The VRT difference: now accepting credit cards for your convenience  Have you missed out on the VRT World project investment because you were unsure about dealing with cryptocurrency? You’re in luck! If you’re interested in virtual reality and looking for a solid investment in the industry, VRT Technologies has now teamed up with Dalongpay to make the transition to cryptocurrency safer and easier. Be sure you take the time to visit VRT World Website to learn more about this amazing opportunity. There is a variety of advantages to investing in VRT over competitors like Sony, Oculus Rift and HTC. The VRT World Project will change the face of VR by not only increasing the amount of available VR content (which is currently sorely lacking), but also by making it easier for developers to create content for multiple devices, rather than supporting just a single one. The project provides developers with the expensive tools they need to create amazing content, cutting the prices that keep them from meeting their aspirations. VRT has imagined the future of VR, and that future is bright. https://medium.com/vrtoken/the-vrt-difference-now-accepting-credit-cards-for-your-convenience-a90e6d40eac9 |
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STK Partners with MakerDAO to offer instant cryptocurrency transactions with Dai Stablecoinhttps://medium.com/@STKtoken/stk-partners-with-makerdao-to-offer-instant-cryptocurrency-transactions-with-dai-stablecoin-3cffc6240801Over the last few years, we’ve seen cryptocurrencies continue to gain significant traction around the world as a viable alternative to traditional finance. Benefits like global accessibility, decentralization, autonomy from localized markets make cryptocurrency an attractive alternative, but a lack of liquidity and the volatility of cryptocurrency markets make it difficult to provide the security required to gain traction for everyday use. STK was created to provide a seamless solution to instant cryptocurrency payments at point of sale through the STACK wallet. Our platform allows instant payments at point of sale so you can use your cryptocurrency as easily as you would your debit card or cash. Simultaneously, we’ve seen firsthand the need for stability on the blockchain. This is addressed through innovation in stablecoins — created to address the volatility of the cryptocurrency market. Stablecoins are designed to maintain a stable value, independent of the swings of altcoins, BTC or ETH. This makes them a more viable option for consumers looking for a reliable store of value, or medium of ongoing exchange. They share the same advantages as other cryptocurrencies — decentralization and global accessibility without the risk associated with other altcoins. Maker, a decentralized autonomous organization on the Ethereum blockchain has created a solution to cryptocurrency volatility with the development of the stable token Dai — a stable currency that is pegged against the U.S. Dollar. MakerDAO has created the Dai Stablecoin System, a decentralized platform that runs on the Ethereum blockchain. Today we’re announcing our partnership with Maker to integrate their Dai Stablecoin into our STK platform, providing the first cryptocurrency payments platform with stablecoin accessibility. STK will allow users to transact with Dai tokens through the STACK wallet at more than 37 million merchants worldwide. Our mission is to help make cryptocurrency a globally accessible form of payment. Adding the security of a stablecoin to the instant liquidity provided by the STK platform provides a safe and secure range of options to spend your cryptocurrency how and when you want, regardless of changing market conditions. Until now, the majority of volume in crypto transactions have been for investment or trading purposes. As blockchain technology continues to advance and more DAPPs are launched into the market, we’re working towards mainstream adoption of cryptocurrency so your money is instantly available, globally accepted and always there when you need it. We’re proud to welcome MakerDAO to our platform as our first additional coin option. We’ll be announcing more tokens and features in the coming months.
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Brief on the 2nd Session of Waltonchain Blockchain Meetup: Xiamen City, Fujian Province
https://medium.com/@Waltonchain_EN/brief-on-the-2nd-session-of-waltonchain-blockchain-meetup-xiamen-city-fujian-province-704b41fbe399On May 13, the 2nd session of Waltonchain Blockchain Meetup was held in Siming District Software Park, Xiamen city, Fujian province. Waltonchain Project Initiator Mr. Xu Fangcheng, COO Mr. Chen Zhangrong (Monitor Chan), Freyrchain Founder & CEO Mr. Leo Lee and Waltonchain Director of Operations Mr. Ou Zhunjie were invited to be the speakers and shared their insights on the forth-looking blockchain technology, the real-world implementation and development of Waltonchain’s ground-breaking blockchain + IoT technology with the present Waltonchain community members and blockchain enthusiasts. Later WTC Wallet Customer Executive Liu Zehang (Ángel) introduced the Waltonchain Wallets to the audience and answered the related questions.
