When someone enters the Web3 space, the first thing they do is look for educational content. After all, they want to learn what this new decentralized paradigm is all about. But when they acquire some skills and have built their first smart contract and dApp, … Read more
Let’s take a look at what’s been happening at Streamr in the first part of 2023 as we continue to build towards the 1.0 version of the Network. Here are the highlights! Table of ContentsNewsThechat.app beta went liveStreamr and Lit integrationStreamr nodes added to the … Read more
Thank you to all who took part in the Developer DAO | Streamr workshop and mini-hackathon—there were so many great entries that we had to expand the prize pool to accommodate you all! It wasn’t an easy choice, but here are the top picks. Table … Read more
An integration to Lit Protocol has been added to the latest Streamr light node (v. 8.x onwards) and Broker node (v. 33.x onwards). Lit Protocol is a network for decentralized cryptography. It can perform a number of useful functions related to cryptographic keys and related … Read more
The beta version of thechat.app has launched and is now available for use! It’s a new way to be social in Web3, built on the permissionless and decentralized Streamr Network. Table of Contentsthechat.app featuresWhy build a chat app?How can I use it?How does it work?Decentralized … Read more
Following a successful launch of StreamTeam v1.0 in early November last year and over 150k sign ups — we took a break in February as we re-built some of the core aspects of the app. But why? Well, we needed the app to start delivering … Read more
Streamr’s Head of Developer Relations, Nico Burkart recently spoke with RedStone Lead Developer, Alex Suvorov on how RedStone and Streamr are cooperating to create the next generation of scalable Web3 Oracles and data products. What are blockchain oracles? Oracles allow decentralized systems to access external … Read more
2023 is underway and it already looks like it’s going to be an exciting time for the Streamr community and project! A couple of months ago, Streamr and the ATARCA project launched the first shareable NFT (sNFT) awards as part of a pilot to reward … Read more
The end is near! 2023 brings the setting of the original Streamr roadmap and with it the dawning of the Streamr Network 1.0! It’s going to be a busy year so let’s dive into what you can expect. Table of ContentsThe Streamr Network 1.0 releaseThe … Read more
We are happy to announce that Streamr has been accepted into the select group of 100 validators securing the Polygon network! A validator node run by the Streamr team is already up and running and successfully participating in Polygon’s proof-of-stake consensus and L2 checkpointing protocols. … Read more
StreamTeam month #1 is complete! Well done Streamrs and congrats to our winners of the first ever StreamTeam marketing contest! Let’s dive into the learnings from November and the new features added this month just in time for Christmas 🎅. Table of ContentsShow me the … Read more
It’s time for another round of Streamr governance voting! This post attempts to collect all proposals shared by Streamr contributors and and community members on #governance channel and elsewhere on Discord, and assign SIP (Streamr Improvement Proposal) codes to them to help refer to them … Read more
Whoa there! What a bonkers couple of weeks in the crypto world. Even for seasoned OGs, events of the last couple of weeks have left us all a little shaken. This time it’s driven by the shenanigans over at FTX. While we have been entertained … Read more
“Hang on, wtf are sNFTs?” I hear you ask … Here’s the TLDR: there’s a brand new type of token on the scene that is non-transferable, meaning it cannot be sent to another wallet, but is shareable, meaning a copy can be minted to someone … Read more
Lately it’s been a bit quiet in terms of Streamr governance, as some improvements to the Snapshot setup were necessary to support voting with DATA tokens on various chains, as well as building tooling to help major node runners to vote. Now those improvements are … Read more
Let’s take a look at what’s been happening at Streamr in the last few months, starting with Co-Founder Henri Pihkala’s summary of recent events: Hi Streamrs, There’s been a lot of things happening in the past few months that we’re excited to share with you. … Read more
Want to help us spread the word about Streamr? Got a spare 5 minutes every day and a love for Web3? Welcome to the club! 🤝 🎉 StreamTeam is a fun monthly bounty competition to win $DATA prizes, NFTs, and other goodies by helping us … Read more
We were delighted to sponsor ETH Global’s ETH Online 2022 hackathon, offering three tiers of prizes to Web3 developers who build with the Streamr Network. The Streamr protocol has a wide range of applications for Web3 projects, such as implementing real-time chat features and notifications, … Read more
In the past six months or so, Streamr has been working closely together with the newly established Data Union DAO to mutually support important upgrades in both projects. For the uninitiated, Data Unions are a way to let crowds of people earn by sharing data, … Read more
Secure communication entails three main security properties: confidentiality, authenticity and integrity. In the Streamr Network, data authenticity and integrity have been guaranteed using cryptographic signing and verification since the Corea milestone in 2020. Since the launch of the Brubeck milestone earlier this year, the data … Read more