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Today's guest is George Harrap, co-founder of Step Finance, the front page of Solana, whose mission is to take the currently disjointed and hard-to-understand Solana DeFi ecosystem and distill it into a single platform. Step Finance is a portfolio visualization platform aggregating all LPs, tokens, farms, and positions a user may have associated with their wallet and displays them on a seamless dashboard. Step aims to be the page that DeFi users have open perpetually, with all the functions and information they need to make informed decisions. George is also an advisor at YAP Global. George is a veteran crypto entrepreneur and former CEO and Co-founder of Bitspark. He started in the crypto world almost a decade ago as an early miner, and brings a wealth of experience, having built the first crypto remittance startup in the world, built six cryptocurrency exchanges, both centralized and decentralized, and launched 12 stablecoins, raising millions from VC and corporate investors along the way. We discuss various topics, including Solana, Crypto Adoption, the future of DeFi, the industry's early days, and much more. We begin our conversation by discussing how George began his crypto journey. George shares how he first got into crypto by mining bitcoin. We also discuss how we learned finance and financial literacy by trying to understand crypto and the principles behind it. George also discusses his first crypto-startup, Bitspark, and the various roadblocks he faced. We discuss the exponential growth of crypto adoption over the last few years and how that has enabled more crypto-native businesses to start. We pivot our conversation to discuss Solana. We begin our conversation by discussing how to evaluate coins based on their philosophy and the unique problem they're optimizing for. George explains how Solana is optimizing for transaction speed and low cost. George also discusses the importance of hitting a critical mass of users for the ecosystem to become valuable, which Solana has over the last year. George explains the consensus mechanism that powers Solana and how it differs from Proof-of-Stake. We discuss the different approaches various chains take to scale their transaction output. George explains the security risks and user experience problems associated with Layer-2 solutions. We transition our conversation to discuss how crypto impacts emerging market societies where their financial systems are less robust and trusted than their first-world counterparts. Our next discussion topic centered around the merge. We discuss the various probable outcomes of the merge and the second-order consequences of the merge. Our final discussion topic centered around Solana's go-to-market strategy. George explains Solana's unique approach to user acquisition and its marketing philosophy. Please enjoy my conversation with George Harrap. -- SafePal is a Singapore-based Binance labs backed company that provides secure and easy-to-use wallet solutions for the crypto masses. With the mission to make crypto secure and simple for everyone, SafePal has built comprehensive crypto asset management solutions, including hardware wallet, mobile wallet, extension wallet, cross-chain swap, trading service, and more. SafePal has supports 48 blockchains and 15 languages, and serves more than 6 million users global-wide. Use code charlie for 10% off SafePal's S1 wallet at https://untoldstories.link/safepal -- This podcast is powered by Blockworks. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at https://blockworks.co

George Harrap is the co-founder of Step Finance, a platform for Solana DeFi users to track their portfolio performance. Before Step, George was the CEO of Bitspark. 00:29 About George Harrap and mining 05:03 From Bitcoin to DeFi, how can crypto solve currency issues in the world 18:27 STEP Finance's vision for the next five years 21:20 Censorship resistance and layer 1s 27:11 Hackathon: what would you like to see created? 30:30 Thoughts on Rust and why it was the better choice for Solana 38:08 Why you can't innovate in the traditional financial system

