“Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers write code that humans can understand.” — Martin Fowler With this quote, I think it would only be fair to say that learning to write blockchain smart contracts has been one of the most challenging yet fulfilling journeys…

NEAR Blockchain Accelerator’s aim is to bring together early-stage startups that are building on exciting and relevant blockchain-based ideas and allow them the opportunity to learn directly from a cadre of adept mentors. The mentorship will focus on being able to build on the powerful NEAR Protocol, scaling up in…

We’re super excited to announce we’ve chosen 15 exceptional startups to got through to the NEAR blockchain accelerator Bootcamp. These startups have brought us some exceptional solutions that they are building with blockchain technology and we’re excited to introduce them to you. What set these startups apart After announcing Shortlist 1 with 44 startups, we…

The NEAR Protocol and Lumos Labs are proud to announce the success of the first phase of the NEAR blockchain accelerator program with overwhelming participation from 170 startups from across the globe. The program offers up to $200k in funding, mentorship, and technical support to build on the NEAR Protocol…

We’ve got some great news to share with you! We’re joining hands with Lumos Labs — an innovation management startup, to set up the NEAR India Accelerator. …

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Write your first Algorand transaction in Python using v2 client Hello everyone, welcome to this Algorand Code Along series in Python. I will be posting a series of articles on how to code on the Algorand Blockchain framework using Python. In this series, I will not be describing the Algorand architecture in detail but will be sharing snippets here and…

Write your first Algorand transaction in Python using v2 client: Code walkthrough Hello everyone, here is the code walkthrough of the Python code to create a transaction using the Algorand v2 client. Here is the github link to download the code: gyan0890/AlgorandPython This repo contains python code to perform functions on the Algorand v2 Blockchain framework. GitHub is home to over 50…github.com Before running the transactions, you need to create the accounts through which the transactions will happen by running the ‘create_accounts.py’ file…