Hey there, I’m André – tech entrepreneur and founder of LaunchFast. If you’re new here, LaunchFast is a stack designed to help web developers speed up their project development process, from launch to scale. I’m building in public, and I’ve been sharing daily updates on my journey. Today, I’m taking you behind the scenes of … Read more
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The Evolution of Data Security: Why Zero Trust Is the Future Over the years, data security has seen multiple transformations, each defined by the evolving threat landscape and advancements in technology. As we move into the seventh generation of data security, the concept of Zero Trust has emerged as the foundation for data access. Unlike … Read more
The makers of Parallel are expanding the Ethereum card battler’s universe with Project Tau Ceti, a 3D shooter on Base gaming network B3.
Bitcoin is a unique monetary revolution that highlights the importance of decentralization in enabling humans to regain power over the fruits of their labor. Beyond money, decentralization is the key to humans regaining power in all areas. This applies to your data, social networks, etc… All areas are impacted, and decentralization is the key to … Read more
“Every day, cyberattacks change and become even more complex,” Laxmi Sarat Chandra Nunnaguppala, a leader in cybersecurity, says. “We must keep ahead, predict the erratic, and guard the digital frontiers.” With over nine years of experience and a history of providing strong security information and event management (SIEM) solutions, Nunnaguppala’s observations speak to an industry … Read more
Image: Rockstar Games Grand Theft Auto V was one of the top ten most played games on Valve’s Steam Deck handheld this past week. It’s been in the top twenty for at least two years. But as of today, Valve now lists the game as “unsupported” — because developer Rockstar mysteriously broke compatibility with Valve’s … Read more
A screenshot from Palworld. | Image: Pocketpair Nintendo and The Pokémon Company have filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Pocketpair, which makes the game Palworld. According to Nintendo’s press release: Nintendo Co., Ltd. (HQ: Kyoto, Minami-ku, Japan; Representative Director and President: Shuntaro Furukawa, “Nintendo” hereafter), together with The Pokémon Company, filed a patent infringement lawsuit … Read more
Image: The Verge If you’re on LinkedIn, then you should know that the social network has, without asking, opted accounts into training generative AI models. 404Media reports that LinkedIn introduced the new privacy setting and opt-out form before rolling out an updated privacy policy saying that data from the platform is being used to train … Read more
Lessons in Development, Hard Work, and Critical Thinking Life before AI, being a developer, was a different world — a harder world in the sense that everything you do requires tremendous focus and incredible persistence. Challenges were real, and so were the triumphs that followed. Honest to God, I sometimes miss parts of that time. I was reminded … Read more
Yield Protocol is now dead, but not everything went to waste. One of the parts I thought was worth saving was its oracle layer. It was built over the simple concept of using token amounts instead of token prices, which apparently was a novel thing to do at the time. Over time, others agreed that … Read more
Phaver, a leading multi-protocol social application operating on Lens Protocol and Farcaster, has announced the launch of its native token, Phavercoin, with the ticker $SOCIAL. With a user base exceeding half a million, Phaver becomes the first mature application in its ecosystem to introduce a native token. The premarket for $SOCIAL is now live on … Read more
Chromia, a Layer-1 blockchain platform known for its relational database architecture, has announced significant developments at the TOKEN2049 conference in Singapore. The company unveiled a $20 million Data and AI Ecosystem Fund and detailed plans for its upcoming ‘Asgard’ Mainnet Upgrade, scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2024. These initiatives aim to bolster Chromia’s capabilities … Read more
Bitcoin dominance rises ahead of Fed. May see short-term crash after Fed: Hayes. ETH underperformance may reverse soon: BitWise. Vitalik sings during Token 2049 appearance. SUI & FTM continue to outperform in L1s. BNB to introduce gasless stablecoin transfers. Tether market share hits 75%. Australia launches 3-year CBDC program. Russia to pay China in crypto … Read more
As the cryptocurrency sector becomes increasingly popular, the number of global users has exceeded 562 million in 2024 (and is projected to reach 1 billion users by 2030). With this growth, comes the need for secure crypto storage. A crypto wallet allows you to buy, sell, send, receive, and store cryptocurrency. Ledger has been a … Read more
n Bias is a problem in large language models [LLMs]. But how can bias be solved, or tapered? This question means what can be done about training base models or fine-tuning assistant models to solve bias—technically—in LLMs? There are various disadvantages of AI bias in several use cases. This may indicate that there are organizations … Read more
Google Calendar on a new tab sounds kinda useful, actually. | Image: Google Google is adding a new daily calendar overview in newly opened Chrome tabs for Workspace users with easy access to schedules and video calls. That way, when you’re signed in with your organization’s account, the first thing you’ll see is your appointments … Read more
Table of Links Abstract and I. Introduction II. Background III. Problem Definition IV. DAG-Oriented Solutions V. Game Theoretical Analysis VI. Simulation Model VII. Evaluation VIII. Countermeasures IX. Discussion and Future Work X. Related Work XI. Conclusion and References XI. CONCLUSION In this work, we started with an overview of DAG-oriented consensus protocols for Proof-of-Work blockchains, … Read more
Table of Links Abstract and I. Introduction II. Background III. Problem Definition IV. DAG-Oriented Solutions V. Game Theoretical Analysis VI. Simulation Model VII. Evaluation VIII. Countermeasures IX. Discussion and Future Work X. Related Work XI. Conclusion and References X. RELATED WORK DAG-Based Consensus Protocols The benefits of blockchain protocols come with certain trade-offs when balancing … Read more
Table of Links Abstract and I. Introduction II. Background III. Problem Definition IV. DAG-Oriented Solutions V. Game Theoretical Analysis VI. Simulation Model VII. Evaluation VIII. Countermeasures IX. Discussion and Future Work X. Related Work XI. Conclusion and References IX. DISCUSSION AND FUTURE WORK Centralization. In the scope of Experiment I (see Sec. VII-A), we demonstrated … Read more
Table of Links Abstract and I. Introduction II. Background III. Problem Definition IV. DAG-Oriented Solutions V. Game Theoretical Analysis VI. Simulation Model VII. Evaluation VIII. Countermeasures IX. Discussion and Future Work X. Related Work XI. Conclusion and References VIII. COUNTERMEASURES Our experiments supported Hypothesis 1. The main problem is not sufficiently enforcing the RTS, i.e., … Read more
Table of Links Abstract and I. Introduction II. Background III. Problem Definition IV. DAG-Oriented Solutions V. Game Theoretical Analysis VI. Simulation Model VII. Evaluation VIII. Countermeasures IX. Discussion and Future Work X. Related Work XI. Conclusion and References VII. EVALUATION We designed a few experiments with our simulator, which were aimed at investigating the relative … Read more
Table of Links Abstract and I. Introduction II. Background III. Problem Definition IV. DAG-Oriented Solutions V. Game Theoretical Analysis VI. Simulation Model VII. Evaluation VIII. Countermeasures IX. Discussion and Future Work X. Related Work XI. Conclusion and References VI. SIMULATION MODEL We created a simulation model to conduct various experiments investigating the behavior of DAG-PROTOCOL … Read more