We have just announced a seed financing round for our project, Moonbeam: $1.4 million from many of the most prominent venture capital firms in the blockchain industry. It’s a big milestone for us, but I’d like to take a moment to pause and explain how this fits into our overall vision for the project. We […]
Moonbeam released Moonbase Alpha, its first public TestNet, today. This represents a major milestone for the Moonbeam project. The goal of Moonbase Alpha is to provide developers with a place to start experimenting and building on Moonbeam in a shared environment. Since Moonbeam will be deployed as a parachain on Kusama and Polkadot, we want […]
Just as was the case in June, we have been primarily focused on implementation in the month of July. Web3 Foundation Grant Award Earlier this week, we announced that the Web3 Foundation had approved our work on a Web3-compatible RPC library and awarded us a grant. This RPC implementation is what allows developers to run […]
User experience (UX) in crypto products is generally poor for a simple reason: there simply isn’t that much investment going into it. Investment goes mostly into cryptography and technical research and backend engineering. Even front ends for blockchain based applications are often “just enough to get the job done.” I start with this observation because […]
/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/ux-in-crypto-1000.png3491000Derek Yoo/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/PureStake_Logo-Horizontal-340x156-300x138.pngDerek Yoo2020-07-30 06:00:412020-07-29 16:39:23The Importance of UX in Crypto End User Adoption
The month of June was implementation-focused for the Moonbeam project. There was a lot of activity in the Parity Frontier repo — including some contributions from the Moonbeam team — on the implementation of the Web3 RPC endpoints. This is a necessary component to enable Moonbeam’s Ethereum compatibility features. We will be working on wrapping […]
A Look at Our Seed Financing for Moonbeam
/in Blog /by Derek YooWe have just announced a seed financing round for our project, Moonbeam: $1.4 million from many of the most prominent venture capital firms in the blockchain industry. It’s a big milestone for us, but I’d like to take a moment to pause and explain how this fits into our overall vision for the project. We […]
Introducing Moonbase Alpha, the Moonbeam Public TestNet
/in Blog /by Alberto VieraMoonbeam released Moonbase Alpha, its first public TestNet, today. This represents a major milestone for the Moonbeam project. The goal of Moonbase Alpha is to provide developers with a place to start experimenting and building on Moonbeam in a shared environment. Since Moonbeam will be deployed as a parachain on Kusama and Polkadot, we want […]
Moonbeam Monthly Dispatch: August 2020
/in Blog /by Derek YooJust as was the case in June, we have been primarily focused on implementation in the month of July. Web3 Foundation Grant Award Earlier this week, we announced that the Web3 Foundation had approved our work on a Web3-compatible RPC library and awarded us a grant. This RPC implementation is what allows developers to run […]
The Importance of UX in Crypto End User Adoption
/in Blog /by Derek YooUser experience (UX) in crypto products is generally poor for a simple reason: there simply isn’t that much investment going into it. Investment goes mostly into cryptography and technical research and backend engineering. Even front ends for blockchain based applications are often “just enough to get the job done.” I start with this observation because […]
Moonbeam Monthly Dispatch: July 2020
/in Blog /by Derek YooThe month of June was implementation-focused for the Moonbeam project. There was a lot of activity in the Parity Frontier repo — including some contributions from the Moonbeam team — on the implementation of the Web3 RPC endpoints. This is a necessary component to enable Moonbeam’s Ethereum compatibility features. We will be working on wrapping […]