Tools like WalletConnect 2.0 use an open protocol that establishes pairings between two apps and devices by way of a relay server that simplifies navigating cross-chain instances. https://medium.com/cardstack/making-web-3-0-usable-part-1-e4351003a478#d6db

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Navigating between the two layers of the blockchain takes a lot of time. Deposits and withdrawals between the two networks can take a lengthy period considerably. https://medium.com/cardstack/making-web-3-0-usable-part-1-e4351003a478#eb95

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SPEND is Cardstack's neutral pricing unit designed for **Card Pay**. Products priced in SPEND is settled using stablecoins like DAI, to allow exchanges to happen in decentralized ways on Layer 2 networks. Learn more about SPEND here: https://medium.com/cardstack/introducing-spend-d76372368d0

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There are currently too many dApps designed for individual functions; there are dApps for buying tokens, trading ETH, minting NFTs, bridging tokens, and so on. https://medium.com/cardstack/making-web-3-0-usable-part-1-e4351003a478#244c

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To resolve the overwhelming issue of which dApp to use, Cardstack is currently developing a consolidated workflow system called Card Flow. https://medium.com/cardstack/making-web-3-0-usable-part-1-e4351003a478#35bb

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Here's what we've been up to recently: https://medium.com/cardstack/sep-22-inside-cardstack-this-week-a419e15603b

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We have spent considerable time developing our tools on the mobile front because the world is veering toward a mobile majority. We want to make the Web 3.0 experience seamless. https://medium.com/cardstack/making-web-3-0-usable-part-2-32788be88565#1a9e

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Everybody has a camera, and making transactions through already-established QR-ready platforms is so much easier than engaging with any other mode of payment.

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NFTs, representing digital collectibles, introduced people to the idea of “Obtainable Exclusivity”. Want in? You have to be early or be willing to spend big if you’re late.

Our new blog post dives into the infinite utility of NFTs in culture & commerce. https://medium.com/cardstack/beyond-nfts-as-collectibles-58f067c5c76b

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Transactions on Web 3.0 still remain unclear to many. Many newcomers distrust Ethereum and Bitcoin because of the volatility surrounding the crypto market. https://medium.com/cardstack/making-web-3-0-usable-part-2-32788be88565#47a9

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The cryptosphere needs a stable, globalized currency value if it is to take off. The Card Pay network will enable easy transactions where conversion occurs to and from neutrality.

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The Cardstack team has been busy this week! Catch up on our progress here: https://medium.com/cardstack/sep-29-inside-cardstack-this-week-981314febb47

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Through September, the Cardstack team has been hard at work on Card Pay and Card Space. Learn about the progress we've made here: https://medium.com/cardstack/whats-new-at-cardstack-e5e569175f9

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Varying tokens, fluctuating exchange rates, and floating currencies make transactions on Web 3.0 unclear. Tokens displayed without revealing their worth or corresponding exchange rates cause transactions on Web 3.0 to be quite a challenge. https://medium.com/cardstack/making-web-3-0-usable-part-1-e4351003a478#6ddc

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One way to remedy the uncertainty surrounding exchange rates on a blockchain is to establish a foundation where conversion to a local currency occurs.  https://medium.com/cardstack/making-web-3-0-usable-part-1-e4351003a478#6d75

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Most dApps assume users already have the knowledge to set up their wallets and obtain tokens. Unfortunately, many users are not familiar with these steps. Moreover, if users need specialized tokens, they will need to navigate decentralized exchanges. https://medium.com/cardstack/making-web-3-0-usable-part-1-e4351003a478#8659

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Some fiat-to-crypto gateways are developing ways to streamline and clarify the onboarding process.

Here are some examples. Read more here: https://medium.com/cardstack/making-web-3-0-usable-part-1-e4351003a478#9c6c

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After users set up their wallets and learn the ins and outs of floating currencies, they still have to switch between dual networks when they want to process a transaction. This process is yet another challenge for them. https://medium.com/cardstack/making-web-3-0-usable-part-1-e4351003a478#76d6

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The current user experience around transaction confirmation is highly tedious. How can Web 3.0 become a consumer go-to when it seemingly dislikes its own consumer base? https://medium.com/cardstack/making-web-3-0-usable-part-1-e4351003a478#00ef

On Card Space, because your space is basically a website, you can change the layout. You can add, remove, and rearrange cards inside that layout. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSl6nzC4JjM&t=507s

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Card Catalog is like a template gallery which you can use to insert your own media or other things onto your Card Space.

Chris Tse explains here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSl6nzC4JjM&t=579s

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Web 3.0 promises great things, but it has yet to infiltrate the mainstream. Why? Today, and in the coming days, we'll go through all the issues Web 3.0 is facing currently. If you want to learn more, check out our latest article: https://medium.com/cardstack/making-web-3-0-usable-part-1-e4351003a4

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Once a wallet is connected, users must fund it with "gas." The fees go directly to miners who provide computer power to verify transactions and maintain the network. https://medium.com/cardstack/making-web-3-0-usable-part-1-e4351003a478#83b3

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Gas fees are not only a complicated concept to understand for users who aren't crypto-savvy—those fees can become insanely expensive too. https://medium.com/cardstack/making-web-3-0-usable-part-1-e4351003a478#3fde

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Losing a seed phrase means that the user loses everything. Recent developments offered by dApps and various wallets have attempted to resolve this issue. https://medium.com/cardstack/making-web-3-0-usable-part-1-e4351003a478#9a8e

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What do we need for Web 3.0 to reach its full potential? Part 2 of our "Making Web 3.0 Usable" series offers solutions to the problems Web 3.0 is currently facing when it comes to mainstream adoption. https://medium.com/cardstack/making-web-3-0-usable-part-2-32788be88565

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 “When you drag and drop something within Cardstack Builder, and the Cardstack Environment brings it together, we are actually generating code for you. We’re compiling your configuration into code that a developer would otherwise write.”

