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How I Built an Employee Time Tracking System From Scratch (Part 1) Using the Arduino board, Ethernet Shield, and RFID module, we will assemble, solder, and program the time tracking device. 20. Togayo: A Reconfigurable IoT Platform An open-source IoT platform that uses microcontroller reconfiguration, capability-based peripherals, GraphQL, TimescaleDB, entity component system, and more. 21. How to Build a Mini Air Quality Monitoring System using ESP32 Build a DIY air quality monitoring system: How to face the problem of impure air quality due to the increase in pollutants and impurities mixed with the air. 22. Cloud Home Automation Series Part 1 : Connect ESP32 to AWS IoT with Arduino code Welcome to SIMPLE LEARNING AWS Cloud Home Automation, Zero to Hero Series, where the readership, essentially Embedded System Engineer & Cloud Engineer will able to learn to create Automated IoT Solutions using ESP32 Module (Hardware), AWS IoT portfolio services (MQTT & Integration assistance) & Arduino sketch (Code). The entire series mainly focuses on the Hardware integration with AWS Cloud to make a system of interrelated computing devices. The following series split into four parts (refer below) with very simple and clear instructions to provision a home automation system to control house appliances through the web. Everything covered from scratch you won't face any difficulty understanding. In case of any clarification, drop me a note on LinkedIn. Feel free to explore them with ease, skip to the one which is relevant to you. 23. How To Test Safety Capacitor Test of Fixed Safety Capacitors 24. Cloud Home Automation Series Part 2 : Use AWS Device Shadow to Control ESP32 with Arduino Code Welcome to SIMPLE LEARNING AWS Cloud Home Automation, Zero to Hero Series. In the second part, we will turn ON/OFF the inbuilt led of ESP32 using AWS Device Shadow Service. Before starting, let's do a recap, in Part 1 we have connected the ESP32 MCU with AWS and able to publish Messages to IoT Core.  The following series split into four parts (refer below) with very simple and clear instructions to provision a home automation system to control house appliances through the web. Everything covered from scratch you won't face any difficulty understanding. In case of any clarification, drop me a note on LinkedIn. Feel free to explore them with ease, skip to the one which is relevant to you. 25. Using Arduino To Build Your Own ‘Snake Game’ Oh, the magic of hardware 26. How To Build a GPS Tracker From Scratch Using Arduino Combining 3 Arduino boards to create a GPS tracker & data logger. 27. 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Building Cool IoT Lamp That Can Be Controlled via Google Assistant You can also refer to my video tutorial: 34. How to Build an Arduino Starship Game Controlled by Joystick and Computer In this article, we will develop an Arduino Starship game which will be displayed on an LCD display 16x2. 35. How to Make Arduino Work with a $4.90 RISC-V Board Longan Nano with GD32V series MCU costs only $4.9. You then got an Arduino board with 128KB Flash, 32KB RAM, LCD, and even an acrylic case. Story 36. Using Arduino To Build Your Own ‘Snake Game’ Oh, the magic of hardware 37. IoT Home Irrigation System Using Losant and Particle Photon Water your plants, get alarms, and analyze the data 38. AWS Serverless design for IoT This  IoT walk-through lab will show you how to send IoT data from your ESP8266 or ESP32 device, through AWS API Gateway, to Lambda, to a data lake in S3,  and finally design a static web page for IoT data visualization. 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(P2E) captured huge attention in the crypto space in 2021 due to the of , a NFT-based blockchain game (see Figure-1). Unfortunately, as many had analyzed, Axie Infinity was , leading to its collapse in early 2022. At one time, Axie Infinity enabled people in developing countries like the Philippines to earn additional income or even make a living, which was critical during the COVID-19 crisis. But in the end, It . Play-to-Earn sensational growth Axie Infinity not sustainable promised riches and delivered disaster From a tokenomics design point of view, P2E is an incentive program. Like other incentive designs, the effectiveness of P2E incentive design drove the rise of Axie Infinity, and unsustainability of the P2E program caused the fall of Axie Infinity. However, compared to other famous incentive programs such as and , Axie Infinity has a few good tokenomics designs that are unique and can be refined. More importantly, if adapted and applied well in other products such as DeFi, they will drive another wave of innovation! “Yield Farming” introduced by Compound “Trans-Fee Mining” pioneered by Fcoin Lesson #1: native token demands For a token-based incentive program like P2E to work, the token must maintain a market value. This is more important to P2E since people depend on exchanging earned tokens to fiat and pay their living expenses. To maintain a market value, there must be token demand and ideally token demand is roughly larger than or equal to token supply over time. Token demand can either come from the secondary market or even better come from the product natively. It seems everyone intuitively knows how to give out tokens to incentivize certain actions to drive the growth. But most people don’t know how to design native token demands or don’t recognize the importance of native token demands. Yield farming via a governance token illustrates the awkward situation vividly — governance tokens are abundantly rewarded to incentivize liquidity , while the native demand of these governance tokens is really weak, based on the low governance participation and the small usage of governance tokens in the protocols. inefficiently Axie Infinity created a for its SLP (Smooth Love Potion) ERC20 token, which are minted and issued to players as part of the P2E incentive program. The native token demand comes from the design that SLP tokens are required and are burned to . As an ERC721 NFT, Axie also has a strong native demand by design — each player needs to have 3 Axie to play the game. The native SLP demand is very strong and during the high growth period, the demand (burned) is much higher than the supply (minted) as shown in the highlight area in Figure-2. Obviously there is a virtuous circle going up. P2E attracts more players to the game, more players