🎙️Coming up next week on Web3 Watch!

We discuss the usability-focused Web3 ecosystem with NEAR Protocol's Co-Founder Illia Polosukhin.

We'll cover:

➡️ NEAR Protocol’s vision, ecosystem & initiatives
➡️ Challenges Web3 faces today

...and much more.

Register here: https://events.cardstack.com/en-us/usability-focused-web3-ecosystem-with-near-protocols-illia-polosukhin

👉 “Make an awesome product, make something that people need and it just so happens that it’s built on top of blockchain.” - Matt Wisniewski

Watch the full fireside chat where Chris Tse and Matthew Wisniewski of Satellite.im discuss decentralized messaging and the importance of blockchain: https://youtu.be/cmn7RtVyrJs

Our fireside chat with NEAR Protocol is tomorrow!

NEAR is a sharded, proof-of-stake, layer-one blockchain that is simple to use, secure, and scalable.

Join us for an insightful session on usability-focused Web3 with NEAR's Co-Founder Illia Polosukhin.

https://youtu.be/mBfkGdh4BX0

👋 Meet Buck, who is part of Cardstack’s web team! Buck currently works on maintaining the Ember-based dApp and Card.xyz.

When not at work, Buck occasionally plans software-driven urban exploration puzzle-solving adventures, akin to hybrid digital-analog scavenger hunts.

👉 Want to learn more about Buck? https://www.notion.so/Q-A-with-the-Cardstack-Team-1bbb8cd1ed88459d9c41a642c3c81d48#7641b87082a3455e9c08a7dc30c4ff6d

🎙️ Web3Watch brings you Chris Tse & Synthetix’s Founder Kain Warwick next week!

We'll cover:

✅ What are synthetic assets and why do they matter?
✅ Why build a decentralized derivatives liquidity protocol against current banking models?

...& more!
https://events.cardstack.com/building-a-defi-protocol-with-synthetixs-founder-kain-warwick

📢 A lot is going on in the cryptosphere—and here at Cardstack!

➡️ Check out our recent AMA, find out what we're working on, and sign up for the next fireside chat!

👉 Get the scoop here: https://medium.com/cardstack/web3-roundup-82a9d58f5ede

“You as the individual should have the choice as to what you start revealing about yourself to get value.” - Masa Finance’s Founder, Brendan Playford

How can a personalized model of data privacy be used to create value?

Full episode: https://youtu.be/uj2OEDODFWk

📺 Get Cardstack's strategy & protocol updates from our recent AMA!

Chris Tse answered questions like:

➡️What chains do you plan to support❓
➡️What pain points is Cardstack solving in Web3?

..and many more! Check out part 1 of the #CardstackAMA article series: https://medium.com/@cardstack/cc1f7643e8a4

🎙️Want to know what Synthetix is about?

➡️It is an open-source DeFi protocol based on the Ethereum blockchain & powered by its SNX token.

➡️The project allows users to create their own “synthetic” assets.

Learn more tomorrow in our fireside chat: https://youtu.be/uy1V4rXoMOo

The biggest promise of Web3 is that it will deconstruct the centralized powers of Web2 tech companies—through decentralized protocols and software.

How does Web3 undo these power structures❓🤔

Read the full article here: https://medium.com/cardstack/from-app-to-dapp-how-web3-is-reshaping-the-internet-b9524779be24

🎙️Storage and processing of PII has been under severe scrutiny in recent years due to privacy scandals such as Cambridge Analytica and Facebook.

Identity, a non-profit Web3 project, is working to change identity verification without the need for PII.

Identity's CEO, Phillip Shoemaker, joins Chris Tse on #Web3Watch next week to discuss the vision behind Identity: https://events.cardstack.com/en-us/decentralized-identity-verification-with-identitys-executive-director-phillip-shoemaker

There are two economies: the physical and the digital. The former contains real-life limits while the latter offers an economics of abundance that encourages play and exploration. But how do we fairly reconcile the two?

Navroop Sahdev discusses how open-source tools can reimagine unjust economic models and provide a heart to the software economy: https://youtu.be/hubdJmuBTWc

📺 Here's part 2 of our #CardstackAMA article series, focusing on product & marketing updates.

Chris Tse answered questions on:

✅ Product launches
✅ The upcoming B2B product
✅ Plans for Cardstack Wallet
✅ Marketing efforts

...& more!

https://medium.com/cardstack/ask-me-anything-part-2-5b4bbe0b00c3

🎙️ Tomorrow on Web3 Watch with Identity's Philip Shoemaker, we discuss decentralized identity verification!

We'll cover:

✅ Identity’s verification process
✅ Challenges in building a decentralized identity verification solution
✅ Drawbacks of current PII-based identity verification system

& much more!

Set your alerts here: https://youtu.be/5XF6L2zD_tM

Let's talk about the power of Web3 tools:

✅ Web3 tools allow for more ownership and autonomy among users. Have more control over your data!
✅ Web3 tools are more composable, enabling more innovation as compared to Web2's siloed platforms.
✅ Web3 transactions are more transparent, equitable, and secure, compared to high transaction fees on Web2 payment platforms.

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

🎙️Next week — Do not miss our fireside chat with Endaoment's CEO Robbie Heeger!

We discuss:

✅ Philanthropy in the crypto community
✅ Supporting Ukrainian sovereignty & the protection of reproductive rights through community funds
✅ Implementing DAO governance for nonprofits

& much more!

Register here now: https://events.cardstack.com/en-us/web3-watch/crypto-philanthropy-with-endaoments-ceo-robbie-heeger

📢 The Cardstack team continues to make improvements and add new features to our product suite.

👉 In this tech update, we cover the changes made to our payment scheduling solution, rewards calculation, Cardstack Wallet, and Card Builder.

🚀 Catch all our developments and more here: https://medium.com/cardstack/september-2022-tech-status-update-48eea80699df

📢 In this edition of Web3 RoundUp, we have:

👉 Work progress updates on payment scheduling, staking rewards, Cardstack Wallet & Card Builder
👉 The Cardstack AMA two-part article series
👉 Cardstack on CoinMarketCap

...and more!

Get your updates here: https://medium.com/cardstack/web3-roundup-8c737fd189ac

Why would someone pay $69 million for a JPEG of a collage, and even want to collect digital images in the first place? 🤔

To understand this, let's take a step back and look at the history of the intersection between art & the Internet.

Learn more here:
https://medium.com/cardstack/from-net-art-to-non-fungible-token-a-brief-history-of-the-nft-d6d029470a46#3e0e

📢 Web3Watch fireside chats will now premiere on the first and third Wednesdays of every month!

Catch our first episode for the month of October, tomorrow at 9am EDT.

We'll be discussing Crypto Philanthropy with Endaoment’s CEO Robbie Heeger.

Set your alerts here: https://youtu.be/RTgY3Y3FKJM

Our team has made further improvements in Card Builder to pull existing Card types from a catalog, allowing users to reuse them when creating a new card.

The runtime UI is still based on the scaffolded UI that emphasizes precision over aesthetics.

Our runtime team has been collaborating with the design team to incorporate the latest Boxel design system into the Card Builder environment.

Our plan is to release demos of our end-to-end user and developer experience once we get through some refactoring related to managing the changing codebase when the users are making both schema and data changes to the underlying cards.

Stay tuned for more progress updates from us!