Chris Tse explains here: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Sd73a89K3xQ&t=1552s

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 Web 3.0 promises great things, but there's still a lot of work to do. We've compiled '10 Reasons Why Web 3.0 Has Yet to Take Off', where we also delve into some familiar names building towards a hassle-free Web 3.0 future. https://medium.com/cardstack/making-web-3-0-usable-part-1-e4351003a478

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Card Space gives you the capability to inspect the structure and properties of any card. Learn more here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSl6nzC4JjM&t=416s

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Card Space uses Card Pay as the commerce engine, but provides additional Web 2.0-compatible capabilities, making these economic activities visible to the existing Web that people use every day. Learn more here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-DheP-ExpU&t=2682s

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The key to any healthy marketplace is to have plenty of buyers and sellers. In the software marketplace, customers pay developers for their apps, and service providers for hosting services and support.

Learn more here: https://medium.com/cardstack/cardstack-ama-with-kucoin-482b12f90125#673a

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What is Card Advance?

Chris Tse talks about it in detail in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbhqUU-GjUM&t=480s

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 What is the tech used in the Card Pay network? Chris Tse explains them here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-DheP-ExpU&t=2435s&ab_channel=Cardstack

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Here's some background on the Cardstack project. Cardstack is not purely a blockchain project — we combine cloud and blockchain technology. Learn more about how we do this here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sd73a89K3xQ&t=687s

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 How will we use Card Advance to fund software in the Card Catalog? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbhqUU-GjUM&t=677s

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To those new to the Cardstack project, Welcome! Earlier this week we talked about how we combine cloud and blockchain tech. Today, let's focus on what we're doing on the cloud side, by reusing what has been proven. Chris Tse talks about it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sd73a89K3xQ&t=809s

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The Card Pay Early-Access Program is still open and accepting participants. If you have already registered, look out for an invite soon!

For those who still want to participate, it's not too late, fill out this form to apply: https://cardstack.typeform.com/to/Oe1xtI8z

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These days, people use so many different platforms every single day. Having to access numerous applications to perform one thing makes it very difficult to get things done. How is Cardstack solving this problem?  https://youtube.com/watch?v=Sd73a89K3xQ&t=1030s

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In order to get all the tools you need for your daily workflows, you have to subscribe to numerous apps. Unfortunately, each app comes with its own login and lock-in subscription fee(s). Cardstack is looking to solve this problem. https://medium.com/cardstack/combining-cloud-blockchain-tech-e8aee04e1045#be49

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"On the blockchain side, what we can do with this new UI, is to tap into innovation that is growing". Chris Tse elaborates here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sd73a89K3xQ&t=1190s

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The Blockchain sphere is growing rapidly, but there are some missing pieces.

Here are some problem statements we've heard, and how Cardstack is looking to solve them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sd73a89K3xQ&t=1366s

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What is Card Wallet, how does it work and what problems is it solving? Chris Tse addresses this in a recent AMA with KuCoin: https://medium.com/cardstack/cardstack-ama-with-kucoin-482b12f90125#a928

How would users who are new to blockchain make purchases or earn rewards? Chris Tse explains this here, in a recent AMA with KuCoin. https://medium.com/cardstack/cardstack-ama-with-kucoin-482b12f90125#a928

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The Card Pay Early Access Program is open! We've already been receiving applications from people interested to participate in the early access program.
To join this program, we need some important information from you.

These details will significantly help us understand our current user base to provide a more focused future feature development and prioritization. Please fill in this form to join: https://cardstack.typeform.com/to/Oe1xtI8z

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Here's what's going on in Cardstack, behind the scenes this week: https://medium.com/cardstack/july-21-inside-cardstack-this-week-9200ce39f143

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We want to give you a status update of our progress to the different protocol features and workflow in the Card Pay and Card Bridge protocol. Almost all of the smart contract and SDK work is complete and undergoing a second round of security audits this week.

Read more here: https://twitter.com/cardstack/status/1418092899997143046

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An issuer takes the supply of layer-2 fungible tokens and packages them into Prepaid Cards. Customers can then buy those Prepaid Cards from the issuer, paying an additional small fee in exchange for these preloaded balances. https://youtube.com/watch?v=H-DheP-ExpU&t=1626s

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There are three other groups of participants that are crucial to the operations of the Card Pay network—suppliers, issuers, and reward program administrators. Chris Tse explains the complete list of participants here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-DheP-ExpU&t=1626s

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Here's what the Cardstack team has been busy with recently: https://medium.com/cardstack/july-28-inside-cardstack-this-week-59e9ba8a527f

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Here's what the Cardstack team has been busy with, this July: https://medium.com/cardstack/whats-new-at-cardstack-7db8c5e98bb8

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How can you become a merchant, and what can you sell? https://medium.com/cardstack/cardstack-ama-with-kucoin-482b12f90125#e2cc

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Catch up on Cardstack's development this week. The Card Pay Early-Access program is also still accepting participants. Find out how to participate here: https://medium.com/cardstack/august-4-inside-cardstack-this-week-dbeb48cea865

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Catch up on our latest progress updates about the Card Pay protocol and the Card Wallet:

https://medium.com/cardstack/june-16-inside-cardstack-this-week-95878a1c598d

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How does Card Reward allow consumers to earn rewards? Chris Tse talks about Card Reward in this video: https://youtube.com/watch?v=EbhqUU-GjUM&t=335s

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We have successfully pushed the first version of the Card Wallet, an iOS application, through App Store Connect and received Apple’s approval for TestFlight beta testing!

