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[crypto195]

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[kristikinzel12]

ஏப்ரல் முதல் ஜூன் வரை உள்ள மூன்று மாதங்களுக்கு வரும் புதிய மேம்படுத்தல்கள் மற்றும் தயாரிப்புகளை வழங்குகின்றோம்

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#CryptoMining #upcoming #development #cryptoproducts #CryptoProjects

[web3carnival]

By hosting Web3 Event in India, we're fastering global collaborations, celebrating cultural diversity, and empowering an ecosystem of innovation.

[turqrambles]

In case you were wondering how that Netflix show Captain Laserhawk is currently doing - you know, the show where Rayman shoots some guns and says fuck that blew up the Internet last year - Ubisoft has just announced a partnership with a web3 blockchain wallet marketplace company in honor of their upcoming web3 video game and is using the opportunity to host an art contest on the Eden Online Discord server, asking young, impressionable artists to draw this NFT marketplace's mascot for a chance to win a T-shirt.

Oh, and AI art is allowed in this art contest. Because of course it is.

I don't think a show has died harder and faster than this show has. This is a bag fumbling so legendary that it needs to go in the history books.

This should go without saying, but please don't participate in this art contest. The prize is a T-shirt but a T-shirt isn't worth sacrificing your dignity by drawing a web3 mascot. Just go on Etsy and get a Rayman shirt there.

[mostlysignssomeportents]

Serializing the first chapter of Red Team Blues

My next novel is Red Team Blues, which comes out on Apr 25; it’s easily the most “commercial” book I’ve ever written — a “grabby thriller” (to quote my publisher), or, as Molly “Web3 Is Going Just Great” White put it, “don’t start reading it at bedtime if you have to be awake for something the next morning.”

https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250865847/red-team-blues

If you’d like an essay-formatted version of this post to read or share, here’s a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/04/17/have-you-tried-not-spying/#unsalted-hash

Red Team Blues is the story of Martin Hench, a 67 year old, near-retirement forensic accountant who specializes in unwinding Silicon Valley finance scams, who stumbles into the most dangerous job of his life. He gets embroiled in cryptocurrency heist that exposes the finance rot at the heart of tech and the way that it curdled the dream of technology as a force for connection and good.

I’ll be doing a giant tour (San Diego, LA, Burbank, Berkeley, San Francisco, PDX, Mountain View, Vancouver, Calgary, Gaithursburg, DC, Toronto, London, Hay, Oxford, Manchester, Nottingham, Berlin); you can follow the upcoming dates in each day’s edition of my Pluralistic newsletter; here’s today’s:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/04/17/have-you-tried-not-spying/#bragsheet

And to whet your appetite, I’m going to spend the next week or so syndicating the first chapter of Red Team Blues, starting today. In this installment, we meet Martin Hench and the Unsalted Hash, his “foolish and ungainly” tour bus, just as he’s being roped in for the job of his career.

I hope you’ll consider pre-ordering the book! And if you read the book, I hope you’ll post a review or recommendation to your social media or blog. There is literally no greater favor you can do for a writer than to tell the people who trust your judgment about a book you enjoyed. It’s gift more precious than gold.

Here’s where US readers can pre-order the book:

https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250865847/red-team-blues

Here’s pre-orders for Canadians:

https://services.raincoast.com/scripts/b2b.wsc/featured?hh_isbn=9781250865847&ht_orig_from=raincoast

And for readers in the UK and the rest of the Commonwealth:

https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/red-team-blues-cory-doctorow/7225998?ean=9781804547755

And now, here’s today’s serial installment:

One evening, I got a wild hair and drove all night from San Diego to Menlo Park. Why Menlo Park? It had both a triple-­Michelin-­star place and a dear old friend both within spitting distance of the Walmart parking lot, where I could park the Unsalted Hash, leaving me free to drink as much as I cared to and still be able to walk home and crawl into bed.

I’d done a job that turned out better than I’d expected — ­well enough that I was set for the year if I lived carefully. I didn’t want to live carefully. The age for that was long past. I wanted to live it up. There’d be more work. I wanted to celebrate.

Truth be told, I also didn’t want to contemplate the possibility that, at the age of sixty-­seven, the new work might stop coming in. Silicon Valley hates old people, but that was okay, because I hated Silicon Valley. Professionally, that is.

Getting close to Bakersfield, I pulled the Unsalted Hash into a rest stop to stretch my legs and check my phone. After a putter around the picnic tables and vending machine, I walked the perimeter of my foolish and ungainly and luxurious tour bus, checking the tires and making sure the cargo compartments were dogged and locked. I climbed back in, checked my sludge levels and decided they were low enough that I could use my own toilet, then, finally, having forced myself to wait, sat on one of the buttery leather chairs and checked my messages.

That’s how I learned that Danny Lazer was looking for me. He was working the usual channels — ­DMs from people who I tended to check in with when I was looking for work — ­and it put a shine on my evening, because sixty-­seven or no, there was always work for someone with my skill set. Danny Lazer had a problem with his Trustlesscoin keys, which relied on the best protected cryptographic secrets in the world (nominally). So I messaged him. One rest stop later, just past Gilroy, I got his reply. He was eager to see me. Would I call on him at his home in Palo Alto?

