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How to Create Hedera Tokens Using SDKs and Smart Contract - Part 1: Fungible Tokens

Jun 26, 2022Francesco Coacci

Learn how to create a fungible token using Hedera SDK and a Solidity Smart Contract! In this article, you will discover how to create a token by simply calling a Hedera SDK method and how to do the same thing by compiling and executing a contract.

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The Last of Us, Uncharted and Days Gone Veterans from PlayStation Re-unite to form AAA Gaming and Entertainment Studio Liithos, Announce Ashfall for PC, Console, and Web 3

Jun 23, 2022Hedera Team

San Diego, Calif - (June 23, 2022) – Liithos, a newly formed AAA gaming and entertainment studio led by PlayStation veterans, announced today it is working on its debut title Ashfall, the first true Web 3.0 AAA title for PC, Console, and the Hedera network.

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Creating Soulbound Token Ecosystems on Hedera

Jun 14, 2022Keith Kowal

There is a new buzzword in Web3 Identity - “Soulbound Tokens” - a very expressive name for non-transferable non-fungible tokens (NFTs) intended to represent an aspect of someone's identity, skills, or qualifications. In this posting, we consider what an early implementation of Soulbound Tokens might look like, and how they can be easily implemented on the Hedera network, leveraging the powerful capabilities of the Hedera Token Service (HTS).

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How to Set Up Your Own Hedera Local Network Using Docker

Jun 14, 2022Abi Castro

The Hedera Local Node is available for developers to start testing and debugging their applications. This article will focus on setting up your local network, starting it, and ensuring that it is operating correctly by submitting transactions and then querying your local mirror node.

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Rolling Smart Contract Hedera API Fees into Gas Fees

Jun 14, 2022Atul Mahamuni

Core contributors are now focused on an important pricing update for the Hedera Smart Contract service, recently approved by the Coin Committee of the Hedera Governing Council. This update rolls Smart Contract Hedera API (HAPI) fees into gas fees and removes the cover charge for HAPI fees when making a ContractCall transaction.

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Congratulations to the Hedera22 - Hello Smart Contract Hackathon Winners

May 31, 2022Lina Tran

After 6 weeks of hacking, the Hedera22 - Hello Smart Contract hackathon has come to an end. With over 2500 participants, across 95 countries and 118 projects submitted, we couldn’t have been more thrilled with the diversity and quality of projects that teams build utilizing the new Hedera Smart Contract Service. Let’s take a look at the winning projects.

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A PixelRug and a Hashanty: Minting Multi-File NFTs on Hedera Using HIP-412 Standards

May 24, 2022Brandon Davenport & Joshua Doerksen

In this blog posting, we focus on NFT “metadata” — more specifically “JSON schema” and how this new set of official standards called “HIP-412” just changed the game for everyone.

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Anything you can do, you can do on Hedera: Introducing the JSON-RPC Relay

May 18, 2022Atul Mahamuni

The JSON-RPC Relay makes it easy for existing libraries, development tools, and wallets to work effortlessly on Hedera. Examples include support for wallets, such as Metamask, libraries, such as ethers.js and web3.js, and developer tools, such as Truffle and Hardhat.

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Crypto Industry Leaders Champion Free Multi-Chain Scam Reporting Tool, Chainabuse, to Empower Users Against Crypto Fraud

May 18, 2022Hedera Team

San Francisco, CA — May 18, 2022 - TRM Labs, the leader in blockchain intelligence solutions, along with crypto industry leaders including Circle, Solana Foundation, The Aave Companies, Hedera, Binance.US and Civic, have today announced the launch of a new community-powered scam reporting platform, Chainabuse, which empowers anyone in the crypto economy to warn others about scams, hacks or other fraudulent activity as they encounter it.