There are two main methods that the blockchain uses in order to store ledger information. There is the UTXO model which was the original model and used in Bitcoin. Then there is the account model which is used in Ethereum. In this talk, we will be comparing the two models. The UTXO model is referred to as the cash model. In our model we can see Jane receives $100 from Bob and $50 from Tom,…
I have recently been playing with Algo and going through the newly created AlgoHub PyTeal Developer course. For my development IDE I decided to go with VSCode, why you ask? I guess it is becoming abit of a standard for blockchain development and my Spydr IDE I tend to use more for financial modelling. The course was well laid out, the videos could have had higher resolution on the code snippets but using my zoom…
This year I ended up sitting on a panel on Saturday, day one of the conference to discuss “getting a job in Blockchain Development”. The talk went well and I was accompained by an amazing panel. I am not sure if it was video captured but if it was I will put the link up. Some of the key take aways: Your never to early Discord is your friend, join a channel it is still…
I have decided to write a tutorial because I myself got lost in setting up Algorand development environment. So lets see if I can add any clarification for people and also create a reference place for myself. As everything in web3 moves fast this tutorial notes could become outdated and if they do I will do my best to either update the post or simply make a new one. Development environment tools The key tools…
The other day I was interviewed for a pod cast about BitCoin and its current roller coaster ride on the exchange. In the past few months we have seen the price of one BitCoin move from around $30 to up to highs of $200.. The current rise started around the same time as the Geek Crisis which is not in-coincidental. If you are unaware at what happened, basically the government came in and said they…