Unit8 is a software studio focused on emerging technologies. Our work is driven by curiosity — we value design and positive impact. We’ve worked with clients such as Ethereum, Tezos and Cosmos. In 2023 we were early to LLM products with Hey, which answered over 25M questions in its first months.Contact us
Unit8 is a software studio focused on emerging technologies. Our work is driven by curiosity — we value design and positive impact. We’ve worked with clients such as Ethereum, Tezos and Cosmos. In 2023 we were early to LLM products with Hey, which answered over 25M questions in its first months. Contact Us
We are passionate about creating digital experiences. We solve complex challenges, think long-term, and consider our curiosity a starting point. Our goal is a positive and sustainable change for all stakeholders. We believe in an exchange at eye level, in learning from each other. Our collaboration is driven by self-determination, personal responsibility, and continuous development.
We are passionate about creating digital experiences. We solve complex challenges, think long-term, and consider our curiosity a starting point. Our goal is a positive and sustainable change for all stakeholders. We believe in an exchange at eye level, in learning from each other. Our collaboration is driven by self-determination, personal responsibility, and continuous development.
Following the legacy of the original spirit of the internet, Blockchain has appeared as a tool for cooperation. We believe in its revolutionary potential to change the way cooperation is managed, drifting away from centralized authorities and allowing more power to a wider public. To build a future in which organizational structures are horizontal, decentralized, and governed by their users. With our work, we aim to create a positive impact, looking for sustainable fairness rather than short-term profit.
We are looking for a reliable, proactive Senior Frontend Developer that wants to work with an international team on web3 solutions.
The Senior Frontend developer will contribute across the technology stack, covering end-to-end hybrid and native web application development, including DevOps tooling.
If you are interested in collaborating with us and fit the description, please send us a quick hello to
Friend’s journey into the blockchain world stemmed from a desire to engage with technology that she believed would be transformative. Her work incorporates themes of economics and game theory, reflecting her early involvement in activism against exploitative financial systems.
We spoke with the art collective terra0, composed of Paul Seidler and Paul Kolling, about the future of the collective.
The first edition of The Generative Art Summit was hosted by Akademie der Künste in Berlin from July 3rd to July 6th, 2024. Journalist Susanne Päch coordinated the Summit in honor of Herbert W. Franke. I attended the conference on July 3rd, and want to share my experience with you.
How is technology reshaping assessment methods and learning processes? This article looks at the intersection of education and artificial intelligence (AI), focusing on the implications of AI in education, from concerns about cheating to the potential for personalized learning experiences.
EU AI Act EU lawmakers recently have come to an agreement, after years of debate, on AI policy. The bill aims to mitigate risks in the areas of health care, education, border surveillance, and public services. [1 [https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/12/11/1084942/five-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-eus-new-ai-act/?truid=&utm_source=the_download&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=the_download.unpaid.engagement&utm_term=Active%20Qualified&utm_content=12-12-2023&mc_cid=64cabf2431&mc_eid=f71e2b19
Introduction When chat GPT was released to the public in November 2022, worries grew about the risks this technology entails, especially its potential for cheating at work and at school. One year later, after countless cancellation attempts by institutional networks, it has become clear that these tools are here to stay, and, instead of blanket resistance, it makes more sense to accept that the education system needs to adapt to using AI systems as a means of helping improve students’ performan
What is AI and how can it be regulated? We still can't answer these questions, but we summarise in our article the current state of affairs of the regulation attempts and positions around the world.
What is the future of music DAOs in the bear market?
In recent years, the recognition of blockchain’s potential to improve accessibility and fairness in the production and distribution of digital art has increased exponentially but which tools are out there in order to create a more sustainable creative ecosystem and why do they / don't they work?
NFT metadata standards could create a decentralized content layer that can unite efforts of decentralized alternatives to current centralized social media networks.
Founding members Ape Unit, BitLipa, Mamlaka, SympliFi, and UTU, alongside Founding Off-Takers MarketForce, MaraMoja, and Orbit Products Africa, have come together to launch the Africa DeFi Alliance.