Learn more here: https://twitter.com/cardstack/status/1407228372384583690

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Here's part 2 of our "Cardstack vs SaaS" article series!

Learn how the components of the Cardstack ecosystem compare to the tools from the Web2 world. https://medium.com/cardstack/cardstack-vs-saas-part-2-d8ffbf6400e2

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We've been very busy this week—here's a quick progress update:
https://medium.com/cardstack/june-23-inside-cardstack-this-week-3c58623531b6

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What are the payment methods on Card Pay, when a customer spends money with a merchant?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeGxShpQHWI&t=541s

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Check out what the Cardstack team has been up to this month: https://medium.com/cardstack/whats-new-at-cardstack-a8833120b2d8

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What is the role of the Cardstack token? In what ways can CARD be used? Chris Tse explains here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-DheP-ExpU&t=2316s

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There are 5 easy steps in the customer & merchant interaction when using Card Pay. Learn more about this workflow from Chris Tse: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-DheP-ExpU&t=957s

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Card Pay needs participants to actively contribute value and judgement, so that the network can thrive and grow. So what are the incentives for network participants? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-DheP-ExpU&t=1905s

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We are currently focused on end-to-end testing of the Card Bridge protocol as well as the multisig wallet creation workflow that is part of the Card Pay protocol.

Our testing involves both the dApp and the mobile wallet working well together. There are many dependent services from blockchain nodes, indexes like The Graph, relayers for meta transactions, as well as native code for user wallet interactions.

Learn more: https://twitter.com/cardstack/status/1410100862387585033

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Here's what the Cardstack team has been up to this week: https://medium.com/cardstack/june-30-inside-cardstack-this-week-bc9fe355422d

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If you missed our AMA with KuCoin last week, check out how it went here: https://medium.com/cardstack/cardstack-ama-with-kucoin-482b12f90125

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What are the numerous payment scenarios available for customers & merchants when using Card Pay? Learn about Card Pay's building blocks here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-DheP-ExpU&t=1319s

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Why use Card Pay when you can use other applications? Chris Tse explains why here: https://medium.com/cardstack/cardstack-ama-with-kucoin-482b12f90125#142f

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Catch up on our progress this week: https://medium.com/cardstack/july-7-inside-cardstack-this-week-8e0df22053ba

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Card Pay makes crypto payments fast, cheap, and easy. Learn how Cardstack is making this possible here: https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/5e18083786ccdc43f2087bb2/604f58f528552f6a0434325b_Card%20Pay%20Protocol%20Overview%20V%201.0.pdf

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How do traditional payments compare to Web3 payments and specifically Card Pay? Chris Tse provides some context for the Card Pay protocol here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHDBF_OHSDI&t=65s

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Card Pay, Card Bridge & Card Flow bring crypto from the world of DeFi into Cardstack's payment network.

DeFi is powerful. People can create loans and stablecoins, but it’s expensive to transact, which is why Card Bridge exists. https://youtube.com/watch?v=EbhqUU-GjUM&t=173s

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Although the different aspects of Cardstack compare to well-known SaaS companies, there are not nine different apps you need to learn to use, there are only two; - The Cardstack App & Card Wallet. Chris Tse explains in detail here: https://youtube.com/watch?v=EbhqUU-GjUM&t=1258s

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Catch up on our developments this week! For community members looking to get a spot on the beta testing list, we have prepared an application form/survey. Read on to learn how you can be a part of this: https://medium.com/cardstack/july-14-inside-cardstack-this-week-d2fb31289980

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What is Card Flow and what does it do? How does it contribute to the Cardstack Ecosystem? Learn about it here:  https://youtube.com/watch?v=EbhqUU-GjUM&t=173s

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Learn about the technology Cardstack uses to build our software ecosystem. https://medium.com/cardstack/cardstack-ama-with-kucoin-482b12f90125#81c5

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May was all about our DeFi payment & reward system: Card Pay. This blog post catches you up on what's been going on this month: https://medium.com/cardstack/whats-new-at-cardstack-f5323ed3bcaa

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How does Cardstack compare to the SaaS tools of the Web2 world?

In this video, Chris Tse explains how all the different parts of Cardstack work together to cover countless use cases and replace the apps we use today.

https://youtu.be/EbhqUU-GjUM

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Happening tomorrow, June 1, Chris Tse will present at the Media & Entertainment SIG about a development tool that lets you build blockchain applications out of a library of templates. This will include a look at new code for NFTs.

Tune in at 9AM PDT / 12PM EDT / 6PM CEST / 12AM SGT https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7_X0WkMtkWzaVUKF-PRBNQ

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Learn more about Card Pay, our DeFi payment and reward system—consisting of a Web dApp for supplying tokens & issuing prepaid cards and a mobile wallet for biometric payments. https://medium.com/cardstack/defi-payments-with-card-pay-b87d13c80ac1

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Curious to know what we've been up to this week? Check it out here: https://medium.com/cardstack/june-2-inside-cardstack-this-week-2afd520caaf8

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How is Cardstack evolving tools from the Web2 world? How does it compare to other SaaS tools? Learn how the different parts of Cardstack come together as Chris Tse shares the many use cases it can cover.

https://medium.com/cardstack/cardstack-vs-saas-part-1-ff20434fec12

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We've been very busy this week!

