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FOAM Blog has Moved to Mirror
FOAM Blog has Moved to Mirror
Find our latest updates on our new blog on mirror.xyz
Ryan John King
Jun 23, 2022
FOAM Lite
FOAM Lite
On-the-ground Ethereum transaction relay network.
Ryan John King
Dec 8, 2020
FOAM <> Verizon:
FOAM <> Verizon:
Exploration into the Future of 5G and Blockchain
Ryan John King
Nov 18, 2020
FOAM 2020 Summer Updates
FOAM 2020 Summer Updates
The Foamspace team has been very busy this summer and we are excited to share some of our updates. Our previous blog post described the…
Ryan John King
Aug 25, 2020
Signaling on FOAM
Signaling on FOAM
A novel staking mechanism to incentivize location-specific mining
Ryan John King
Oct 23, 2018
FOAM Map User Guide for the Ethereum Mainnet
FOAM Map User Guide for the Ethereum Mainnet
A step-by-step guide for Cartographers that will contribute to building a consensus driven map of the world
Ryan John King
Sep 4, 2018
Introduction to Proof of Location
Introduction to Proof of Location
The case for alternative location systems
Ryan John King
Jan 23, 2018
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FOAM Dev Resources
FOAM Dev Resources
We’re stoked to make it easy for you to build on FOAM with our pack of high-quality developer resources. Get ready to dominate the latest…
Jessica Salomon
May 8, 2020
MTA Demo Day, Maps in light of Pandemic, Call for Innovation
MTA Demo Day, Maps in light of Pandemic, Call for Innovation
The FOAM team wishes everyone health and wellness during these uncertain times. Nevertheless, the hard-driving FOAM team is working…
Jessica Salomon
May 5, 2020
Web3 is Sustained — FOAM Winners
Web3 is Sustained — FOAM Winners
The Gitcoin Hackathon results are in and the FOAM team is bubbling with joy! We were blown away by all 12 of the high quality submissions…
Jessica Salomon
Feb 20, 2020
Kepler Release Announcement
Kepler Release Announcement
Today we are happy to publicly announce the release of Kepler, the official Haskell language SDK for building blockchain applications…
Martin Allen
Feb 19, 2020
FOAM Highlights of 2019
FOAM Highlights of 2019
In previous blog posts, we’ve elaborated on the importance of time synchronization and timestamps for localization. Because of these…
Kristoffer Josefsson
Feb 11, 2020
FOAM Cartographer Tools Guide
FOAM Cartographer Tools Guide
A new platform for curating the FOAM Map
Ryan John King
Aug 6, 2019
FOAM Location Update and Demo Documentation
FOAM Location Update and Demo Documentation
Hello all, this post is to serve as documentation of the demo that took place during ETH New York 2019. We recently demonstrated a major…
Kristoffer Josefsson
Jun 10, 2019
Announcing the FOAM Grants Program
Announcing the FOAM Grants Program
Supporting a vibrant developer community to build trustless spatial applications
Arthur Röing Baer
May 7, 2019
FOAM Map: Email notifications
FOAM Map: Email notifications
Get notified when your points of interest change status
martin allen
Mar 1, 2019
Signal Heatmap
Signal Heatmap
Further indicating and coordinating the operation of zone anchors for dynamic proof of location
Jens Krause
Mar 1, 2019
Rise of the FOAM GeoPickle TestNet
Rise of the FOAM GeoPickle TestNet
Simulating zone anchors for dynamic Proof of Location
Kristoffer Josefsson
Feb 27, 2019
A closer look at challenges and incentives on the FOAM Map
A closer look at challenges and incentives on the FOAM Map
FOAM community member and Blocklytics co-founder Caleb Sheridan, analyses the data gathered since launch.
Caleb Sheridan
Feb 14, 2019
FOAM Developer Update #5 — Version 1.0 API Release
FOAM Developer Update #5 — Version 1.0 API Release
Stabilizing the FOAM API and some Helpful UI Changes
martin allen
Jan 28, 2019
The Anatomy of a Zone
The Anatomy of a Zone
Today, distributed clock coordination and in turn time synchronization power our economy, schedule our lives and help us navigate the…
Ryan John King
Jan 22, 2019
FOAM in 2018, A Year in Review
FOAM in 2018, A Year in Review
It has been an exciting year and our busiest yet for the Foamspace team. One year ago the FOAM protocol was largely still in stealth mode…
Ryan John King
Jan 3, 2019
FOAM Signalling has Launched
FOAM Signalling has Launched
A step-by step guide for creating location-specific block rewards.
Arthur Röing Baer
Dec 4, 2018
Reading List: The Path to Web3.0 for Location Data
Reading List: The Path to Web3.0 for Location Data
Web2.0 Geospatial Vulnerabilities Highlighted
Ryan John King
Oct 8, 2018
FOAM Map: Overview of the TCR Design and Incentives
FOAM Map: Overview of the TCR Design and Incentives
The FOAM token is a utility and work token used to verify Proof of Location. There are two kinds of Proof of Location, static and dynamic…
Ryan John King
Sep 20, 2018
Our values — Privacy, Decentralization, Security and Verifiability, Openness & Delivering
Our values — Privacy, Decentralization, Security and Verifiability, Openness & Delivering
Our vision for a consensus-driven map of the world is enabled by an unwavering commitment to five core values that will continue to guide…
Katya Zavyalova
Aug 3, 2018
Video: FOAM — How Proof of Location works
Video: FOAM — How Proof of Location works
This demo video explains in detail and visualizes how the FOAM Proof of Location protocol works.
Katya Zavyalova
Jul 23, 2018
FOAM Map: Token Curated Registries for Geographic Points of Interest
FOAM Map: Token Curated Registries for Geographic Points of Interest
***The FOAM Token Curated Registry (TCR) is built with the Crypto-Spatial Coordinate (CSC) standard to form a registry that enables the…
Ryan John King
Jun 20, 2018
Exploring Ethereum Storage Costs with the FOAM Developer Tools
Exploring Ethereum Storage Costs with the FOAM Developer Tools
A good craftsman never has to blame their tools.
Ilya Ostrovskiy
Jun 18, 2018
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