A few weeks ago, we sat down with our resident expert, Sascha Hanse, to discuss Ethereum, proof of stake, and Eth2 in context to help everyone on our team have a better understanding of the upcoming changes to the blockchain. Over the coming weeks, we'll be writing short pieces about different topics related to Ethereum. We hope it will be a helpful resource for anyone wanting a broad understanding of the discussion people are having every day. This is the second article in this series — find th
With the long-anticipated upgrade to Ethereum hanging overhead and now the first phase of Eth2 already running, Ethereum is being discussed everywhere. Unfortunately, the dialog around Eth2 upgrades isn't the easiest to understand for people new to the world of blockchain. So, a few weeks ago, we sat down with our resident expert, Sascha Hanse, to discuss Ethereum, proof of stake, and Eth2 in context to help everyone on our team have a better understanding of the upcoming changes. Over the comin
It is hard to find the right words to talk about what is currently happening in Afghanistan. Two weeks ago, we started thinking about ways to help. We came across many people that we relate to, who were asking too: how can we use what we do to have the most significant positive impact? Our friend and artist Micki Rosi approached us. The idea: an art auction to collect funds and send them to aid organizations directly. Working with c
or: Why we do not need vacations, but a place to live. This year has been full of incredible advancements and equally astonishing setbacks on a path toward a more climate-just future. In a time where national elections are coming up, some of the old narratives around sustainability are re-emerging more clearly than ever before. One topic that I find fascinating in this discussion: the fair distribution of the cost to protect our living habitat. I believe there is a cost for everything, at least
The Celo Foundation has awarded a grant to Dacade our peer-to-peer education platform that makes active social learning affordable and scalable, to grow Celo’s developer community through peer-to-peer challenges and developer education. Dacade has launched Celo Development 101, a free, online course specifically for developers who are interested in creating dApps for Celo, an open-source blockchain ecosystem focused on making decentralized financial (DeFi) systems and too
Brasserie Colette is a French brasserie concept restaurant developed specifically for DPF The French cuisine displays the culinary signature of the restaurant's creator, Tim Raue. Sweet, sour, and spicy flavor combinations make a visit to Brasserie Colette a unique taste experience. In addition to the gastronomical highlights, it features a stylish interior designed by renowned architects Esther Bruzkus [https://esterbruzkus.c
> We are the first generation to feel the effect of climate change and the last generation who can do something about it. -Barack Obama Each day, we move closer to the collapse of the environment, the ecosystems that allow us to thrive, with our collective consumptive actions. The science shows that in countries like the US, where 69% of the population believes in global warming [https://climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications/americans-underestimate-how-many-others-in-the-u-s-think-global-w
With Earth Day fading into the scrolls of our social media feeds, I want to continue the discussion of climate action that cycles through public focus. For as long as I can recall, environmental action has been part of my reality. As a child of the late eighties and early nineties, growing up in Berlin, there was always a spotlight on (and not a lot of action toward) nuclear power, recycling, sustainable consumption, upcycling, regional and seasonal food, and so on. More than thirty years late
When you text your friends, do you really understand how WhatsApp or Telegram works? Probably not, because text messaging has been built to be simple, useful, and quick for everyone to pick up. You are never faced with the complex infrastructure which lies behind those apps, just a polished, easy-to-use interface. But what about decentralized apps (dApps)? Do you think about the underlying technology, or do you just see the interface? The answer isn't so clear in this case, but it isn’t your fa
The Interchain Foundation (ICF) is the operational unit that builds and promotes the Cosmos Network an Internet of Blockchains. Its mission is to research, develop, and promote open, decentralized network technologies that provide greater sovereignty, security, and sustainability to the world's communities. High-quality developer experiences (DX) and user experiences (UX) are essential for open, network technologies to be truly accessible to e
NFTs — or “non-fungible tokens” — are unique digital markers representing a digital asset's ownership. Sounds complicated, right? Think of an NFT as the deed to a house: ...
