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The Blockchain Train Is Leaving The Station. Should You Be On board?
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Few trends exemplify the idea of FOMO the way blockchain trends do. But should you invest your time or money into it? This article offers some ways that you can get started with blockchain so that you can be aware of a rapidly growing and evolving market and make the best decision for yourself.

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Jeremy Glassenberg

Blockchain, Cryptocurrency

11-02-2018

HyperLedger is a Platform-Agnostic Toolset For Building Blockchain Apps
API University

While often perceived as competitive to Ethereum, HyperLedger operates on a different wavelength. Hyperledger provides a set of agnostic tools for developers who are building blockchain apps, regardless of the core blockchain layer. Therefore it is a suite of the tools mentioned in this article.

Analysis

Jeremy Glassenberg

Blockchain, Cryptocurrency

10-30-2018

Stitch Avoids the End of API Economy as We Know It
API University

Taking advantage of APIs is a quick and inexpensive technique for a business so long as those APIs are available and remain constant. Changes happen to APIs all the time and this is the story of Stitch, a company that found a way to succeed, despite the uncertainties inherent to the API economy.

Analysis

Bob Reselman

API Strategy, Business

10-26-2018

Remember This Word: Blockchain
API University

This is the beginning of ProgrammableWeb's series on Cryptocurrency and why it matters to developers. In this article we present an overview of the ecosystem including a brief overview of blockchain, Ethereum and more as well as some of the common API types you can expect to see.

Analysis

Jeremy Glassenberg

Blockchain, Cryptocurrency

10-22-2018

How PeopleLinx Thrived, Even After LinkedIn Cut-Off Access To Its APIs
API University LinkedIn

As part of our series on the end of the API economy as we know it, we offer a story about a company that survived being shut out of the API that was the lifeblood of its business. This is the story of PeopleLinx, a company that made money using the LinkedIn API, until the API access was removed.

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Bob Reselman

API Strategy

10-16-2018

What Are Some of The Better Known Blockchain and Cryptocurrency APIs?
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CoinDesk

Blockchain Data

ProgrammableWeb's series on cryptocurrency and blockchain technologies aims to give you a sense of the various components and business opportunities within the various cryptocurrency ecosystems. Now, let's take a look at a small handful of typical APIs across those ecosystems.

Analysis

Jeremy Glassenberg

Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, Blockchain

10-10-2018

Amid The Cryptocurrency Gold Rush: Who Are the Shovel Providers With an Eye On the APIs?
API University

A look at the cryptocurrency market, with all its hype, failed ICOs, and questionable players, reveals an ecosystem comparable to that of the miners in the 1800s. In such an ecosystem, will a market for businesses providing tools and services (such as APIs) to the blockchain world thrive?

Analysis

Jeremy Glassenberg

Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, Blockchain

10-08-2018

Banking on Speed, Ripple Makes a Name For Itself Among Cryptocurrency Developers
API University Ripple Data

Ripple provides blockchain payment technologies for banks, giving them more reliability, cost efficiency, and speed (transaction completion and recognition) that are infamous challenges within the banking industry. Its solutions enable banks to handle inter-bank transactions, liquidity and payments.

Analysis

Jeremy Glassenberg

Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, Payments

09-28-2018

Why Ethereum is the Java of Blockchain
API University

Some popular cryptocurrencies serve purposes other than use as a currency, with some acting like a liquid startup equity. This article looks at Ether, the cryptocurrency used by Ethereum, which is meant to be used more as a full-blown cryptocurrency stack and developer platform. Figure 1.

Analysis

Jeremy Glassenberg

Cryptocurrency, Blockchain

08-30-2018

Why the Push/Streaming API Architectural Style is More Prominent Than Ever
API University

Today the conditions are more favorable than ever for organizations to consider implementing event-driven non-polling based data retrieval patterns in their APIs. This series aims to help you to better understand your options when it comes to push/streaming API architectural styles.

Analysis

David Berlind

Streaming

12-19-2017

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The Blockchain Train Is Leaving The Station. Should You Be On board?
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Stitch Avoids the End of API Economy as We Know It
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Remember This Word: Blockchain
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How PeopleLinx Thrived, Even After LinkedIn Cut-Off Access To Its APIs
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What Are Some of The Better Known Blockchain and Cryptocurrency APIs?
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Why Ethereum is the Java of Blockchain
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Why the Push/Streaming API Architectural Style is More Prominent Than Ever
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