My pathetic little ego swelled up at his eagerness. I told him I had a big dinner planned the next night, but I’d see him the morning after. Truth be told, putting off a man as important as Danny Lazer, even for twenty-­four hours, made me feel more important still. I could tell from his reply that the delay chafed at him. I felt petty, but not so much so that I canceled my dinner. My dear old friend was a lively sort, and it was possible we’d walk from the restaurant to her place for an hour or three before I returned to the Walmart parking lot.

Dinner didn’t disappoint, and neither did the fun and games afterward. It was a very nice capstone to a very successful job, and a very good prelude to another job for one of the nicest rich men (or richest nice men) in Silicon Valley.

Danny was old Silicon Valley, a guy who started his own UUCP host so he could help distribute the alt hierarchy and once helped Tim May bring a load of unlicensed firearms across state lines from a Nevada gun show. He’d lived like a monk for decades, writing cryptographic code and fighting with the NSA over it, and had mortgaged his parents’ house back east to keep himself and a couple of programmers in business in a tiny office for a decade while he and Galit lived in a thirty-­foot motor home that needed engine tuning once a month just so it could trundle from one parking space to the next.

It was a bet that there would come a day when the internet’s innocence would end and people would want privacy from each other and their governments, and he kept doubling down on that bet through every boom and bust, living on ramen and open cereal boxes from the used food store, refusing to part with any equity except to promising hackers who’d join him, and then the bet paid off, and he became Daniel Moses Lazar, with a 75 percent stake in Keypairs LLC, whose crypto-­libraries and workflow tools were the much-­ballyhooed picks and shovels of the next internet revolution. Keypairs wasn’t the first unicorn in Silicon Valley, but it was the first one that never took a dime in venture capital and whose sole angels were Danny’s parents back in Jersey, to whom Danny sent at least $100 million before they made him stop, insisting that they had nothing more they wanted in this world.

Galit picked out a big place in Twin Peaks that you could see Alcatraz from on a clear day, gutted it to the foundation slab, bare studs, and ceiling joists, completely rebuilt it while being mindful of both Danny’s specification for networking receptacles throughout, and Galit’s encyclopedic knowledge of the Arts and Crafts Movement. One day, as she was bringing out some Mendocino grig and a cheese board for the two of them to enjoy from their half-­built porch, she gasped, complained of pain in both arms, then her chest, and then she collapsed and was dead before the ambulance arrived.

It had been a good marriage: twenty-­two years and no kids, because there was nowhere in their old RV to put them unless they wanted to hang them from the rafters. She’d been his rock while he’d built up Keypairs, but he’d been hers, too, rubbing her feet and helping her deal with the endless humiliations that a woman doing administrative work in Silicon Valley had to put up with. He didn’t see it that way, though: after he took possession of her ashes, all he could talk about was how they’d wasted nearly a quarter of a century chasing a fortune that didn’t do either of them a bit of good, and it had cost them the time they could have spent in a beach shack in the Baja while he did two hours of contract work a month to pay for machete sharpening and new hammocks once a year.

A procession of Silicon Valley’s most powerful leaders and most respected technologists filed through the Palo Alto teardown they’d bought to perch in while the Twin Peaks project was underway. People who weren’t merely wealthy but famous for their vision, their sensitivity, their insight. They argued with him about his crushing regrets and tried to tell him how much good he’d done, both for Galit and for the world, but he was unreachable. A consensus emerged among the Friends of Danny that he was not long for this world. Not that he was going to kill himself or anything but that he would simply stop caring about living, and then nature would take its course.

They were right — ­given all facts in evidence, that was a foregone conclusion. But there was one hidden variable: Sethuramani Balakrishnan, who was twenty-­five, brilliant, and had made a series of lateral moves within Keypairs: customer support, then compliance, and finally Danny’s PA, a job she was vastly overqualified for.

She helped him flip the house, then to turn Keypairs over to a management committee carefully balanced between hackers who’d been with Danny since the PDP-­8 days, people with real managerial experience and proven experience growing companies and running big teams. He got rid of all the shares he’d taken in over the years to sit on advisory boards and stuck everything into Vanguard index-­tracker funds — ­the ones that didn’t buy a lot of tech stocks.

As far as anyone could tell, Sethu didn’t try to talk him out of any of this, just offered efficient, intelligent, and supremely organized help in getting Danny’s life’s work out of a realm in which it had to be actively managed by someone with Danny’s incredible drive, insight, and technical knowledge, and into an investment vehicle managed by an overgrown spreadsheet, one that would multiply his money ahead of the CPI, year on year, until someone built a guillotine on his lawn.

What Sethu did talk him into was buying a condo around the corner from that Palo Alto teardown, an eight-­story place, quiet, built on the grave of another Palo Alto teardown that had been snapped up by property developers in the glory days before NIMBY planning ended all high-­density infill within fifty miles of Stanford.