drives the breeding of new Axie, which drives the demand of SLP tokens, and native SLP demand ensures a market value of SLP, which ensures the effectiveness of the P2E incentive program. strong native token demand breed new Axie Lesson #2: a new growth engine Token based incentive is a super effective growth hacking strategy, which only exists in web3 by the way. When a new type of incentive program is launched, the dramatic growth impact becomes obvious within weeks, like Yield Farming on Compound or Trans-Fee Mining on FCoin. P2E is different! SLP was launched in , but the sensational growth of Axie Infinity did not come until April 2021, about 16 months later. So what is really the growth engine that drove the sensational growth of Axie Infinity in early 2021? The growth engine is the or Axie Lending Program. December 2019 Axie Scholarship Program The concept and practice of rewarding game-play with in-game currency that can be exchanged for real-word money is not new and it is called . By , P2E puts Gold Farming on steroids! But Axie Infinity is actually a pay-to-play game and players must have 3 Axies costing about $1000 in value to P2E. It is a significant barrier for most players who are from developing countries and limits the effectiveness of P2E as a growth hacking strategy. Gold Farming tokenizing in-game currency Around the end of 2020, the Axie Scholarship Program started to pop up to eliminate the barrier for some new players to P2E. At a high-level, via these programs, Axie owners can lend their unused Axie to players and split the earned SLP typically 30–70. In early 2021, the Axie Scholarship Program was industrialized via . These guilds invest capital (some of them raise external capital) to buy and breed Axies, and actively recruit players to P2E using their Axies. It is a and during good times, initial investment can be returned in 5–7 days. The financial incentive is so strong that these guilds rushed to recruit as many new players as possible and propelled the sensational growth of Axie Infinity. gaming guilds lucrative business Lesson #3: monetary policy refinements The monetary policy for the Axie Infinity economy can be changed on both the supply side and the demand side (even though monetary policy adjustments are manually done by the team, a centralized entity). When there was too much SLP supply in the market, the . And when the market was down, the . SLP rewards were cut by half SLP burning tripled Most other token projects don’t have this flexibility built into their monetary policies. For example, bitcoin has a fixed token distribution schedule that can’t be changed. (Note: mining difficulty auto-adjustment might be argued as a monetary policy adjustment to ensure block rewards are released roughly every 10 minutes.) For another example, yield farming pioneer Compound initially had a fixed token distribution schedule. But only after a few months of launching the COMP token, the via the governance in response to COMP selling pressure in the market. supply of COMP was changed Having a monetary policy that is tunable has a number of advantages because it can mitigate few flaws inherited in early stage projects. Forecasts of the growth of an economy will most likely be wrong. Hence the monetary policy decided based on the forecasts will most likely be wrong and should be refined based on real data of the economy accordingly. The digital asset prices in the market are absolutely unpredictable. Since higher or lower prices will affect the growth of an economy, adjusting monetary policy can affect the market prices and indirectly drive the growth of a healthy economy. Most projects in the beginning don’t have the domain expertises or could not recruit macro economists to properly set the monetary policy. Making monetary policy tunable opens the door for domain experts to come in later. A sound monetary policy ensures a healthy economy which is critical to the success of a project in the long-term. Furthermore, monetary policy is a moat for the project since every economy, even the forked ones, is different and the same monetary policy won’t apply properly. Clearly whoever can manage the monetary policy well will have competitive advantages over competitors and win eventually. Conclusion Axie Infinity had sensational growth and put Play-To-Earn (P2E) in the spotlight. Even though Axie Infinity collapsed due to its unsustainable growth driver, there are 3 lessons we can learn from its tokenomics design. These lessons can be adapted and applied in products other than games such as DeFi, and fix their tokenomics design flaws. A new wave of innovation is coming to crypto! And coming to DeFi soon, watch . Double Also published . here

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I find the Monty Hall Problem one of the most fascinating brain teasers, because it seems deceivingly simple. When Marilyn Von Savant, the woman with the highest IQ, answered this brainteaser correctly in 1991, she was inundated with over 10,000 letters from academics and Ph.Ds criticizing her “error”, only to be proven later that she was correct. The problem goes like this: The Monty Hall Problem You’re on a game show. There are three doors. Behind one of them is a car. Behind the other two are donkeys. You get to open one door, in hopes of getting the car! But then, this happens: (I reposted the Monty Hall problem from Adam Zerner’s post, https://medium.com/@adamzerner/monty-hall-problem-346bc6392b0a ) Take a pause and think of what you would do and why before going on to the next line. . . . At this point, most people see it as a 50 / 50 decision. The answer, however, is that you will win 2/3 of the time by switching. Code I wanted to try writing the Monty Hall game in Python and have it run 10,000 times to see if I really win 2/3, or around 6,667 times out of 10,000 plays, by switching. You can see the code . here Here are the results: After running it four times, the results were 6547, 6603, 6714, and 6738. All within 1% from the expected 6,667 wins (2/3 * 10,000 tries). The Intuitive Solution The easiest way to understand why that is, is to imagine that there is a car behind door 1, and goats behind door 2 and 3. When you pick door 1 initially, you will lose by switching. In the same scenario, had you picked door 2, the host would have shown door 3 with the goat, you would win by switching to door 1. Same if you had picked door 3. So 2/3 times, you win by switching.

