17 Aug Symbol blockchain news update – 17/08/21

Good morning everyone! It’s a damp and miserable Tuesday here in the UK, hope that there’s one last spark of summer left, I need some sunshine in my life! Whatever the weather is like with you hopefully today’s Symbol Blog update will spark some joy! 😆

QUEST walkthrough and review

So yesterday I set myself my first quest on the QUEST platform. This was to write an article describing the features of QUEST and how to use the platform. I also include a bit of a review at the end. If you don’t have time to read it then the take home message is that it is awesome!

You can set yourself a task to complete within a given deadline and if other users like it then they can give you a “boost” in XYM and should you complete the task successfully you will be rewarded. I strongly suggest that you get involved and support the platform. If you have a talent then put it to good use and get paid for your efforts – spread the word and let’s make this big!

Had a great experience using #QUEST – it really is an awesome platform so go check it out and earn some XYM for showcasing your skills!https://t.co/X7goCdZFSj@QUESTofficial5 #symbol #XYM

— SymbolBlog (@blog_symbol) August 16, 2021

Coffee anyone?

Thanks @RadioRa26841511 for making me aware of this one. It seems that the Seed Village coffeeshop in Japan is accepting XYM payment (along with BTC and ETH). If you want to pay in crypto for your coffee then I would highly recommend using XYM as you will be paying a lot less in fees! 😁

決済に至るにあたって100万分の１の確率で決済されるかもしれないので、仲良し常連さん@YosakuNaga にお願いしてアプリを作ってもらいました。
BTCは手数料負けしないようにライトニングネットワークで作りました。
ETHは、、、いないです。。。笑
100万分の１で来られても、１ETH請求します☠️☕ pic.twitter.com/Bx70efEKvz

— seedvillage【公式】(シードビレッジ) (@seedvillageLLC) August 16, 2021

I will be adding this to my places to visit if I am ever in this part of Japan (please COVID go away – I want to travel again!!). If you are a Fukuoka local then please go check it out!

Japanese translation / 日本語訳

Thank you so much @ounziw! He has translated our article on Symbol node monitoring with Zabbix into Japanese! You can find the article (based on a forum post by @symbolico1) here!

Nice! A Japanese translation of our article on Symbol node monitoring with Zabbix is now available! Thank you @ounziw! https://t.co/LNeGQUdEhy

— SymbolBlog (@blog_symbol) August 17, 2021

Spanish translation / Traducción Española

And here’s a Spanish translation of our article about Whiskey tokenisation on the Symbol blockchain at Symbol Blog Español – thanks guys!

Nueva entrada en nuestro Blog:
?Fondo de whisky de Kentucky: tokenización de la inversión en whisky en Blockchain de #Symbol ?

?Articulo original de @AnaPikachu912 y @XHarvesting

Leelo aqui: https://t.co/c0GIiGoYRr pic.twitter.com/DOoEiY5CFd

— Symbol Blog en Español (@Symbol_Espanol) August 16, 2021

Budding Pythonistas

The XYMbassadors are killing it with their Python education. I am really impressed! It took me forever to learn to code and they are picking it up in no time!

First up @GeranKlim made a Snake clone – anyone that used a Nokia 3310 (what an iconic phone!) will remember this fondly 😆

My first game made in the #Python programming language, I made this game for the #Symbol blockchain.

? https://t.co/iiC1InDSkr pic.twitter.com/hRef1oYGfw

— Klim Geran | Symbol ?‍☠️ (@GeranKlim) August 17, 2021

Next @DjCellBlock has gone down the musical route (unsurprisingly) and made a Python piano! Check out the video!

My first project in #Python.
It's aaaalive! ??I call it #Symbol Piano.
I'm a bit off-beat but you get the idea. This is just the beginning. #Coding #Music #HavingFun pic.twitter.com/fah9jWUTa7

— CB ?‍☠️ (@DjCellBlock) August 17, 2021

Finally (and sorry if I missed anyone out) @schwab_leonardo has written an automation script which looks from the code that it can move his pointer around his screen and click and interact with things (sorry if I got it wrong – your comments are in Portuguese!) 😆

Esse é o meu primeiro trabalho em Phyton! Automatizei meu computador.
This is my first work on Phyton! I automated my computer?

They @OliverMuldoon thanks for instructing me in this knowledge. Would you like to see it in operation??#Symbol #XYM pic.twitter.com/1KDjfl5eeK

— Leonardo Schwab (@schwab_leonardo) August 16, 2021

It reminds me of this episode of the Simpsons where Homer automates his working from home 😂

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Congratulations guys! Looking at your latest efforts I think that you are ahead of me in your learning, I need to step up a gear! Looking forward to seeing what will come next some new Symbol apps perhaps?

Thanks!

So that’s it for today’s update – let me know if you have any news and we will be back soon. Thanks for reading!