People are constantly creating and consuming content. Even content with small audiences have power. Consider the case where only 10 people read this article, that is still 10 people that whatever blog platform you are reading this article on can monetize this content too. This is the business model all social media or open media platforms use. It makes these platforms billions of dollars. On the other hand, are the users adequately compensated for the content we provide and consume?

Learn, build, network, get employees, repeat. Those are the ideals that many software engineers, especially student software engineers live by. CUSEC (Canadian University Software Engineering Conference) is a conference whose objective is to provide students opportunities to adhere to those ideals, but how well does the conference achieve that?

With the crash and fraud committed by FTX, blockchain technology has become a contentious topic right now. Currently, the anti-blockchain people are probably at an all time high in terms of personal pride, but that is an unnecessary side comment. Overall, both sides, specifically the vocal minorities in each group, are frankly acting like a bunch of babies throwing nagging points at each other.

One of the fundamental ideas behind blockchain is decentralization. This decentralization control of information stored on the blockchain allows people to come to a consensus on what people own, have control over, and more. However, numerous blockchain critics state that blockchain is currently centralized and that centralization is inevitable. While I believe that these critics are nitpicking and are short-sighted in their thinking, there are certainly concerns that the blockchain will end up centralized.

Billions of people in this world have some sort of internet access. Imagine if all of them accessed a singular blockchain at once. That blockchain would become slow, like watching a snail move through molasses slow. This scenario is where rollups come into play.

Most people think of an NFT as a jpeg or pngs. While most of the use cases of NFTs right now are using them as images, an NFT is really a unique digital token on the blockchain. Hence, since an NFT is a token, it can be used as a ticket or pass to experiences, goods, and more.

This article is not sponsored by Brave. For transparency, I do own some of the BAT tokens. Remember, this article is also not financial advice. Do your own research before buying anything.

The blockchain is really just a collection of transactions. Transactions can be anything from sending crypto from one person to another; buying, creating, and selling an nft; or really anything that requires a user to add information to the chain. To add a transaction to the chain, many transactions are grouped to form blocks and those blocks are added to the chain by computers. These computers are called validators.

Consider this scenario. You receive an award for Employee of the Month. You eagerly add that award to your LinkedIn profile. How does someone know you got that award? They simply have to trust you.