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Jacob Tucker
Founder + CEO at Emerald City Labs
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September 12, 2023
September 2023 Cadence Competition
Starting this month we're hosting monthly Cadence coding competitions to help developers learn blockchain engineering using the Cadence smart contract language. Each month will focus on a new topic in Cadence and is supported by workshops and weekly drop-in sessions to help accelerate your learning! Check it out!
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June 8, 2023
Guest Post: Implementing the Bored Ape Yacht Club smart contract in Cadence
In this post, Jacob Tucker walks you through how he implemented the BoredApeYachtClub NFT smart contract in Cadence, the smart contract language used by the Flow blockchain and popular platforms like NBA Top Shot and Ticketmaster.
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December 2, 2025
The Future of Consumer DeFi
Flow is the home of Consumer DeFi. The network is delivering institutional-grade financial products and safe, risk-adjusted yields to the mass market.
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November 27, 2025
Forte Hacks 2025: Winners & Highlights
Over 3,300 builders. More than 400 projects. $250,000 in prizes. Forte Hacks brought together some of the brightest builders from across the globe to create the next generation of onchain finance, from yield protocols to prediction markets to onramp in developing countries and DeFi tools built for everyone.
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November 5, 2025
That’s a Wrap! Flow Community Rewards Season 1 Has Concluded
That’s a Wrap! Flow Community Rewards Season 1 Has Concluded
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October 27, 2025
The Forte Network Upgrade: Now Live On Flow
The Forte network upgrade is one of the most significant feature releases in the history of Flow. Forte advances the Flow network across three pillars - consumer-scale readiness, developer experience, and protocol robustness.
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November 27, 2025
Owning the Highlight, Forever: How NBA Top Shot is Moving Its Footage and Artwork Fully Onchain
For the first time in sports collectibles, every NBA Top Shot Moment – the video highlight, the artwork, the metadata, everything – will be stored on a decentralized network starting this season. This represents a paradigm shift in how digital collectibles are built, owned, and preserved.
Developers
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October 9, 2025
How to Build a Web3 App on Flow: A Complete Guide
Blockchain and Web3 development can seem intimidating at first, but the Flow network and its smart contract language Cadence make it surprisingly accessible. This guide walks through building a complete blockchain application from scratch, all the way to a working "Hello World" example with a React frontend.
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