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If you haven’t been following the memecoin trend, you’re missing out on some of the most interesting, most pointless, and maybe even some of the funniest speculative fuel for web3 since NFTs. A memecoin is simply a token launched around a meme. Anyone can create them, and some
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Telegram Mini Apps (TMAs) are fully-featured applications that run directly within the Telegram platform, combining the capabilities of bots with the flexibility of custom interfaces. In this guide, we'll walk you through creating a complete, full-stack TMA that includes user authentication and file storage using Pinata's
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You know what I like about Gumby? You don't know what Gumby is? Kids, these days! Gumby was a rubber toy that kids could stretch and flex and contort and do all kinds of crazy things with. Look at the picture. It's simple, but it'
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IPFS has come a long way since its release almost ten years ago, but even to this day using the raw implementation libraries can be difficult. Uploading files requires running your own IPFS node and then interacting with its built-in RPC API, not to mention you would have to configure
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Find out how Supercast optimized app performance and reduced image load times by 30% — without downtime. * 99.9% uptime supported by Pinata’s robust caching * 20% reduction in bandwidth costs * 30% faster image uploads * 50% increase in image quality * Less than 1-day integration time About Supercast is a social media
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Fileverse used Pinata’s IPFS infrastructure to reduce load times, reduce engineering lift, and increase user retention. About Fileverse is an onchain space for collaboration and knowledge management. It is used as a privacy preserving alternative to Google Suite and Notion for note-taking, real-time collaboration on docs, file-sharing, sketching ideas
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Vector storage is broken. Maybe it's better to say it's too disconnected from the actual needs of developers. I can say this with a good amount of experience building a project that used vector storage and search. But I can also say it from talking to
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A key-value database (KV store) is one of the simplest to use but most powerful databases a developer can reach for. Associating arbitrary pieces of data with meaningful keys makes querying easy and efficient. But when you combine a KV store with file storage, you get superpowers. This might take
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If there’s one thing Pinata loves, it’s hackathons. It’s not only because Pinata was born out of a hackathon, but also because it’s where we see unfiltered ideas and creativity from some of the undiscovered and brightest developers of the future. HackUTD 2024 was no exception,
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