Steve Simkins
Steve Simkins
Steve Simkins
My name is Steve. I'm a DX Engineer with a passion for developer tooling that advances cypherpunk values. I'm currently doing Developer Relations at OpenZeppelin and I'm also building Orbiter and bhvr in my spare time.
Latest Posts
It Started with Clickbait It was late September in 2020, our first son was just born and I was waiting in the car while my wife took him to the hospital for a checkup (becuase of the Covid-19 restrictions at the time only one of us could...
Read this post on Medium One of my favorite pastimes is playing around with new blockchains and seeing what they’re like, what they offer, and how easy they are to build on. Recently I stumbled upon Sui and some of its unique features,...
Read this post on Pinata Despite the current market conditions, web3 jobs are still on the rise. But competition is at an all-time high. Sure you can build a portfolio of projects to help display your skills, but that’s what everyone...
Read this post on Medium There has been a Cambrian explosion of new layer 1 blockchains — all with brand new technologies that make them faster and more efficient. However there is one problem that no blockchain has managed to overcome:...
Read this post on Bueno As an NFT creator, you want to make sure your files are safe, verifiable, and that you’re not paying an arm and a leg to keep them that way. IPFS (accessed by a pinning service like Pinata) solves all these...
Read this post on Medium If you’re a developer in the NFT space, you have probably had to fetch IPFS content before, and depending what tools you use the experience is varied. Using a local IPFS node is not very practical or fast, and...
Read this post on Medium The growth and evolution of NFTs has come a long way from the early days. Some of the early NFT projects were simple .png files or a link to a YouTube video, but now they are an entire industry that consumes...
Read this post on Medium As a believer in NFTs and Web3, I am always ecstatic to see what can be done with this new technology. I get bullish over new projects, experimental ideas, and cutting edge utility (especially when it’s something...
Read this post on Pinata What are IPFS Gateways? f you’re in the business of creating NFTs then you are probably familiar with the InterPlanetary File System also known as IPFS. It’s an incredibly powerful protocol that allows creators...