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Announcing the new ILP Testnet Wallet
Build, test, and explore the potential of the Interledger Protocol (ILP). We’re delighted to announce that we’ve started working on a testing platform for Interledger. The ILP Testnet Wallet has launched under the domain rafiki.money, providing a safe space for developers to test their Rafiki, Open Payments, and Web Monetization integrations.
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Announcing the twelve recipients of our Financial Services awards
To build on our mission and goals, we will need more people to experiment and innovate in the Interledger-enabled network, so we are thrilled to announce twelve recipients of our Financial Services awards. These twelve projects will receive funds to cover 6-months of research to explore compelling use cases for ILP-enabled digital wallets, neobanks and community platforms.
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The Interledger Foundation and Bowie State Create New Partnership
The Interledger Foundation (ILF) awarded Bowie State University(BSU) a $25,000 grant to partner on an undergraduate course that will enable students to explore open payments technologies and issues in eCommerce and personal finance. Open payments technologies allow individuals and businesses to pay for goods and services online via a phone, mobile device, or plug-in technologies from anywhere in the world at any time.
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How the Interledger Protocol (ILP) Powers Web Monetization
The Web Monetization API is a nascent JavaScript browser API that allows the creation of a payment stream from the user agent to the website. In simpler terms, it will enable a website to get paid from the browser.
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The History and Promise of Interledger: Q&A with Co-Founder Stefan Thomas
Stefan Thomas is the co-creator of the Interledger Protocol, the technology behind all the great work and accomplishments we’re seeing across our community. He is also Chairperson of the Interledger Foundation and Founder and CEO of Coil. Read on to learn more about his journey in creating the Interledger Protocol and his insights on the Foundation’s work.
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Announcing the formal launch of The Interledger Foundation
We are thrilled to see the Interledger Foundation moving ahead, and we look forward to the impact that we can have on financial inclusion and Web Monetization. There are many ways that you can help Interledger Foundation achieve its mission of connecting our global society.
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Interledger Foundation Launches To Build More Equitable And Creative Opportunities On The Web
Interledger and its Global Development Community Will Advance an Open Payments Network Allowing for Broader Participation in Economic Opportunities on the Web
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Thoughts on Scaling Interledger Connectors
Streaming payments mean that Interledger connectors need to process huge volumes of Interledger packets, but the current reference implementation is hard to run at scale.
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Interledger: How to Interconnect All Blockchains and Value Networks
Interledger was born out of a project to build a blockchain-agnostic smart contracts platform. A key challenge was neutrality: how could a decentralized app buy resources like storage and computing, without being tied to a specific blockchain?
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Simplifying Interledger: The Graveyard of Possible Protocol Features
As the development of the Interledger Protocol (ILP) nears completion, I thought we should take a moment to remember some of the many core protocol features we’ve killed off along the way.
