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Jarrod Watts

PayPal just released their PayPal USD $PYUSD stablecoin. Here's everything you need to know.
My Twitter: https://twitter.com/jarrodWattsDev

Resources:
- Announcement tweet: https://twitter.com/PayPal/status/1688552795278872576
- Landing page: https://www.paypal.com/us/digital-wallet/manage-money/crypto/pyusd
- Paxos: https://twitter.com/Paxos
- Patrick Collins tweet: https://twitter.com/PatrickAlphaC/status/1688606058476904449
- Paxos source code tweet: https://twitter.com/Paxos/status/1688606057197666304
- GitHub source code: https://github.com/paxosglobal/pyusd-contract/blob/master/contracts/PYUSDImplementation.sol

Huge PayPal Announcement

Polygon has just announced a new proposal to upgrade their native token on the PoS Chain to become a "hyperproductive" token that serves a broader utility.

Resources:
ZK-Validium: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tBb0ro_Syk
ZK-EVM Rollup: https://twitter.com/jarrodWattsDev/status/1672028274635988993
Blog Post: https://polygon.technology/blog/polygon-2-0-tokenomics
Whitepaper: https://polygon.technology/papers/pol-whitepaper

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The Polygon 2.0 Proposal Explained ($POL)

I made a web3 boilerplate called "EVM Kit" using thirdweb, Next.js, TypeScript, Tailwind and more.
EVM Kit: https://evmkit.com/

Video about wallets: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zirvWVE7ops
My Twitter: https://twitter.com/JarrodWattsDev


Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
2:29 Get Started
5:30 Creating Smart Contracts
8:49 Deploy Smart Contracts
12:29 Contract Dashboard
13:45 Frontend Application
19:13 Wallet Connection
20:30 shadcn/ui
22:19 Contract Interactions
25:33 User Authentication
27:47 Off-chain Storage
29:04 Miscellaneous
29:42 Wrapping Up

How I'm Building Web3 Apps in 2023

Asking users to connect with MetaMask isn't enough anymore. Here's how to make a killer connect wallet button your users will actually like.

Demo: https://wallet-connect-buttons.vercel.app/
Account abstraction video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFsUuihO_aY&feature=youtu.be

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Your Connect Wallet Button (Probably) Sucks

Polygon just released a proposal to upgrade their PoS (proof-of-stake) chain to become a zkEVM Validium. A massive change and a huge improvement to the chain. Here's what it means.

Resources:

My blog post: https://blog.jarrodwatts.com/polygon-pos-is-becoming-a-zkevm-validium-explained

Ethereum scaling docs: https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/scaling/

Polygon's announcement: https://polygon.technology/blog/polygon-2-0-polygon-pos-zk-layer-2

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