Meet YellowLyfe HQ, Sufle, and Green Cross United Kingdom: HackerNoon Startups of The Week

Greetings! Welcome to another series of Startups of The Week! Each week, the HackerNoon team highlights standout Startups from our Startups of The Year database. Every featured startup, has been nominated as the best in their respective technology category or region. Under this week’s spotlight, we present to you: YellowLyfe HQ, Sufle, and Green Cross UK. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_CrEKaTIko&embedable=true :::tip … Read more

Power Concentration and Voting Dynamics in Compound Governance

Table of Links Abstract/Zusammenfassung Publications Acknowledgements CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION Introduction 1.1 Overview of thesis contributions 1.2 Thesis outline CHAPTER 2: BACKGROUND 2.1 Blockchains & smart contracts 2.2 Transaction prioritization norms 2.3 Transaction prioritization and contention transparency 2.4 Decentralized governance 2.5 Blockchain Scalability with Layer 2.0 Solutions CHAPTER 3. TRANSACTION PRIORITIZATION NORMS Transaction Prioritization Norms 3.1 … Read more

Want Trustworthy AI? Put It on the Blockchain

You’ve probably noticed AI popping up literally everywhere lately, haven’t you? From the little chat window when you’re trying to buy something online to some seriously complex stuff like helping doctors or playing the stock market. It’s pretty amazing, really. And what even is AI? They’re just super clever computer models, honestly, built to munch … Read more

Flipster Makes Esports Debut As Official Crypto Exchange Partner Of TALON’s Dota 2 Team

Panama City, /Panama, May 8th, 2025, /Chainwire/–Flipster, one of the world’s fastest-growing cryptocurrency derivatives trading platforms, today announced an exclusive partnership with TALON, one of Asia’s premier competitive gaming organizations, competing in 10 major titles — including Dota 2, League of Legends, and Valorant — across seven countries. As part of the collaboration, TALON’s Dota … Read more

essons from Balancer’s and Alameda Research’s Governance Hacks

Table of Links Abstract/Zusammenfassung Publications Acknowledgements CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION Introduction 1.1 Overview of thesis contributions 1.2 Thesis outline CHAPTER 2: BACKGROUND 2.1 Blockchains & smart contracts 2.2 Transaction prioritization norms 2.3 Transaction prioritization and contention transparency 2.4 Decentralized governance 2.5 Blockchain Scalability with Layer 2.0 Solutions CHAPTER 3. TRANSACTION PRIORITIZATION NORMS Transaction Prioritization Norms 3.1 … Read more

Deadzone: Rogue Rockets To Steam’s Top 10 Global Sellers With 100K+ Players In Week 1

Alpharetta, United States, May 5th, 2025/GamingWire/–Deadzone: Rogue, a fast-paced roguelite first-person shooter, has officially launched into Early Access on Steam and the reception has been electric. With over 200,000 wishlists, a Top 10 Global Seller debut, and over 100,000 players in the first week, Deadzone: Rogue has made a powerful entrance into Early Access. Steam … Read more

How Space and Time’s Mainnet Launch Could Reshape Data Access in Web3

Can Smart Contracts Truly Trust Their Data? Smart contracts operate on the principle of trustless execution, yet they often rely on external data sources that may not be verifiable. This reliance raises concerns about the integrity of the data feeding into decentralized applications (dApps). The launch of Space and Time‘s mainnet introduces a solution aimed … Read more

How Token Concentration and Voting Costs Impact Compound Governance

Table of Links Abstract/Zusammenfassung Publications Acknowledgements CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION Introduction 1.1 Overview of thesis contributions 1.2 Thesis outline CHAPTER 2: BACKGROUND 2.1 Blockchains & smart contracts 2.2 Transaction prioritization norms 2.3 Transaction prioritization and contention transparency 2.4 Decentralized governance 2.5 Blockchain Scalability with Layer 2.0 Solutions CHAPTER 3. TRANSACTION PRIORITIZATION NORMS Transaction Prioritization Norms 3.1 … Read more

How Flashbots Bundles and Dark‑Fees Break Blockchain Transparency

Table of Links Abstract/Zusammenfassung Publications Acknowledgements CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION Introduction 1.1 Overview of thesis contributions 1.2 Thesis outline CHAPTER 2: BACKGROUND 2.1 Blockchains & smart contracts 2.2 Transaction prioritization norms 2.3 Transaction prioritization and contention transparency 2.4 Decentralized governance 2.5 Blockchain Scalability with Layer 2.0 Solutions CHAPTER 3. TRANSACTION PRIORITIZATION NORMS Transaction Prioritization Norms 3.1 … Read more

We Wrote a Code Review Guide—Here’s What Worked

TL;DR: We created a code review guide to align expectations, improve feedback quality, and make reviews feel collaborative instead of gatekeeping. Here’s what worked for us. The Problem We Saw We didn’t set out to write a code review guide to be formal or process-heavy. We wrote it because our reviews were inconsistent, unstructured, and … Read more

Seamlessly Install Magnolia CMS With This Guide

This tutorial will guide you through installing Magnolia CMS, specifically using Magnolia version 6.2. Magnolia is an enterprise digital experience platform (DXP), that began as an open-source content management system (CMS) and is based on Content Repository for Java (JCR). The JCR specification was developed under the Java Community Process as JSR-170 and JSR-283. Magnolia … Read more

Yorba, Rocket Money, YNAB, Quicken, or Monarch Money: Which One’s the Best for You?