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Lessons from “Influence” by Robert Cialdini Do you ever wish you could get what you want? How to convince investors that you have the right business ideas? Trying to get people to come to your event or party, but no one is RSVP-ing? Or, do you wonder how to prevent yourself from getting scammed by salespeople? This blog post summarizes material from and general psychological phenomena. Robert Cialdini’s “Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion” 1. Give and You Shall Receive Reciprocity is a real thing, and it really works! Costco is infamous for their free samples — when you get a free sample, you feel a sense of obligation to return the favor by buying a product. In fact, researchers in the showed that reciprocity can work without the recipient accepting the gift. Participants were told to evaluate art and purchase a self-selected number of raffle tickets. Participants who were offered a free Coca-Cola beverage bought the number of raffle tickets — even if they declined the offer of the beverage! famous “Coca-Cola experiment” twice 2. Door in the Face and Foot in the Door First, ask for a huge demand. Then, ask the request you had originally wanted. This method is particularly effective because it makes the other person feel bad for rejecting your first request. This is the technique that Calvin is using in the Calvin and Hobbes comic above. Door in the Face. Sort of the opposite of “Door in the Face” technique, this method involves asking for a small favor first, then increasing the favor. For example, ask if your friend will let you borrow their car for a day. After they agree, ask if they wouldn’t mind lending it to you for a couple more days, too. This method is effective because people don’t like breaking commitments. Foot in the Door. 3. Low-balling This is the infamous method used by most car salespeople. You and the salesperson agree on a deal for $495. But then as you finish up the payment process, there’s some more fees and added prices, so the total increases to $1,000. You falter for a second. The salesperson incredulously inquires “But, are you going to change your mind on this deal we had?” Panicked about breaking your commitment, you assert “Of course not!” and pay for the car. This tactic is effective because it makes you feel like you’re ending a deal that has already been made, even though the salesperson is sneakily altering the arrangement. 4. Social Proof “If others are doing it, it must be right.” The power of social proof creates long lines for no reason as well as more sinister scenarios, like the bystander effect. In general, if something appears as though it is already popular, it will continue to become more influential. Social proof is an extremely common force in the business world. Tip jars rarely get additional money if there’s no money in the jar already. A common trick? Put some of your own money in the tip jar before you engage with customers. Or check out the video below, at a music festival where one man gets a whole crowd to dance. 5. Likability This one is perhaps the most obvious: if people like you, they’ll do things for you. Some of the most common ways to become more likable: Being attractive Being similar to your target audience Giving compliments Frequent contact Note that in the above picture, it’s actually not entirely clear which one is more likable. While Zac Efron on the left is obviously the more attractive, Seth Rogen is very relatable and likely more similar to the viewer, as opposed to the god-like body of Zac Efron. 6. Authority In the famous Milgram experiment, participants (the “Teacher”) administered electric shocks to another person (the “Student”) who was performing a word pair exercise. The electric shocks were actually fake, and the student was in on the experiment, pretending that the electric shocks were causing him pain. An “Experimenter” played the authority figure in the room with the Teacher. Whenever the Teacher would be unsure about administering additional electric shocks, the Experimenter, wearing a lab coat, would urge the Teacher to continue. The results were shocking: the vast majority of participants continued to administer electric shocks, to levels of , when prompted by the lab-coated Experimenter. fatality The Milgram experiment is proof of the power of authority. In general, having an authority of any sort can really persuade people. Just take a look at the Lucky Strike ad below. Even though doctors say the cigarettes are less irritating, doesn’t mean they’re any better for your lungs. 7. Scarcity Making things seem more scarce makes them more desirable. People believe that they have a unique opportunity to get something, and they don’t want to miss out. This method is extremely common in the marketplace world. Some common examples: Booking.com — “Limited Rooms left” Amazon — “Today’s Deals” Starbucks — Seasonal drinks In-store — “Clearance Sales” EBay auctions — “4 hours left to buy!” Whether you’re using these tactics for your own benefit, to promote a company, or to plan events, remember to be respectful of people and not to brainwash or exploit. I personally study these methods mostly as a means of self-defense, to avoid being trapped in one of these “mind control” strategies. Check out for a more in-depth understanding of these tactics and how they work. “Influence” by Robert Cialdini If you found this worth sharing, click the 💚 below to recommend the article, and sign up for my newsletter! 