The Sync Blog

Updates and insights from the Bloq team

Metronome Contract Focus: The Daily Auction

Metronome offers a unique opportunity for community members to obtain MET — via the daily auctions. These are descending price …

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“Metronome Minute” Feature: Rohit Solia

Added by Bloq in Industry, People

Bloq engineer Rohit Solia talks about his involvement in writing the MET smart contracts, what most excites him about Metronome, and what he views as some of the greatest challenges in bringing this cryptocurrency to life. …

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Bloq and ETC Labs: Supporting Communities, Building Ecosystems

Added by Jeff Garzik in Bloq Platform

Today we’re proud to announce that we are working with ETC Labs to provide blockchain infrastructure services to the Ethereum Classic and Ethereum communities via BloqCloud. I’m equally proud to say that this comes just a month-and-a-half after we launched the BloqCloud platform. …

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Metronome, Messari, and Transparency

Added by Bloq in Labs, Metronome, News

In a space where community members expect – even demand – transparency, there are disturbingly low number of projects which approach this as a first order variable. What’s more, there are even fewer consolidated, standardized resources to judge the actual transparency of a given project.
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Website Update – Metronome.io

Added by Jordan Kruger in Labs, Metronome, News

The Metronome website has undergone a complete revamp, from visual design to user experience and functionality. …

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Metronome Update – August 2019

Added by Bloq in Labs, Metronome, News

In August, the Metronome team was hard at work making preparations for the upcoming Qtum and RSK chainhops on the timeline for 2019. Additionally, the team continued to build content and explore community engagement opportunities. …

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BloqCloud: Our Platform and Vision

Added by Jeff Garzik in Bloq Platform, Events, Industry, News

Bloq believes that tokenized networks are going to be widely adopted and will provide a foundation for a future that is both more efficient and equitable. If that assumption is accepted, then what tools are needed to get from here to that point? …

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Decentralizing Decentralized Networks

Added by Bloq in Labs, Metronome

Decentralization, above almost all else, is what cryptocurrency enthusiasts value. Numerous applications exist for the sole function of monitoring the health of a given network, typically expressed in varying degrees of aspirational decentralization. …

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Metronome Update – July 2019

Added by Bloq in Labs, Metronome, News

In July 2019, the team continued efforts to expand both the Metronome ecosystem and the Metronome community. Through meetups, AMAs, and even a cover story, the team helped tell the story of Metronome as a built-to-last cryptocurrency – and one that can hop between chains. …

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Crypto Nodes: A View from the DevOps Chair

Added by Ted Parvu in Bloq Platform, BloqLabs, News, Opinion

As has been discussed in this space earlier, we are gearing up for the general-availability release of BloqCloud later this summer. From my northern Minnesotan perch as DevOps lead for Bloq, I’d like to think that at least some of my own experiences have informed how we approach the upcoming BloqCloud platform’s Nodes service. …

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