Catch up on our progress here: https://medium.com/cardstack/june-9-inside-cardstack-this-week-3aa4fde5dd5a

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If you missed any of our announcements in the past few weeks, here's a recap of what's been going on this month: https://medium.com/cardstack/whats-new-at-cardstack-47002b93c33a

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Check out what we've been up to this past week! https://medium.com/cardstack/april-28-inside-cardstack-this-week-826c9d381bdf

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Here's a recap of all the exciting things we've been up to this week! https://medium.com/cardstack/may-5-inside-cardstack-this-week-a8c3f6ede816

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We are pleased to announce that Cardstack (CARD) is now listed on KuCoin. View this official link for more details: https://kucoin.com/news/en-card-gets-listed-on-kucoin?utm_source=CARD

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Cardstack is thrilled to announce an integration with Chainlink!

We will use Chainlink Price Feeds to establish accurate and tamper-proof exchange rates on Card Pay—our upcoming payment and reward network. https://medium.com/cardstack/cardstack-to-integrate-chainlink-price-feeds-for-secure-exchange-rates-8c24c728ec6c

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Coming up next Tuesday: Cardstack's AMA with Chainlink!
We will be talking about Card Pay, the challenges of bridging crypto and traditional payments, and how Chainlink's oracles for asset prices will secure user and merchant funds. https://youtube.com/watch?v=MXnJDdkcTLY

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Watch Chris Tse talk about the Cardstack Project with Gains Associates.

Chris delves into use case examples, the benefits of decentralization, the Cardstack marketplace, NFTs, and much more.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzVeAgVgqNo

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Happening today - Cardstack's AMA with Chainlink!

Join us as we discuss Card Pay, the challenges of bridging crypto and traditional payments, and how Chainlink's oracles for asset prices will secure user and merchant funds. https://youtube.com/watch?v=MXnJDdkcTLY

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Here's a quick update on what's been going on this past week: https://medium.com/cardstack/may-12-inside-cardstack-this-week-a31af1cc9eeb

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Check out our latest product talk, where Cardstack’s founding director Chris Tse welcomes our new community members and catches you up on our plans for this year, specifically Card Pay —our DeFi payment & reward system. https://youtu.be/KHDBF_OHSDI

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What is the Cardstack Project and what are we building? Learn more in this interview with Chris Tse: https://youtu.be/OzVeAgVgqNo

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Get a glimpse of what the Cardstack team has been up to this week! https://medium.com/cardstack/may-19-inside-cardstack-this-week-30ebcc0c46e1

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What's exciting about Cardstack? How does Card Pay work? What is the role of the CARD token? How are we using Chainlink?

These and many more questions were addressed in our AMA with Chainlink last week. https://medium.com/cardstack/ask-me-anything-cardstack-chainlink-a55793bcae61

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This is what we've been working on this past week: https://medium.com/cardstack/may-26-inside-cardstack-this-week-97a638c2ddff

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Here is Part 2 of our blog series about the AMA session Chris Tse hosted last week. While Part 1 addressed the product- and marketing-related questions, Part 2 focuses on the crypto and technological aspects of the Cardstack Project.

https://medium.com/cardstack/ask-me-anything-part-2-fd7571a1364c

Catch up on our latest progress regarding Card Pay, Card Compiler, and the Web UI: https://medium.com/cardstack/april-21-inside-cardstack-this-week-2db10d57b50c

Catch up on our weekly progress of Card Space, Boxel, CatalogJS, Card Pay and Cardstack's Mobile application.



Read up here: https://medium.com/cardstack/march-24-inside-cardstack-this-week-94e1e15ae988

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What's in Your NFTs? Learn more about the potential, concerns & solutions surrounding NFTs which Chris Tse talked about earlier this week.

Read here: https://medium.com/cardstack/whats-in-your-nfts-e4e45ebc51da

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Last week, Chris Tse shared insights into Card Pay—delving into the layer-2 payment protocol, its future users, different roles within the protocol, the governance function of the CARD Token & the incentives it provides.

Read the full paper here: https://cardstack.com/cardpaypaper

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It's time to set your alerts again! Tune in today at 9 am EDT / 3 pm CEST / 9 pm SGT as Chris Tse shares more on Card Space.

See you then! https://youtube.com/watch?v=dSl6nzC4JjM

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Cardstack is not purely a blockchain project—it is a project that combines cloud & blockchain technology. We are reusing the proven, rethinking the broken & inventing the missing links. Read more here: https://medium.com/cardstack/combining-cloud-blockchain-tech-e8aee04e1045

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Catch up on our latest progress updates around CatalogJS, Card Pay, and the Cardstack application & wallet. https://medium.com/cardstack/march-31-inside-cardstack-this-week-20a198ab30fd

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In case you missed any of our recent announcements—here's a summary of what's been going on this month: https://medium.com/cardstack/whats-new-at-cardstack-3cd370c4d020

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Cardstack is hiring! We're on the lookout for a Senior Software Developer to join our team. Click here for more info: https://emberwork.com/offers/1617117943-senior-software-developer-at-cardstack

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Cardstack founder Chris Tse participated in a panel discussion about “Ensuring User Privacy & Security of DeFi and Crypto Applications”.
If you missed it, you can watch his section of the discussion here: https://youtu.be/meGOSTtS6UA

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Here's our latest article about Card Space — our builder tool that allows you to create your own website on the decentralized Web the no-code way.
https://medium.com/cardstack/introducing-card-space-c5022bbb54ee

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Mondays are for exciting updates! Tune in today for Chris Tse's presentation on the **Cardstack roadmap**. Catch the premiere at 9 am EDT / 3 pm CEST / 9 pm SGT.

