SilentRhetoric

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If you’ll be at JSNation/ReactSummit US, come find me at the Algorand booth!

Or, you can get a free remote conference viewing ticket through my virtual badge here:

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What was slow is now fast. What was hard is now easy. What was risky is now mature. What was unregulated is now regulated. Blockchain is all grown up and powering the future of finance with stablecoins, digital assets, and programmability. If you’re not paying attention, you’re being lapped.

If you’ve ever tried building on Algorand before and found it painful, now’s the time to take another look. If you’ve used—or avoided!—Solidity, Move, or Rust to build on other blockchains, you should see how fast you can build secure dapps on Algorand with TypeScript.

Now, Algorand TypeScript levels up the blockchain part of decentralized application development to the experience TypeScript devs expect. You can write smart contracts with a world-class language, with all the same testing, linting, bundling, and package management tools you use every day.

I understood the need for low-level correctness and security when writing smart contracts, but the tools to write, compile, and test you code interrupted your flow more than they helped.

I’ve personally been wanting this TypeScript smart contract framework for years as an app developer. When I started building blockchain-enabled apps a few years ago, the developer experience was affectionately described as “chewing glass.”

On my way up to the @jsnation.gitnation.org US conference to talk about my favorite thing in the TypeScript world right now: the Algorand TypeScript 1.0 release!

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I'll be giving a talk tomorrow at the
@wearedevelopers.bsky.social World Congress in Berlin. Come listen if you're there!

The topic: 402 Payment Required

This bit of the internet has remained undefined for over 30 years(!), and now is the time to make payments a native part of the open web 🌐💸

11 Blocks Created Since 5/1/2025

📢 Version 3.5.0 brings the ability to reset your Blocks Created count based on a date.

YouTube video by Algorand Foundation Brian Whippo, Head of Developer Relations: Algorand Staking Rewards Keynote @ ETHDenver

If you want to participate in Algorand Staking, here are a few things you need to know 🥩

Watch the full keynote by @silentrhetoric.algo.xyz here 👇

youtu.be/MYbhkyyJ8xw

New listing created: algo3d.​directory.algo

Check it out: https://algodirectory.app/listing/algo3d

TxID: JIKTO7W2LKIFNZDYJLR4T6TVEO6MYDF46WGXV44XUCC5TCBXJKMA
#Algorand

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Tip for #Algorand node runners on #Android:
Use Widgetify widget to make a custom widget that tracks your node's performance via @allo.info 💡
#AlgorandCan

The Diverse Applications of Tokenization in Climate Tech Nathalie Capati, CEO of Jasmine Energy and Marc Vanlerberghe, Chief Marketing Officer of the Algorand Foundation, join Jill Malandrino on Nasdaq TradeTalks to discuss the diverse applications of t...

#Algorand on Nasdaq TradeTalks today for a discussion on tokenization and Climate Tech.

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It’s a combo of stuff from Decipher and other conferences!

The M1 Mac Mini node is headed to FUNCytown 🕺 @lute.app

I use Netdata

bonfire Bonfire is an interface for burning Algorand Standard Assets (ASA) in a permissionless, verifiable, and standardized way per the ARC-54 standard.

The Directory has been enhanced to show personalized preview images, titles, and descriptions when listing links are shared on social media!

(For the devs: dynamic Open Graph image and metadata generation)

Check it out: algodirectory.app/listing/bonf...

Happy Thanksgiving, folks! 🦃 🍁 🍽️ 🙏🧡

Bonfire A communal bonfire for verifiably burning Algorand ASAs

Did someone say burn? 🔥

thebonfire.app

I read the blog post and got excited 😀

Then @t3.gg read the blog post to me and I got even more excited 😂

Planning to make time this weekend to play around with it 🤓

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@foundation.algo.xyz

This year’s Reddit Recap for r/AlgorandOfficial 😅

The Directory has been updated to leverage @nfdomains.algo.xyz's verification services. Fields that have been verified are shown with a ✔︎ and converted to links.

Listers should make use of these verifications to help mitigate the risk that people are scammed by lookalike impersonation accounts.

NFD | silentrhetoric.directory.algo Head of Developer Relations @algofoundation | Formerly @ Morgan Stanley | Digital assets are an application of morally neutral technology | Opinions my own

I verified my #NFD on #Algorand! nfd-verify:2940437 app.nf.domains/name/silentr...

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Did you know there’s a site to search for starter packs of people to follow? Built by @mubashariqbal.com

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Yeah, this has been known for a while.

Yet people keep telling me how free their speech is there…

This is the correct approach ✅

✅ SolidJS
❌ React

For science

#Algorand