A platform that allows blockchain applications to be built using JavaScript has invited developers and entrepreneurs with bright ideas to take place in an online hackathon. HackOnLisk aims to support innovation on the Lisk network as it moves to the Sapphire phase of its roadmap — marking the moment where different blockchains within its ecosystem can communicate with each other for the very first time. In order to enter, participants need to build a blockchain application using Lisk SDK 5.1.0, the latest release, and provide a URL to an open-source repository. Last but by no means least, a 10-minute video …

A blockchain application platform has launched a refreshed website with substantial improvements and a new design — all as part of a quest to be more developer friendly. Lisk.com, which builds upon the project’s first online presence at Lisk.io, “delivers an optimal and enhanced user experience that more closely aligns with our core mission — to make blockchain accessible to everyone,” executives explained. The new interface follows on from extensive user testing sessions and feedback from Lisk’s core community, giving the project an understanding of what developers felt was missing. Now, Lisk.com is confident that it conveys an even clearer …

Blockstream’s Liquid Network is now featuring its own Javascript library for developers to easily interact with the blockchain. Named LiquidJS, it was developed and announced by pTokens, an interoperability project working to bring assets cross-chain. The open-source library simplifies access to the Liquid Network for external applications, with no requirements of setting up dedicated nodes. Thomas Bertani, pTokens’ founder, described it as the equivalent of Ethereum’s web3.js library in a conversation with Cointelegraph. Javascript is currently among the most popular programming languages used by virtually all web applications in some form. As such, Javascript libraries for interfacing with blockchains are …

A contributor of major Ethereum browser extension Metamask has reported that the MetaMask team is “totally overwhelmed” and not being prioritized by its parent company ConsenSys. In a Dec. 25 Reddit post, Reddit user lazaridiscom3 alleges that the MetaMask team is not getting the support it needs from ConsenSys, and, consequently, the whole team of 24 employees is overwhelmed. Redditor says the Ethereum’s “critical value-moving piece” isn’t decentralized The post, titled “Help MetaMask out of its Activity-Trap,” goes on to say that the MetaMask team has a number of unsolved issues and its inner workflow structure is neither transparent nor …

And what does Ride run on? Ride has been specifically designed for Waves — a leased proof-of-stake protocol. Waves says its aim is to build an environment in which developers can program in chunks — all with a view to ensuring that the ecosystem of decentralized applications can move toward the Web 3.0, a new era relating to how internet users and apps interact online. The company says this approach of easy-to-use building blocks results in greater levels of customization and also ensures that DApps will be compatible with other pieces of software in the future. This predictable approaching to …

Crypto exchange Gate.io has removed web analytics tool StatCounter from their website following a breach report by cybersecurity firm ESET, according to an official blog post published today, Nov. 7. The company has reported that they immediately removed StatCounter's traffic stats service after receiving a security notice by ESET about suspicious behavior. Gate.io claimed they subsequently scanned the website with 56 antivirus products, and “no one reported any suspicious behavior at that time.” However, the firm still changed its traffic tracker, also reporting that “users’ funds are safe.” On Nov. 6, Slovakia-based cybersecurity firm ESET published a security report claiming …