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We appreciate your interest and support, and we look forward to building lasting relationships that help us achieve our vision. Let’s bake the future together! Vote for us today! https://hackernoon.com/startups/north-america/north-america-vancouver-bc-canada?stup=66f324a46ea4677e23e222f9 Hey Hackers, Atome Bakery has been nominated in HackerNoon's annual Startups of The Year awards in Vancouver, Canada. Please vote for us here: Please vote for us here: https://hackernoon.com/startups/north-america/north-america-vancouver-bc-canada?stup=66f324a46ea4677e23e222f9 https://hackernoon.com/startups/north-america/north-america-vancouver-bc-canada?stup=66f324a46ea4677e23e222f9 https://hackernoon.com/startups/north-america/north-america-vancouver-bc-canada?stup=66f324a46ea4677e23e222f9 https://hackernoon.com/startups/north-america/north-america-vancouver-bc-canada?stup=66f324a46ea4677e23e222f9 Read more about us below to understand why we deserve your vote: Read more about us below to understand why we deserve your vote: Meet Atome Atome Bakery is an online artisan bakery delivering ready-to-bake sourdough bread and pastries across North America. Our products are crafted with organic Canadian flour, clean ingredients, and traditional slow fermentation methods, ensuring exceptional quality and taste. Unlike mass-produced bread, our bake-from-proof model allows customers to enjoy bakery-worthy freshness straight from their own ovens. We specialize in frozen, pre-proofed products, including sourdough loaves, baguettes, croissants, and pain au chocolat, designed for convenience without compromising quality. Our mission is to make healthier, artisan-quality baked goods accessible to households everywhere, particularly in regions where high-quality bread is hard to find. With a commitment to sustainability, we use recyclable packaging and minimize waste through small-batch production. Atome Bakery is redefining home baking, one delicious box at a time. How Atome Bakery achieved product-market fit Atome Bakery has achieved a solid product-market fit by addressing a clear gap in the market: the lack of convenient access to high-quality, artisan bread and pastries. Our bake-from-proof model solves the dilemma for customers who want bakery-quality bread but lack access to local bakeries or the time and skill to bake from scratch. Our growth metrics strongly validate this fit. We have shipped nearly 10,000 boxes since July 2023, with a 16% growth MoM Additionally, repeat orders from remote and suburban households confirm that our products resonate with customers who value quality but face limited local options. Our growth metrics strongly validate this fit. We have shipped nearly 10,000 boxes since July 2023, with a 16% growth MoM Additionally, repeat orders from remote and suburban households confirm that our products resonate with customers who value quality but face limited local options. The evolution of Atome Bakery Building Atome Bakery has been a journey of adaptation, learning, and iteration. When we started in 2022, our initial focus was a pick-up model for sourdough bread in Vancouver. However, feedback from early customers revealed a broader need: artisan-quality bread that could be delivered to suburban and remote areas where options were limited. This insight drove us to pivot to a direct-to-consumer frozen delivery model, which allowed us to expand our reach significantly. Later, we added pastries like croissants and pain au chocolat to our offering, again prompted by customers’ requests. Each iteration has brought us closer to fulfilling our mission of making high-quality, artisan baked goods accessible to households across North America. Building Atome Bakery has been a journey of adaptation, learning, and iteration. When we started in 2022, our initial focus was a pick-up model for sourdough bread in Vancouver. However, feedback from early customers revealed a broader need: artisan-quality bread that could be delivered to suburban and remote areas where options were limited. This insight drove us to pivot to a direct-to-consumer frozen delivery model, which allowed us to expand our reach significantly. Later, we added pastries like croissants and pain au chocolat to our offering, again prompted by customers’ requests. Each iteration has brought us closer to fulfilling our mission of making high-quality, artisan baked goods accessible to households across North America. Milestones and achievements We’ve won multiple awards, including the Entrepreneurs Abroad Award by the French Executive Circle and the DIVERSEcity Pitch competition, highlighting our diverse team. We were named a Top 3 finalist for the Small Business BC e-commerce experience award in 2024, and won Start up TNT’s Investor competition at Summit X. We are growing! What started as a BC-only delivery service quickly grew to Alberta, State of Washington, Oregon, and now California! We’ve won multiple awards, including the Entrepreneurs Abroad Award by the French Executive Circle and the DIVERSEcity Pitch competition, highlighting our diverse team. We were named a Top 3 finalist for the Small Business BC e-commerce experience award in 2024, and won Start up TNT’s Investor competition at Summit X. We are growing! What started as a BC-only delivery service quickly grew to Alberta, State of Washington, Oregon, and now California! Lessons learned One of our biggest challenges has been scaling operations to meet increasing demand. As orders grew tenfold in 12 months, we faced capacity constraints in production, storage, and logistics. Initially, we underestimated the infrastructure needed to support this growth, which led to delays and operational strain in order to maintain our high standards of quality. Lesson learned : Anticipating growth and investing in scalable systems early is crucial for maintaining efficiency. Lesson learned What Startups of The Year means to us As a company redefining the artisan bakery experience through innovation