In the previous section, we have explored the theoretical framework of Quadratic voting for Ethereum (Part 1). This second section considers in details the Mechanism designs implemented on Polkadot.
Democracy and Blockchain technology are about to converge into Blockchain democracy. This is the realm where blockchain governance and dApps development determine the adoption of new voting mechanisms and the disintegration of federated digital identities. Whether it is in revolution or innovation, there are always quiet actors paving new pathways well ahead of the D-Day. This series of articles serves as an introduction to today’s makers of tomorrow’s web.
The ongoing pandemic has brought to light so many dysfunctional aspects of our social and political lives that many people are writing off their democratic ideals for good. What they ignore is that web technologies have been pioneering decentralised governance models for the past 10 years, with some astoundingly positive developments.
For the past 30 years, the world has been divided into “developed nations”, “developing countries” and the “Third World”. However, these labels break down when it comes to web technologies. This article looks into parallels and trends between web development and human development.
As web users and developers, our lives have become fully intertwined with digital platforms and online services. Yet, we operate almost carelessly when it comes to e-payments, despite having incredible developments pushed onto our stack everyday.
Web development is a booming field. It has a growing number of training courses, jobs, technologies and high-stake projects. Yet, for the new entrant, the core question remains: “How do I work as a web developer?”
A common SEO practice is to rack popular keywords and fancy snippets; meanwhile a descriptive URL is often all that is needed. The neater the URL, the easier it becomes for people to remember WTH is the page doing in their bookmarks.
Ah, good old error pages. They used to be as ugly as it gets: first because they left you in the middle of nowhere, second because their lack of design looked really dry. Developers would spend years before spotting their mistakes!
Did you know that the word accessibility almost always evokes the image of a disability sign in people’s mind? Developers are not any different: they want their webpages to be the most attractive, stylish and efficient, yet they frown internally when the talk of accessibility comes up.
Which CMS? Which platform? It didn’t take me long to decide that I’m all for WordPress.org. And this is mainly for two reasons.