[wc-]

There's a lot of back and forth about the general idea of NFT's, why would visa do this, the usual HN pros and cons of crypto, etc, in this thread.

To the software devs on HN that might scroll past this, before you close this tab because of all the crypto stuff when you want to read about coding, hang on a sec!

There are some really really cool new user experiences being unlocked with so-called "web3" tech. Micro transactions, wallets embedded in your browser, these technologies offer so much potential for things far beyond a punk NFT or cryptokitty.

Any front-end dev I talk to in person I urge to get in contact with some of these communities and try out a consulting project or two, so I'll urge the same here. The pay rates right now are outrageous and you will get to try out some tech that might end up being useless or might end up being the next major comms layer, exciting times!

edit, adding some links here:

https://ethereum.org/en/developers/learning-tools/

https://ethereum.org/en/community/

https://ethereum.org/en/learn/

https://api3.org/

https://forum.w3f.community/

some of the above are ethereum specific, but there are always new communities popping up and out of ethereum. for example, Avalanche is ramping up their dev community funding right now with over $170m committed to the ecosystem.

https://www.avax.network/developers

https://www.avax-projects.com/

[moralestapia]

Yeah, I'd like to jump on that bandwagon, if you have any leads please share them. Best.

[seibelj]

You can go down the list of projects on https://coingecko.com/ and they always need devs. Every project in crypto is remote-OK ("decentralized").

I know one of the people doing https://dxdao.eth.link/ DXDao is a collective of devs that work to build decentralized applications ("Dapps"). The decentralized treasury (~$30million USD) funds proposals that anyone can make. They do weekly calls. You can just join their Keybase and start contributing and earning for your efforts. There is no CEO or hierarchy and you can work your own hours and your own pace.

[capiki]

Any pointers to projects doing/enabling microtransactions in crypto?

[victor106]

Thanks for the suggestion. Any tips on how or where to find these communities?

[basch]

https://www.notboring.co/p/solana-summer

is a good article for this crowd.

Besides Avalanche and ethereum, look at Cardano and Solana which are both having their moment (along with Avalanche) the last couple weeks.