and accessibility, we’re excited to participate in HackerNoon’s Startups of the Year to celebrate the progress of Atome Bakery and connect with a community of innovators and entrepreneurs. Our mission is to make high-quality, artisan baked goods accessible to more homes, and we see this initiative as an opportunity to amplify our story, showcase our unique approach, and inspire others with our journey. Through this recognition, we hope to gain increased visibility for Atome Bakery, attract potential collaborators, and engage with thought leaders who can offer valuable insights as we continue scaling. We’re also excited to contribute to the shared knowledge within the HackerNoon community by sharing the lessons and strategies that have shaped our growth. Ultimately, we view this initiative as a platform to build meaningful connections that will help propel Atome Bakery to the next level. Conclusion hank you for taking the time to learn about Atome Bakery and our mission to bring high-quality, artisan baked goods to more homes. We’re excited about the opportunities ahead as we continue to innovate, grow, and make an impact in communities across North America. We appreciate your interest and support, and we look forward to building lasting relationships that help us achieve our vision. Let’s bake the future together! Vote for us today! https://hackernoon.com/startups/north-america/north-america-vancouver-bc-canada?stup=66f324a46ea4677e23e222f9 Vote for us today! https://hackernoon.com/startups/north-america/north-america-vancouver-bc-canada?stup=66f324a46ea4677e23e222f9 Vote for us today! https://hackernoon.com/startups/north-america/north-america-vancouver-bc-canada?stup=66f324a46ea4677e23e222f9 https://hackernoon.com/startups/north-america/north-america-vancouver-bc-canada?stup=66f324a46ea4677e23e222f9

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The generative AI boom has taken the world by storm, and already businesses are scrambling to adopt the technology and use it to gain a competitive advantage on the world stage. Could the age of GenAI open the door to more globally-focused businesses? The impact of generative AI can’t be overstated at an enterprise level. According to JPMorgan Research, the GenAI boom could ultimately increase global GDP by between $7 and $10 trillion, a rate of growth that could total 10%. But how could the disruptive force of generative AI impact businesses? There are plenty of emerging use cases stemming from the success of OpenAI’s ChatGPT large-language model (LLM) and its ability to understand prompts and queries on a conversational and contextual level to create impressive visualization and content that improves cost and time efficiency throughout marketing. There are also plenty of deep analytical use cases emerging that can supercharge R&D initiatives and improve the ability of businesses to understand their customer profiles. Generative AI models can even create code on behalf of users to design websites and create unique on-site experiences for visitors. The capabilities of the emerging technology are vast, and we’re still only scratching the surface of what generative AI can achieve in the future. Despite all of its potential throughout the wider world of business, could the most effective use of generative AI today focus on aiding businesses to grow on the world stage? Let’s take a look at the ways GenAI can improve the global outlook for startups and SMEs: Maximizing Efficiency One of the key benefits that generative AI offers globally-focused businesses is the luxury of efficiency in cost and time reductions. Through automation technology, businesses can take repetitive tasks away from the responsibility of workers to help allocate more resources to vital operational areas. For smaller businesses, this ability to reallocate task delegation to more complex challenges can help secure growth and prospective expansions into new international markets. Deloitte data suggests that 82% of leaders agree that artificial intelligence will improve the performance and job satisfaction of their employees. Crucially, these findings dispel the long-held belief that the emergence of artificial intelligence will replace humans and instead can be a positive workplace influence by complementing its human counterparts. This can pave the way for 1.75 hours saved daily on average, while one-third of survey respondents have reported saving 30 minutes to an hour each day using generative AI tools. Through automation technology, we will see more startups and SMEs gain the ability to look earlier at international markets, and time-saving GenAI tools can aid key decision-makers in exploring possibilities overseas without sacrificing time spent on more repetitive tasks within operational structures. Catering to International Markets Generative AI is also helping startups and SMEs cater directly to international audiences on a more natural level. In terms of marketing overseas, platforms like ChatGPT and Copy.ai have opened the door for brands to create more focused multi-language content that can be created using LLMs with unprecedented accuracy and personalization. This can help businesses cater their website content directly to the markets they wish to branch into, while tools like DALL-E 2 and Synthesia empower brands to create realistic images and videos from text prompts that can be appropriated to match different cultural and geographical requirements. Generative AI has made it easier than ever to cater to a target audience anywhere in the world in a frictionless manner. For businesses that have identified an opportunity among certain international audiences, the market opportunity could be a significant driver of growth moving forward. Welcoming International