We're currently preparing the design artifacts to submit Card Wallet to the Apple app store. We want to enable beta testers to download the iOS wallet to test out the dApp features, as many of the Card Pay dashboard features require proper configuration of a layer-2 wallet.

Learn more here: https://twitter.com/cardstack/status/1405774844478689280

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

A DeFi price feed is used to display users' purchasing power in Card Pay; but it is also an important aspect of the revenue pool, determining how many tokens we need to withdraw from a prepaid card to give to the merchant. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHDBF_OHSDI&t=440s

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

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

On the protocol development front, improvements are being made to the core Card Pay protocol family. The aim is to increase the robustness and handle special error conditions that arise when wallets are too low on tokens to be able to pay for gas.

While users don't need to have a separate gas token to perform actions through the Card Pay protocol,they need to have enough value in one of their token balances, because the system will deduct the requisite tokens to substitute the gas fees that are advanced by the relayer.

Learn more here: https://twitter.com/cardstack/status/1407600998068023296

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

While work continues on expanding the scope of the user experience both in the dApp and the native app, the core protocol and the SDK is reaching a very mature state.

We expect changes to be minimal from this point onwards. All team members are using the common Card Pay SDK that is already available as open-source code in the Cardstack GitHub.

Learn more here: https://twitter.com/cardstack/status/1410471206545870851

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

We understand that composability is important in the Web3 / Ethereum space. Therefore, we are also implementing a subgraph that is used by our SDK, and can be accessed directly via The Graph: https://thegraph.com/explorer/subgraph/habdelra/cardpay-sokol

Learn more here: https://twitter.com/cardstack/status/1410847265065869315

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

The Cardstack team is working to test and improve the smart contract for Card Pay, the Card Wallet mobile application, as well as the Card Pay dashboard dApp in preparation for external beta testing.

On the smart contract, we completed one round of security audit in June based on code deployed to the Sokol Kovan testnet, and incorporated the feedback as well as added additional feature enhancement so that it can fulfil both the functional requirements in a safe manner.

Read more here: https://twitter.com/cardstack/status/1412304037580460033

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

On the mobile front, we are continuing testing and integrating new Card Pay SDK features so that all of the smart contract capabilities are exposed either through the mobile app, or the dashboard dApp.

Learn more here: https://twitter.com/cardstack/status/1412667214235258889