The year is 2025. Solana's ecosystem is booming. As with mushrooms after a rainstorm, new DeFi protocols seem to emerge overnight. In the background, NFTs are bought and sold at lightning pace, and airdrops shower down like crypto angel investors. Trying to keep track of your assets if you’re not...
We all know that Solana is fast and cheap! In turn, the latter has blossomed into a bustling center for decentralized finance (DeFi) and non-fungible tokens (NFTs). As the Solana ecosystem continues to rapidly expand, the need for more advanced wallet tracking tools has become increasingly apparent. These tools help...
We've all heard the tales. The whole country gets a shimmering pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, courtesy of that same devious leprechaun. It's a beautiful story, isn't it? A beacon of opportunity, of overnight wealth, of riding the lucky streak. If we’re being truthful, how many...
Let's be blunt: the NFT gold rush feels like a distant memory. We witnessed the speculative mania, the million-dollar profile picture NFTs, and the quaint talk of a new decentralized world. Now that the dust has settled, it's time to pull back the curtain and ask a crucial question: are...
Non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, have rapidly become a cornerstone of the cryptocurrency market, achieving prominence in just a few years. Though NFTs exploded into the mainstream consciousness in 2020 and 2021, the roots of the technology actually extend decades in the past. This article explores the history, technology, and impact...
Now, picture having that happen, as you awaken, with no electricity. Not in a brief temporary outage, but in a long-extended blackout paralyzing hospitals, blocking transportation, and predisposing communities to disasters. This is not some dystopian fantasy, it’s a present danger. Our increasing dependence on decentralized, physical infrastructure networks, or...
The dirty little secret about DePINs though? They’re sitting ducks. All that new decentralized infrastructure, humming away, is ripe for attack as anyone can spoof an admin account and cause chaos. We’re not talking about just theoretical doomsday scenarios – but real-world consequences like compromised energy grids, hijacked sensor networks...
I know, I know—what could possibly be more interesting than this “What’s Going on Quad Cities” Facebook group turned NFT news hub. 106,000 dogmatic, astroturfed followers strong, it certainly outstrips the reach of the local fish wrap. For all traditional media entities, that’s a gut punch and a warning shot....
Okay, let's address the elephant in the digital room: a Facebook group, "What's Going on Quad Cities," is now more than just a Facebook group. It’s a new website publishing local news through the power of NFTs. And the question everyone's whispering is: Is this brilliant, or bonkers?NFTs and News:...
What's Going on QC, a new website founded by Ryan Segura and DeFrieze, is integrating Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) into its infrastructure to deliver local news. These technologies remain nascent. The founders are sure they offer special possibilities for content creation, verification, and long-term information storage. The...