Operations The emerging technology can also help refine project and workflow management technology throughout virtually every international industry. This means that factors like scheduling, reporting, and data entry can be delegated and undertaken seamlessly from any office, anywhere. Generative AI can even take task delegation management decisions and convert them into the native language of remote workers, helping to broaden the talent pool available to companies welcoming remote work. In building a presence overseas, generative AI can facilitate collaboration between a US headquarters and a foreign language office in an international location. Machine learning algorithms can even be utilized in the decision-making process ahead of international expansion by analyzing the domestic infrastructure and trade regulations of prospective locations. There are plenty of opportunities on the global stage for companies seeking to expand into new markets. In Latin America, where businesses won’t be impacted by time-zone issues, a number of infrastructural improvements have paved the way for a strong, budget-friendly landscape. According to P&H Law, this could open the door to businesses taking advantage of the Dominican Republic’s trade agreements and bilateral investment treaties with Argentina, Chile, South Korea, Spain, France, Italy, China, and Switzerland, or Mexico’s lower wage expectations, for instance. Embracing the World Stage There’s no doubt that generative AI will bring transformative potential to a vast number of businesses, but this transformation is likely to be most pronounced among ambitious startups and SMEs. With the potential of saving time and costs in opening to the world stage, we could see more businesses breaking down the barriers to international markets and opening up to far more extensive markets throughout many new continents. Although fears persist over the future of AI in the workplace, generative tools may hold the key to meaningful growth throughout many sectors, helping to boost human productivity and job satisfaction on an international scale, not replace it. The generative AI boom has taken the world by storm, and already businesses are scrambling to adopt the technology and use it to gain a competitive advantage on the world stage. Could the age of GenAI open the door to more globally-focused businesses? The impact of generative AI can’t be overstated at an enterprise level. According to JPMorgan Research, the GenAI boom could ultimately increase global GDP by between $7 and $10 trillion , a rate of growth that could total 10%. between $7 and $10 trillion between $7 and $10 trillion But how could the disruptive force of generative AI impact businesses? There are plenty of emerging use cases stemming from the success of OpenAI’s ChatGPT large-language model (LLM) and its ability to understand prompts and queries on a conversational and contextual level to create impressive visualization and content that improves cost and time efficiency throughout marketing. There are also plenty of deep analytical use cases emerging that can supercharge R&D initiatives and improve the ability of businesses to understand their customer profiles. Generative AI models can even create code on behalf of users to design websites and create unique on-site experiences for visitors. Generative AI models The capabilities of the emerging technology are vast, and we’re still only scratching the surface of what generative AI can achieve in the future. Despite all of its potential throughout the wider world of business, could the most effective use of generative AI today focus on aiding businesses to grow on the world stage? Let’s take a look at the ways GenAI can improve the global outlook for startups and SMEs : startups and SMEs startups and SMEs Maximizing Efficiency One of the key benefits that generative AI offers globally-focused businesses is the luxury of efficiency in cost and time reductions. Through automation technology, businesses can take repetitive tasks away from the responsibility of workers to help allocate more resources to vital operational areas. For smaller businesses, this ability to reallocate task delegation to more complex challenges can help secure growth and prospective expansions into new international markets. Deloitte data suggests that 82% of leaders agree that artificial intelligence will improve the performance and job satisfaction of their employees. Crucially, these findings dispel the long-held belief that the emergence of artificial intelligence will replace humans and instead can be a positive workplace influence by complementing its human counterparts. 82% of leaders 82% of leaders This can pave the way for 1.75 hours saved daily on average, while one-third of survey respondents have reported saving 30 minutes to an hour each day using generative AI tools. 1.75 hours saved 1.75 hours saved Through automation technology, we will see more startups and SMEs gain the ability to look earlier at international markets, and time-saving GenAI tools can aid key decision-makers in exploring possibilities overseas without sacrificing time spent on more repetitive tasks within operational structures. Catering to International Markets Generative AI is also helping startups and SMEs cater directly to international audiences on a more natural level. In terms of marketing overseas, platforms like ChatGPT and Copy.ai have opened the door for brands to create more focused multi-language content that can be created using LLMs with unprecedented accuracy and personalization . accuracy and personalization accuracy and personalization This can help businesses cater their website content directly to the markets they wish to branch into, while tools like DALL-E 2 and Synthesia