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Why should you choose Web3 tools over Web2 services?

1️⃣ Ownership & autonomy
2️⃣ Composability & innovation
3️⃣ Transparent, equitable & secure transactions

Read more: https://medium.com/cardstack/why-choose-web3-tools-over-web2-services-19bff4d17efa

Here's what we've been working on behind the scenes this past week: https://medium.com/cardstack/june-8-inside-cardstack-this-week-5c21d7a9ea14

In tomorrow's fireside chat with Hedera, we will be discussing:

✅ What is the hashgraph consensus ⁉️
✅ Problems with proof-of-work blockchains
✅ Benefits of proof-of-stake networks

and much more!

Tune in here: https://youtu.be/QYh9xAEa99c

We learned a lot from Fluence Labs last week on the topic of Peer-to-Peer Computing.

If you missed it, here's the transcript of our key takeaways from the FiresideChat: https://medium.com/cardstack/peer-to-peer-computing-with-fluence-labs-co-founder-ac9fd349f027

“The future is non-binary.” ⚧️

Join us in celebrating Pride Month 🌈 this whole June!

Happy Pride from the Cardstack family.

Cardstack recently integrated with GetBlock!

Here's a quick AMA where we answered some questions from the GetBlock community: https://getblock.medium.com/ama-session-getblock-x-cardsatck-cd7881debeae

We think you're really going to enjoy next week's Web3 Watch!

We'll be talking about early NFTs with Rug Radio host and NFT archaeologist Adam McBride.

Register now and join us next Thursday: https://events.cardstack.com/nfts-with-rug-radio-host-and-nft-archaeologist-adam-mcbride

Let's do identity management in a better way—in a decentralized way!

Learn all about digital identity ownership & KYC from KYC-Chain in our Fireside Chat: https://youtu.be/SlrYWsXxHIE

Ready for tomorrow's Web3Watch?

Chris Tse and Adam McBride from Rug Radio will be discussing:

➡️ The history of NFTs
➡️ The impact of NFTs on digital art and the creator economy
➡️ How NFTs can help eliminate piracy in digital art

& more!

Watch here: https://youtu.be/MLwj9QNgDWg

Catch up on what the Cardstack team's been working on lately:

➡️ Web3 Trends & Insights
➡️ Web3 Watch Events
➡️ Project & Product Updates
➡️ What's coming next?

https://medium.com/cardstack/web3-roundup-aa0f7ed91bf6

The entertainment industry needs fixing. Sketchy signing agreements and unfair models of compensation—no wonder Hollywood is known as an industry of sharks.

Web3 can help. How?

✅ Blockchain technology
✅ NFTs
✅ DAOs

Learn more here:
https://medium.com/cardstack/can-web3-save-the-entertainment-industry-ced6410c78ee

What is the value of self-sovereign identity in the decentralized world?

Learn more about this in our Web3 Watch episode on Decentralized Insurance: https://youtu.be/I03JbqmKL6U

Web2 music streaming services changed the way we listen to music, but also brought up various issues that need solving. 🤕

Web3 technologies promise to decentralize platformed control and place power back into the hands of creators. 💪

Read more here: https://medium.com/cardstack/web3-and-the-future-of-the-music-industry-6c703fda6a2e

Our Web3 Watch fireside chats are available on Apple Podcasts! We have new episodes for you every week: https://apple.co/36Cu6pr

Web3 can learn much from Web2’s successful programmatic marketing strategies like SEO, link building & referral traffic—all the stuff that keeps users engaged.

What are some crucial things you have learned from Web2? Let us know!

Watch the full conversation with HubSpot's Kipp Bodnar here: https://youtu.be/Ffm-cvED7D0

As the Internet grew and became more ubiquitous throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, three problems emerged within the world of cyber art:

➡️Authenticity
➡️Ownership
➡️Transferability

NFTs solve all three of these problems.

https://medium.com/cardstack/from-net-art-to-non-fungible-token-a-brief-history-of-the-nft-d6d029470a46#87ba

Happening later today! Our Web3 Watch fireside chat about the BitcoinSV Blockchain with BSVBlockchain will cover:

✅ Difference between the Bitcoin BTC & Bitcoin SV blockchains
✅ Why choose the BSV blockchain?
✅ BSV’s vision for the Web3 ecosystem

...& much more!

Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyiCmx11rsI

Last week, we spoke to Rug Radio host and NFT archaeologist Adam McBride about his favorite subject: NFTs! 🤩

If you missed it, catch the whole scoop here: https://medium.com/cardstack/early-nfts-with-nft-archaeologist-rug-radio-host-adam-mcbride-5909d11be6e7

The Cardstack family has a new intern! Meet Paulin Alcoser, Cardstack’s Software Engineering Intern, who is working on the Card Pay Rewards Program.

Paulin was born and raised in Tijuana, Mexico, and attended college in Abu Dhabi. Excited about the changes that Web3 will bring, he says: “Web3 is the opportunity for users to own and be fairly compensated for their personal data.”

He's also a huge fan of Game of Thrones and loooves listening to comedy podcasts. Maybe he can recommend some to us!

Learn more about Paulin here: https://www.notion.so/Q-A-with-the-Cardstack-Team-1bbb8cd1ed88459d9c41a642c3c81d48#c3bfae87caff4cb99585679c47c55a4c

It's all about DeFi & DAOs in our next Web3Watch! We'll be speaking to Will Corkin, Co-Founder of MANTRA DAO.

One of the most successful DAOs, MANTRA DAO is at the forefront of providing DeFi services such as staking and lending.

Register for the fireside chat now: https://events.cardstack.com/defi-and-daos-with-mantra-daos-co-founder-will-corkin