Tutorials, walkthrough, hints and tips on Blockchain Development for all levels of expertise.
13 May 2020 3 minute read 4 comments alexroan
First of all, what is the Halving? In Blockchain, it’s so easy to be lost in the acronyms, buzzwords, and terminology. Amongst which, is The Bitcoin Halving. What is it? In the simplest terms: The Bitcoin Halving makes Bitcoin twice as expensive to “...
12 May 2020 2 minute read 4 comments alexroan
3 steps to subscribe to smart-contract events Prerequisite: Knowledge of Node.js and a basic understanding of blockchain and Ethereum smart contracts One of the biggest issues with decentralised applications (DApps) is user experience. DApps can be c...
11 May 2020 5 minute read 3 comments alexroan
“The Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks” That’s the message digitally etched into the first block in a chain that would eventually bring about the age of the Blockchain. Bitcoin. That was in 2009. Since then, thousand...
8 May 2020 4 minute read 0 comments alexroan
How Smart Contracts are used to create tokens Prerequisite: Work through Getting Started With Your First Smart Contract, explaining the basic concepts behind them, and how to write a simple ETH wallet contract. Now that we know that Smart Contracts c...
5 May 2020 5 minute read 9 comments alexroan
What are smart contracts and how can we write them using Ethereum’s Solidity? Prerequisite: This article is aimed at those with beginner-intermediate programming experience who are aware of Ethereum and Smart Contracts but don’t quite know where to s...
2 May 2020 9 minute read 3 comments alexroan
Version 3 of OpenZeppelin’s Smart Contracts library is out! In the latest release, they introduce a brand new method of controlling access to functions. What We Know Controlling access to certain functions is paramount to ensuring the security of sm...
1 May 2020 4 minute read 0 comments alexroan
A step-by-step guide on how to import external code into your smart contracts Where to Start Getting started in the world of smart contract development can be overwhelming. There is often a lot of assumed knowledge that’s not particularly well explai...
30 Apr 2020 4 minute read 6 comments alexroan
The biggest paradigm shift in modern society is coming Over the past 10 years or so we’ve seen booms and busts in cryptocurrency. The hype around Blockchain technology has generally followed these trends. What most people don’t know is that Blockchai...
28 Apr 2020 2 minute read 2 comments alexroan
An evolving list of resources to learn Blockchain, Ethereum, and DApp development If you’re looking for resources and tutorials on how to learn Blockchain Development, look no further. Here is a list of step-by-steps and walkthroughs to help you. Thi...
28 Apr 2020 2 minute read 0 comments alexroan
Tech debt can quickly build up when building out an application from scratch. Frameworks like React and Redux provide great patterns to structure code in a modular fashion. And we live in a perfect world, so that’s all we’ll ever need! Except, of cou...
