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Kik is giving $3M to developers to build for its KIN cryptocurrency

Jul11
by on July 11, 2018 at 2:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Hard Fork


The Kin Foundation has announced a new developer incentive program aimed to entice people to build distributed applications using Kik Messenger’s KIN token. The program will see the Kin Foundation disburse up to $3 million in incentives to 25 selected different developers. Payment takes the form of both fiat and Kin tokens, and is paid over a period of six months. The Foundation also offers development tools and mentorship to participants. In total, developers have the opportunity to earn a total of $116,000 USD, split between $60,000 in fiat, and 400 million KIN tokens. To get the full ammount, participants…

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Keep users in the heart of web development with this UI/UX Design training — and name your price

Jul11
by on July 11, 2018 at 2:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Offers


User experience (UX) is just as key to a site or app’s development as the user interface (UI) — so make sure you’ve got your eye on both with the training in the Complete UI/UX Design Lifetime course bundle. It’s even available right now from TNW Deals for essentially any price you want to pay.

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Here’s what Sirin Labs’ $1,000 blockchain phone looks like

Jul11
by on July 11, 2018 at 1:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, cryptocurrency, Gadgets, Hard Fork


Remember Sirin Labs – the Israeli manufacturer that built the $16,000 Solarin smartphone nobody wanted? Well, the company is back with a new concept – a blockchain-powered handset – and it is finally ready to show off the new device. We’ve been given a taste of other blockchain-powered phones set for release this year. Let’s see what Sirin Labs has in store for us. They call it ‘FINNEY’, for some reason, and they say it’s the “world’s first blockchain phone.” Its selling point is its completely embedded cold storage wallet. Now, setting aside the inevitable, soul-crushing twinge of doom felt…

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4 cryptocurrency trends to watch out for

Jul11
by on July 11, 2018 at 11:34 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Contributors


“It’s the next big revolution, just like the internet was.” “No… it’s a bubble!” Love it or hate it, cryptocurrencies have now grown to a point where they cannot be ignored. The CBOE and CME have launched their own cryptocurrency futures, the SEC and CTFC have gotten involved, and pretty much every mainstream publication that matters discusses cryptocurrencies one way or the other every day. In other words, cryptocurrencies are here to stay — at least for the foreseeable future. What cryptocurrency trends should you watch out for, though. What will drive the cryptocurrency landscape in the foreseeable future? Below…

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Scalability is the biggest hurdle ahead of cryptocurrency mass adoption, research says

Jul11
by on July 11, 2018 at 11:25 am
Posted In: Around the Web, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


While you’d find plenty of forward-thinking businesses accepting Bitcoin out there, cryptocurrency payments largely remain on the brink of mainstream adoption. But according to new research [PDF] from Imperial College London and social trading platform eToro, we might not be all that far away from that moment. In a new report titled Cryptocurrencies: Overcoming Barriers to Trust and Adoption, Imperial College researchers William Knottenbelt and Zeynep Gurguc posit that digital currencies are slated to become a mainstream payment option within the next decade. “The world of cryptocurrency is evolving as rapidly as the considerable collection of confusing terminology that accompanies it,”…

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