See you soon! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGOKbDz_7xY

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Cardstack wants to make crypto payments practical for regular users. To do this, the team is working on a payment protocol, an associated Web-based dApp & a mobile app that is fast, cheap, and easy to use. Get an in-depth view of this protocol here: https://medium.com/cardstack/card-pay-protocol-for-a-new-software-economy-2650ed639f4d

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Cardstack's lead developer, Ed Faulkner gave the closing keynote at the 2021 Ember Conference. Ed showcased a new type of build system that eliminates the need for NPM install, shifting the work of building a JavaScript application from the server to the browser through service workers.

Read more here: https://twitter.com/cardstack/status/1379714413423337473

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 At Cardstack, we are offering an open-source sponsorship for developers worldwide to work on libraries, so we can continue making progress on reusable infrastructure, while we are working on the full integration of the customer-facing experience.

Learn more here: https://twitter.com/cardstack/status/1379746633701748736

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Catch up on everything that's been going on at Cardstack this past week: https://medium.com/cardstack/april-7-inside-cardstack-this-week-85549d1fdb3e

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Coming up on Monday, 12th April, Cardstack AMA with Chris Tse! Join us at 9 am EDT / 3 pm CEST / 9 pm SGT. Be sure to subscribe to the #Cardstack YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/cardstackproject

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We are excited to announce that Cardstack is integrating with xDAI! Our payment and reward network Card Pay will be deployed on the xDAI chain. Read more about this here: https://medium.com/cardstack/cardstack-integrates-with-xdai-30e2fbd9d5aa

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The 2021 roadmap for the Cardstack Project was released this week! Check out this article, which talks about the product launches we have planned for this year. https://medium.com/cardstack/2021-card-pay-card-space-card-catalog-7ad7e9860e8

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One creative work can be minted under various NFT platforms. So, the same creative content can be two different NFTs, on two different minting platforms. This creates an uncertain value due to the duplicate token.

How can we solve this issue?

Learn more in this chapter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-S_5AVTnSo&t=598s

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Here's a quick recap of what's been going on at Cardstack this past week: https://medium.com/cardstack/april-14-inside-cardstack-this-week-2bdf72532442

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What are custodial wallets and why is reliance on a custodial wallet a problem?

Watch this part of the video about NFTs, where Chris Tse breaks it down: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-S_5AVTnSo&t=709s

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We're grateful to our community members for making our first-ever AMA session a success! A lot of great questions were asked and addressed. For those who missed this session, we've compiled the questions in a two-part blog series. Here's Part 1: https://medium.com/cardstack/ask-me-anything-part-1-39cf50e296eb

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The inspiration for Card Space comes from the reality that creators are faced with today, dominated by big names like Google or Amazon—centralized apps sitting between the world’s creative output & the world’s audiences.

Learn more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSl6nzC4JjM&t=77s

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We've published a new video, where Chris talks about his vision and strategy for Cardstack—specifically about his plans to grow the ecosystem. This is the first in a series of (both long and short) videos about the progress and the products of Cardstack that we will publish in the coming weeks.
https://youtu.be/Sd73a89K3xQ

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Coming up: A product talk about Card Pay! 

Make sure you join us for the premiere on Monday, 9 a.m. EST / 3 p.m. CET / 10 p.m. SGT.

https://youtu.be/zeGxShpQHWI

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Our development of the $CARD Protocol is focused on the build on top of the smart contract, and L1-L2 bridging that is already in place, to add support for decentralized commerce (dCommerce) features.

Learn more: https://twitter.com/cardstack/status/1367429622367801350

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Our work on the Cardstack mobile app is currently focused on applying the latest visual design, which contains the Cardstack branding as well as the UI components from the Boxel design system. The plan is to bring it to the live mobile app soon.

Learn more: https://twitter.com/cardstack/status/1367064015491399683

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We believe that Cardstack is the interface layer for the next decade. What's coming in the 2020s is a version upgrade in the tech that we use, in the business models we pursue, and in the way that culture is defined.

Learn more: https://twitter.com/cardstack/status/1367841962297073668

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In case you missed our premiere about Card Pay yesterday, here's a short article that summarizes the key points made by Chris Tse. If you'd like to dive deeper into Card Pay: the full video is available on our YouTube channel and linked in the article.
https://medium.com/cardstack/introducing-card-pay-754887d471a3

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The Cardstack team working on the Boxel design system is currently consolidating all the UI components that we have used in dApps as well as enterprise apps into one design system catalog.

Read more here: https://twitter.com/cardstack/status/1369951243192336385

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On the product development front, we're currently using the Boxel design system to create a dApp builder & hosting service called Card Space.

Read more here: https://twitter.com/cardstack/status/1370315073739059208

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Our recent video on Card Pay showcases different aspects of the Web, mobile application and the smart-contract based protocol. If you missed this, watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeGxShpQHWI

We're polishing the iOS app to include interaction improvements such as interactions around organizing cards within your wallet or displaying clear confirmation messages for various actions you take in the network.

We're also preparing to add some flexibility to our smart-contract implementation, so as to support multiple types of fiat on-ramps as well as other layer-2 chains in addition to the xDAI chain.

Stay tuned!

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How is Card Pay making crypto payments practical for regular users?