Subscriptions are everywhere these days—streaming services, gym memberships, meal kits. It’s easy to lose track of them all. If you’re tired of paying for stuff you don’t even use, you’re probably considering a subscription tracker. But which one fits your needs? Here’s a comparison of Yorba, Rocket Money, YNAB, Quicken, and Monarch Money to help … Read more

Plot Twist: Your Roadmap Isn’t Aligning Anyone

I had the roadmap. They had no idea what we were building. I’ve led complex, high-stakes product work across multiple teams, companies, and industries. I know how to run cross-functional initiatives. I know what alignment looks like. I know what misalignment feels like. And yet. There I was. In another meeting. Watching people squint at … Read more

Every Major Ethical Hacking Conference Taking Place in 2025

Ethical hacking is a fast-paced and ever-evolving field. To stay up-to-date, build your network, and learn from the best, attending conferences is a great move. In 2025, several major cybersecurity conferences are offering hands-on training, expert talks, and networking opportunities for ethical hackers and security professionals. Whether you’re a student, a bug bounty hunter, a … Read more

CockroachDB vs Apache Cassandra: Choosing the Right Distributed Database for Your Use Case

By Karan Ashok Luniya TL;DR: CockroachDB and Apache Cassandra are both scalable, fault-tolerant distributed databases, but they serve different needs. CockroachDB excels in transactional consistency and SQL flexibility, while Cassandra shines with unmatched availability and linear scalability. This guide compares them across consistency, scalability, operational complexity, and real-world performance to help you make an informed … Read more

I Built a Lease Compliance SaaS and Bootstrapped it From MVP to Acquisition—Here’s How

The Problem We Set Out to Solve In late 2021, with companies still adjusting to the post-COVID economy, lease accounting compliance under ASC 842 and GASB 87 had become a nightmare. n Spreadsheets kept crashing. Traditional ERP modules were bloated, expensive, and difficult to configure. Mike Cheng, a partner at Frazier and Deeter (and my … Read more

How To Deploy a Feedback API on Aleph Cloud Using Aleph CLI

Aleph Cloud is a Web3 Supercloud that provides infrastructure for decentralised storage, computing, and AI. It provides serverless computing, decentralised storage, and secure message routing without relying on traditional centralised servers. It also provides a blockchain indexing framework, allowing developers to index data from any blockchain network by leveraging the Aleph network’s decentralised storage and … Read more

Imagine Having a Pro Trader Mentor Who Never Sleeps And is Always in The Market

The cryptocurrency markets never sleep, and neither do AI trading agents. While managing a million-user growth trajectory at an AI-powered exchange Walbi as a CBDO, I’ve witnessed firsthand how intelligent algorithms transform trading outcomes across experience levels. The AI crypto trading bot segment is projected to reach $145.27 million by 2029, growing at an extraordinary … Read more

Tired of Paying for Emails? We Built a Rust-Powered Sleuth Instead (and Yeah, we Got Pushback)

Let’s be real. If you’re doing any kind of B2B sales, marketing outreach, recruiting, or even just serious networking, finding the right professional email address is crucial. But man, the tools out there… RocketReach, Hunter, Lusha… they get expensive, fast. Paying hundreds or thousands per year just to verify contact info can feel like a necessary … Read more

These Six A/B Testing Mistakes Are Costing You Big Time

The Hidden Pitfalls of A/B Testing: Six Key Mistakes to Avoid With feedback from industry experts and analysis from “Trustworthy Online Controlled Experiments: A Practical Guide to A/B Testing.” In high-stakes digital product development, A/B testing has been the gold standard for data-driven decision-making. But after seven years of observing dozens of product teams, it’s … Read more

The UX Secret to Making Smart Devices Feel Human

When Smart Isn’t Enough Your Bluetooth speaker knows when you walk into the room, but somehow still can’t remember your preferred volume. Your laptop fan reacts to workload but whirs into panic when you open a 30-tab Chrome window. In a world where hardware is getting smarter, why do so many experiences still feel… dumb? … Read more

Which is Better for Your DApp: a Custom Polygon RPC Node or a Public Polygon Node?

A decentralized application (DApp) is distributed, open-source software that runs on a blockchain network (Polygon blockchain) rather than a single machine. dApps require communication with the blockchain to transmit and retrieve transactions. Polygon is intended to be a scalable platform for Ethereum, allowing the development of decentralized apps (dApps) and other decentralized services. It provides … Read more