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Modular Blockchains and Ethereum

26 May 2022 4 minute read 0 comments Mark Anstead

Over the last year there have been a bunch of new buzzwords and phrases entering the Ethereum ecosystem; two of which are associated with the debate around modular blockchains vs. monolithic chains. The biggest proponents to this discussion has been ...

Layer 2 Trading Live on Numio

24 May 2022 1 minute read 0 comments Mark Anstead

  What’s New in Numio v2.6   At Numio we continually innovate to bring you the best user experience and lowest fees, so it makes us very happy to announce that Numio has had an upgrade – a big one. TL:DR we now have support for Layer 2 token swaps, L...

ZigZag Layer 2 Trading Is Live on Numio  

16 May 2022 2 minute read 0 comments Mark Anstead

  We are excited to announce that ZigZag, a zkRollup powered Decentralized Exchange (DEX) with orderbook, is now live on Numio. ZigZag, like Numio, is building on the zkSync Network: a Layer 2 Ethereum solution created by MatterLabs. The beauty of us...

Improving Onboarding UX in Web 3.0

13 May 2022 2 minute read 0 comments Mark Anstead

In December 2020, Numio launched the first mobile application on Google Play that supported zkRollups, and the first mobile wallet on zkSync. The goal of Numio is to remove and simplify the complexities commonly found in crypto and blockchain product...

Web 3, Free Web; How the Internet is About to Change

12 May 2022 3 minute read 3 comments Mark Anstead

  There’s a lot of buzz about a new word. Web 3.0. Glance, even briefly, at any cryptocurrency landing page, and the phrase ‘web 3.0’ (or web3), will blare out at you. In the recent congressional hearing, crypto execs kept name-dropping this new conc...

What is a Stablecoin?

9 May 2022 3 minute read 3 comments Mark Anstead

The crypto market is famous for its extreme volatility, which seems to scare away many investors from engaging with this relatively new asset class. Fortunately, there are special types of cryptocurrencies that almost completely eliminate price chang...

Custodial vs Non-Custodial Wallets

4 Apr 2022 3 minute read 2 comments Mark Anstead

Where to keep your prized, perhaps only newly acquired, crypto? In a wallet, of course. A wallet is the first foundation of your interaction with the Web 3.0 economy. A wallet holds your tokens, you sign transactions with your wallet, and log...

How to Import Your MetaMask Wallet into Numio

1 Apr 2022 1 minute read 5 comments Mark Anstead

Metamask has built an incredibly powerful tool for developers wanting to build on Ethereum, and Ethereum related networks, however the underlying issue of using a complex blockchain network remains for the average person. The result of this c...

What is ParaSwap and the PSP Token?

15 Dec 2021 2 minute read 2 comments Mark Anstead

  Another month, another big airdrop, this time from ParaSwap. But what exactly is ParaSwap, what does the PSP token do, and were you lucky enough to get a claim?   What is ParaSwap?   You may have heard of Decentralised Exchanges (DEXs) like Uniswap...

Numio Developer Update November

10 Dec 2021 3 minute read 0 comments Mark Anstead

Welcome to Novembers developer update! The year might be winding down, but we certainly are not. We have lots to unpack so let’s dig right in. If you missed last month’s update, you can check out the developer update from October. The Dev Team is Gro...