Author: ~digsev-hocfex
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~digsev-hocfex
I have been trying to imagine my future uses of Urbit. I have been working online for a long time and one of the cardinal rules I have is a separation between my personal and professional environments. It can become too easy to just work all of the time online – I know this as…
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Urbit Bridge
The bridge is the way for you to activate your Urbit planet. You have bought an Urbit planet and you can see the NFT in your wallet, but what now? You need to produce a cryptographic key that you use when you install Urbit on your computer. With this key, you are identified as the…
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Urbit IDs
An Urbit ID is a decentralised addressing and public key infrastructure for the Urbit operating system. Addresses are connected to NFTs on the Ethereum blockchain and these IDs are all composed of four syllables, such as ~digsev-hocfex. You are able to search for a user within Urbit using their ID and attempt to interact with…
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Urbiter.IO
I started working on the site Urbiter.IO last night. I downloaded a theme and began work in Jekyll (I love Jekyll). I then published the default theme and will work on the site a bit more over the weekend. My goal is to make Urbiter.IO an online introductory resource – a course, if you will…
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Urbit ID versus domains
I have been in Urbit less than a week. There are many things that impress me so far – I will discuss further here – but one of the initial benefits is no more paying annual fees for a domain. Yes, I will have a few domains to continue leasing, such as this one, for…
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Urbit Sigil Generator
So, you have bought your planet and you want to be able to use your sigil around the Internet. Where do you generate your sigil? Sigil Generator allows you to generate your sigil in a number of colours and download as either .png or .svg. It is available here. I downloaded mine and then mixed…
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Urbit DAO beginnings
I started creating a DAO last week, before I came across Urbit. I was interested in a DAO that specialised in mental health and I went as far as to create a smart contract for the DAO on Ethereum. I then began to ask myself all sorts of questions about how this DAO would work,…
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~sonnux-polsul
Late last week, I fell down a rabbit hole. It was my second time. No, my name is not Alice. The rabbit hole was Urbit. The first rabbit hole was cryptocurrencies. Rarely do I see something that has the potential to change the world for the better and when I do, I generally jump in…