ICON Foundation

This week, HackerNoon features the ICON Foundation - a non-profit organization supporting the open development of bridging infrastructure to connect blockchains

Meet ICON Foundation: HackerNoon Company of the Week

HackerNoon launches our long-awaited offering: Technology Press Releases with HackerNoon! 

Publish Your Next Technology Press Release with HackerNoon

Balanced, a cross-chain decentralized exchange (DEX) native to ICON, is now live on Archway.

Archway Users Now Have Access to Balanced

With more than a decade having past since the creation of Bitcoin, blockchains have come a long way. There is no doubt that the Bitcoin blockchain has its specific uses, and as developers figured out what else blockchains could be used for new types of chains had to be created. 

Blockchain-Based On-Chain Solutions: An Overview

There have been many discussions expressing fear or concern regarding South Korea maintaining its stance on ICO bans <a href="https://www.fsc.go.kr/info/ntc_news_view.jsp?bbsid=BBS0030&amp;page=1&amp;sch1=&amp;sword=&amp;r_url=&amp;menu=7210100&amp;no=32932" target="_blank">due to results found in a survey conducted by South Korea’s Financial Supervisory Service</a>, and what it exactly it means for ICON.

Korea’s ICO Ban: What It Means & How It Affects ICON x Deblock

<a href="https://globalcoinresearch.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=859b0d423a7f7baa4cdb46f26&amp;id=3a9e773ae8&amp;e=e8de32e54d" target="_blank">Crazy Rich Asians</a> is the newly released movie that every. Asian. person. is talking about. For those of you who may not be aware of it’s importance to the Asian (American) community, it’s the first Asian all-cast mainstream movie in the US since the Joy Luck Club. But, alas, the $$ theme was there, but the Crypto theme was missing. Why couldn’t these guys make the movie even more relatable?

Crypto Rich Asians

When we talk about smart contracts, the first thing that comes to our mind would usually be <a href="https://www.ethereum.org/" target="_blank">Ethereum</a> (ETH) — to put it bluntly, the mother of all smart contracts. Well, that statement may be a little misleading, but I would argue that Ethereum was the first project which drew public attention to smart contracts implementation. It was made possible due to the design of a <a href="https://hackernoon.com/tagged/blockchain" target="_blank">blockchain</a> infrastructure. And just in case you might not know what Ethereum is, it is a decentralised platform for running smart contracts.

The Evolution of Smart Contracts

In Q32017, the Korean conglomerate, Dayli Financial Group, started a blockchain project, ICON, that would be soon coined as the “Korean Ethereum”. Dayli Financial Group also owns Yello Mobile, which is the largest mobile startup in Korea worth $4 billion, Kakao, which is the MOST popular application in Korea (equivalent to WhatsApp or WeChat in China), and The Loop, which is the company behind ICON’s blockchain technology. In essence, ICON has one of the largest Korean Conglomerates backing this project, this is as real as it gets. ICON’s central technology is called LoopChain, which is described as “a high-performance blockchain that can provide real-time transaction.” LoopChain is built for enterprises and provides smart contract functionality that can be customized, but most importantly, can be linked to other distributed ledger networks. Today, ICON trades at $8 a coin, however, since ICON is framing itself to become the master key that unlocks blockchain interoperability and connects requested services to every business and government sector, ICON can be trading at $70 per coin within the next 2 years.

23 Ways ICON is Hyper-Connecting the World

<a href="https://hackernoon.com/tagged/blockchain" target="_blank">Blockchain</a> development has taken the leading position at hiring the most talented programmers in recent times. Based on Upwork’s <a href="https://www.upwork.com/blog/2017/11/freelance-skills-upwork-q3-2017/" target="_blank">reports</a>, from the end of 2017 through the beginning of 2018, blockchain <a href="https://hackernoon.com/tagged/engineering" target="_blank">engineering</a> was second amongst the most demanded skills in labor markets. Based on the estimates of ComputerWorld, blockchain developers in cities like New York, Boston and Silicon Valley earn on average $158k a year. This is more than 10% higher than the average pay of software developers. The number of opening positions have also grown by 115% from 2016 to 2017.

How to Get Hired by Top Blockchain Companies

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Scott will officially join as KuCoin's Global Brand Ambassador. This collaboration marks KuCoin’s first-ever entry into the world of professional sports.

