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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.

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.

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.

Forte is now live on testnet and the Forte Hacks Hackathon will launch on October 1st, with 250k in prizes!

Earlier this year, the team at the Flow Foundation hosted an internal hackathon designed to push the boundaries of what's possible on the Flow blockchain. This event brought together 16 of the talented Flow core team members to build over the course of a week, resulting in 10 unique projects. Each submission was then demoed live to a panel of community judges, to elicit feedback and community input.

This article explains Flow’s recent implementation of Proof of Possession (PoP) for staking keys, a small but critical step in its decentralization roadmap. The article covers why PoP is needed, what risks it prevents, and how it was implemented in Flow. Whether you’re a developer, validator, or simply curious about blockchain security, this post gives you a clear view of why PoP matters — with optional technical dives for those who want to explore the cryptography details.

Flow dominated ETH Global once again, with one in every four hackers building on Flow. At ETHGlobal New York 2025, Flow was the number 1 network of choice for developers as the most hacked on technology across the entire hackathon. A result of committing to empowering builders, community scholars and exciting the imagination of builders through groundbreaking keynotes redefining what’s possible onchain

Launching October 22nd, Forte is the Flow network upgrade that brings composability and automation natively to Flow. Two new primitives, Actions and Agents, let developers compose reusable, protocol-agnostic agents with onchain time-based triggers.

Launching this October, Forte is the Flow network upgrade that unlocks the next generation of consumer applications.

Before I ever owned a digital collectible, I was deep in the world of physical sports cards. From my home here in Toronto, my lifelong passion for basketball found an outlet in the world of collecting.

The Cadence smart contract programming language utilizes a powerful new concept for access control: entitlements. These work alongside capabilities, references, and interfaces to give developers unprecedented flexibility in how they define access, enforce security, and enable composability in applications.

May proved to be an exceptional month for the Flow ecosystem, demonstrating significant advancements across key metrics including developer growth, user acquisition, and DeFi expansion.

Flow has rolled out an important upgrade that significantly enhances how NFTs can move between EVM and Cadence.

Flow Community Rewards enables users to earn Boxes and Keys by engaging with apps on Flow. In the rewards store, those Boxes and Keys convert into points, which can be redeemed for rewards such as MacBooks, digital collectibles, Nike sneakers, and much more.Now, Flow Rewards is bigger, better, and more rewarding. Including new features such as Sweepstakes and Social Quests, making it even easier to stack up points and unlock prizes.

April was a strong month for the Flow ecosystem, with growth in DeFi, developer activity, and community engagement. Key highlights include a new all-time high in TVL, increased bridging volume, and the launch of Meowcoins by CryptoKitties.

Generating randomness on-chain is notoriously hard. You need a number that’s unpredictable before it’s revealed, unbiased during its generation, and verifiable afterward. To make things even more challenging, nodes of the network have to generate and agree on random numbers in a distributed and decentralized manner. With these nearly opposing constraints, traditional random functions (like Math.random()) aren’t an option.

When CJ set out to build aiSports, he didn’t just want to create another fantasy basketball app. He wanted to craft a completely new layer of gameplay - built directly on top of NBA Top Shot. Flow made that possible.

At the TinTinLand AI Agent Hackathon and Web3 Festival in Hong Kong, developers turned their attention to one key question: what infrastructure is best suited for building autonomous, agent-driven applications in Web3?

Maximal Extractable Value (MEV) has become a significant concern in the blockchain ecosystem, leading to unfair advantages for unscrupulous developers and substantial losses for regular users. Understanding MEV and its associated attacks is crucial for safeguarding your assets.​

Following standout appearances at ETHGlobal events from San Francisco to Bangkok, Flow made a powerful mark at ETHGlobal Taipei, showcasing why it’s quickly becoming the Layer 1 of choice for Developers. From an amazing sunset cruise to strong hackathon participation, Flow continued its mission: empowering developers to create real-world consumer applications that scale.

Fantasy football has always flirted with the idea of ownership and strategy — but few have delivered an actual living ecosystem where users own, manage, and grow digital clubs quite like Metaverse Football League (MFL).

A recap of some of the highlights of the Flow ecosystem in March, 2025. Including new ATHs, record breaking metrics, and more.

Flow is pushing the boundaries of blockchain efficiency and scalability.

The Flow team is heading to Taipei! Join us at the ETHGlobal Hackathon from April 4–6, 2025, where Flow is sponsoring $10,000 in bounties for developers building the next wave of consumer crypto applications. Whether you’re working on games, AI agents, RWAs, or social apps—Flow is the chain that gets you to real users and energized communities, fast.