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Introducing 0x Protocol V2The protocol for trading everything V2 Key PointsNew smart contract architecture; seamlessly support new token standards. Support for ERC-721 at launch More efficient order matching and cross-relayer arbitrage Support for new signature types and custom verification logic Open source framework for “forwarding contracts.” Easy user on-boarding, abstraction of WETH, and trade widget support. Ability to create “filter contracts” for permissioned liquidity pools Bulk order cancellations with a fixed sized transaction Projected launch: late July, 2018 Ecosystem Development To DateThe first versions of the smart contracts that implement the 0x protocol were deployed to the Ethereum mainnet in August 2017. Since then, the 0x core team has been shocked by the positive response from the community. There are currently fifteen 0x relayers facilitating ERC-20 token trades on mainnet, with more in beta, as well as teams like dY/dX and Set building their own complementary protocols for exchanging new kinds of assets like financial derivatives and token baskets. What’s New in V2Support for EIP-712Taker AbstractionLaunch TimelineRelayer Upgrade ProcessUser Upgrade Processhttps://blog.0xproject.com/introducing-0x-protocol-v2-9f5bda04d38d
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Hybrid Intelligence and Seasteads: Cindicator Partners with Blue Frontiers Imagine a future where decision-making is decentralised, and billions of people have a say about the most important choices that shape the global economy. Where their combined insights are continuously enhanced by machine-learning algorithms and neural networks. Where humans and AI form a Hybrid Intelligence. This is the vision that drives the Cindicator team every day. At Cindicator, we know the power of a distributed community enhanced by ever learning artificial intelligence. We envision a future where people will enter a symbiosis with machines to solve the most pressing problems of the post-capitalist era. Cindicator’s Hybrid Intelligence ecosystem, which already includes 100,000+ diverse analysts and a neural network, can be leveraged for a wide range of applications, providing insights into economic, social, and political phenomena. I believe that these decision-making capabilities will be crucial for a new type of network organisation, the most effective structures for the new economy and a better world. We must perform experiments in decision-making not only online, but also in physical and real life environments. That’s why we support Blue Frontiers — the leader of the seasteading movement, creating permanent settlements on floating structures. I believe seasteads have the potential to become the physical space for both social and economic experiments that will pave the way to the new economy. Let me introduce one of the first participants of the Symbiotic Network. https://medium.com/cindicator/hybrid-intelligence-and-seasteads-cindicator-partners-with-blue-frontiers-33e46cd5f80a
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Quick Thoughts On Cryptocurrency Markethttps://medium.com/@Market_space_/quick-thoughts-on-cryptocurrency-market-c2ea4addc226 And The Ups And Downs It May Hold Cryptocurrencies have never been far away from the headlines over the recent year, and the hype about them doesn’t seem to die down any time soon. So what has been happening on the market of late and what is the coming time hold in store for the cryptos? One of the pre-dominant features of the cryptocurrencies market is its volatility — some of the highest, as compared to other finance spheres. This is mainly due to the relative novelty of the topic itself — cryptocurrencies are a different kind of financial instruments than are assets, currencies, and collectibles all at the same time. Arising from a sphere that is initially not finance, they have little connection and codependency with the good old global financial system. That is another factor that makes the market unstable. We’ve seen Bitcoin rise and fall dramatically over the recent years. But the global value of this most established cryptocurrency is only about 43 billion dollars. If Bitcoin is to crash totally, it will have more of a social impact than financial. Sure, some people will lose money, others might go to jail, but if or when this bubble pops, nothing global like the transatlantic crisis after the fall of CDOs in 2007–2008 will take place. So far. Steps influential governments take to regulate cryptocurrencies are yet still either cautious or prohibiting. All these factors stand as reasons why the events on the crypto market are usually tumultuous and at a scale that would devastate the global economy if they were to happen to established financial structures. Let’s look at some numbers. At the beginning of 2017, the estimated volume of the global cryptomarket was about $18B, with