Tag: ethereum
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Ethereum Token Standards Brief Intro
Each of the token standards starts with “ERC”. ERC is an acronym for “Ethereum Request for Comments”. ERCs are standards at the application level. They can include more than just token standards. Other examples are name registries, “library/package formats”. The ERC token standards allow applications and smart contracts to interact with them in a predictable…
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Blockchains As Cities
Great article on Medium by Haseeb Qureshi to help make sense of the evolving cryptocurrency world. I particularly liked the predictions that follow from his model. Analogies are frequently used to explain the crypto space, e.g. bitcoin as digital gold. They inevitably fall short. They are just a bridge or a catalyst to help develop…
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Finding Image Files For NFTs
I have been saving the images of some of my NFTs by downloading them from OpenSea. I wanted to know if those images were the highest resolution ones available. Then I started to wonder about the actual files themselves – where are they stored? how do I find them? What happens if a random server…
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Polygon (First Pass)
https://www.coinbase.com/learn/crypto-basics/what-is-polygon L2 or “sidechain” that runs alongside the Ethereum blockchain It is a scaling solution resulting in faster transactions and lower fees (gas). MATIC is the networks native cryptocurrency https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/polygon/ “It acts as a speedy parallel blockchain running alongside the main Ethereum blockchain” You can “bridge” some of your crypto over to Polygon, and then…
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Wrapped Ethereum (WETH) First Pass
WETH is a version of the ethereum token that is compatible with ERC-20 standards Ether is not You need a 3rd party to trade ether for ERC-20 tokens WETH allows the use of dApps with ERC-20 standards future topic: ERC-20
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