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Green Thumbs for Fungi

Dear Diary, I moved to Mycora. Today, I have taken it upon myself to introduce the enchanting world of fungi into the fabric of the lands. Fungi have profound significance in the natural world. They are the silent architects of life, connecting ecosystems and fostering symbiotic relationships that help sustain all beings. Fungi are most …

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Not all who wander are lost

There will be 2 kinds of quests, I thought:  Quests from NPCs that you accept, for loot and leveling up, and quests that are connected to the main plot, the great world narrative. Or so I thought, until I had a chat with a good friend of mine who is a game designer. I wanted …

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The Perfect Being

There is quite a big difference between a person and a picture. So far, I’ve pitched ideas about Wen Gods characters and map and the game world. But… In order for us to realize the fact that characters in Wen Gods can have feelings and lore as strong as yours and mine, we have to …

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Oh Land of the Lost

It’s not that I don’t like post-apocalyptic worlds, cyberpunk, epic steampunk adventures, grand battles in space, underwater cities or superhero games. It’s not that. And when I write screenplays I most often write realism, present or historical, but realistic. It’s just…. Well, look at this, godjammit: I spend at least 1 hour every day, all …

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First Ideas for a Bigger World

I try to get small and simple ideas.  A blog. A cold wallet client. A book. An auth-app.  And I do get them. Small simple ideas. …and then they grow. In November-December 2021 I wanted to spread some positive vibes, show a few Ignis features in a fun way, and test – can we make …

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Start The Engine

We’re starting an experiment.  How can I call it anything else? An online game.  Text-based, multiplayer. It can be played directly in Discord.  In fact, we’re not just making a game but a new game engine. It will use Ardor accounts for player IDs, the SIGBRO app, and it implements different Ardor features. WHY this …

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NFTMagic + NFTMagic

Last time I wrote about NFTMagic was back in January. It’s amazing how time flies. I remember that there was a little change in the format and I wanted to write about it, but then I got absorbed in adding little improvements to the website that I forgot to do that. I’ll just get it …

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DeFiMAGIC Twitter BOT: The new NFT function

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The purpose of this post is to explain how the new NFT capability of the DeFiMAGIC Twitter BOT works. For a brief overview of all the other DeFiMAGIC functionalities refer to this forum topic: https://ardor.rocks/groups/defi/forum/topic/deadfish-bots-parody-but-not-too-much/ The original idea of the DeFiMAGIC bot was to create a parody version of other more established projects, mainly on Ethereum, …

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CRYPTOKITTIES MEET THE DAO

Eyes closed and going 180 km/h on the German freeway. Since my last post I’ve been visiting a family in the Netherlands who is fond of God, strong beers, and playing games. Istanbul. Phase 10. Koehandel. Beverbende. Ticket 2 Ride. Ligretto. Cathan. I’ve been playing them all. And “Man Overboord”, not least, which takes place …

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Reflections on the Creation of a DAO in Ardor

The ownership structure of the Tarasca DAO has already been discussed in the previous article. Once that is set up, the funds are safe and under control by the members of the organization, which is the main objective of a DAO. However, for the organization to be effective it needs more tools and more internal …

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Setting up a DAO with Tarasca (I)

In a previous article we detailed the general tools offered by Ardor to build Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAO) on its platform. In this article we offer the first general ideas of its implementation in our specific case. 1. General structure of Tarasca DAO Let’s think of Tarasca as a conventional company, which owns its assets …

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When do we invest in shitcoins? (part 2)

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In my last article “Why do we invest in Shitcoins?“, you learned about System 1 and 2 of our mind. You were exposed to an experiment that showed how easily your mind is fooled by a simple illusion. With this newly gained knowledge, you understood how you can prevent investments in coins that later turn …

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Why do we invest in shitcoins? (part 1)

In this series of blog posts I am going to write about the human mind: how and especially why we are making the choices we make, for example ending up having (shit)coins in our portfolio. Following one of the most renowned Psychologists and Nobel Prize Winner Daniel Kahneman and many other Psychologists that have contributed …

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GOAL 1: Getting Nxt, IGNIS, and Ardor ecosystem content out there. EVERYWHERE!

First things first: One specific goal for Nxter Magazine is to get featured on Google News. So I requested inclusion in Google News. Why? Besides their average of 540M monthly readers, it’s where a bunch of popular crypto portfolio apps, exchange websites, and mainstream media pull their blockchain news from. To get featured – and …

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POPCORN TIME – Libra

And so they come… Facebook, in partnership with a good bunch of rich players and with a massive 2+ billion userbase, unveiling their idea for the Libra project – and blockchain is getting another boost in the media, as a whitepaper full of promises was released.  But what’s actually up (besides a potentially hilarious next …

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Every moment is a fresh beginning

Good day, good people! For 6 months I haven’t posted on nxter.org. That’s a world record for me. So, yesterday I soft-launched the redesign of the Nxter.org website. Still some things to be done, but ain’t there always. It’s about time to get re-started. If you’re in ardornxt.slack you know I’ve been working on cleaning …

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Our Blockchain Scaling Experience

What it takes to run a blockchain at 100 TPS for 2 weeks Recently, the Lugano based Jelurida blockchain lab released its loadtest report for the Ardor platform. In a nutshell, we were able to run an “on blockchain” loadtest for more than 14 days in a row while maintaining an average throughput of more than 100 transactions …

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Campus Blockchain Hackathon, Nigeria

Kaduna, Nigeria, is a city that is more than what meets the eye – it will take more than just a visit to truly comprehend what makes up the city. In the northern part of Nigeria, where a higher percentage of the inhabitants are not educated, one would expect the state of the location and …

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Dear Investors, It’s Time To Face The Real Facts

Many of the existing blockchain startups that are looking to raise money are not real businesses. Yes, they have ideas, often brilliant ones that almost sound too good to be true. And then… that’s it. Nothing but ideas put on paper with no clue on how to fully execute it to make the promised prototype. …

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