Bitcoin having an 87% share in this. By the beginning of 2018, this changed to almost $600B, which is more than 3000% rise. Bitcoin’s piece of the pie reduced to 37% in June 2017 and then went slightly up again in December. We could definitely say that 2017 has been a year for altcoins. So far the pattern is, that all the major coins, such as Ether, Cardano, Litecoin, Monero and some others are following Bitcoin in their rises and falls, with Monero having a slightly more independent graph. But this demonstrates that although there’s very little interdependency between cryptocurrencies and other global financial instruments so the crash of one will have little effect on others, cryptocurrencies themselves are extremely correlated. Which is not a good sign for them. When asked about the future of Bitcoin and other existing cryptocurrencies, most analysts are skeptical. Goldman Sachs’ Steve Strongin predicts most cryptocurrencies falling to zero, not unlike dotcom bubble of the late 90s. Nouriel Robini, the economist who predicted the 2008 crisis well ahead, calls Bitcoin ‘the mother of all bubbles’. Few analysts deny though, that even if cryptocurrency market were to collapse, there will emerge at least a few key players, like Google and Amazon were born from the dotcom crash, but fully transformed. Can we be looking at such players now? Bitcoin is the pioneer and all pioneers have technical limitations, so does BTC, with its low transaction rate and high cost, and low emission cap. Ether seems to have more potential, being a utility token at the same time and having quite a few co-dependent projects which are built upon it. Telegram’s TON has been announced and Telegram’s ICO has already beat the current ICO record by a several times, and TON’s plans sound very ambitions, this seems to be the coin that may just pose an alternative for existing exchange systems, such as Visa and Mastercard. Many view this as exciting news but also as a potential threat. Cryptomarket is developing much faster than adjustments in government regulations are introduced. Incoming of such a player is referred by many as a potential cause for uncontrolled trade, rise of black markets and grand-scale money laundering. Some even speculate that this was the actual cause behind Telegram’s ban in Russia. However, as we have seen of late, governments are starting to turn a more friendly face towards cryptocurrencies, with South Korea leading the way in introducing more crypto-friendly policies. And even though Bitcoin has been destined to fall and crash by all and sundry in the world of business analytics, it has fallen and crashed and climbed back up and is still standing. Still the trend for altcoins eating away at the market cap of the veterans like BTC and ETH is outlined quite clearly.
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Tradingene welcomes Blockchain & Asia Advisor – Kingsley Kobayashi. We are very pleased to announce that Kingsley Kobayashi, a leading investor and advisor, will be bringing his broad experience and insights to our advisory board. Co-founder of Fintech Global Consultants, one of the world’s leading fintech consulting firms with over $1.1 billion under advisory from more than 6,400 clients in 82 countries, Kingsley’s presence and reach in Japan and beyond will help us achieve our goal of building a truly international business. His work and team with Fintech in Japan and Blockchain Industries brings even more to the table. https://medium.com/@tradingene/tradingene-welcomes-blockchain-asia-advisor-kingsley-kobayashi-57103e463ad2 |
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KuCoin New KYC System Went Live TodayIn an attempt to remain as one of the most trustworthy and transparent exchanges in operation, KuCoin will start KYC checks on users. This measure is to ensure KuCoin remains compliant with the developing regulations in the crypto industry. https://news.kucoin.com/en/kucoin-new-kyc-system-went-live-today/
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Publica App Tour. Watch the third episode of the series of videos about Publica. In this video Publica's CEO Josef Marc and community manager Dante are introducing Publica's E-Reader App and showcasing blockchain's best features to the benefit of readers, authors, and booksellers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1P6cgrA_dnw |
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STK Progress Update: May 11, 2018https://medium.com/@STKtoken/stk-progress-update-may-11-2018-3be6fb50cc2aToday we’re introducing bi-weekly Progress Updates as part of our ongoing efforts to keep our community as up-to-date as possible on our progress, accomplishments and upcoming milestones. Our goal is always to be as transparent as possible, so while we are sometimes limited as to what we can share publicly, we are committed to providing as much information as possible to our STK network and community.