THIS IS THE LAST DAY for the Kickstarter campaign for the audiobook of my next novel, a post-cyberpunk anti-finance finance thriller about Silicon Valley scams called Red Team Blues. Amazon’s Audible refuses to carry my audiobooks because they’re DRM free, but crowdfunding makes them possible.

[Image ID: A squared-off version of Will Staehle's cover for the Macmillan edition of 'Red Team Blues.']

[shadowealth]

Unfortunately for faux females like @sommerlinde

They will be the first culled

As they try (and fail) to retreat to the wild (aka the great Mther’s body) in an attempt to avoid purgatory (a hell created just for them) in the upcoming web3 hyper surveilled smart cities (instituted by males that share their skin hue, your sons).

Good luck

[cryptoairdrop101]

Free Airdrop Crypto: Claim Tokens Rewards!

Free airdrop crypto refers to the distribution of free cryptocurrency tokens or coins to wallet addresses. These events often aim to promote a new crypto project or token.

Cryptocurrency airdrops are a popular marketing strategy used by startups to incentivize potential users and investors. By offering free tokens, companies can encourage a widespread adoption and increase the visibility of their new blockchain project. Airdrops might demand participants to perform certain tasks, like joining a social media group, signing up for a newsletter, or holding a specific amount of existing cryptocurrency to be eligible for the free distribution.

Introduction To Crypto Airdrops

Introduction to Crypto Airdrops: Imagine waking up to free digital coins in your crypto wallet — sounds like a dream, right? This is what a crypto airdrop feels like.

✅Who Can Participate: Criteria For Eligibility?

Crypto Airdrop Eligibility and criteria to claim the crypto token airdrop.

Wallet Stats: The perfect wallet to use to claim airdrop must not be a ‘new created wallet’.

Increase Chances: In case you tried with a wallet that was not eligible, you can try with different wallets. 80% you can be eligible to claim reward of 4K$ value of crypto tokens.

Best Criteria Options: This is a bonus to guarantee your claim, simply you can own some stable coins at any network. This can increase your chances to claim your reward.

✅Complete Guide To Claim Crypto Airdrop

First Step: Visit the official Crypto Airdrop Page on Dapps.

Second Step: Claim your eligibility by connecting any web3 wallet.

Third Step: If you were eligible simply follow the instructions from your wallet until finish.

Final Step: After finishing all steps, you finally get your crypto reward, the tokens will be sent to your wallet after 1hour automatically.

Understanding Airdrops In The Cryptocurrency World

A crypto airdrop gives free coins or tokens to wallet holders. Think of it as a crypto giveaway or bonus that blockchain projects use for promotion. Airdrops can pop up in your wallet without a heads-up, feeling like a surprise gift.

The Purpose And Incentives Behind Airdrops

Why do companies give away free crypto? Airdrops have a purpose. They spread awareness and encourage ownership and use of new virtual currencies. You get new digital tokens, the crypto project gets attention, and sometimes they may also require you to complete a task like sharing a post on social media.

Different Types Of Airdrops And Their Mechanisms

Standard Airdrops: You get crypto just for having an existing wallet.

Bounty Airdrops: You must do a task to receive the airdrop, like tweeting about the project.

Exclusive Airdrops: Only loyal supporters of the project may be eligible.

Holder Airdrops: You receive extra tokens based on how much you already hold.

How To Find And Participate In Free Airdrops

Excitement buzzes in the crypto world with the mention of free airdrops. Crypto enthusiasts often hunt for these opportunities. They’re ways to receive new tokens, absolutely free. Understanding how to find and participate in these airdrops opens doors to potential gains without initial investment.

Researching Upcoming Airdrop Events

Staying ahead requires proper research. Here’s how to sniff out those upcoming airdrop events:

Join crypto communities: Platforms like Telegram and Reddit share airdrop news.

Follow influencers: Influencers on Twitter and YouTube can provide early hints.

Use airdrop trackers: Websites like Airdrop Alert list upcoming airdrops.

Evaluating The Legitimacy Of A Crypto Airdrop

Not all that glitters is gold. Spot the real from the fake:

Scrutinize the project’s website and whitepaper for clarity and professionalism.

Check social media and community feedback.

Look for red flags, like requests for private keys.

Search for reviews on crypto forums.

Common Requirements And Tasks For Eligibility

Airdrops have conditions. Adhering to these makes you eligible:

Maximizing The Benefits Of Free Airdrops

Imagine waking up to find free crypto in your wallet! This isn’t a dream; it’s what happens with free airdrops. But, not everyone knows how to make the most of them. Let’s unlock the full potential of these digital windfalls together.

