Meet Chi Jun! As one of our software engineers, he spends most of his day improving and managing the infrastructure and CICD (Continuous Integration & Continuous Deployment) pipelines.

Also a master barista, he brews his coffee ☕️ manually!

👉More on Chi Jun here:
https://www.notion.so/Q-A-with-the-Cardstack-Team-1bbb8cd1ed88459d9c41a642c3c81d48#04c754b1ef2a47599fb5b2ecf3901f11

🤩 We have launched in-app purchases for Cardstack Wallet 🤩

You can now purchase a payment profile right there in the app. With your profile, you can make and receive gasless crypto payments and even earn rewards!

Here's how it works: https://medium.com/cardstack/launching-in-app-purchases-for-payment-profiles-c5556a4519ff

Net art’s playful, disruptive spirit and its emphasis on online community laid the foundation for NFTs.

As more and more of our world begins to move online, the more we will need to organize the digisphere.

More on the history of NFTs in our blog: https://medium.com/cardstack/from-net-art-to-non-fungible-token-a-brief-history-of-the-nft-d6d029470a46

#CardstackAMA

❓What’s the biggest pain point in Web3 that Cardstack is trying to solve?

💡Cardstack is building the infrastructure needed to lessen complexity and improve onboarding for beginners in Web3.

Watch the full AMA here: https://youtu.be/5eNC1HG4RgI?t=533

👩‍💻Meet Burcu, our Design Technologist! She currently works with the Card Compiler / runtime team on Cardstack's no-code / low-code app builder.

Outside work, she enjoys watching or going to 🤼 pro wrestling shows and ⚾️ baseball games!

Get to know Burcu here: https://www.notion.so/Q-A-with-the-Cardstack-Team-1bbb8cd1ed88459d9c41a642c3c81d48#eb37281d484d44bf8136f3fc7a25663d

📢 CARD.CPXD staking went live in August.

💬 Share your experience or any questions you may have with us!

💡If you're still navigating the cryptosphere, check out our beginners guide to crypto staking here: https://medium.com/cardstack/a-beginners-guide-to-crypto-staking-c0814f8b0774

👉 In our fireside chat with Satellite.im, Founder Matthew Wisniewski spoke about how Satellite.im redefines messaging with its cross-platform, end-to-end encrypted decentralized messaging platform.

Watch the full episode here: https://youtu.be/cmn7RtVyrJs

⛓️ Web3 uses DLT (distributed ledger technology) to enable stronger content protection systems compared to traditional systems of digital content protection.

💡Here are examples of how some companies are already creating their own content protection systems that use DLT for more security: https://medium.com/cardstack/how-blockchain-technology-can-combat-digital-piracy-53fc45ac40eb#71ba

🎙️ Web3Watch brings you Umee! We discuss the DeFi lending infrastructure.

Chris Tse speaks to Umee's Founder Brent Xu about:

➡️ The current state of the borrowing & lending infrastructure in DeFi
➡️ Challenges in building a decentralized borrowing & lending ecosystem

...and much more!

Register here:
https://events.cardstack.com/en-us/web3-watch/defi-lending-infrastructure-with-umees-founder-brent-xu

🚀 We're making a lot of progress on the Cardstack tech!

👩‍💻 Our latest technology update brings you up to speed on the payment scheduling tool, staking rewards, Cardstack Wallet, and the Cardstack Framework.

Read all about it here:
https://medium.com/cardstack/october-2022-tech-status-update-4695c1bf4c80

Why should businesses choose blockchain-based tools over conventional payroll services❓

➡️ Find out in our latest blog:
https://medium.com/cardstack/how-blockchain-simplifies-payroll-for-businesses-and-gig-workers-615ac02df1cf

📢 What's new at the Cardstack lab?

➡️ We've launched the in-app purchase capability for Cardstack Wallet
➡️ Check out the product update from our tech team
➡️ Read our latest blog post on crypto-based payrolls

Catch up on everything here: https://medium.com/cardstack/web3-roundup-25489a371d84

Join our conversation about DeFi Lending Infra with Umee’s Founder, Brent Xu, tomorrow!

Umee is a permissionless, autonomous, rate algorithm built as a blockchain that is pioneering the next generation of globally accessible financial markets.

Don't miss out, set your alerts here: https://youtu.be/DA4kYLry00k

Scandals like Facebook-Cambridge Analytica have proven that centralized authorities can rarely be relied upon.

💡Decentralization can strengthen data privacy by removing single points of authority.

➡️ Check out our article on data privacy here: https://medium.com/cardstack/fixing-data-privacy-with-web3-tools-b48dcba7667d

What are your thoughts on building responsibly on blockchain?

🎙️Chris Tse and Matthew Wisniewski of Satellite.im discuss responsible building using blockchain technology in this episode of Web3Watch: https://youtu.be/cmn7RtVyrJs

Katrin’s talents with the Cardstack team are appreciated widely within the Marketing and Product Design team!

She works with our marketing team ensuring the highest standards of content, and with the product design team, making sure that the user experience of our products are of optimal quality.

Away from the desk, she enjoys board 🎲 games with her family and yummy vegan 🥕🥔🥦 meals.

Learn more about Katrin here: https://www.notion.so/Q-A-with-the-Cardstack-Team-1bbb8cd1ed88459d9c41a642c3c81d48#dd209c086d4d442d9c1d298f8dc0957a

We continue to refine our model for reward distribution and are currently working on explainability.

The feature will allow users to understand why they are receiving a certain reward 🎁 in their wallet. These explanations can be translated into various regional languages.

Rewards are calculated based on funds held in a user’s Cardstack Wallet — with both the amount and the duration being considered — as well as user activity.

Read more here: https://medium.com/cardstack/october-2022-tech-status-update-4695c1bf4c80#24d1

In this episode of Web3 Watch, we discussed chain-agnostic push notifications with Push Protocol's founder Harsh Rajat.

"We do not go to the apps, we live our lives through notifications" - Harsh Rajat

Watch the full episode here: https://youtu.be/1N0O-ep5Fss

🎙️ Next week on Web3 Watch, we speak with Fabrice Cheng, CEO of Quadrata about identity and reputation!

💡 Quadrata is a passport network focused on building an identification and compliance layer for DeFi apps.


🗓️ Be sure to join us. Register here: https://events.cardstack.com/en-us/web3-watch/identity-and-reputation-in-web3-with-quadratas-ceo-fabrice-cheng

Enabling gasless payment in dApps simplifies user onboarding and paves the path for mainstream adoption of crypto.

In our latest blog, we cover:

🧐 What is a gasless transaction?
🧐 Why gasless transactions are needed to accelerate crypto adoption?
🧐 How to enable gasless payments in your dApp?

Learn more: https://medium.com/cardstack/why-gasless-payment-is-key-to-mainstream-crypto-adoption-8f92f5f90b15

🎙️ Tomorrow's fireside chat with Quadrata will focus on:

✅ What is Quadrata Passport and how it works?
✅ How Quadrata Passport is different from existing KYC solutions

...and much more about Quadrata’s universal identity solution for Web3.

🔔 Set your alerts here: https://youtu.be/kcnRtPjX-aU