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Machu Picchu on a budget, part 2 — what to see and how to get backIn our previous installment, we gave you tried and true advice on how to get to Machu Picchu for $20. In this post, Smart Trip Platform brings you even more practical information about the legendary site and what to see (or not to see) there. If you have followed our recommendations and arrived in Machu Picchu village on foot walking along the tracks, then simply keep following the river to the town center, and soon you will see a ticket booth for the bus that brings tourists to the ruins. When we were last at MP, the ticket price was $11 one way. The alternative is to walk: there is a trail (with a lot of stairs) through the jungle straight to the ruins, which takes about an hour and a half to walk from town. It is steep, and the air is very humid; if you are really, really on a tight budget, then this is a an option, but we advise you to ride the bus up… and walk down after you visit. Buy your bus ticket (one way) once you arrive in MP village, don’t leave it till next morning! Then have a good rest, perhaps at the hot springs at the northern edge of town (they bring you beer and other drinks straight to the pool!) and go to bed early. Your hotel receptionist might tell you that it’s ok to go out at 4:30 am to take the first bus, which leaves at 5:30: don’t believe it, you will find a huge queue at that time already. Go out at 3:30 or at 4 am the latest. There will already be some snack bars open, so you will get a coffee, and most hotels and guesthouses proved packed breakfast. Once the buses start going, they leave every 5 minutes, so the queue moves rapidly. If you want to save time and move on the same day (which we advise), then take all your stuff with you (we’ve said it in our previous post, but we’ll repeat: most of your things should remain in Cuzco, Ollantaytambo, or wherever it is that you stay before MP). There is a cheap luggage storage service at the ruins, both before and after the ticket control. When visiting Machu Picchu, you have a choice between several types of tickets: just the site, the site plus Huayna Picchu (the iconic mountain you see in all the photos), and the site plus Machu Picchu Mountain — it’s a much higher mountain on the other side of the ruins, in the direction of the Sun Gate, where the Inca Trail ends. If you want to climb Huayna Picchu, you absolutely have to buy your ticket in advance, since the number of places each day is limited. However, Huayna Picchu is directly above the ruins, so the view is actually not that tremendous; plus, you cannot see the fantastic mountain itself, of course. Machu Picchu Mountain is a better choice, though the hike is longer (there are stairs all the way, but you still need to be in reasonable shape). Take collapsible hiking poles and hide them in your backpack until you are on the trail. Machu Picchu Mountain can be hiked in two shifts. Till 10 am it is usually completely covered in mist, so it is better that you climb in the second shift and prepare to wait. To make sure you don’t waste any time, see as much of the site before you start climbing. Believe us, it doesn’t take too much time! In fact, the fantastic location and the mystery aside, the actual ruins of Machu Picchu are far less impressive than those at Pisac, Tipon, or Ollantaytambo. There are mostly ruined houses, and if the majestic Huayna Picchu was not there to add drama to the view, the site would lose much of its appeal. It looks fantastic from the Watchman’s Hut and from the mountain, but close up it is… well, go and see for yourself. Once you have seen the ruins and climbed down from the mountain, there is no reason to linger: get your stuff from the storage, locate the trail to go down (obvious stairs on your left as you exit, heading down into the jungle), and descend. You will not have to pass through the town — that’s why you should have all your stuff with you. Walking down to the railway tracks takes an hour or so. Then you will need to retrace your steps along the tracks to Hidroelectrica, where you will find lots of colectivos waiting for tourists; they start leaving around 2 pm, but don’t believe if the driver says he is leaving “right now”. Buy snacks and water and prepare to wait. If you started from Cuzco, then it makes sense to only go as far as Ollantaytambo on the way back: this way you can make your way to Cuzco in a couple of days, visiting ruins along the way. If you start from Hidroelectrica around 3 pm, by 7 pm you will be in Ollanta, with plenty of time to rest and eat. https://medium.com/@smarttripplatform/machu-picchu-on-a-budget-part-2-what-to-see-and-how-to-get-back-37d2f7fb2691
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2 Simple Ways to Keep Track of Time while Freelancing?
The way people used to work and manage themselves is evolving with the changing work habits. The unconventional workforce has its privileges and the potential to create job opportunities. However, when there is no one around to supervise, you sometimes become laid back in completing the gig till another day and it may badly affect your income, reputation, and growth as a freelancer. You must manage your time in an efficient manner to leverage the most out of the opportunities at hand. As a freelancer time is equivalent to money, being an enterprise in oneself freelancers are required to manage their time effectively to optimize their performance and earnings. If a freelancer cannot measure the time, then he cannot know his worth. Before signing up for any project it is crucial that the freelancer analyze and evaluate that how much time the project will take to complete and how much effort will go into the project completion. For new freelancers, however it is a difficult task, but to stay in business and succeed, understanding time and its value are vital. https://medium.com/gigtricks/2-simple-ways-to-keep-track-of-time-while-freelancing-b451254610cbHow Time Management Can Make a Difference?As a freelancer, things that matter are your skills but to utilize your skills, your time management skills must be optimum. It does not matter if you are a content writer that is creating ideas and jotting them down or a graphic designer in charge to respond ideas through images, graph, infographics, and art, or even a web designer who creates corporate websites or fashion blogs. Whatever your skills are, as a freelancer time tracking must be your priority. It is crucial otherwise achieving your goal within the deadline will become a nightmare. So, to make your life a less hectic and more organized; and to help you out in completing more gigs in less time, here are two simple approaches. 1. Go Traditional — Measure Your Work 1.1 Set Your Milestone 2. Be Techy in Your Time Management 2.1 Be Smart with Time Tracking Apps 2.2 Be Creative — Follow Both Approaches https://medium.com/gigtricks/2-simple-ways-to-keep-track-of-time-while-freelancing-b451254610cb
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