empower brands to create realistic images and videos from text prompts that can be appropriated to match different cultural and geographical requirements. Generative AI has made it easier than ever to cater to a target audience anywhere in the world in a frictionless manner. For businesses that have identified an opportunity among certain international audiences, the market opportunity could be a significant driver of growth moving forward. Welcoming International Operations The emerging technology can also help refine project and workflow management technology throughout virtually every international industry. This means that factors like scheduling, reporting, and data entry can be delegated and undertaken seamlessly from any office, anywhere. Generative AI can even take task delegation management decisions and convert them into the native language of remote workers, helping to broaden the talent pool available to companies welcoming remote work. In building a presence overseas, generative AI can facilitate collaboration between a US headquarters and a foreign language office in an international location. Machine learning algorithms can even be utilized in the decision-making process ahead of international expansion by analyzing the domestic infrastructure and trade regulations of prospective locations. There are plenty of opportunities on the global stage for companies seeking to expand into new markets. In Latin America, where businesses won’t be impacted by time-zone issues, a number of infrastructural improvements have paved the way for a strong, budget-friendly landscape. According to P&H Law , this could open the door to businesses taking advantage of the Dominican Republic’s trade agreements and bilateral investment treaties with Argentina, Chile, South Korea, Spain, France, Italy, China, and Switzerland, or Mexico’s lower wage expectations , for instance. P&H Law P&H Law bilateral investment treaties bilateral investment treaties lower wage expectations lower wage expectations Embracing the World Stage There’s no doubt that generative AI will bring transformative potential to a vast number of businesses, but this transformation is likely to be most pronounced among ambitious startups and SMEs. generative AI generative AI With the potential of saving time and costs in opening to the world stage, we could see more businesses breaking down the barriers to international markets and opening up to far more extensive markets throughout many new continents. Although fears persist over the future of AI in the workplace, generative tools may hold the key to meaningful growth throughout many sectors, helping to boost human productivity and job satisfaction on an international scale, not replace it.

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Space and Time (SxT), a leading provider of verifiable compute solutions for AI and blockchain integration, has made a significant stride in advancing Web3 technology by releasing Proof of SQL, a high-performance zero-knowledge prover for processing data, under an open software license on GitHub. This groundbreaking development promises to revolutionize the way developers interact with onchain and offchain datasets, enabling the creation of more sophisticated DeFi protocols and data-driven smart contracts. Proof of SQL is a novel zero-knowledge proof protocol developed by SxT that cryptographically ensures the accuracy of SQL database queries computed against untampered data. By leveraging this technology, developers can now compute over both onchain and offchain datasets in a trustless manner, proving the results back to their smart contracts in real-time during transactions. This capability opens up a wide range of possibilities for the next generation of DeFi applications. Jay White, PhD, Co-Founder and Head of Research at SxT, and the inventor of the Proof of SQL protocol, expressed his enthusiasm for the release, stating, "Space and Time is thrilled to lead Web3 into a new era of data-driven smart contracts and the next generation of DeFi." He emphasized the significance of the sub-second zero-knowledge proofs pioneered by SxT, which enable smart contracts and AI agents to inquire about a chain's activity and offchain data, receiving trustless SQL query results onchain during a transaction without the need for lengthy proof times. The release of Proof of SQL on GitHub follows a successful alpha testing period with a select group of SxT customers in August. The protocol's impressive performance has been demonstrated in recent benchmarks conducted by the SxT cryptography team, showcasing its ability to execute analytic queries over 100k-row tables in less than a second on a single GPU and aggregate millions of rows of indexed data within Ethereum block time on a single NVIDIA T4. Compared to generalized zero-knowledge virtual machines (zkVMs) and co-processors, Proof of SQL offers a significantly more performant architecture for processing large volumes of data. While zkVMs provide an extensible solution for arbitrary computations, data processing can be slow to prove. Proof of SQL can be integrated with these zkVMs to provide verifiable source data for executing arbitrary code, making it a valuable addition to the zero-knowledge proof ecosystem. Space and Time's decision to release Proof of SQL under an open software license demonstrates the company's commitment to fostering collaboration and innovation within the Web3 community. The company encourages and invites contributions from the community and other zero-knowledge proof engineering teams to collaborate on the repository. The prover can be integrated into any SQL database, centralized or decentralized, and is already being utilized by prominent Web3 apps, financial institutions, and