Ethereum gas: how to pay it on behalf of your users
On Ethereum, every transaction that changes the state of a smart contract costs a small fee: this is called gas. Most commonly, end users pay gas while interacting with a smart contract. However, when you’re making a profit on your product by charging some transaction fee or just want to gain many users quickly, you […]
Smart contract use cases: commodity trading (tiqpit)
Tiqpit’s idea to move commodity trading to the blockchain is one of our most recent smart contract use cases. As co-founder Mike Ziemkendorf said, tiqpit was born out of the move to Malta: the confrontation with the situation on the small island, paired with the founders’ insider knowledge of how commodity trading works. See how tiqpit aims to […]
What are DApps about? Decentralized applications explained
In a world where the terms “blockchain” and “start an ICO” are a staple of news in online press, it’s not surprising when something new emerges in that field. Enter a new model for building successful and massively scalable applications. Thanks to blockchain technology (and the massive interest surrounding it), we now have a new […]
Adapting blockchain for business
The intricacies of blockchain technology can still perplex some people. So, how does a business adapt blockchain to its needs? That’s the question I’d like to answer in this article. I’ll start off with a few typical purposes, go through a popular funding strategy (ICO) and finish with some interesting blockchain-based projects. The interest in […]