KuCoin Partners with Golf Icon Adam Scott As Global Brand Ambassador

HackerNoon’s free-to-use Pixel Icon Library is an open-source collection of 120+ Pixelated Icons, inspired by HackerNoon’s retro design vibe. 

On Building HackerNoon's Pixel Icon Library

This series intends to show how I build an app to serve content from my WordPress blog by using react-native. Since my blog is talking about react-native, the series and the articles are interconnected. We will learn how to set-up many packages that make our lives comfortable and learn how to deal with WordPress APIs. Here, the most prominent features talked about in the book are the dark theme, offline mode, infinite scroll and many more. You can discover much more in this series. this inspiration to do this tutorial series came from the React Native App Templates from instamobile

How To Build WordPress App with React Native Part #4: Add Font Icon

Learn how to build a modern file uploader tool with drag-and-drop, progress tracking, and cloud integration using file upload software.

How to Build a File Uploader Tool with Drag-and-Drop and Cloud Storage

A practical guide to scheduler.yield() – the new Prioritized Task Scheduling API that prevents Main Thread blocking and improves user experience.

Let Your Browser Take a Breather with Scheduler.yield()

Dogecoin Price Outlook vs Pepeto Presale: Which Coin Holds More Upside In 2025?

Watching its presale feels like standing in that still moment before a storm, the kind experienced traders notice long before the crowd wakes up

Could Pepeto Take The Lead, Or Will Dogecoin Climb To $10?

This guide walks you through what MCP is, how it works, and how to build your own server to connect AI to real tools, files, APIs, and live data.

Model Context Protocol (MCP): How to Get Started

Collaborate with Chowa, explore new templates, enjoy a sleek new design, and publish stories on decentralized storage with HackerNoon’s latest update.

From Collaboration to Decentralization: What’s New on HackerNoon

Build your own Perplexity-style deep research AI agent using Next.js 15, OpenAI & exa.ai. Complete architectural guide with production-ready TypeScript code.

Build an AI Agent That Out-Researches Your Competitors

Here are the Top 20 VS Code Extensions for Developers.

It's 2025—Ditch the Bloat and Install These 20 Essential VS Code Extensions

In this piece, we are going to explore the most effective methods and procedures for you to follow to craft your medical application from the ground up without.

How to Build a Scalable, Secure Healthcare App (Without Going Crazy)

Learn how to build React reusable components using atomic design, props, and composition—plus modern patterns like custom hooks and slots for added flexibility.

Building Reusable Components in React: Best Practices and Patterns

Master Web Components API - Shadow DOM, Custom Elements, Slots, HTML Templates. Learn to build native, reusable, framework-agnostic UI Kits for modern web apps.

Web Components: Build UI Kits for all UI Frameworks

The ICON Foundation focuses on building a decentralized network for blockchain applications, allowing different blockchain systems to communicate with one another. They aim to foster a global blockchain ecosystem and promote the adoption of blockchain technology.

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ICON Foundation's stories on HackerNoon

Meet ICON Foundation: HackerNoon Company of the Week

Publish Your Next Technology Press Release with HackerNoon

Archway Users Now Have Access to Balanced

Blockchain-Based On-Chain Solutions: An Overview

Korea’s ICO Ban: What It Means & How It Affects ICON x Deblock

Crypto Rich Asians

The Evolution of Smart Contracts

23 Ways ICON is Hyper-Connecting the World

How to Get Hired by Top Blockchain Companies

Top Crypto News from Asia- Aug 6th- Aug 8th

KuCoin Partners with Golf Icon Adam Scott As Global Brand Ambassador

On Building HackerNoon's Pixel Icon Library

How To Build WordPress App with React Native Part #4: Add Font Icon

How to Build a File Uploader Tool with Drag-and-Drop and Cloud Storage

Let Your Browser Take a Breather with Scheduler.yield()

Dogecoin Price Outlook vs Pepeto Presale: Which Coin Holds More Upside In 2025?

Could Pepeto Take The Lead, Or Will Dogecoin Climb To $10?

Model Context Protocol (MCP): How to Get Started

From Collaboration to Decentralization: What’s New on HackerNoon

Build an AI Agent That Out-Researches Your Competitors

It's 2025—Ditch the Bloat and Install These 20 Essential VS Code Extensions

How to Build a Scalable, Secure Healthcare App (Without Going Crazy)

Building Reusable Components in React: Best Practices and Patterns

Web Components: Build UI Kits for all UI Frameworks

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