Dacade has received a grant from the Celo Foundation (@CeloOrg) to grow Celo's developer community through peer-to-peer challenges and education.
Remember when you watched your child take their first steps — how proud you were? Neither can I because I’m only 24 years old and don’t have children yet. However, I can imagine what that feels like because our project, Eventivize, has taken three big steps! We’ve deployed the Eventivize Drop App at three separate events since October: Massv Halloween Weekend, Azimuth Voyage in mid-December, and Zero Point One’s New Years Celebration. Currently, we're deploying our Drop App [https://www.ctm-fe
As we have grown and changed over the past years, Ape Unit has become something resembling a network much more than a binary company. Our business is based on a simple thought...
Co3 is combining Blockchain and Augmented Reality to anticipate the convergence between spatial computing and the token economy.
We’ve been teasing you with the idea of Eventivize over the past few weeks, diving into the Venezuelan rave scene, finding our inspiration from the virtual concert at the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, and discussing the problems that we see in the music industry. Finally, we want to share the details of this project with you — in return, we want your feedback, thoughts, critiques, and hopefully support! Ape Unit is incredibly proud to be partners with both CTM
In this part of our legal series surrounding Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs), we will explore the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) framework focusing on how it addresses liability. The GDPR was built on the assumption that all personal data points to an individual or organization that controls that data in a centralized way. DAOs, on the contrary, achieve a decentralized network arrangement without a unitary leading entity. The personal data circulating via a DAO is techni
Working at Ape Unit, there's always been a sense that we are building technology for good — creating applications that enable experiences, increase human interaction, make technology benefit everyone. That's why we felt the need to create something that addresses the current problems in the music industry and to support the artists we love. In 2013, Daniel-Jan Girl, a member of the Sponsorship Association of the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_to
I grew up in the city of Maracaibo in Venezuela. As a ten-year-old kid in the late 1980s, I loved listening to songs like “Ice Ice Vanilla and “U Can’t Touch from Mc But one year, during my annual summer trip to South Florida with my grandma, I remember turning on the radio and hearing someth
Having a good Developer Experience will make a project grow and drive adoption. Software needs to be accessible and comprehensive for developers to make use of it or build on top of it. Commonly, developer tools and environments are mainly reviewed for technical correctness, but can be difficult to use and not well documented. Creating a thriving environment for external and internal developers is what is Developer Experience is about. With this article, we will shed some lights upon the steps
For the third article of our legal series surrounding DAOs, we focus on the data minimisation principle. This principle implies that collecting personal data must be kept to a minimum, and that data collected be used only for predefined and specific purposes. In the Big Data economy where obtaining as much personal data as possible is a thriving business model, data minimisation comes into question. Could blockchain-based organisations actually bring a possible solution to this problem? Data M
In this part of our legal series surrounding DAOs, we zoom in on the 'right to be forgotten,' considered to be the centrepiece of Europe's privacy regulatory framework, the General Data Protection Regulation —more commonly known simply as the GDPR. The right to be forgotten, included in the GDPR as the 'right to erasure', gives individuals the option to request the erasure of their personal data in certain circumstances. In this article, we will explore what this means for blockchain-based DAOs.
Welcome to the first post in our legal blog post series around Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs). In this series we will explore the current legal landscape as it relates to DAOs. DAOs' decentralized nature leads to legal challenges. For the success of DAOs, it is important that they can thrive in legal environments. We will therefore not only analyse the current laws, but also look for promising legal opportunities and recommendations for change. We start the series by looking at
Ape Unit has grown over the years from a digital agency into a network of designers, developers and strategists. We could tell you about our successes, triumphs and best practises which results most probably in a rather boring and one sided view of events. Rather, we would like to explain how not always knowing the best solution has brought us this far. Ape Unit started in 2010, founded by three friends from Kreuzberg, Berlin. The initial value proposition of Ape Unit was built around the comb