Maxine Ryan is a Fintech entrepreneur changing the way people think about money. A two-time founder, Maxine is the former CEO of Bitspark, a cash-to-crypto solution company, and now ProsperApp, the TikTok of financial literacy for the millennial and Gen-Z generation.In this insightful chat, Maxine reflects on the importance of connection with older generations, why we are not our thoughts and how she left university, quit her job and started a business all in the same month.Discover more:Connect with Maxine on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxine-ryan-prosperapp/ - Learn more about ProsperApp: https://www.prosperapp.com - See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Maxine Ryan, Bitspark’s co-founder joins Charlie to share what’s really going on in Hong Kong and how the media is portraying it. Maxine talks about how crypto companies are responding and wonders about a new crypto focused country, such as Singapore or Taiwan. She mentions that the chaos in Hong Kong has led to the downfall of faith in the banking infrastructure and how people are preferring cash over using a banking facility. Maxine believes that in a scenario like this, Bitcoin could prove to be a perfect bridge for people. --- BitPay gives you the tools to live life on crypto. Whether you want to send crypto to friends, use crypto to buy video games or computer parts, or turn crypto into gift cards for more than 100 mainstream brands, the BitPay app has you covered. You can hold your own private keys in a secure wallet while accessing the best of crypto commerce. Get started at bitpay.com/wallet. --- Bitpanda is a fintech based in Vienna, Austria founded in 2014 by Eric Demuth, Paul Klanschek and Christian Trummer. The company is a firm believer in the innovative power of cryptocurrencies, digitised assets and blockchain technology. Bitpanda’s mission is to tear down the barriers to investing and bring traditional financial products to the 21st century. Today, Bitpanda has more than 1 million users and 120 team members. With a PSD2 payment service provider license, state-of-the-art security and streamlined user experience, Bitpanda has grown into a popular trading platform for newbies and experts alike. Users can currently trade Bitcoin, Ethereum, gold and over 20 other digital assets. --- Pepo was founded by Jason Goldberg, who has been building user experiences for creators and communities for decades. Jason has worked at AOL, Jobster, Social Median, and more recently he connected designers at Hem and Fab. Visit us at Pepo.com/stories for more information. --- If you enjoyed this conversation, share it with your colleagues & friends, rate, review, and subscribe.This podcast is presented by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at: https://www.blockworksgroup.io

Maxine Ryan, Bitspark’s co-founder joins Charlie to share what’s really going on in Hong Kong and how the media is portraying it. Maxine talks about how crypto companies are responding and wonders about a new crypto focused country, such as Singapore or Taiwan. She mentions that the chaos in Hong Kong has led to the downfall of faith in the banking infrastructure and how people are preferring cash over using a banking facility. Maxine believes that in a scenario like this, Bitcoin could prove to be a perfect bridge for people. --- BitPay gives you the tools to live life on crypto. Whether you want to send crypto to friends, use crypto to buy video games or computer parts, or turn crypto into gift cards for more than 100 mainstream brands, the BitPay app has you covered. You can hold your own private keys in a secure wallet while accessing the best of crypto commerce. Get started at bitpay.com/wallet. --- Bitpanda is a fintech based in Vienna, Austria founded in 2014 by Eric Demuth, Paul Klanschek and Christian Trummer. The company is a firm believer in the innovative power of cryptocurrencies, digitised assets and blockchain technology. Bitpanda’s mission is to tear down the barriers to investing and bring traditional financial products to the 21st century. Today, Bitpanda has more than 1 million users and 120 team members. With a PSD2 payment service provider license, state-of-the-art security and streamlined user experience, Bitpanda has grown into a popular trading platform for newbies and experts alike. Users can currently trade Bitcoin, Ethereum, gold and over 20 other digital assets. --- Pepo was founded by Jason Goldberg, who has been building user experiences for creators and communities for decades. Jason has worked at AOL, Jobster, Social Median, and more recently he connected designers at Hem and Fab. Visit us at Pepo.com/stories for more information. --- If you enjoyed this conversation, share it with your colleagues & friends, rate, review, and subscribe.This podcast is presented by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at: https://www.blockworksgroup.io