enterprises. Final Thoughts The release of Proof of SQL marks a significant milestone in the evolution of Web3 technology, enabling developers to create more sophisticated and data-driven applications that leverage the security and transparency of blockchain networks. As the adoption of Web3 continues to grow, solutions like Proof of SQL will play a crucial role in unlocking the full potential of decentralized finance and other blockchain-based applications. Space and Time's innovative approach to verifiable compute and their focus on bridging the gap between AI, blockchain, and enterprise use cases positions them as a key player in the future of Web3 development. With the release of Proof of SQL under an open software license, the company has taken a significant step towards democratizing access to cutting-edge zero-knowledge proof technology and empowering developers to build the next generation of data-driven smart contracts and DeFi protocols. Don’t forget to like and share the story! Vested Interest Disclosure: This author is an independent contributor publishing via our business blogging program. HackerNoon has reviewed the report for quality, but the claims herein belong to the author. #DYOR. Space and Time (SxT) , a leading provider of verifiable compute solutions for AI and blockchain integration, has made a significant stride in advancing Web3 technology by releasing Proof of SQL, a high-performance zero-knowledge prover for processing data, under an open software license on GitHub. This groundbreaking development promises to revolutionize the way developers interact with onchain and offchain datasets, enabling the creation of more sophisticated DeFi protocols and data-driven smart contracts. Space and Time (SxT) Proof of SQL is a novel zero-knowledge proof protocol developed by SxT that cryptographically ensures the accuracy of SQL database queries computed against untampered data. By leveraging this technology, developers can now compute over both onchain and offchain datasets in a trustless manner, proving the results back to their smart contracts in real-time during transactions. This capability opens up a wide range of possibilities for the next generation of DeFi applications. Jay White, PhD, Co-Founder and Head of Research at SxT, and the inventor of the Proof of SQL protocol, expressed his enthusiasm for the release, stating, "Space and Time is thrilled to lead Web3 into a new era of data-driven smart contracts and the next generation of DeFi." He emphasized the significance of the sub-second zero-knowledge proofs pioneered by SxT, which enable smart contracts and AI agents to inquire about a chain's activity and offchain data, receiving trustless SQL query results onchain during a transaction without the need for lengthy proof times. The release of Proof of SQL on GitHub follows a successful alpha testing period with a select group of SxT customers in August. The protocol's impressive performance has been demonstrated in recent benchmarks conducted by the SxT cryptography team, showcasing its ability to execute analytic queries over 100k-row tables in less than a second on a single GPU and aggregate millions of rows of indexed data within Ethereum block time on a single NVIDIA T4. Compared to generalized zero-knowledge virtual machines (zkVMs) and co-processors, Proof of SQL offers a significantly more performant architecture for processing large volumes of data. While zkVMs provide an extensible solution for arbitrary computations, data processing can be slow to prove. Proof of SQL can be integrated with these zkVMs to provide verifiable source data for executing arbitrary code, making it a valuable addition to the zero-knowledge proof ecosystem. Space and Time's decision to release Proof of SQL under an open software license demonstrates the company's commitment to fostering collaboration and innovation within the Web3 community. The company encourages and invites contributions from the community and other zero-knowledge proof engineering teams to collaborate on the repository. The prover can be integrated into any SQL database, centralized or decentralized, and is already being utilized by prominent Web3 apps, financial institutions, and enterprises. Final Thoughts The release of Proof of SQL marks a significant milestone in the evolution of Web3 technology, enabling developers to create more sophisticated and data-driven applications that leverage the security and transparency of blockchain networks. As the adoption of Web3 continues to grow, solutions like Proof of SQL will play a crucial role in unlocking the full potential of decentralized finance and other blockchain-based applications. Space and Time's innovative approach to verifiable compute and their focus on bridging the gap between AI, blockchain, and enterprise use cases positions them as a key player in the future of Web3 development. With the release of Proof of SQL under an open software license, the company has taken a significant step towards democratizing access to cutting-edge zero-knowledge proof technology and empowering developers to build the next generation of data-driven smart contracts and DeFi protocols. Don’t forget to like and share the story! Vested Interest Disclosure: This author is an independent contributor publishing via our business blogging program. HackerNoon has reviewed the report for quality, but the claims herein belong to the author. #DYOR. Vested Interest Disclosure: This author is an independent contributor publishing via our business blogging program . HackerNoon has reviewed the report for quality, but the claims herein belong to the author. #DYOR. Vested Interest Disclosure: business blogging program business blogging program

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