum’s EVM, meaning developers can port projects directly over. On August 17, the Qtum Foundation announced a $1 million DeFi development fund that will be allocated to solo devs and teams seeking to create scalable DeFi dApps. Qtum is not the first blockchain platform to lay down the red carpet to DeFi devs; Matic Network recently issued a similar call, with a generous grant program

Decentralized Crypto Exchange Disables Trading Due to ‘Critical Security Vulnerability’

The developers behind the peer-to-peer cryptocurrency trading platform Bisq have temporarily disabled services after discovering a critical security vulnerability.Formerly known as Bitsquare, Bisq is a decentralized exchange (DEX) that facilitates crypto-to-fiat trades without a formal intermediary. In a community announcement posted on April 8, the developers said that they were investigating the security issue, telling users:“If you have any active trades right now, please DO NOT send any funds.”The devs add that it is “especially important” for users not to send any funds if they are involved with any of

Is Decentralized ASIC Production Possible?

The news about ASICs for Nervos CKB came out recently, as the time of writing, there are four ASICs announced, the Toddminer C1, Toddminer C1 Pro, Bitmain K5 and PA miner — the first batch of C1 was delivered on March 9, K5 and PA Miner are expected to be delivered in April and C1 Pro in May.Since mainnet launch, the total hashrate on CKB mainnet has been around 200TH/S on average, it is now gradually picking up (at the time of writing at ~500TH/S) with ASICs. Toddminer says C1+C1