Kai started by describing his first steps into HTML, manually scratching his own itch. He then described his troubled studies and how he ended up in an apprenticeship position. We then spoke about the beauty of the Ruby language, about intuition and aesthetics. We discussed testing, TDD and the art of producing simple code. We finally jumped forward to the no-code movement and the future of our industry.Kai König has had several roles in tech including, Product Owner, Team Manager, Systems- and Software Developer. His passion is in building teams, companies, strategies, and systems in general. He currently focuses on Business Development, building and growing an Integration Platform as a Service for the company "Bitspark". When not working on client projects, Kai enjoys fixing migration code in the Open Source Framework Django or improving the documentation for the Google Python SDKs.Here are the links of the show:https://www.twitter.com/kai_richardhttps://bitspark.de/#private-betahttps://www.netestate.de/en/software-development/boilhttps://www.netestate.de/Download/BOIL/README.EnglishPeter Kruse: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIMcAQRCuR4&list=PL24CF5346613925C0https://darklang.comCreditsMusic Aye by Yung Kartz is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.Your hostSoftware Developer‘s Journey is hosted and produced by Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon, a crazy frenchman living in Germany who dedicated his life to helping others learn & grow. More about him at timbourguignon.fr.Want to be next?Do you know anyone who should be on the podcast? Do you want to be next? Drop me a line: info@devjourney.info or via Twitter @timothep.Gift the podcast a ratingPlease do me and your fellow listeners a favor by spreading the good word about this podcast. And please leave a rating (excellent of course) on the major podcasting platforms, this is the best way to increase the visibility of the podcast:Apple PodcastsStitcherGoogle PlayPatreonFinally, if you want to help produce the podcast, support me on Patreon. Every cent you pledge will help pay the hosting bills!Thanks!Support the show (http://bit.ly/2yBfySB)

Luis Buenaventura, founder of Bloom Solutions, and Leo Weese, president of Bitcoin Association of Hong Kong, discuss the crypto scene in Asia — how it differs from that of the West, and how it differs within the region. We also cover the regulatory climate there, how Korean traders occasionally stuff their pockets with cash and hop flights to Hong Kong, and whether the Hong Kong protests have had any impact on interest in BItcoin. Leo and Luis also talk about Binance and what they think are the top crypto projects in the region. Plus, they reveal Asia's perception of Tron. LAST WEEK to take the Unchained Podcast survey! Help make Unchained better! Take our survey and enter the giveaway for a free Bitcoin lightning node and a yearlong Casa Gold membership, — including a multisig security app for iPhone and Android, a Trezor hardware wallet, a Casa faraday bag, and 24/7 support! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/unchainedsurvey2019 Thank you to our sponsors! Kraken: https://www.kraken.com CipherTrace: http://ciphertrace.com/unchained Episode links: Luis Buenaventura: https://twitter.com/helloluis Bloom: https://www.bloom.solutions/ Leo Weese: https://twitter.com/LeoAW The Bitcoin Association of Hong Kong: https://www.bitcoin.org.hk/ On Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinorghk?lang=en Panel from the Oslo Freedom Forum, where I met Leo and Luis: https://unchainedpodcast.com/alex-gladstein-of-the-human-rights-foundation-on-the-3-reasons-bitcoin-matters/ Previous Asia scene episode: https://unchainedpodcast.com/asia-edition-mining-a-crypto-yuan-and-the-two-main-reasons-the-chinese-are-interested-in-crypto-ep-102/ Crypto Garage: https://cryptogarage.co.jp/en Bitspark: https://www.bitspark.io

Luis Buenaventura, founder of Bloom Solutions, and Leo Weese, president of Bitcoin Association of Hong Kong, discuss the crypto scene in Asia — how it differs from that of the West, and how it differs within the region. We also cover the regulatory climate there, how Korean traders occasionally stuff their pockets with cash and hop flights to Hong Kong, and whether the Hong Kong protests have had any impact on interest in BItcoin. Leo and Luis also talk about Binance and what they think are the top crypto projects in the region. Plus, they reveal Asia's perception of Tron. LAST WEEK to take the Unchained Podcast survey! Help make Unchained better! Take our survey and enter the giveaway for a free Bitcoin lightning node and a yearlong Casa Gold membership, — including a multisig security app for iPhone and Android, a Trezor hardware wallet, a Casa faraday bag, and 24/7 support! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/unchainedsurvey2019 Thank you to our sponsors! Kraken: https://www.kraken.com CipherTrace: http://ciphertrace.com/unchained Episode links: Luis Buenaventura: https://twitter.com/helloluis Bloom: https://www.bloom.solutions/ Leo Weese: https://twitter.com/LeoAW The Bitcoin Association of Hong Kong: https://www.bitcoin.org.hk/ On Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinorghk?lang=en Panel from the Oslo Freedom Forum, where I met Leo and Luis: https://unchainedpodcast.com/alex-gladstein-of-the-human-rights-foundation-on-the-3-reasons-bitcoin-matters/ Previous Asia scene episode: https://unchainedpodcast.com/asia-edition-mining-a-crypto-yuan-and-the-two-main-reasons-the-chinese-are-interested-in-crypto-ep-102/ Crypto Garage: https://cryptogarage.co.jp/en Bitspark: https://www.bitspark.io