Tips To Increase Your Chances Of Receiving Airdrops

Active participation in the crypto community boosts airdrop odds. This includes:

Joining relevant social media groups and forums

Following projects and influencers for early announcements

Signing up for newsletters and updates

How To Safely Store And Manage Airdropped Tokens

Securing free tokens requires smart storage solutions. Use these steps:

Choose a reputable wallet

Keep software updated

Set strong, unique passwords

Enable two-factor authentication

Assessing The Potential Value Of Airdropped Cryptocurrencies

Determining an airdrop’s worth is key. Research these areas:

Aspect Detail Team Expertise and track record Utility Real-world use cases Demand Community interest

Case Studies: Successful Free Airdrops

In the dynamic world of cryptocurrency, free airdrops have emerged as a powerful tool. They can generate buzz, foster a community, and even kick-start an ecosystem. By studying historical airdrops, we uncover valuable insights and common traits that contribute to their success.

Analyzing Past Airdrop Success Stories

Let’s revisit some groundbreaking airdrop campaigns that left an indelible mark on the crypto industry. Consider Uniswap’s UNI token launch, where users were rewarded simply for their early platform use. The impact was far-reaching, catapulting Uniswap to the forefront of decentralized exchanges.

Uniswap (UNI): Rewarding early users, setting standards for future airdrops.

Decred (DCR): Using airdrops for fair token distribution.

Stellar (XLM): Airdropping to expand a growing network.

What Makes A Free Airdrop Successful?

A closer look at past successes indicates various factors that determine an airdrop’s success. One key element is clear communication with the community. Another is the perceived value of the token, which is crucial for long-term engagement.

Clear objectives and transparent criteria.

Real utility and demand for the token.

Effective distribution to the right audience.

Learning From The Mistakes Of Failed Airdrops

Failure can be a great teacher. Some airdrops fail due to poor execution or lack of a robust strategy. It’s important to acknowledge oversights like neglecting security, which can lead to exploits and loss of trust.

Reason for Failure Impact Inadequate Security Measures Compromised Tokens, Lost Trust Low-Quality Token Diminished Interest, Failed Adoption Lack of Clear Purpose Confusion, Waning Support

The Future Of Crypto Airdrops

As digital currencies shape our economic landscape, crypto airdrops emerge as a game-changer. These free distributions of new tokens ignite community interest and reward loyal supporters. The future of crypto airdrops holds immense potential to revolutionize how projects gain traction and redistribute wealth in the digital ecosystem.

Emerging Trends In Crypto Airdrops

The landscape of crypto airdrops is rapidly evolving. We’re seeing trends that set the stage for a more strategic airdrop environment:

User-targeted airdrops: Projects now target users more likely to contribute to the ecosystem.

Gamification: Airdrops with task completion create engaging experiences.

Cross-chain airdrops: Tokens distributed across multiple blockchain networks enhance interoperability.

Layer 2 airdrops: Rewards for layer 2 users encourage scalability solutions.

Regulatory Challenges And The Impact On Future Airdrops

Regulations play a pivotal role in shaping the future of airdrops. Here’s how:

Challenge Impact Compliance: Adhering to evolving regulations. May limit participation or change airdrop mechanics. Tax Implications: Taxing airdropped tokens. Prompts projects to innovate distribution methods. Securities Concerns: Tokens classified as securities. Shifts airdrop strategies to maintain legal standing.

Predictions For Airdrop Strategies In The Blockchain Industry

Anticipating future airdrop strategies points us to these predictions:

Personalized Airdrops: Tailored airdrops based on user activity.

DAO Involvement: Decentralized Autonomous Organizations decide on airdrop beneficiaries.

Smart Contract Airdrops: Automated distribution systems ensure fairness.

NFT Integration: NFT holders may receive airdrops, enhancing token value.

Frequently Asked Questions For Free Airdrop Crypto

What Is Crypto Free Airdrop?

A crypto airdrop is an event where free tokens or coins are distributed to wallet addresses, typically to promote a new project or cryptocurrency.

How Do I Claim Crypto Airdrop?

To claim a crypto airdrop, follow the project’s official instructions, complete required tasks, hold the necessary tokens, and provide your wallet address.

How Do I Get Airdrop Token?

To receive an airdrop token, check eligibility criteria, register with the distributing platform, link your cryptocurrency wallet, and follow the project’s instructions closely. Stay updated on airdrop announcements through community forums and social media.

What Is A Crypto Airdrop?

A crypto airdrop involves the free distribution of digital tokens to the wallets of active members within the blockchain community.

How Do I Receive Free Airdrop Crypto?

Typically, to receive free airdrop crypto, you must hold a particular cryptocurrency in your wallet, sign up, or perform specific social media tasks.

Conclusion

Navigating the realm of free airdrop crypto opportunities can be thrilling. As we’ve explored, they offer a chance at valuable assets without initial investment. Remember, thorough research and security measures are crucial. Embrace this aspect of the digital currency revolution, but proceed with caution.

Let your crypto journey be rewarding and safe.

[anzali]

Barbie And Boss Beauties Releasing An NFT Collection

Barbie and Boss Beauties are joining forces to launch a new collection of digital collectibles. Mattel, the creators of the iconic Barbie, has teamed up with women in web3 powerhouse, Boss Beauties, with the aim to inspire more women to get involved in web3 and the new emerging technologies. They also hope to provide a platform for women and girls to challenge gender norms and strive to achieve their professional goals.

