Participating? Get an edge by developing with portis.io — In early February, developers and enthusiasts of Ethereum-based decentralized applications (DApps) will visit Denver virtually from around the world to participate in the ETHDenver and Colorado Jam Innovation Festival & BUIDLathon, 2021. …

India’s biggest community hackathon is taking place between Nov. 27 and Dec. 21, and Portis by ShapeShift will be there (well, virtually) as a mega sponsor. Time to #BUIDL-FROM-HOME 🏠 — Portis is a platform for making decentralized applications accessible to mainstream users. We offer developers an SDK that they can integrate into their decentralized application (DApp) to make it familiar and easy for their users, just like using a regular web app.

The ETHIndia Online hackathon series consists of month-long Ethereum based online hackathons in which Portis by ShapeShift has joined as a Silver-tier Exclusive Wallet Season Partner for a total of 7 hackathons, and we’re kicking it off with DApp Jedi — Portis is a platform for making decentralized applications accessible to mainstream users. We offer developers an SDK that they can integrate into their decentralized application (DApp) to make it familiar and easy for their users, just like using a regular web app.

With just a few lines of code, begin collecting logs and analytics of your DApp’s web3 interactions through Portis, by augmenting it with Terminal’s SDK — Since its launch in September, Terminal is well on its way towards making life easier for Ethereum developers. Terminal is a hub designed to better develop, test, and manage Ethereum artifacts and infrastructure. …

Attention all non-US residents! Until recently, only US residents could buy crypto with their debit cards. As of now, anyone, from any other country in the world, can easily top-up their Portis wallet with their credit card! — One of the first features that Portis offered to its users was the ability to easily purchase cryptocurrency using something familiar like a credit card. …

Letting non-crypto users easily sign payable transactions is an important milestone in the road to mainstream adoption. We believe our new direct purchase flow will help pave that path. — When we created Portis, we set out to solve the biggest issue that was immediately evident when starting to use any DApp: onboarding. “Install this extension or special browser, understand private keys and gas fees, go to an exchange, open an account and figure out what it means to withdraw…

Network fees for blockchain transactions are notoriously difficult to explain to mainstream users. The Gas Station Network allows DApps to foot the gas bill. Problem solved, right? Not quite. — Ain’t Nobody Paying Your AWS Fees Whenever we discuss the hard parts of blockchain UX, the two issues that always stand out are private key management and network fees. This post is about the latter. Users don’t like network fees

ETH New York was a great chance to show off our recent integration with ThunderCore, as team “Robot Rumble” used ThunderCore and Portis to power their winning DApp. Thus begins the age of blockchain robot battles 🤖⚔️🤖 — Hackathons have been an unending thrill for us lately. Following two incredible ETH Global events in Denver and Paris, Ethereum enthusiasts, hackers, and makers gathered in New York for another round of competition fueled by creativity and coffee. …

The Foundation for Interwallet Operability (FIO) is a consortium of leading blockchain wallets, exchanges and payments providers that seeks to accelerate blockchain adoption by reducing the risk, complexity, and inconvenience of sending and receiving crypto assets — Interoperability is a pain point whose priority continues to increase as more and more projects and protocols launch in the blockchain space. Every new technology requires a certain level of agnostic compatibility with existing services if its aim is to be truly scalable. Imagine the internet with 50 different protocols…