Solend backtracks on ’emergency power’ proposal following community backlash

👋 Want to work with us? CryptoSlate is hiring for a handful of positions! Solana-based decentralized finance protocol Solend backtracked on its initial proposal to take over a whale’s wallet by allowing users to vote on whether it should proceed or find another solution. The decision was made after the crypto community extensively criticized its…

Subsocial, a Kusama-based platform reimagining social networks for the Web3 era

Subsocial is an open platform that allows anyone to launch their own decentralized social networks and marketplaces. Based on Kusama, Polkadot’s canary chain, Subsocial enables developers to create decentralized versions of the social networks we’re used to while making them censorship-resistant and completely customizable. The platform believes that you don’t need to reinvent social networks…

Moxie Marlinspike: Here’s what’s wrong with Web3

In a blog post published on Jan 07, Moxie Marlinspike, creator and maintainer of the Signal messaging app, expressed concerns about Web3 and in particular its claim to be a new and decentralized future alternative to the platform behemoths of Web 2.0. Marlinspike begins his post admitting he, despite considering himself a cryptographer, hasn’t found…