As the 1.0 Launch, and final milestone of the original Streamr Network roadmap approaches, we would like to use the opportunity to clarify the related terminology. In particular, there has been confusion surrounding the term ‘Broker,’ which has been overloaded (Broker person, Broker node), as … Read more
Almost there! After 5 years of development, the final milestone of the Streamr roadmap, Tatum, is arriving in a few months—meaning delivery of Streamr 1.0. For those new to Streamr a quick recap; the Streamr network is a decentralised real-time data sharing network for many … Read more
Table of ContentsHighlightsWhat’s behind Data Unions and how does it relate to payments?The Rail connection to StreamrSIP-3, SIP-10 the UNION drop and fundraising for RailNext updates Highlights Firstly, we have made the difficult decision to pause our fundraising initiative for the Data Union DAO. While … Read more
It’s time to show us your Streamr nodes again with a relaunch of the Node of the Month competition last debuted during the Network Testnets. With 7,000 thousand nodes in the Network, and the versatility that they can be run on almost any connected device, … Read more
The Hub is the new dApp from Streamr, taking over as the main developer interface of the Streamr Network. The Hub is designed to be as open as possible; streams are now indexed and searchable inside a new interface that’s primed for open data creation … Read more
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