BlogHide Resteemsjfollas (57)in steemdev • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Write a Steemit Web App: Part 14 - Recap(Previous Post: Part 13 ) Recap Here is a recap of the posts in the "Write a Steemit Web App" series so far: Part 1 - Hello User Provides some skeleton code that can be used as a…jfollas (57)in steemdev • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Write a Steemit Web App: Part 13 - How to Calculate a Vote's RShares(Previous Post: Part 12 ) In the previous post, we calculated how much a vote was worth after it had been cast and committed to the blockchain. But, how can you determine the amount that a…jfollas (57)in steemdev • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Write a Steemit Web App: Part 12 - Voting(Previous Post: Part 11 ) Over the past few posts, we've taken a look at how to fetch content. But, how can your web app support the authors of that content by upvoting? Voting Let's face…resteemedsteemitdev (63)in steemitdev • 7 years agoSteem Blockchain Update August 2017The last few months have been busy for our blockchain team. We are making great progress and want to share what we have been doing with you. HF 20 A little over a month ago we made the tough…jfollas (57)in steemdev • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Write a Steemit Web App: Part 11 - Posting Content(Previous Post: Part 10 ) Previously in this series, we learned how to fetch content (blog posts and replies) from the Steemit blockchain using Steem.js. How would a web app submit new content…resteemedsteemitdev (63)in steemit • 7 years agoHelp us test new performance optimizations for steemit.com!We've been working hard on improving our infrastructure over the last 6-7 months and many improvements have already been made. In early February we migrated to AWS and now run our entire stack with…jfollas (57)in steemdev • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Write a Steemit Web App: Part 10 - Retrieving Comments with getContentReplies()(Previous Post: Part 9 ) In the previous two posts, I demonstrated a few different ways to retrieve content (i.e., blog posts). Blog posts also have comments associated with them, which is…jfollas (57)in blog • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.A "Follower-to-Friend" Ratio for Steemit?Introduction Unless you are an established rockstar from another social media platform, you usually won't have an audience waiting for you when you first join Steemit. And, since other people must…jfollas (57)in steemit • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.How to use a Gravatar for your Steemit Profile ImageIntroduction I often come across account profiles on Steemit where there is no profile image set, or where the image is unavailable because it is not hosted in a public location. For the second…jfollas (57)in steemdev • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Write a Steemit Web App: Part 9 - Retrieving Content with getDiscussionsBy*()(Previous Post: Part 8 ) Previously, I introduced the getState() API function that is used by the Condenser app (a.k.a., Steemit.com) to retrieve content for a given URL path, such as…jfollas (57)in steemdev • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Write a Steemit Web App: Part 8 - Retrieving Content with getState()(Previous Post: Part 7 ) Steemit is a content platform. So, let's begin to look into how to retrieve content using Steem.js. Introducing getState() If you have been paying attention…jfollas (57)in steemdev • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Write a Steemit Web App: Part 7 - Bandwidth Availability(Previous Post: Part 6 ) There has been a lot of talk lately about Bandwidth on Steemit. It seems that certain anti-spam measures that are built into the system were maybe a little too…jfollas (57)in steemdev • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Write a Steemit Web App: Part 6 - Follow/Unfollow Somebody(Previous Post: Part 5 ) Up to this point, this series has concentrated on reading data from the API. Now it's time to start writing back to the blockchain! In Part 2 , we retrieved the…jfollas (57)in astronomy • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Heads up: Geomagnetic Storm Watch for 16-17 July (Northern Lights!)On July 14th, a long-lasting M2 coronal mass ejection took place with an earthward component: When this cloud of magnetically-charged particles reaches Earth on July 16 (late in the day UTC)…jfollas (57)in steemdev • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Write a Steemit Web App: Part 5 - Listing Tags(Previous Post: Part 4 ) Tags When someone submits a story to Steemit, they get to create up to five tags for the article (the first tag is the story's main category). On Steemit.com, tags…jfollas (57)in steem-dev • 7 years agoWrite a Steemit Web App: Part 4 - Calculating Steem Power(Previous Post: Part 3 ) Steem Power Steem Power is the measure of a person's influence on Steemit. Steem Power is accumulated as a reward for posting, commenting, and curating, as well as…resteemedriskybiscuit (44)in steemit • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.The ACTUAL Truth about Curation Rewards and Steem Power (Data Analysis Proof)I was curious if there is a correlation between Total Steem Power and Curation Rewards Per Week. We all know the more Steem Power you have, the more upvote power you have. We also know the more…jfollas (57)in cryptography • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Introducing the Elliptic Curve Discrete Log ProblemBitcoin and most other cryptocurrencies today are based in part on Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC). What is it about ECC makes it safe to trust your hard-earned money on the Bitcoin blockchain…resteemedcalaber24p (74)in bitcoin • 7 years agoCan Quantum Computers Break Bitcoin?There has always been a lot of discussion around whether or not quantum computers could realistically break bitcoin’s SHA-256 algorithm. If that was done in secret, thousands of medium value…jfollas (57)in steem-dev • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Write a Steemit Web App: Part 3 - Current Voting Power(Previous Post: Part 2 ) What is Voting Power? Voting Power is a rate-limiting feature of Steem to help prevent abuse. Each vote cast reduces the user's voting power by 2% of their remaining…
