Recently, Algorand made a lot of buzz on the blockchain space, once again consolidating its design to become the leading blockchain for building innovative decentralised finance solutions. The news range from the closing of applications for the Algorand Asia Accelerator and the release of three key features to give developers the freedom to build on …
Algorand recently released the fast catchup settings during node set up. It reduced the wait time to synch a new node from days to a matter of minutes. Here is an infographic about this new feature.
One of the key propositions of blockchain technology is the high levels of security associated with protecting the assets of users on the blockchain. The responsibility to secure your assets on the blockchain is deferred to the individual instead of a central application such as an exchange. That is probably the reason is touted as …
The Algorand rekeying feature and its many use cases Read More »
The Algorand blockchain is an open-source pure-proof-of stake consensus built on the Byzantine protocol. Its token economy is well designed to offers value to all stakeholders on the network. ALGO is the name of the native token of Algorand. The token has important uses such as paying for network fees when a transaction is processed and rewards …
Here are the exchanges you can trade and stake Algorand coin — Algo Read More »
The Algorand blockchain offers rewards for every transaction that occurs on the chain. When a block is produced, staking rewards are generated which are distributed to the various accounts. Developers can also pull rewards information from the chain for a transaction. To retrieve rewards data for any of these, there are SDK, Curl calls and …
Infographic: Pulling rewards data from Algorand blockchain Read More »
Cudos recently launched its testnet as well as the staking mechanism on selected exchanges. Within the Cudo platform and Cudos network, node validators and computing resources providers are rewarded. Node validators are selected resources providers who operate specialised software to validate transactions. On the Cudos Network, developers, and anyone else, can deploy next-generation smart contracts that …
Unpacking the CUDOS validator rewards and how to become a validator Read More »
The Algorand blockchain has several CLIs for performing transactions. I previously did an infographic on the goal CLI. Today, the focus is on the Algokey CLI which is used in generating and managing the Algorand keys.
In this review, the focus will be on the My Algo Algorand Wallet. For most Algorand users, the default wallet for managing their Algorand accounts is the My Algorand mobile app available on the Play Store and Apps Store. Unknowingly, there is the web version of the Algorand wallet which allows users to perform similar functions as the mobile …
Exploring the My Algo Algorand Wallet — the web version. Read More »
