Published in Better Programming·May 25How Machines Can Learn Using TensorFlow or PyTorchA deep dive into their minds, their evolution — AI and machine learning are very hot topics these days. Self-driving cars, real-time automatic translation, voice recognition, etc. These are only some of the applications that cannot exist without machine learning. But how can machines learn? I will show you how the magic works in this article, but I won’t…Programming9 min read
Published in Geek Culture·Apr 2How to create an anonymous, unhackable voting system on the blockchain…using the magic of zero-knowledge proofs — Paper-based voting (like the US Presidental Election) is an expensive and nonoptimal way of voting. I have no exact data, but it costs billions of dollars. Managing the voting process and counting votes needs a really huge amount of human work. Can we do it better, cheaper, and more secure…Blockchain4 min read
Published in Better Programming·Mar 7Understanding Zero-Knowledge Proofs Through the Source Code of Tornado CashDive into the world of smart contracts with Zero-knowledge proof — Based on Wikipedia, the definition of the Zero Knowledge Proof (ZKP) is the following: … zero-knowledge proof or zero-knowledge protocol is a method by which one party (the prover) can prove to another party (the verifier) that a given statement is true while the prover avoids conveying any additional information…Blockchain9 min read
Published in Geek Culture·Feb 28A Brief Introduction to Ethereum SwarmWith the Ethereum blockchain as the CPU of the world computer, Swarm is best thought of as its “hard disk”. — Viktor Trón, Team Lead at SWARM The idea for Swarm came from Gavin Wood, one of the founders of Ethereum. When Viktor Trón and Daniel Nagy joined the Ethereum…Ethereum5 min read
Published in Geek Culture·Feb 15Web3 is not About Blockchain or DecentralizationI often read tweets or articles against Web3 where people talk about the huge energy consumption of Web3 (it will kill the planet), or about overcomplicated architectures for non-existent problems. I think the root of this huge hate of Web3 technologies is a common misconception of Web3. Web3 is not…Blockchain2 min read
Published in Better Programming·Feb 4A First Look at MyETHMeta: The Gravatar for Your Ethereum AccountIntroducing a decentralized metadata service for Ethereum — Gravatar is the most widely used profile picture service. It is used by GitHub, WordPress, Disqus, and many other services. But Gravatar is not only a profile pic service. It can manage full user profiles based on portable contacts. MyETHMeta is a completely decentralized metadata service for Ethereum. Your profile…Ethereum4 min read
Published in Better Programming·Jan 25How to Create an NFT Contract (without Coding Skills)Mint your own NFTs on any Ethereum compatible chain such as the Mainnet, Polygon, xDai, etc — NFTs are the new superstars of blockchain. An NFT can represent a picture (or any piece of art), an object in the virtual or the real world, or any other non-fungible thing. In this article, I’ll show you, how you can create your very own NFT contract, and mint your…Nft5 min read
Published in JavaScript in Plain English·Dec 23, 2021Create a Crypto Crowdfunding Widget From a Few Lines of CodeWould you like to start your very own crowdfunding campaign? Or collect some money for fixing a Github issue? Or would you accept some donations for your article? It’s super easy with crypto. …Blockchain3 min read
Published in JavaScript in Plain English·Dec 3, 2021Decentralized Uber: How I Built It With Status.im, Waku, and Vue.jsInstead of putting the taxi driver out of a job, blockchain puts Uber out of a job and lets the taxi drivers work with the customer directly. — Vitalik Buterin When I first time read the above quote from Vitalik Buterin, I started to think about how to implement a…Blockchain5 min read
Published in Geek Culture·Oct 13, 2021Karma as a universal cryptocurrencya concept of an ERC-1155 NFT for the moneyless world — People have been searching for the best medium of exchange for a long time ago. One of the biggest problems with fiat money is centralization. Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies solve the problem of centralization, but they have their own problems. For example, you have to mine bitcoin before you can…Nft3 min read