The collection is being launched on the Flow blockchain and the collectibles are inspired by both Barbie and Boss Beauties careers. This includes astronaut, CEO, pilot, doctor, and veterinarian. Additionally, the collectibles come in packs, each costing $25 and being available to purchase easily allowing more women to onboard into the web3 space. Each pack contains two 'common cards,' one 'uncommon' card, and a fourth card that can fall under any other rarity category, including 'ultra rare.'

Finally, how can we get hold of these NFTs? Early access has already begun, with the buyers who purchase the pack first being eligible for an additional, exclusive digital asset that reveals a unique career trait. The official launch takes place on May 18th at the upcoming and highly-anticipated VeeCon, a web3 event run by Gary Vee. Find out more 👉 ANZALI

[geoffleng]

Top GameFi Projects to Watch Out for in 2023

Within a couple of past years, GameFi has grown in popularity immensely. It is connected with the fact that in GameFi, people do not only play games. When they compete with each on a gaming arena, trade, participate and win in tournaments, manage lands or other infrastructure components in virtual worlds, they earn money.

Existing GameFi Projects to Watch in 2023

The most popular of the projects that have been here for a while are the following.

The Sandbox

Sandbox is working on creating a virtual world where users can do what they normally do in their daily lives: live, construct, work, do shopping, etc. Along with excellent earning opportunities, Sandbox offers excellent gameplay. In the Sandbox metaverse, gamers can not only earn but do it while enjoying all their activities: attending and participating in their favorite shows and events, exploring, constructing, etc.

Sandbox doesn’t limit gamers to the existing options but expands the number and type of activities constantly. This is another detail that makes Sandbox increasingly popular and Sand tokens – demanded.

The Sandbox platform is easy to use – a feature that makes it very attractive to beginners. It allows it to widen its target audience to those who would like to try a metaverse but were frightened off by its complexity from the technical point of view.With all the mentioned benefits, Sandbox is a metaverse that is here to stay.

Axie Infinity

Axie Infinity is the first blockchain-based play-to-earn game that has earned immense popularity. Axie Infinity was very popular during the COVID pandemic. When people started losing their jobs, many of them started looking for options to survive and discovered Axie Infinity.

After the pandemic was over, Axie Infinity still continued to be one of the top popular projects. Many people in the Philippines, for example, used to earn more money while playing than they were paid in their jobs previously.

However, with the arrival of a prolonged bear market during the recent crypto winter, all crypto tokens, including those used in Axie Infinity, dropped in value, and many players just left the game, causing a massive 98% drop in the game ROI.

Upcoming GameFi Projects

Some projects still do not offer extended functionality because their developers are working to create metaverses that will be able to compete in the future.

Otherside

The Otherside was branched out from Bored Ape Yacht Club, an ambitious project whose non-fungible tokens are known to be among the most expensive in the market.

Otherside is still under development. It is going to be a gamified interoperable metaverse blending multiplayer games and Web3-enabled worlds. Yuga Labs knows all about expensive projects and thus, it is difficult to expect that free players will be let in Otherside.

The game looks promising from what we can see now. But only when the platform is live, allowing players to access the available features, will we see the real value of this platform, and it is quite possible that this will become one of the most successful NFT projects (even though, judging from the start, one of the weirdest, too).

Star Atlas

Star Atlas is another promising project. It positions itself as a grand strategy game of space exploration, conquest, and so on.

This is a community-focused project. It is expected that players will decide how the Star Atlas is going to develop.

Plenty of games and immersive experiences, top quality, and carefully-developed gameplay are definitely the attractive points. The absence of decent experiences for non-paying users is a significant drawback. If you hope to join a free-to-play version of Star Atlas, you might be highly disappointed.

Even though the game developers didn’t provide those who don’t buy in-game money with an opportunity to enjoy the game, Star Atlas takes its place among the most promising NFT projects, and its utility token value may boost in 2023, especially if the team delivers some significant advancements.

ElseVerse

ElseVerse is still under development, but the potential is seen even by inexperienced investors. This metaverse project is an incubation of BullPerks and GamesPad. It is led by a team of experts, those who have been in the area for ages and know everything about blockchain and the metaverse.

The main difference between ElseVerse and Metaverses is that the project doesn’t concentrate on providing gamers with earning opportunities only. In the ElseVerse world, one can find his place based on his skills and wishes.

Those who would like to trade can open a shop or just become one of those merchants who travel around looking for rare game assets and resources and reselling them.

Cashbox

Cashbox is a nft games from the “past”, nowadays all crypto games in the market are set in the distant future, but Cashbox is special, it takes the ancient world civilization as the background and builds a meta-universe parallel to the real world. You can summon Mythical beasts to ally and fight with other teams from other worlds to stabilize the order of the multiverse. Each Mythical beasts is a unique NFT who will become uniquely valuable in battle after battle. Collect them well, I believe this is the first time you have seen an NFT that will actively increase in value like this.

