Mar 4, 2022Zilliqa’s Carbon CreditsCarbon credits schemes have been representated as tokens on the blockchain well before the launch of the Zilliqa mainnet. Off the top of my head Ethereum’s moss.earth, Vlinder.app, Regen.network’s Carbon plus and CO2ken are good examples of this trend. It’s no coincidence that these efforts are blockchain early-adopters — carbon…Carbon Emissions6 min readCarbon Emissions6 min read
Oct 10, 2021Green Zilliqa Initiative: Launch EventMonday (October 4th, 2021) was a big day for Zilliqa’s carbon footprint. We’ve taken an important next step in realizing our green ambitions — we’ve started forming an alliance. I hosted an event that brought the power players from across the Zilliqaverse into a collaboration session facilitated by the Mural…Zilliqa3 min readZilliqa3 min read
Sep 28, 2021Rollout of the Green Zilliqa InitiativeIndex Zilliqa’s Carbon Footprint in Context Green Zilliqa Initiative: Our Historical Proof of Work Emissions Carbon Credits Overview Native Tokenize Offset Governance Votes Summit and Continuation Overview Since I wrote about the carbon footprint of the Zilliqa blockchain, many things have happened. Weeks later Elon Musk fell from grace as Crypto’s favorite…Environment4 min readEnvironment4 min read
Published inBuilders of Zilliqa·Apr 10, 2021ZRC3’s Grand RewriteI wrote over a year ago about ZRC3 — my take on Meta Transactions for Zilliqa. After that draft was submitted, I got some good feedback from the team and noted that in order to maintain an interface in common with ZRC2, I would have to wait for that standard…Zilliqa6 min readZilliqa6 min read
Published inBuilders of Zilliqa·Apr 9, 2021My Zilliqa Dev Setup For 2021Being a Zilliqa developer usually means doing both smart contract development in Zilliqa’s smart contract Domain Specific Language Scilla as well as integrations in one or more of the Zilliqa SDKs. In this post I’ll spill the beans on my stack for 2021. I’ve been writing Scilla for 2 years…Zilliqa8 min readZilliqa8 min read
Mar 31, 2021REDACTEDNow that Zilliqa adoption is on the upswing, new dapps are being launched and Scilla is about to reach the milestone version one release…Zilliqa Blockchain1 min readZilliqa Blockchain1 min read
Published inStarling Foundries·Dec 24, 2020The Three S’s of ZilliqaWith several completed Zilliqa projects under my belt, now I feel comfortable calling myself a Zilliqa developer. From that vantage point I can see that that the time is right for an independent take on Zilliqa. …Zilliqa5 min readZilliqa5 min read
Published inStarling Foundries·Dec 20, 2019Introducing: Meta Transactions on Zilliqa via ZRC-3Meta Transactions To understand what Zilliqa Reference Contract 3 (ZRC-3) is useful for, you must understand the need meta transactions fill. They are part of a larger User and Developer Experience (UX, DX) improvement that the Ethereum community has been engaged in for the past couple years. The original meta transaction was…Ethereum5 min readEthereum5 min read
Published inStarling Foundries·Dec 20, 2019Stigmergy and Collective IQIt is so often the case that powerful discoveries crop up ahead of their time, only to be buried again to wait for the minimum necessary connectome of related ideas to form around them. This repeating pattern, I believe, justifies the present state of stigmergic systems research. …Blockchain7 min readBlockchain7 min read
