Posts in Engineering Blog
2019-11-25
ABT Wallet 2.0 for Decentralized Identity
in ENGINEERING BLOG
Our biggest update so far to the ABT Wallet app delivers improved usability and navigation, and the ability to make your phone your decentralized identity hub. Instead of focusing on blockchain, or other technical requirements, ABT Wallet 2.0 is all about users and helping them manage and interact…
2019-11-20
Four Ways the BEAM is Perfect for Blockchain
in ENGINEERING BLOG
Originally written by Tyr Chen and Riley Shu and posted on Erlang Solutions Blog I first came to know Erlang/OTP through one of Joe Armstrong’s, where he broke down the world into processes that can talk to each other like humans. When I started at ArcBlock, we were tasked with building a blockchain…
2019-11-13
ArcBlock SDK 1.0 new feature overview
in ENGINEERING BLOG
Author: Zhenqiang Zhang (ArcBlock Software Engineer) Today, we have officially released ArcBlock Blockchain Platform 1.0 including our updated ArcBlock SDK and Forge CLI. With the first beta launched in May, 2019, we have been getting feedback from community of developers and customers to improve…
2019-11-07
Why ArcBlock is using the BEAM to build their blockchain framework
in ENGINEERING BLOG
Author: Tyr Chen (VP of Engineering, ArcBlock) Who are ArcBlock, and why do they love the BEAM? ArcBlock is on a mission to take the complexity out of blockchain and fast track its adoption into everyday life. To do this, they’ve developed an all-inclusive blockchain development platform that gives…
2019-10-09
Building a DApp with ArcBlock SDK in 36 Hours
in ENGINEERING BLOG
Author: Jonathan Lu (ArcBlock Senior Software Engineer) When we started working on the ArcBlock platform, one of our main goals was to deliver a service that could help developers build decentralized applications easier and faster. Today, traditional web developers are already enjoying the luxury of…
2019-10-06
Getting Started with Forge SDK
in ENGINEERING BLOG
Author: Shijun Wang (ArcBlock Senior Software Engineer) At ArcBlock our goal is to make building blockchains and dApps easy. In doing so, our goal is allow any development project to easily utilize the benefits of blockchain technologies without the complexity. Using Forge SDK, this article will…
2019-09-16
Introduction to ArcBlock Blocklet
in ENGINEERING BLOG
What are blocklets? Blocklets are reusable building blocks to help developers and community users to build things on ArcBlock platform. On its simplest level, Blocklets are ready-made components and modules, libraries, front-end views, and more that make it very simple to start building a dApp…
2019-09-01
How-to-program-and-deploy-a-new-smart-contract
in ENGINEERING BLOG
Author: Yongxin Xu In my last blog, I introduced the model of my vending machine DApp, and a new smart contract (transaction protocol) I defined for this application, which is called “aggregate transaction”. Since then, I have kept working on programming my smart contract and building an off-chain…
2019-09-01
My Vending Machine DApp Comes to Life!
in ENGINEERING BLOG
Author: Yongxin Xu In the previous three blogs, I introduced the blockchain development tools that we can use, the Forge Framework by ArcBlock, and the four questions to be considered before doing a blockchain project. In addition, I shared the process of working on my vending machine DApp from…
2019-08-27
Who gets to own your digital identity?
in ENGINEERING BLOG
Author： Christoffer O. Hernæs (Chief Digital Officer of Sbanken, Norway's first digital-only bank and leading challenger bank) “On the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog,” was stated in the legendary New York Times cartoon that captured the spirit of privacy and anonymity in the early days of the…