Chris Tse answers this and many more questions on the Card Pay protocol here: https://medium.com/cardstack/card-pay-protocol-for-a-new-software-economy-2650ed639f4d

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Catch up on the development of Card Space, Boxel, CatalogJS and Card Pay. https://medium.com/cardstack/march-17-inside-cardstack-this-week-3eb4e75abfc6

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The Cardstack Ecosystem is about a decentralized network of designers and developers coming together to compete with the centralized superpowers of Silicon Valley.

Learn more about the Cardstack ecosystem here: https://medium.com/cardstack/the-cardstack-ecosystem-73dc89aae2c8

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Next week, Chris Tse will be talking about NFTs. The video will premiere on Monday, 22nd March, 9 am EDT / 2 pm CET / 9 pm SGT. Stay tuned! https://youtu.be/M-S_5AVTnSo

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Have you set your alerts? Our Premiere on NFTs will be airing today at 9 am EDT / 2 pm CET / 9 pm SGT. We look forward to seeing you then! https://youtu.be/M-S_5AVTnSo

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We have reached a milestone in developing the CatalogJS build system! The entire end-to-end run-through of the Ember app (an open-source framework that Cardstack is built upon) can now compile and build on this new infrastructure.

Read more here: https://twitter.com/cardstack/status/1374302459561091075

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Let’s talk about Milestones

As you move through your workflow step by step, the system tracks your progress until you reach the final milestone and the workflow is completed.

Let’s look at the example of our Ebook Editing workflow between author and editor:
You’re the author. You want the editor’s help to make your book really great. So, the nice bot asks you to share your manuscript with your editor (see “Required actions” in Friday’s post). Good author that you are, you click the “Share Manuscript” button. Now, your action
- embeds your manuscript card in the workflow, so your editor can access it,
- checks off your first milestone,
- adds the corresponding “Milestone reached” notification to the workflow,
- updates the status of your project via progress wheel, and
- triggers the next action—in this case, a prompt for your editor to start editing your manuscript (this prompt is visible to him only).

Of course, not all milestones are reached that easily. They may require more than one click (and the completion of more than one task) to accomplish the desired check mark....

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Let’s talk about Tasks

Tasks in the Cardstack Workflow system are like tasks on Asana or Trello, but they are much more useful—because they are directly associated with your different workflows!

Tasks can not only be added to your personal or shared to-do list like they can everywhere else, but to a message thread as well—even to individual messages, attachments, or actions inside that thread. A colorful pointer in the thread tells you immediately what your task is about, which message it concerns, which card you need to look at, or which button you have to click. Meanwhile, you can use the expandable task list at the top to keep track of all tasks related to that thread.

Any participant can assign tasks inside a thread. You can add a task for someone else—e.g. to let your editor know that you need him to look at your outline before you can continue. Or you can add a task for yourself that only you can see—e.g. to remind yourself to check out the link to the stock image library your editor has sent you for your cover art. And once you’ve completed a task, you can check it off with one click, as you would on Asana or Trello.

In addition, there are tasks a nice bot can assign. Those are tasks you should look out for, because they are tied to required actions and tell you that someone (maybe even you) is blocking the workflow. For example, only when you’ve clicked the “Share manuscript” button (thus shared your manuscript with your editor) can the editing workflow continue.
Very convenient feature: You don’t need to check off system-generated tasks manually. They are automatically resolved once you have clicked the button that the bot asked you to click.

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Let’s talk about Composable Workflows

Some workflows are simple. Others are more complex. Which is why Cardstack workflows are composable.

Say you’re done editing your manuscript with your editor. Now it’s time to involve a proofreader. So, you can simply add an Ebook Proofreading workflow into your main Ebook Editing workflow (alternatively, you could start with a complex workflow that comes with related flows already).

This related workflow will be included in your main workflow, so you can access it easily—but other participants can’t. Each participant can only see the workflow that person participates in, meaning: Your editor can only access Ebook Editing, your proofreader can only access Ebook Proofreading, and you can access everything.

Now, you can send your manuscript through a portal to your Ebook Proofreading workflow, get it proofread, then send it back to the main Ebook Editing workflow, where that action will check off your “Proofread” milestone. This way, you keep the participants separate—and yet, they work together towards the completion of the same overall project.

This composability allows you to combine workflows in two ways. You can
- nest workflows inside each other: Such “included workflows” help you to complete your main workflow, e.g. you can get chapter 1 of your ebook proofread or translated before you submit it.
- chain workflows together: Such “linked workflows” don’t affect the main workflow, but help you to keep track of your project, e.g. you can repeat the same editing workflow again for chapter 2 of your ebook.

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The Cardstack Workflow is a multi-functional tool for multi-faceted work.

It makes your work life easier, because it keeps you updated on the progress of all your projects.
It makes your communication more cohesive, because you get to communicate on the same platform where you’re doing your work, so all participants can see that the work they’re discussing is actually getting done.
It makes your project management more organized, because the actions you take inside a flow organize your work for you.
And it makes everything more fun, because the pain of switching between 10 different apps every single day is finally over. All the different aspects of your workflows are combined in this 1 tool, which can be further extended to provide absolutely everything you need.

This way, you can finally leave subscription hell behind and manage your whole work efficiently, without a handful of SaaS companies holding you down. And if you want to use this workflow system on your phone, you can use the mobile version of the Cardstack Workflow.

We will continue working hard to bring this unique workflow system to life and plan to release a video demo soon. Use cases of the Cardstack Workflow could include content collaboration, payment collaboration, contracting, governance, community formation, and much more. Stay tuned for future updates!


