Near Api JS with Rails 7 Introduction One mentioned before that React isn't happy to developed with. Rails is better. Hence, we want to port some functionalities to Rails. Particularly, the `near-api-js` is what we need to call functions from corresponding smart contract(s) deployed separately. You might ask, why not use Gem? Well, Gem requires separate development than keeping everything in one. If core team only updates the `near-api-js`, it would always have the latest…
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Feeling Guilt, Feeling Dazed Feeling weak, feeling helpless. A gut sense of sourness floods, your heart starts pumping faster, adrenaline rushes; your posture tucked in, breathe gets shorter, and the brain lacking of oxygen starts panicking. A sense of nervousness rushes down your body, urging you to stay away from danger, to dig down the source and solve the problem that leads you here in the first place; you feel guilty. Your guilt locks you from doing any work, to…
Where DAO Belongs in the NEAR Ecosystem Meet Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAO), a replacing mechanism to the traditional hierarchical organizations. Instead of a CEO at the top of the pyramid to give instructions, they are decided via voting process by the community, for the community. Instead of decisions behind closed doors, they're made in the open. Instead of trusting the organization for their promises made, DAO promotes trustlessness when everything is…
Blockchain is NOT Crypto Investment There are two possibilities when someone first thought about crypto: either it's too risky to go into, or it's a chance to earn big. Most people go for the former, relying on something stable; while some adventurous people go for the latter, hoping they could multiply their assets. But we want to speak about blockchain and mass adoption in this article; so the problem is: **when people first see blockchain, they relate it to crypto, which…
Ecosystem Growth with Stablecoin In a previous article, one explained about how blockchain is not crypto investment. In fact, crypto investment, including cryptocurrency per se, is a subset of blockchain. The majority public is unwilling to take the risks of investment, but they could accept blockchain (if they even understand what "blockchain" means) without accepting the risks that comes with crypto investment. Introduce stablecoin, a (semi-)stable currency that does not…
NEAR API with Ruby on Rails: An update, A summary Previously one wrote about NEAR API JS with Rails 7. After first written, one made several edits to the article here and there to the point it's not smooth anymore. Reason is, it fails. Yeah... https://read.cash/@wabinab/near-api-js-with-rails-7-f6473580 Let's talk a bit about its failure and what we did instead. (This includes some terminology that may be difficult to understand. Overall, one include a final section…
The Genesis *For the first light that breaks through dawn, penetrates through the gaps between the clouds, and shines upon the marred land: a new era begins. We call it "The Genesis".* "**Hmm, what shall I do today?**" Do you ask that question when you wake up everyday? Or perhaps the day before or even days before if you plan ahead of time? Do you have your own time, that you can choose what to do for the day? Or do you think it's even a luxury to ask that question? Your…
DeFi on the NEAR Ecosystem Decentralized Finance (DeFi) make up the base of NEAR Protocol. For other components like dApps to thrive, it needs DeFi. Most end users don't directly needs DeFi apps; they need it indirectly when using dApps. For example, playing a game that have a different currency, player will trade for their native tokens on Ref.Finance. Or perhaps a dApp like sweatcoin awards their users with SWEAT, but other apps don't use SWEAT, so users swap their tokens…
Simplicity When there are lots of ways to do something, choose simplicity. When you can make an existing "thing" simpler, choose so. If you ever aim for something less than simplicity, it's because you're experimenting with something, or it relates to self-improvement (which we may talk about another time). In most other cases, simplicity thrives. Say, writing a story. A story consisting of difficult words, that in the eyes of the writer are mundane words, or perhaps…
Constraints Innovate One isn't very clever, nor is one creative. The only reason one could do lots of things, is sensible constraints. To brainstorm ideas from nothingness, almost all of one's idea are crazy, if not impossible. Minimum Viable Product (MVP)? Nah, **Maximum** Viable Product, without constraints. It's therefore important to set sufficient constraints on a project, but not more. By "project", one do not just means working project, but other things as well. It…
Short Article: How USN can be a game-changer for NEAR Ecosystem? USN, aka NEAR Stablecoin, is out! It brings lots of opportunities to the ecosystem. First, is widespread. Previously, we speak about stablecoin allows widespread of an ecosystem; but that's related to the stablecoin ecosystem. For USDT or USDC aren't related to NEAR directly, people might adapt them but not necessarily relate them to NEAR Ecosystem. With NEAR Stablecoin, mass adoption of USN also means mass…
Update on Near API JS with Rails Just an update on the previous article on Rails with NEAR-API-JS; we didn't manage to make the frontend and backend works fine. In fact, we have two buttons for login and logout existing concurrently, and a third button to click and check whether you have logged in or not. Then, a fourth button to first login, and click on that fourth button to save user to database. With something on the database, then user can only direct to the page. If…