Cardstack’s Senior Developer Matic is currently working on blockchain development with our protocol team.
Outside of work, Matic is an artist! He designs and builds heavy brutalist sculptures.
More on Matic's diverse talents here:
https://www.notion.so/Q-A-with-the-Cardstack-Team-1bbb8cd1ed88459d9c41a642c3c81d48#854710d7b63f423490f68fce38223c72
SaaS startups rely on venture funding for growth.
However, with venture funding comes the pressure to either grow exponentially for IPO or sell the company to big tech.
As big tech companies like to acquire their competitors and then eliminate those products or services for their own competitive advantage, there isn't much opportunity for independent growth in the current ecosystem for startups.
With a decentralized, community-owned Internet, great products will no longer be killed by big tech!
🎙️Tomorrow, we talk about the creator economy with Rusty Matveev, CEO of Calaxy!
➡️ Calaxy is an open social marketplace built for creators, by creators. In this fireside chat, we'll discuss how Calaxy is revolutionizing the creator economy.
👉 Set your alerts here:
https://youtu.be/HpTW4Jx1BIU
📺 In our recent AMA, Cardstack's Founding Director Chris Tse answered the community's questions about Cardstack's strategy, protocol, product & marketing, including:
✅ Priorities and planned launches for 2022
✅ The B2B invoicing product
✅ Questions about staking and the Cardstack Wallet
👉 Missed it? You can still watch it here:
https://youtu.be/5eNC1HG4RgI
🎙️Coming up next week on Web3 Watch!
We discuss the usability-focused Web3 ecosystem with NEAR Protocol's Co-Founder Illia Polosukhin.
We'll cover:
➡️ NEAR Protocol’s vision, ecosystem & initiatives
➡️ Challenges Web3 faces today
...and much more.
Register here:
https://events.cardstack.com/en-us/usability-focused-web3-ecosystem-with-near-protocols-illia-polosukhin
👉 “Make an awesome product, make something that people need and it just so happens that it’s built on top of blockchain.” - Matt Wisniewski
Watch the full fireside chat where Chris Tse and Matthew Wisniewski of Satellite.im discuss decentralized messaging and the importance of blockchain:
https://youtu.be/cmn7RtVyrJs
Our fireside chat with NEAR Protocol is tomorrow!
NEAR is a sharded, proof-of-stake, layer-one blockchain that is simple to use, secure, and scalable.
Join us for an insightful session on usability-focused Web3 with NEAR's Co-Founder Illia Polosukhin.
https://youtu.be/mBfkGdh4BX0
👋 Meet Buck, who is part of Cardstack’s web team! Buck currently works on maintaining the Ember-based dApp and Card.xyz.
When not at work, Buck occasionally plans software-driven urban exploration puzzle-solving adventures, akin to hybrid digital-analog scavenger hunts.
👉 Want to learn more about Buck?
https://www.notion.so/Q-A-with-the-Cardstack-Team-1bbb8cd1ed88459d9c41a642c3c81d48#7641b87082a3455e9c08a7dc30c4ff6d
🎙️ Web3Watch brings you Chris Tse & Synthetix’s Founder Kain Warwick next week!
We'll cover:
✅ What are synthetic assets and why do they matter?
✅ Why build a decentralized derivatives liquidity protocol against current banking models?
...& more!
https://events.cardstack.com/building-a-defi-protocol-with-synthetixs-founder-kain-warwick [Moderator note: consecutive posts merged (separated via horizontal lines)]