George Harrap is the Co-Founder & CEO of Bitspark. In this conversation, George and Anthony Pompliano discuss money transfer solutions, stablecoins, and how the current money transfer ecosystem has become bloated and slow. ----- If you enjoyed this conversation, share it with your colleagues & friends, rate, review, and subscribe. This podcast is presented by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at: https://www.blockworksgroup.io

'Women in Blockchain' will be presented by our co-host Jess Houlgrave featuring the brightest women in blockchain on the show each and every week! Today's episode features Maxine Ryan the Co-Founder of Bitspark, a stable coin money transfer system for unbanked people and businesses. Maxine's Twitter: https://twitter.com/MaxieRyan Jess' Twitter: https://twitter.com/JessyBlock?lang=en-gb If you'd like to stay in touch or get more info from me, please SUBSCRIBE to the channel and spread the good word! Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SVK_Crypto Visit our website: www.svkcrypto.com Email us: cstorry@svkcrypto.com Telegram: https://t.me/SVKCrowd

 "Have grit and persevere, no matter WHAT happens, because you are so intrigued and attached to an idea.” March's special Women's History Month content series continues. Mballa Mendouga (AICPA & CIMA, Durham, USA) talks to a Hong Kong-born tech disruptor who dropped out of University in her early 20s to launch a multi-million dollar startup called BitSpark. Based in Hong Kong, Bitspark is a remittance platform operating out of Hong Kong which uses blockchain for users to send cash overseas faster at lower exchange rates. It's expanding in traditionally unbanked populations and markets, and also operates a virtual platform for crypto-currency and Bitcoin trading.    WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH: Throughout March we'll feature a special selection of interviews with women who've become movers and shakers in the accounting, finance and business professional sphere. There'll be episodes every Wednesday as usual, with 'Friday Focus' episodes for some extra weekend inspiration.   OUR GUEST Maxine Ryan's passion is freedom of financial services for people. In 2014, she co-founded Bitspark, the world's first cash in, cash out blockchain money transfer platformfor Money Transfer Operators which helps business owners send money better via cryptocurrency solutions world wide. She often speaks at tech and finance events, appears on Bloomberg Live and was selected for Forbes 2018 "30 Under 30". Follow her on Twitter via @MaxieRyan and @BitsparksLtd   LINKS: Visiting the Chicago area this Spring? Join us on the ground or online for the AICPA & CIMA "CFO Conference" in Chicago this April 24-26th 2019. Connect with Maxine Ryan via LinkedIn and at www.bitspark.io Find out more about blockchain, cryptocurrency and financial inclusion with our related CPD/CPE resources at the AICPA Store and the CGMA Store.   MORE ABOUT OUR PODCAST: DON'T MISS OUT. Get our shows every week, automatically and free. Share them easily with colleagues and friends by using the icons on your app or media player.  GLOBAL VOICES. Interviews with our international experts are recorded by different members of the AICPA & CIMA team from our offices around the world. While the sound quality may vary, the insights will always be consistently useful. TAKE IT FURTHER. Find related CPD/CPE resources at the AICPA Store and the CGMA Store. STAY CONNECTED.  Follow Maxine on Twitter via @MaxieRyan and @BitsparksLtd PERMISSIONS. ©2018 Association of International Certified Professional Accountants (AICPA & CIMA). All rights reserved.