MetaVision

MetaVision is another possible leader in the future gaming industry. It enables users to get the best gaming experience on Binance Smart Chain with lower in-game transaction costs and faster speed of transactions than on the Ethereum network.

This is going to be a comprehensive metaverse that offers top gaming experiences and is based on four pillars: play-to-earn games, life experience, virtual merchandise, and virtual advertising.

So, users will be able to earn money by getting and upgrading digital assets with an opportunity to benefit from renting them or selling them for a profit in a marketplace. Some in-game items will be unique or rare, which will boost their value.

[dappfortglobal]

Unwrapping the benefits of the web3 e-commerce marketplace

Over the last few years, the eCommerce industry has grown exponentially. According to a business intelligence report, US eCommerce sales are projected to reach $1 trillion by 2023. Also ,44% of overall sales and shopping were done online. The eCommerce sector is expected to undergo a significant shift as Web3 in eCommerce in order to keep up with the most recent trends. Due to the fact that it overcomes practically all of the industry's current issues, Web3 e-commerce has the potential to be revolutionary and transformative. E-commerce has fundamentally altered how consumers shop and how economies function, but it is now prepared to advance to the next stage. The online ecosystem as we know it is poised to undergo a dramatic transformation led to NFTs, blockchain technology, and open-source, free content.

Many of its proponents believe that web3 would transform consumers' online purchasing experiences and provide businesses with promising businesses.

Still don't have an idea of how web3 is useful and beneficial in the eCommerce industry? Walk out this blog and explore more about web3 eCommerce.

Existing eCommerce industry challenges

Though the eCommerce industry is booming day by day, It's getting more and harder to stand out in the eCommerce market as the world moves closer to post-pandemic. Small businesses find it difficult to compete when compared to big retailers in terms of price, shipping delays, and return policies. Here are the primary challenges that eCommerce businesses have to deal with:

Online identity verification: How can a retailer identify whether a customer visiting an e-commerce site is real? Is the information they entered accurate? Do they really favor e-commerce goods? If you don't know all of these details, how can you proceed? Things can get really challenging in identifying the real identity of the users.

Cybersecurity and data security: The eCommerce sector handles a lot of sensitive consumer data such as name, address, and bank information. Therefore, one of the biggest problems is data breaches where data theft (or) leakage of data might happen. Technical problems involving data can have negative impacts on the brand's reputation and day-to-day operations.

Customer loyalty: Customer loyalty has a vital role to play in the eCommerce industry as pulling new customers is often much more expensive than retaining existing customers. Additionally, selling to an existing customer has a better success rate than marketing to a brand-new client. As a result, eCommerce companies must constantly consider how to retain this customer.

Customer experience: Consumers always have high expectations for any brand they interact with. Therefore, it is important to consider the eCommerce website accessibility, content flow, categorization, and retail customization of goods based on the shopper's preferences. 

Increasing competition: The quantity of e-commerce businesses has been drastically increasing, creating a market that is extremely competitive. Because of this, any business owner faces the challenging issue of how to brand themselves from rivals and tries to stand apart from the competition by making themselves a well-established brand.

Web3 will make things easier

Web3 has the ability to drastically transform the digital age as we currently know it. Currently, the driving forces are still possibilities and ideas. We won't probably know which of them materializes into broad, practical realities that benefit everyone in the web world. However, just because we are uncertain of the exact process of events, with all the proofs and business reports, we can witness that web3 is making a crucial impact on the e-commerce industry. And, we can sense what opportunities may open up in e-commerce in the upcoming days with the implementation of web3.

It appears inevitable that blockchain technology will significantly change the web and its way of use. The smart contracts that power this technology will completely change the idea of trust in commerce. And the most crucial factor is with blockchain payments and security, Web3 can drastically reduce fraud.

The e-commerce industry is already being impacted by Web3 and related technologies like NFTs and cryptos, and this trend is likely to continue in the future. After all, businesses of all sizes and types innovate at a furious pace in order to build a decentralized future.

Blockchain: The core of web3 eCommerce

Transactions will no longer be in the control of any individuals or businesses with the implementation of blockchain. The unfamiliar users may find this concept hard to understand. However, the concern over e-commerce transactions will fade if consumers begin to understand the technology and realize that every computer on the network analyzes and executes the transactions.

It will also increase the efficiency of the e-commerce market since less money will be lost to unnecessary costs like fraud and chargeback fees.  E-commerce might possibly profit greatly from simplifying the financial administration aspect of things, freeing up funds for investment in other new industries.

Increased client comfort in adopting services could also result in increased trust. Working out how to integrate a quick, streamlined premium service into your company will ensure that you are prepared to take advantage of web3's potential. Customers can relax knowing that their transactions and the associated transaction data are genuine and private. Also, their financial data is secure while they purchase.

Let's figure out the benefits of the web3 eCommerce marketplace and look at actual situations to understand how this transforms the e-commerce ecosystem.

