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On Monday, the UK government announced a series of measures they’re putting in place, including moves to see stablecoins recognised as a valid form of payment, to achieve their aim of making the UK a global hub for cryptoasset technology and investment. In a press release, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak said, “It’s my ambition to make […]

In January 2010, a 25-year-old Mark Zuckerberg addressed an audience of Silicon Valley luminaries with a bold argument. Privacy, he claimed, was no longer a social norm. Five short years had been enough to make “sharing more information […] more openly and with more people” a widely accepted practice by his account. By presenting it in this […]

March is Women’s History Month, an annual celebration of women’s achievements and contributions throughout history. Seeking to counteract the typically male-centred ways of framing history, WHM is a vital opportunity to correct and counteract exclusionary narratives. But it’s also an impetus to think about the present. WHM represents a significant opportunity to reflect on the […]

It is a general misconception that all blockchains are decentralised. While blockchain is inherently distributed, decentralisation is a spectrum, and some projects can be more decentralised than others. What is decentralisation in blockchain? In decentralised structures, there is no centralised decision-making and control entity. Instead, a distributed network is in in-charge of governance. The primary […]

When the revelations of former Facebook product manager Frances Haugen became an international story in October 2021, the outrage over specific details was tempered by a kind of fatalism. After all, didn’t we all know this already? Yes, there was something compelling about seeing Facebook’s internal research detailing the mental health impact of Instagram on […]

Barely a week after Take-Two Interactive acquired mobile game developer Zynga for a massive $12.7 billion, tech giant Microsoft pulled out a show-stopping move. It was announced in January that the company that brought you Call of Duty and World of Warcraft would join the Microsoft family. But what does this shift in gaming power […]

February is a busy month at Cudos. Apart from our countdown to the mainnet, we are excited to attend two events this month. First, we will be part of the longest-running ETH event in the world, ETH Denver, between February 11 to 20, 2022. Secondly, as things return to normalcy, we are ecstatic to sponsor […]

For most people, space remains synonymous with 1960s era government programs and continues to evoke the aura of mystery and wonder that surrounded humanity’s earliest forays beyond our planet. For a multibillion-dollar commercial industry, the sector is something of an enigma. Birthed amidst the rivalry and secrecy of the Cold War, it struggled to shake […]

Here’s what we’ve been working on: Last two weeks: Cudos Network We have updated our Public Testnet. The update includes: IBC Module – Worked on IBC Relayers to hook up to Osmosis first – https://app.osmosis.zone/assets. Gravity Bridge updates/changes – The main difference for the bridge is that not all validators will be required to have […]

We are thrilled to share about our next guest on CudosCast this week. We have Zdravko Dimitrov, CEO, Sfera Technologies discussing how decentralised cloud computing can be instrumental in building space infrastructure. On the podcast with Pete Hill, VP of sales at Cudos, Zdravko speaks about the growing commercialisation of space highlighted by the adventures […]

Blockchain-powered games offer an entirely new economic dimension to the gaming experience. GameFi — alternatively referred to as “play-to-earn” — is the union of gaming and blockchain-based monetisation. GameFi enables gamers to earn digital goods for their in-game activities via missions, trade, and other techniques. Although traditional games typically encourage players to accumulate and exchange […]

Decentralisation has evolved into Web3’s distinguishing feature. Numerous decentralised applications (dApps) can now solve problems in previously unthinkable ways during the web’s earliest stages of existence. Blockchain is the core technology powering dApps by establishing trustless peer-to-peer networks. Sustaining connectivity with the outside world requires blockchains to receive real-time off-chain data. This requirement is particularly […]

Have you been following our countdown to our mainnet launch? After wrapping up phase 3 of our incentivised testnet, Project Artemis, we are ready to enter phase 4, Collins, next week, which will prepare us for our mainnet launch in February. If you are a developer, this is your final chance to join the testnet […]

Last week, we took an in-depth look at the impact of NFTs on the gaming world. But gaming is not the only industry being transformed by NFTs. This week, we continue our focus on the revolutionary potential of NFTs by looking at how they are shaking up the art world by helping digital artists monetise […]

Blockchain gaming is fast becoming the latest and most popular craze within the crypto space. The number of GameFi participants is rising rapidly as it revolutionises the gaming world, offering players a whole host of new opportunities, including more control over their gaming and the ability to earn money through playing.  According to data from […]

Key takeaways We have reconfigured the Address Mapping UI to use the correct network ID (using coinType 118 consistently) and redeployed the underlying mapping smart contract. All funds are safe. No CUDOS token is vulnerable to a security exploit.  We will cover the cost of re-mapping (gas fees) for users who previously utilised the tool. […]

It is now almost two years since the COVID-19 pandemic first spread like wildfire worldwide, to devastating and unprecedented effect. While the human cost of the pandemic has been incalculable, the damage it has done to a wide range of industries can be quantified – and the numbers involved are truly eye-watering. With people spending […]

The Cudos Network is a special-purpose blockchain designed to provide high-performance, trust-less, permission-less cloud computing for all. In this tutorial, we will be deploying a CosmWasm smart contract on the Cudos public testnet. Prerequisites 1) RPC Node First, you’ll have to set up your environment, during which you’ll create the binary-builder container, which we’ll be using to interact […]

UFF Sports is a sports-based nonfungible token (NFT) project built on the Zilliqa blockchain. It aims to put the entire sports world — past, present and future — onto the blockchain as digital assets.  UFF Sports will provide a complex ecosystem for athletes to begin an actual digital career based on a virtual version of […]

2021 has been exciting for cryptocurrencies, with the total market cap breaching the $2 trillion mark. Venture capitalists have poured about $30 billion into crypto, more than all previous years combined, according to data compiled by PitchBook Data. The growth of DeFi services, NFTs, Web 3.0, play-to-earn games, decentralised social media could be the reasons […]