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

We understand that most customers wanting to buy products using our protocol such as limited edition goods (Unisocks or “Card shirts”), NFTs, and DAO memberships are not likely to bridge their own tokens.

Instead, we would like them to use Apple Pay to purchase a prepaid card directly within the Card Wallet app “without having to visit Coinbase,” scan one QR code from a merchant’s website “hosted on Card Space,” and complete the transaction using their prepaid card balance.

Read more here: https://twitter.com/cardstack/status/1423188145328168963

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

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

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

What is Card Advance?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sd73a89K3xQ&t=1030s

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

"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

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

“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

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

In Card Space, you can create your very own space quickly and easily. You don’t even need to log in! You just connect your mobile wallet via WalletConnect. Learn more here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSl6nzC4JjM&t=323s

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

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