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Register Today for AWS Web3 Ready on September 15
Calling all business decision-makers, operators, founders, developers, and C-level executives alike who are ready to explore what’s next in Blockchain, NFTs, cryptocurrency, and beyond. AWS Web3 Ready is a one-day virtual event, designed with the Web3-savvy and the Web3-curious in mind. Get a first look at the speaker line up, and register to receive our exclusive NFT artwork.
Video: How AWS Empowered BlockFi to Scale at Their Own Pace
BlockFi, a crypto services platform operating in the fintech space, offers financial products to retail and institutional investors. After rapidly growing from 200 to 1,000 employees during the pandemic, the company knew they needed a solid infrastructure that would allow them to scale quickly and safely.
How to Create and Sell Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs)
Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) are a new type of digital asset that seems to be the hot topic of conversation everywhere. NFTs are described as nonsensical by skeptics, digital beanie babies or baseball cards by most, and a revolutionary new idea that will change everything from digital content to the way artists interact with fans by true believers. I’ve worked on NFTs in my role at Origin Protocol and I have already seen first hand how they are game changers in a number of industries. In this blog, I will briefly introduce you to the universe of NFTs and I will also teach you how to mint your own NFTs and sell them on a variety of platforms and marketplaces.
Pillar on Optimizing Blockchain Data Processing with AWS
Pillar Project changed the base of their architecture entirely to facilitate a vision: an ability to ingest ever increasing amounts of data from various blockchain networks with high durability, low latency, fault-tolerance, transferability and ultimately store this data in a useful, unrestricted way. Here’s how they did it.
Calling All Developers for MOBI’s Grand Citopia Challenge
MOBI is actively calling all developers to utilize blockchain and IoT solutions to build out a smart city infrastructure with its hackathon – Citopia challenge. MOBI’s goal with the Citopia challenge is to alleviate problems related to resource sustainability and behavior-reward systems.
Imagining ‘Borderless Entertainment’ with Blockchain Startup SELF TOKEN
SELF TOKEN, a digital entertainment blockchain startup based in Taiwan, aims to create an “immersive entertainment ecosystem,” beginning by creating Asia’s first blockchain warfare film, The Last Thieves. Co-founder, CEO, and director Jack Hsu, along with the movie’s economic advisor, Dr. Tom Lam, sat down to tell us more.
Time, Randomness, and a $100,000 Prize to Forever Change Blockchain
Announcing an open source hardware competition to change how blocks (as in blockchain) are produced using far less energy. And on the way, finding a solution to move from proof of work to proof of stake.
Harnessing the Power of Payments on the Blockchain
As blockchain steadily advances and reaches mainstream acceptance, what can startups do to prepare for this financial revolution?
Innovation Drivers for PropTech Startups
Founders and experts from Nestio, REX Real Estate, MetaProp, Compound Asset Management, and Corigin Ventures, met at the AWS Loft in NYC to discuss how the application of AI, automation, big data, and other emerging technologies can offer boundless opportunities and benefits for entrepreneurs looking to tap into the market.
How Coinbase Builds Its Blockchain Infrastructure
Coinbase is a marketplace to buy and sell digital currency. It’s one of the best-known portals for anyone hoping to approach the crypto-currency market, because it’s the “easiest and most trusted place to buy, sell, and manage your digital currency,” according to Jack Kearney, a software engineer at Coinbase working on infrastructure and security.