On this episode of LAB Radio we talked global remittances, markets, market making and how to use the Blockchain to help the cash-in and cash-out businesses. We brought on George Harrap, CEO and co-founder of Bitspark, a bank-less money transfer ecosystem. Bitspark enables businesses and people to cash in and cash out of cryptocurrencies and fiat across developing nations (and is enabling liquidity for 150+ foreign currencies) George Harrap, CEO and co-founder of Bitspark "A Cryptocurrency and Blockchain pioneer, one of the early users of Bitcoin since 2011, I co-founded Bitspark (Hong Kong) in 2014 with the mission of bringing low cost fast cryptocurrency based settlement to cross border transactions. Often an international speaker around the world, I am focused on empowering individuals and businesses with blockchain based payments to further financial inclusion and bring greater cost efficiencies leading to better world without the need for the legacy banking system." Here's a timeline of their company and activity to date: Their business began as a cash in cash out remittance service and still has roots in it: Now they have added DEX functionality which allows traders, investors and other users to add liquidity and capture market opportunities. All while helping provide fuel to the underlying ecosystem Bitspark provides. Learn more as we dive in with George Harrap on this episode of LAB Radio. After listening to this episode you will learn: George's background and how he ended up in Hong Kong as an Aussie The regulatory landscape and differences between places like Singapore and Hong Kong's rules and approach to Crypto businesses Why and how they chose their current Headquarters location How George got status in Hong Kong as an Australian citizen The original intent of Bitspark and why they are Crypto Agnostic The nature of the cash remittance business and the problems and opportunity George saw to be solved How as little as 5-20% of people have bank accounts in many developing nations How the cash in, cash out shop process works and the value proposition they provide Why George didn't want to change human behavior but rather improve the process of what people were already doing How Bitspark benefits users, shop owners and traders behind the scenes An arbitrage opportunity for traders to help create liquidity for shop owners and cash remittance customers About Bitshares being the first stable coin that has been working since 2014 How MakerDAO is a fork of Bitshares built on Ethereum Why the promise of not having to trust a companies reserves for a stable coin is a big deal (Hint: Crypto-based parallel FX market) How Bitshares experienced a black swan event and what Global Settlement is (and how to avoid that in the future) The process for Bitshares to incentivize traders to create Foreign Currency derivatives on their platform to help add liquidity to their How market making works through a can of coke analogy

On this LAB Radio, episode Aaron Mangal discusses Spark, a web and mobile payments platform and decentralized exchange (DEX) powered by Graphene and built on BitShares. Maxine Ryan, Spark's Chief Operations Officer, discusses the platform and a variety of concepts including the components of a DEX and the process of moving from Spark from Bitcoin to BitShares. Maxine Ryan, COO and co-founder of Spark Maxine Ryan is a Hong Kong-based entrepreneur who is passionate about the freedom of financial services for people. In 2014, she co-founded Bitspark, the world's first cash in, cash out blockchain money transfer platform for Money Transfer Operators which helps business owners send money better via cryptocurrency solutions worldwide. The company in 2017 launched its ICO, $ZEPH, a rewards token for Bitspark's 180+ pegged cryptocurrency network whereby users of networks are incentivised via rewards and the company contributes buybacks to the market via its profits. Maxine frequently speaks at tech and finance events, can be seen on BloombergLive and was selected for Forbes 30 Under 30, 2018. Twitter : @MaxieRyan @BitsparksLtd #Bitshares #Decentralisation #RealSolutions As stated on their website: Bitspark, a Hong Kong based fintech company provides Spark, a secure web and mobile platform for money transfer operators [MTO] to send and receive payments quicker and cheaper utilising blockchain technology in addition to a suite of compliance and analytics tools tailored for the MTO industry. In November 2014 Bitspark conducted the world’s first cash-in cash-out remittance transaction using Bitcoin and has since refined and targeted their services towards money transfer operators. Bitspark has in recent years expanded to over seven countries in the Asia Pacific and African regions including Hong Kong, Malaysia, Ghana, Nigeria, Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam and Pakistan and has formed a number of important partnerships and gained recognition at home and internationally. Bitspark has a history of excellent support from many notable organisations. Bitspark is an alumni of the Cyberport Incubation Program in 2014 backed by the Hong Kong government, in 2015 was selected for the Accenture Fintech Innovation Lab APAC, in 2016 selected for the SixThirty Fintech accelerator USA and in 2017 was selected by the United Nations Development Program for financial inclusion projects in Tajikistan. In the financial space, Bitspark has been recognised by Goldman Sachs, Citibank, KPMG and Nikkei and has received coverage by noted publications like Forbes, SCMP, RT News, New York Times, The Australian, Coindesk and many more. We discuss network effects and building technology that can be used across the Blockchain universe. Thanks for checking out LAB Radio! After listening to this episode you will learn: How Maxine got started in her career and eventually into Blockchains The state of the Blockchain market an industry in 2014 Why Spark (BitSpark at the time) shifted from Bitcoin to the BitShares Blockchain About how Spark is bankless, using full Crypto for all of their business The SparkDEX, what it is and how it works on BitShares Core models of Spark's business How Spark wants to create an open ecosystem for the money transfer space The 3 components of a DEX: fund management, order books and crypto transaction How the Sendy App works to facilitate cash-in and cash-out transaction in person leveraging Spark For show notes and more please visit: LAB Radio