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Within a workflow, a card (e.g. forms, documents, asset references) and its binary representation are stored as JSON documents; they are attached to the message thread the same way a gif is attached in a chatroom. So, the off-chain storage is provided by the messaging network; initially, that will be the Matrix network. One of the nice things about using the Matrix protocol is that the attached file is replicated to two different servers: the sender's Matrix host and the recipient's Matrix host. It works very much like email, where the storage of messages is “off-chain”, while they are replicated (similarly to a blockchain node) for the parties that need to have a copy. Our off-chain storage mechanism achieves decentralization without the congestion that comes from having every node replicate every message and attachment. With that said, for cards that need a global state synchronization (so that everybody in the entire world will have access to the off-chain storage), Cardstack can store the attached JSON document in an IPFS end point instead of the originating server within the Matrix file attachment API. We also have a way to anchor these IPFS records using the git protocol on the Ethereum mainnet, which is even more decentralized and immutable. Users will not see the difference, regardless of the backend. The default will be the Matrix file attachment method.

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The Cardstack Workflow is anchored on the federation capability of the Matrix protocol. So, any user who is either part of the main Matrix community or on a federated node on Matrix would be able to participate in the Cardstack Workflow. Since Matrix is an open-source and permissionless federation, you could say that anybody can join the community. We are focussing on hiding the complexity of the underlying secure messaging protocol and enhancing the business utility, by adding workflow and task management on top of an already decentralized family of secure communication hosting providers.

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Let’s talk about Messages & Versioned Attachments

The messages inside a thread are similar to emails and chat messages—but without the headache. No need to send 25 files back and forth, because each version of your document is a separate attachment with a different name (“final.doc” / “final1.doc” / “final2.doc” / “finalfinal.doc” / FINAL.doc”). Instead, you can attach and exchange the same card as often as you like, even while you’re editing it collaboratively—because this attached card is alive and remembers its version history.

And when it’s your turn to act on the card, you will be asked to take an action, e.g. by a bot who points you to the button that you need to click.

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Let’s talk about Actions

Take an action, reach a milestone. That’s the basic idea.

But it’s a little bit more complicated, because there are different kinds of actions—typically in the form of buttons you can click:

1. Required actions that you have to complete in order to move the workflow forward. These actions are needed to check off a milestone.
For example, in an Ebook Editing workflow:
- You have to share your manuscript with your editor if you want his help to edit it.
- You have to submit your manuscript if you want to publish it.

2. Suggested actions that you can (but don’t have to) take. These actions are optional because they aren’t needed to reach a milestone; they normally don’t affect the current workflow. For example:
- You could click to revise your manuscript after you have submitted it.
- You could click to view your published ebook on the publishing platform when the workflow is completed.

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Let’s talk about Threads & Workflows

You simply click on a queue item to open the corresponding thread.

Now, your typical message thread in Telegram or Discord has a few participants and a bunch of chat messages, possibly with an attachment or smiley face here and there. But there is much more to this thread.

For one thing, it is not only a simple conversation. It can be a formal workflow between multiple participants—a step-by-step process with milestones, actions / buttons, reminders, and progress updates.

Secondly, both the thread itself and individual messages can be annotated with tasks. You can assign them to yourself or to your colleagues, if it’s their turn to finally do some work.

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Let’s talk about Participants

A thread between several parties is like group DM—but one that connects people from inside and outside your organization.

Of course, participants of a thread can be from the same community, like author and editor in our Ebook Editing workflow. But they could also be from different organizations, like representatives from two or more companies who share a workflow for a collaborative project.

A Cardstack Workflow makes it possible to send messages, transfer cards, and assign tasks across organizations—with visibility settings playing an important role. For instance, if you add participants at a later point, you get to choose how much they see: Do you want them to be able to catch up and see the entire thread history? Or do you want them to see only messages sent after they have joined? Either way, you can adjust the settings according to your needs.

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Introducing the Cardstack Membership System: In this article, we give our community an overview of all the different badges that members will be able to acquire in the Cardstack network. There are numerous ways to participate in growing the ecosystem and earn corresponding rewards—whether it is as a Card Stacker, Card Maker, or Card Member.
https://medium.com/cardstack/the-cardstack-membership-system-a6b55731b81b

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Get ready to meet the Cardstack Workflow!

What would you prefer: 10 tools for 1 workflow—or 1 tool for 10 workflows?

Currently, people need many different tools to accomplish their work. One app for messaging, one for document sharing, another one for task management, a separate one for transactions… The list goes on and on. Each tool is from a different SaaS company, requires its own login, and is a silo that doesn’t interact with any of the other tools. Put simply: It’s a pain. Getting work done is much harder than it should be.

That is why we have been working hard to create a powerful workflow system to end the chaos. Essentially, the Cardstack Workflow puts cards in motion, enabling users to act on those cards and exchange them between each other easily—all within one system that can be extended for individual needs.

Users will no longer have to split up their work into 10 different apps, all of which do different things and don’t talk to each other. Instead, they can do all their work in one place, managing their multi-layered and multi-faceted workflows with one multi-functional tool.

In the past few weeks and months, we improved the visual & motion design of the Cardstack Workflow, aligning this multi-party workflow system with the look & feel of our Boxel Design System, so as to offer users an exciting, seamless, and composable experience.

In the next couple of weeks, we will introduce you to the various concepts that we have combined to make this system truly special, using the example of an Ebook Editing workflow.