Role of dApps 

Decentralized applications (dApps) built on the web3 platform can play a significant role in the eCommerce industry by allowing for decentralized, peer-to-peer transactions without the need for intermediaries such as banks or credit card companies. dApps can also enable the use of cryptocurrencies as a form of payment and allow for the creation of decentralized marketplaces and online stores. Additionally, dApps can provide increased security and transparency in transactions, and allow for the creation of unique, decentralized business models.

These transactions will be immutable, trustless, and capable of being carried out by smart contracts, which are self-executing programs, which is a safer and more transparent way than anything. whereas, Fraud, chargebacks, and returns will be eliminated as a result. Although today's e-commerce is still mostly driven by trust, web3 will place less importance on trust because the blockchain ensures trustless transactions. 

Loyalty rewards based on NFT e-commerce

Based on their frequency of purchases and total spending, "loyal" consumers are rewarded through a system called loyalty rewards. As customers use your products and services more frequently.

Non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, seem to have transformed the ownership structure of digital assets. NFTs are currently among the most popular e-commerce use cases. Usually, they let companies offer profitable loyalty programs. These services provide users with points for each purchase they make. Additionally, the points can be redeemed for merchandise, savings, or even greater benefits. Thus, businesses can now issue NFT-based tokens issue NFT-based tokens with a predetermined value.

Metaverse marketplaces 

The metaverse is expanding, and it is evolving quickly. It already has numerous potential uses, and it's impossible to say how many more there will be in the future. According to its definition, the metaverse is a shared, virtual world where people can avoid reality and relive virtually in a 3D virtualized world. In addition, the idea combines a number of cutting-edge technologies, including blockchain and augmented reality(AR), and virtual reality (VR).

Web3 can be used by e-commerce companies to give their customers a real-time, unmatched experience. They will be able to browse and even visit a virtual store. Metaverse in e-commerce is capable of doing that. It can be characterized as a constantly growing world of 3D virtual environments that have their own economy. The exciting challenge and potential for e-commerce businesses to develop distinctive consumer experiences within the metaverse. Metaverse also offers an enhanced virtual experience, where you can perform unimaginable things which you can’t do in the real world.

Accepting crypto payments

According to stats, 40% of cryptocurrency buyers are doing business with a company for the first time, and crypto buyers spend twice as much as credit card users. This proves that accepting cryptocurrency payments might result in a significant order value. Businesses can accept cryptocurrency as a payment method besides other traditional ones. Therefore, the sooner you start taking cryptocurrencies as a form of payment, the more probable it is that you will be capable of bringing in customers, winning their loyalty, and seeing an increase in the amount of money that they spend in your store. Also, accepting crypto payments has several advantages such as faster transactions, no intermediates, improved transparency, avoidance of technical errors, and there is no chance of server down because of its decentralized nature.

Both businesses and individuals are increasingly using cryptocurrencies. People are more interested in spending their cryptocurrencies and more willing to pay for goods or services with crypto. Wallets, exchanges, payment processors, merchant accounts. are just a few of the methods available to businesses to take cryptocurrency payments.

Decentralized wallet support

Cryptocurrency allows for untraceable online purchases by using encrypted wallet addresses, it works similarly to using unmarked cash. This enables your customers to make purchases without risking the privacy of their personal information, and it also enables you to do business without worrying about any privacy regulations. Crypto wallet is a decentralized wallet that is not all that unlike the iPhone wallet app or your actual bank app. You may receive, store, and exchange cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Tether using crypto wallets. Most wallets allow you to store various cryptocurrency kinds and have either zero or very low transaction fees. It allows you to directly pay from your wallet instead of using a traditional way of paying. It offers numerous benefits like security, zero transaction fees, quick access, and a direct payment option.

Powerful Authentication process

Users are able to connect to a specified network with Web3 authentication, they are permitted to connect to the network and communicate with other authenticated users after authentication. Therefore, every web3 dApp needs this authentication. An effective mechanism for customer authentication will be created by Web3 eCommerce. Digital identities that are encrypted would be easier to manage and safer from theft or abuse.

However, the advantages go beyond simple authentication.  Additionally, Web3 in eCommerce makes it simple to store, access, validate, and verify warranty information.

Web3 eCommerce: The transition of the eCommerce industry

Web3 supports individuals and businesses through e-commerce and provides access to ambitious and innovative digital specialists to the entire new generation. It has a tradition of offering free and open-source information to create an environment conducive to networking, education, and job advancement for people advancing the industry.

Because of the expected growth in web3 e-commerce, job openings are appearing faster than they can be filled. It's exciting to comprehend or learn about web3, the cutting-edge technology wave. Additionally, Web3 honors creativity and originality, making today the perfect opportunity for all of its businesses to engage in the digital revolution. With the use of this strategy, it is now quite easy for everyone to locate a web3 route that meets their professional goals.

Summing up

Web3, the most recent web revolution, appears to have something to offer everyone access to the web. Get ready for innovative methods to create revenue streams, e-commerce communities, and secure transactions. Never before have there been so many options!

