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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...

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 ...

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 u...

Steem Blockchain Update August 2017

The 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...

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 wou...

Help 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 ...

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 ass...

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 S...

How to use a Gravatar for your Steemit Profile Image

Introduction 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 ...

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 g...

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 b...

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 ...

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 P...

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...

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 cate...

Write 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, commentin...

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 powe...

Introducing the Elliptic Curve Discrete Log Problem

Bitcoin 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-earn...

Can 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 sec...

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 p...