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All in one: Chat, Email & Tasks

Don’t you love Slack and Telegram? They let you chat. You can have real-time conversations with your friends, colleagues, partners, or clients—exchanging messages and emojis to your heart’s content. But that’s it.

Don’t you love email? You can send files. And your inbox tells you at a glance which emails are new, which ones are important, and which ones you don’t have to worry about right now. But that’s it.

Don’t you love Asana and Trello? They give you tasks. You can check off the items on your to do list, while keeping track of your progress on different projects. But that’s it.

Granted, those are great apps. They’re good at what they do. The problem is, the thing they do is all they do. Your emails don’t convert themselves into tasks. You chats don’t sort themselves into categories. Your tasks don’t have live chats attached.

So what if there were a tool that gave you the benefits of chat, email, and tasks combined? A well-organized, straightforward, real-time workflow system, where you can send messages and attachments between multiple participants or organizations, while simultaneously completing all related tasks?
All features in one tool: The Cardstack Workflow!

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Let’s talk about the Queue

Your email inbox is great. It helps you prioritize, as it sorts your emails into categories. But does it tell you when there’s something that you need to do? Not so much.

Your Cardstack Workflow queue not only sorts your messages and gives you informative previews—it actually tells you if there is a task for you inside a thread, or that you’re blocking an entire workflow.

Take these categories, for example:
Unread: “There’s a new message in this thread. Read it!”
Need Response: “We’re waiting for you to take an action. Go click that button already!”
Recent Activity: “Nothing for you to do right now. Feel free to take a nap.”

If you expand your queue, you get a full-screen view with even more categories, where you can put messages that annoy you or the ones that are no longer relevant.

Your queue is also searchable. And you can have a separate queue that’s shared among your team.

But most importantly, it’s the place where you click on a queue item to open a thread. In our example, let’s open the thread of an Ebook Editing workflow.

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Cardstack has always believed that a successful economic network, backed by crypto primitives, needs to generate top-line revenue, which means people paying real money for real services for real utility. That's why we focus on a product that is geared towards users, buyers, and customers, because customer cash is king—especially in the time we are in today. If customers are willing to pay for Cardstack-based apps because Cardstack provides a great selection of features (produced by open-source developers and designers) at a great price, hosted by competent service providers who know how to manage cloud expenses and provide customer support, then there will be many opportunities for distributing rewards to the people who add the most to the platform. This will give people incentives to join, to build, to stake, to vote, and to hodl.

Thank you very much for your support! 2020 is a year of launches for us. We have launched the new schema system (https://medium.com/cardstack/milestone-reached-the-new-cardstack-hub-23fff7e64eb2) and just posted a sneak peek of the Cardstack Builder application (https://youtu.be/WjylQ7Emgwc), which is part of a series—more will be published in the coming weeks.

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We’re giving you an early sneak peek into the Cardstack Builder with its GitHub integration! 

In the latest installment of our developer series, Jen Weber shows you how the Cardstack Builder and GitHub work together as you build your own cards, with the code being generated for you automatically and your work being stored in your own GitHub repo. https://youtu.be/WjylQ7Emgwc

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Developers, listen up: Here comes Dev Mode!

In the latest video of our developer series, we show you how to run the Cardstack Builder locally and how to create cards—both within the UI and within the code editor. https://youtu.be/JEHgZ_yOM7E

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Can we reboot society? That’s the question Chris Tse poses in his blog post, where he looks at the current crisis through the lens of human psychology, surmising what comes after—what will change significantly and what’s likely to stay the same?
https://medium.com/cardstack/rebooting-the-world-after-the-covid-19-shutdown-3c53c989e499

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  We have completed the internal beta version of the Cardstack Builder! 

This demo gives you a walkthrough of the different steps and modes to build cards using our card building tool.

Next, we are working on the GitHub integration, so developers can start playing around with the builder on Card.Space soon. Stay tuned for Dev Mode!
https://youtu.be/1n4apuT-JPk

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Chris Tse spoke at Consensus: Distributed last Friday.

The topic: “Building Blocks for the New Creative Economy.” In case you missed it, you can rewatch Chris’ presentation in this short video we put together for you:
https://youtu.be/zhdjpwbeiOA

PS: Stay tuned for a longer version of his talk, which will be published soon.

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Cardstack's Founding Director Chris Tse spoke at "Consensus: Distributed" last week, about the “Building Blocks for the New Creative Economy”—if you’d like to hear more about this topic, check out the longer version of his talk on our YouTube channel:
https://youtu.be/TO0CsjbZXXc

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This blog post is based on Chris Tse’s talk about the “Building Blocks for the New Creative Economy”. Learn all about the current state of the content distribution network, the role blockchain could play in the creative industry, and how Cardstack combines content with monetization in powerful building blocks for the world’s creators.
https://medium.com/cardstack/composable-monetization-techniques-for-creative-content-e90946ce78d3

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Here’s Chris Tse’s latest talk about the history of software distribution. He speaks about how software evolved from a product (SaaP) into a quote (SaaQ), a resource (SaaR), and finally a service (SaaS) between 1995 and 2020. Finally, it will become a tool (SaaT) that empowers both coders and non-coders, by combining off-the-shelf software with the individuality of customization.
https://youtu.be/UrnYKgTl184

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Want to learn more about the history of software? This article dives deeper into software as a product, quote, resource, service, and tool (including the business model behind SaaT), while being less tech-focused than Chris’ talk about “The Evolution of Software Distribution”.
https://medium.com/cardstack/software-through-the-ages-7ae7b3debfd7


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