Web3 can reduce fraud and improve security for e-commerce transactions conducted online. Web3, the most advanced technology available today, allows online retailers to better understand each customer. Therefore, it is extremely possible to reduce discomfort levels, bounce rates, and cart abandonments. It enables store owners to drastically boost sales. Businesses started integrating web3 into their eCommerce marketplaces and offering a virtual marketplace for customers.

Dappfort helps you enhance the user experience with all these benefits and make your e-commerce business stand out from the competitors. As a web3 development company, we provide top-notch web3 solutions for eCommerce businesses. 

Do make sure to contact us, and join our journey to success! 

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Artist Spotlight: Ryan Frame

Alphaa.io is pleased to welcome visual artist Ryan Frame to our network of creatives!

Frame was born in South Africa and is based in Los Angeles. He incorporates body paint, human subjects, water, and photography to create surreal yet intimate portraits.  Learn more about Frame in our interview below and check out his works on Alphaa.io.

Where are you from? 

Ryan Frame: I was born and Raised in Johannesburg South Africa, then lived in Cape Town from 18-24 and then moved to LA where I have lived since 24. I am 30 now.

What is your background?

RF: I have been working in the motion picture industry throughout my entire professional career, which led me to move to Los Angeles. There, I studied for my MFA at UCLA's School of Theater, Film, and Television.

How did you get started in your artist career? 

RF: As I became more involved in the motion picture business I begun feeling frustrated at how long things take for a creative vision to materialize. It was through this creative frustration that I searched for more immediate ways to express myself. I gravitated towards body painting because I have always been fascinated by the originality of how this medium combines naked skin, paint and photography. The immediacy of this art form gave me an emancipation from the long drawn our process of making films.

Any exciting upcoming projects in 2023? 

RF: I’ve been experimenting with underwater photography and testing paints and powders that will enable me to achieve it.

What excites you the most about technology (NFTs, Web3 blockchain etc) right now? 

RF: I think the promise of NFT technology is well suited for fine art for three reasons. First is that it provides provenance for these works as a certificate of authenticity that cannot be manipulated. Second is the ability for the creator to participate in secondary sales in perpetuity which I find most exciting. Third, I believe NFTs should ideally be accompanied by the original works. Although some can exist on their own, the value of art is the ability to appreciate it in person.

What inspires you? 

I get inspired when I observe life's contrast through witnessing my hopes and dreams against another person's pain and suffering, or my own pain and suffering against another's hopes and dreams. Seeing creation and destruction both in a natural context is another source of inspiration. I like to choose locations for my photoshoots in places that highlight the beauty of natural landscapes or places that carry a heaviness to them through political or religious affiliation. 

How did you get in touch with Alphaa.io and how would you see the relationship growing this year? 

RF: I met Manu at an event several months ago where she saw my work and invited me to apply. I would like to see our relationship become one where Alphaa.io represents my work to its clientele for sale.

What are you currently working on?

RF: I’m currently in Cape Town until the end of February. It’s summer here so I’m using the opportunity to create a series featuring local muses and landscapes. We’ll see how it comes together.

Anything else you want to add?

RF: Just that I recently started becoming more public with my work in the past year. It took some courage to come out because I wanted to build up enough works before I shared with whoever might find them pleasing.

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Hello friends! The D20Network is a new and upcoming platform where all are welcome and there's a little something for everyone.

Whether you want to try something new or already love it, the D20Network has something for you.

The D20Network is a service that combines blockchain technology and machine learning to create immersive game environments for players of Dungeons and Dragons, Pathfinder, Warhammer 40k, table top war games, Magic the Gathering, and Pokémon-style card games.

By using blockchain technology, the D20Network allows for secure and transparent tracking of game assets,, catalogs of game events, awards and in-game transactions, as well as enabling players to truly own and trade their characters useing the power of web3.

Machine learning is used to create rich and dynamic game environments that can adapt to the actions of players.

For Dungeons and Dragons and Pathfinder players, the D20Network allows for both single player and multiplayer game play, and also provides tools for dungeon masters to create and run their own campaigns.

Warhammer 40k players and table top war gamers can use the D20Network to create detailed virtual battlefields and to simulate battles, while also being able to manage and trade their in-game assets.

For players of card games like Magic the Gathering and Pokémon, the D20Network offers the same level of security and transparency when it comes to tracking card ownership and in-game transactions. Additionally, it enables players to deck build like never before! This is something totally exclusive to our shop owners.

Cosplayers can also benefit from our network the use of web3 technologies like blockchain and IPFS, allows for the creation of unique NFT domains. These NFT domains are similar to websites, but are instead powered by blockchain, this means the owner of the domain has full control over it, and can use it for whatever purpose they see fit. Like no kidding. We won't dismantle your website for content violations.

These NFT domains can be used by cosplayers to showcase photo shoots, fan art work, and can be used to mint and sell t NFTs to fans

You even create interactive experiences that allow fans to see and interact with them virtual setting.(we do not supply this augmented experience)