In the “legacy banking industry”, moving money around the world sucks. It’s slow, expensive and overly encumbered with regulations and difficulties gaining access to global currencies. As a foreigner, how are you going to get access to the Thai baht or Iraqi dinari? You aren’t. This presents a huge problem. Either you can’t send money home to your family in the local currency they need or you have to pay ridiculous conversion and FOREX fees along the way. ***If you only have ~5min, start at the 13 minute mark to hear how Bitshares and Smart Coins are specifically being used with Bitspark.io and why they are moving away from Bitcoin. Bitspark.io CEO George Harrap created a company to help solve this huge pain, but initially envisioned Bitcoin being the cryptocurrency of choice. At the time, it was fast and nearly free to send. Funding accounts were much easier than sending a bank wire across the world. Also, bitcoin was used as an “intermediate” currency meaning that they would buy bitcoin with one currency and sell bitcoin for another currency. This was much easier than running a full FOREX trading desk. Recently, George decided to experiment with another cryptocurrency, Bitshares. What’s interesting is the ability to create “smart coins” or “pegged cryptocurrencies” within the Bitshares Decentralized Exchange (DEX) to provided price exposure to some of these difficult to obtain currencies like the Thai baht or Vietnam dong. This essentially removes the need for Bitspark.io to open and maintain bank accounts in these exotic currencies and deal with the overhead of maintaining a bank account for each. Needless to say, cryptocurrencies are completely disrupting the financial system. We have just cracked the ice on how that’s going to reshape the desperate international banking system. Thanks again for tuning in and Keep Building Freedom! -Ashe Contact Info: George Harrap Twitter: @george_harrap Bitspark.io Website: Email: info@bitspark.io Twitter: @BitsparkBTC Podcast Resources: Bitshares Decentralized Exchange: https://bitshares.org/ How are Smart Coins created on the Bitshares Dex: https://bitshares.org/technology/price-stable-cryptocurrencies/ PLEASE LEAVE A REVIEW ON YOUR FAVORITE PLATFORM! Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/c/LibertyEntrepreneurs iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/liberty-entrepreneurs/id1057809945?mt=2 Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/liberty-entrepreneurs Stitcher Radio: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/liberty-entrepreneurs-podcast TuneIn Radio: http://tunein.com/radio/Liberty-Entrepreneurs-Podcast-p805213/ Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iqp3bpqbhske6s6476yfy2yyylu Player.fm: https://player.fm/series/liberty-entrepreneurs

This week joining us all the way from Hong Kong is George Harrap. George is the CEO of Bitspark, a remittance/money transfer company that specializes in building an alliance network of money transfer agents all the while using Bitcoin as its settlement mechanism at the back end.

Maxine Ryan is the co-founder of Bitspark, the world’s first cash in, cash out blockchain remittance platform for Money Transfer Operators and Individuals to send Asia wide. Her startup has won international awards for its innovation in payments and is redeemed as one of the pioneers of the bitcoin/blockchain remittance space. Maxine is an advocate for Blockchain technology having consulted and strategized with Fortune 500 companies, F.I’s, Telcos and Startups in the use case of this game changing technology. Maxine is an international speaker on the topic as well as a mentor to financial technology startups. Listen to episode here.  [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]