📢 A lot of development is going on behind the scenes here at Cardstack!

🚀 Here are some crucial updates from our engineering team on the Cardstack Protocol, Framework, Wallet & App Suite: https://medium.com/cardstack/august-2022-tech-status-update-5ae949fa9e20

🔔 In this round of Q&A with the Cardstack team, we learn a little more about Justin, who works on the Cardstack reward system, making sure it is rewarding 🎁 in just the right ways.

When he takes a break, he’s on the streets practising his awesome skating skills 🛹!

👉 Learn more about Justin’s contribution to the Cardstack team here: https://www.notion.so/Q-A-with-the-Cardstack-Team-1bbb8cd1ed88459d9c41a642c3c81d48#c639c6f8ff6449759851eb24fc573901

👉 Concerns around user privacy remain one of the biggest problems in centralized messaging platforms. Satellite.im, a Web3 project, is working to change that.

Next week, we speak to Matthew Wisniewski, Founder of Satellite.im, about decentralized messaging.

https://events.cardstack.com/decentralized-messaging-with-satellite-ims-founder-matthew-wisniewski

👉 Recent scandals have proven that it’s time to create new solutions with personal data privacy at the center of decision making.

🤔 How can blockchain help fix our deeply troubled world of digital security?

💡 Read on to learn how Web3 can create a more secure future: https://medium.com/cardstack/fixing-data-privacy-with-web3-tools-b48dcba7667d

Tomorrow on our Web3 Watch with Masa Finance, we'll discuss:

👉 What is a DeFi credit protocol and why does it matter?
👉 Challenges in building a credit protocol
👉 Masa Finance's vision for the Web3 ecosystem

....and much more!

🎙️ Set your reminders here: https://youtu.be/uj2OEDODFWk

In his latest byline, Chris Tse argues why #Web3 must focus on building a solid foundation for commerce through the use of stablecoins to eliminate volatility and promote mainstream adoption.

Read more here:
https://cointelegraph.com/innovation-circle/creating-meaningful-revenue-in-web3

Time for another Cardstack Q&A!

Ian Calvert is a Senior Analytics Developer. He is currently building out the Card Rewards protocol and infrastructure, which includes airdrops, profile creation rewards, and the upcoming staking system.
 
Ian spends his time off work with the loves of his life, his kids! From answering complex little-people questions to cooking and going climbing, Ian always aims to strike a healthy balance between work and personal life.
 
Learn more about Ian's work here: https://www.notion.so/Q-A-with-the-Cardstack-Team-1bbb8cd1ed88459d9c41a642c3c81d48#bee41e2108b845cb97bdf0c069b5899c

In our fireside chat next week, we speak to Brendan Playford, Founder of Masa Finance, about their DeFi credit protocol.

Masa Finance is a DeFi project working to help build DeFi credit products that are on par with the existing centralized credit paradigm.
Register here: https://events.cardstack.com/challenges-in-building-a-defi-protocol-with-masa-finances-founder-brendan-playford

Blockchain is about data. From data availability to data sharing, data is essential.

Learn more about blockchain and data analytics in this chapter of our fireside chat with Fantom Foundation CEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJHlf48y56E&t=2480s

🗓Tomorrow on Web3 Watch with The Digital Economist:

Learn all about a new human-centered digital economy based on sustainability, transparency, decentralization, individual privacy, and radical collaboration.

🎙️ Watch here: https://youtu.be/hubdJmuBTWc

📢 CARD.CPXD staking is now live!

Here’s your guide to get started:

Step 1:  Go to https://app.cardstack.com/card-pay/deposit-withdrawal

Step 2: Connect your Card Wallet and your Ethereum Mainnet wallet to the dApp (top right).

Step 3: Bridge some CARD tokens to your Card Wallet via the "Deposit Tokens" workflow (bridging limit: 750,000 CARD; more on how to bridge here: https://[Suspicious link removed]/3vsszLU)

Step 4: Your funds are added to a depot in your Card Wallet (the depot is created when you bridge for the first time).

🚀 Once your CARD.CPXD tokens appear in your depot, your staking starts automatically.

👉Read more in our staking announcement here: https://[Suspicious link removed]/3vsGlOP

🔔 What's new here at Cardstack❓

👉Staking coming up August 1st!
👉How to solve crypto's revenue problem
👉Chris Tse at EthCC
👉New fireside chats

....and much more!

Catch up here: https://medium.com/cardstack/web3-roundup-5c823c55e86e

🎙On Web3 Watch next week:

We talk about a blockchain-powered global economy with Navroop Sahdev, CEO of The Digital Economist!

Learn about

🚀 The Digital Economist & the vision behind it
🚀 current challenges in building a sustainable and decentralized economy

...and much more!

Sign up now: https://events.cardstack.com/blockchain-powered-global-economy-with-the-digital-economist-ceo-navroop-sahdev

📢 Staking begins next week! Have you read our announcement yet?

Find out:

🤔 How is CARD token staking different from others?
🤔 What is included in the first phase of staking?
🤔 How are staking rewards calculated?

...and much more here: https://medium.com/cardstack/introducing-staking-for-card-cpxd-tokens-dc6eda9c4b3d

Earlier this year, Card Wallet got some new designs! They include:

✅Updated Navigation
✅Create Your CARD. XYZ Profile
✅Request Payments
✅Updated Wallet Experience
✅Rewards
✅Updated Settings Menu

Tried it out yet? What do you think?

https://medium.com/cardstack/introducing-card-wallets-new-design-12fcc6dd4c74

The current blockchain ecosystem has redefined application development but is still considered monolithic when it comes to flexibility.

Learn about Building on Modular Blockchains with Nader Dabit of Celestia tomorrow!

🎙️ Set your reminders here: https://youtu.be/PUHk1IahUKs

How can Web3 improve the user experience and finally infiltrate the mainstream?

Check out our fireside chat with Mantradao's Will Corkin to learn more!
https://youtu.be/0Rcz9WMDacw

The NFT market is evolving, and there is a tremendous amount of energy around cultural valuation.

Listen to Chris Tse and Adam McBride talk about reshaping art marketplaces here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLwj9QNgDWg&t=860s&ab_channel=Cardstack 

Recently purchased an NFT? What is the value you see in NFTs?

🎙 Next week's Web3 Watch brings you:

Nader Dabit, Celestia's Developer Relations Engineer and Developer DAO's Co-Founder, to discuss:

💡 Celestia Labs & Developer DAO and their vision for the Web3 ecosystem
💡 Details and challenges of building the first modular consensus network

and much more!

Register now: https://events.cardstack.com/building-on-blockchain-with-nader-dabit-devrel-at-celestia-labs

👋 Haaaaaaave you met Hassan?

Hassan, our Senior Blockchain Developer, is one of the pioneer members of Cardstack!

His primary responsibilities include the development & design of the protocol. This entails development and maintenance of smart contracts, Graph protocol subgraphs, Gnosis relay server, and a myriad of tooling to support the Cardstack protocol.

Hassan has been with Cardstack for a long time, because he loves the excitement of working with new and interesting technology every day!

A dog 🐕 & video game 🎮 lover and an advocate for decentralization, Hassan is a very valued member of the Cardstack family.

Learn a little about his journey with Cardstack here: https://www.notion.so/Q-A-with-the-Cardstack-Team-1bbb8cd1ed88459d9c41a642c3c81d48#3951a1a3b8214af38a79c2e2828a184f