Cardstack Updates

Remember, the Cardstack AMA is happening on Monday! Take the opportunity to submit all your questions now. Do ensure you follow the format so we don't miss your questions. Example: #CardstackAMA : [Your Question] *All questions surrounding token price, liquidity or exchanges will not be answered. Submit your questions now until Monday, 12 April 6 am EDT / 12 pm CEST / 6 pm SGT.

What can we do about the high carbon footprint of NFTs? Watch this chapter of Chris Tse 'What's in Your NFTs ?' video to learn about the solutions Cardstack is working on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-S_5AVTnSo&t=432s

We are excited to announce that Cardstack is integrating with xDAI! Our payment and reward network Card Pay will be deployed on the xDAI chain. Read more about this here: https://medium.com/cardstack/cardstack-integrates-with-xdai-30e2fbd9d5aa

Coming up on Monday, 12th April, Cardstack AMA with Chris Tse! Join us at 9 am EDT / 3 pm CEST / 9 pm SGT. For our community members here, we are accepting questions now which will be addressed during the AMA. To submit your questions, please ensure you use #CardstackAMA followed by your question. Example: #CardstackAMA : [Your Question] Do note that all questions surrounding token price, liquidity or exchanges will not be answered. Submit your questions now until Monday, 12 April 6 am EDT / 12 pm CEST / 6 pm SGT.

On the Cardstack mobile app, our focus is to make sure that the build system is automated, so we can rapidly release new versions and add new capabilities, new screens, and new handling for user actions. Read more here: https://twitter.com/cardstack/status/1380060363534729220

Catch up on everything that's been going on at Cardstack this past week: https://medium.com/cardstack/april-7-inside-cardstack-this-week-85549d1fdb3e

At Cardstack, we are offering an open-source sponsorship for developers worldwide to work on libraries, so we can continue making progress on reusable infrastructure, while we are working on the full integration of the customer-facing experience. Learn more here: https://twitter.com/cardstack/status/1379746633701748736

Cardstack's lead developer, Ed Faulkner gave the closing keynote at the 2021 Ember Conference. Ed showcased a new type of build system that eliminates the need for npm install, shifting the work of building a JavaScript application from the server to the browser through service workers. Read more here: https://twitter.com/cardstack/status/1379714413423337473

The Cardstack team is focusing on bringing together all the technology necessary to deploy and release Card Pay in Q2! Learn more: https://twitter.com/cardstack/status/1379403556877266951

Cardstack wants to make crypto payments practical for regular users. To do this, the team is working on a payment protocol, an associated Web-based dApp & a mobile app that is fast, cheap, and easy to use. Get an in-depth view of this protocol here: https://medium.com/cardstack/card-pay-protocol-for-a-new-software-economy-2650ed639f4d

Only 15 minutes to go! Catch Chris Tse share the Cardstack roadmap very soon now. https://t.co/CmjOtHve1q

The Cardstack Roadmap premiere begins in just one hour, remember to set your reminders! https://t.co/CmjOtHve1q

Mondays are for exciting updates! Tune in today for Chris Tse's presentation on the Cardstack roadmap. Catch the premiere at 9 am EDT / 3 pm CEST / 9 pm SGT. See you soon! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGOKbDz_7xY

Here's our latest article about Card Space — our builder tool that allows you to create your own website on the decentralized Web the no-code way. https://medium.com/cardstack/introducing-card-space-c5022bbb54ee

How can you as a customer, developer, crypto trader or token holder benefit from Cardstack? Watch this chapter of the „Growing the Cardstack Ecosystem“ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sd73a89K3xQ&t=1970s

Next week, Chris Tse will be talking about the Cardstack roadmap. Tune in on Monday, 5th April 2021. Stay tuned for more info!

On the compiler front, we continue to work on migrating Cardstack from a configuration as JSON data to a CatalogJS code approach. This requires us to refactor many parts of the Cardstack V2 codebase, to take advantage of the terseness and performance of this new JavaScript-based approach. Read more here: https://twitter.com/cardstack/status/1377901118462697473

Cardstack founder Chris Tse participated in a panel discussion about “Ensuring User Privacy & Security of DeFi and Crypto Applications”. If you missed it, you can watch his section of the discussion here: https://youtu.be/meGOSTtS6UA

We are currently working on connecting additional third-party APIs for the iOS work on the Cardstack mobile app. This includes fiat on-ramp providers, to ensure that new users can buy a prepaid card in one step, using Touch ID or Face ID operations. Learn more: https://twitter.com/cardstack/status/1377621841968259073

The Cardstack application is likely to be accessed via a device users are most comfortable with. For some, it is a desktop browser with MetaMask as the wallet, while other users may be more comfortable with a mobile wallet, such as a card wallet on iOS. Read more here: https://twitter.com/cardstack/status/1377549680691712002