How to Build Your First Blockchain on Substrate Blockchain software's sole purpose is to allow computers known as nodes to communicate with one another. Let me explain what a node is in more detail. A blockchain consists of many blocks of data. Nodes, which are servers, store these blocks. On a bl...
Why Does Ethereum Have Such High Fees? In the last year or two, everybody who has once used the Ethereum network noticed transaction fees are pretty high. These days, a simple ETH transfer can cost more than $10, and back in the bull run mania, it would've cost you hundreds or even thousa...
How Developer DAO is Helping Me to Publish a Web3 Book Around April 2021, I decided I wanted to publish a book about the decentralized web. I didn't have much insight into the space, but my unwavering passion led me to believe it was attainable. I decided to do two things: Build a Web3 education platform...
Accessing Ethereum Archive Nodes with Infura Archive nodes are particular nodes on the Ethereum network that store historical blockchain data. Because they offer this historical information, they are helpful when you need to audit past transaction history or gather data. Services like Etherscan...
Free Resources to Learn Solidity, Ethereum, Blockchain, Fullstack DApps & Smart Contract Blockchain technology is still in its early stages, gathering momentum. Most businesses have started to use this technology to deliver changes to legacy systems. We might be wondering, Where can I learn Solidity for free? Is Solidity free to use? Is...
The Complete Guide to Stablecoins There are a lot of misunderstandings between Bitcoin and Stablecoin. The latter is more stable in value and less susceptible to market value fluctuations. On the other hand, Bitcoins are highly volatile in market value, which is constantly changing. ...
Traveling Internationally for the First Time Thanks to Developer DAO In March 2022, I got the chance to attend the EthDubai conference in person. Thanks to Developer DAO, I got my current job, and I was able to travel to Dubai. I was very excited about the trip, not only because I was going to attend my first conferen...
EIP-4844 and its Impact on Ethereum Scalability All the talk in the Ethereum community these days is about the merge. It's the most anticipated protocol upgrade and will be a critical event in crypto history. Nevertheless, core developers are already planning for the next big thing, and this time ...
Is Metaverse Land the Next Big Thing? A shift is happening before our very own eyes. I would love to call it the post-pandemic tech revolution era. It's almost like the entire big tech is fighting who will build out the Metaverse. While the entire concept isn't clear yet, a lot has been...
Virtualizing Hash Power in Bitcoin with Proof of Burn Satoshi's original vision for PoW was an egalitarian way of securing Bitcoin; however, the free market pushed mining competition to lengths so great that they became harmful and unproductive, which was likely beyond his original imagination. Koinos G...
Wyvern on the OpenSea A wyvern is a mythical two-legged dragon with a barbed tail. It is also the name of the protocol OpenSea uses to facilitate the decentralized exchange of NFTs. This article will give you an overview of all the steps buyers and sellers go through to t...
The Complete Guide to Decentralized Autonomous Organizations I'm bullish about a decentralized web or what we now know today as Web3. In my last article, I explained in depth what DeFi (decentralized finance is all about). Today we are going in-depth on DAO. I love the acronyms used in Web3; they sound pretty...
