Introduction Welcome to the fascinating world of cryptocurrency! Whether you're a beginner dipping your toes into the crypto pool or an intermediate user looking to deepen your understanding, this guide is for you. Today, we'll explore how cryptocurrency transactions are traceable, auditable,...
Exploring the Evolution of Bitcoin: A Comprehensive Guide to BIPs and Key Concepts in Digital Currency Innovation Bitcoin, the revolutionary digital currency, operates on a foundation of constant innovation and improvement. Central to this evolution are the Bitcoin Improvement Proposals, or BIPs,...
Transforming Transactions: Empowering Local Bitcoin Economies for Inclusive Growth in South Africa Local bitcoin economic communities are being developed throughout South Africa, and the trend seems to be growing quickly. Within the Western Cape region, communities like Bitcoin Ekasi, Bitcoin...
In an increasingly digital and globalised business landscape, the security of transactions has become a paramount concern for businesses in South Africa. The ability to ensure that payments are secure, disputes are resolved fairly, and fraudulent activities are minimised is crucial in maintaining...
Introduction: In today's rapidly evolving digital financial landscape, cryptocurrency has become a key player. One of its most transformative uses is in the realm of escrow transactions, especially with the advent of multisig technology. But what exactly is cryptocurrency escrow, and how does it...
At Bluetrino, we are deeply committed to environmental responsibility, which is why we decided to move our head office to Ubunye House, situated within the leafy landscape of Cape Town’s Southern Suburbs. The choice to establish our headquarters at Ubunye House stems from its remarkable alignment...
In the fast-paced world of financial technology (fintech), managing compliance with various regulatory requirements can be a daunting task. This is where Regulatory Technology (RegTech) comes into play, providing solutions for efficient KYC (Know Your Customer) and AML (Anti-Money Laundering)...
In today's interconnected world, the rise of online transactions has brought convenience and efficiency to businesses and consumers alike. However, this digital landscape has also opened doors for fraudulent activities, posing risks to both buyers and sellers. To mitigate these risks, the concept...
Introduction The financial industry plays a pivotal role in the global economy. It is the lifeblood that pumps money and resources, enabling businesses to grow, consumers to purchase goods and services, and investors to make informed decisions. As such, it is imperative that this industry remains...
Choosing the right escrow service provider is crucial for ensuring the safe and secure transfer of funds during a transaction. Whether you're buying a home, making an online purchase, or conducting a business merger, it's important to choose a reputable and reliable escrow provider to handle your...
The future of finance is rapidly evolving, and technology is playing a major role in shaping the industry. One area where technology is making a significant impact is in the realm of escrow, freelancers, and digital currencies. Escrow, the process of holding funds in a third-party account until...
As a freelancer, it can be difficult to establish trust with clients and ensure that you will be paid for your work. One solution to this problem is to use an escrow service. An escrow service acts as a neutral third party that holds onto the payment for a project until the work is completed to the...
The Russian invasion of Ukraine began on 24th February 2022, displacing at least 13 million citizens, and killing at least 46 000 people. We at Bluetrino stand with Ukraine, in opposition of the war and gross human rights violations inflicted by the Russian forces. Bluetrino has opted to show...
The only free open banking platform Nordigen is collaborating with business matchmaker platform Bluetrino to provide transaction data to enhance the firm’s internal accounting processes. Bluetrino is a corporate matchmaking platform based in South Africa and Estonia, helping companies make external...
Building Our Contact Form Using Severless And AWS Lambda If you have read our blog post about why we moved to GatsbyJs, you would probably know that we redesigned and built our website in house. For me, it provided an amazing opportunity to experience building a site for the first time using...
This article is a spin off from Why we rebuilt our website in GatsbyJs We have been doing a lot of introspection in terms of our Marketing and PR, and we have decided to start optimising our outward appearance ourselves, starting with our website. Google has indicated that it will give fast...
What we learnt from our website rebuild Since we started Codeworkshop.io we have been mulling over the idea of bringing our website inhouse. A few reasons and benefits for this included having additional control as well as Source Control on our site. We started this adventure using Wordpress. We...
Debugging Serverless Applications can be a bit of a headache... We use NodeJs a lot, we also use a lot of CI/CD pipelines to automate the tedious stuff for us, so this brings us to a point where we need to debug things locally because if you are reading this article I am sure you know how much of a...
Production environments can be tricky Having custom authentication providers because of less than secure legacy systems can be just one of the problems you face when securing an API. We also have a requirement to secure the api so that only the clients static IP address be allowed to access this...
A few weeks ago I was tasked with importing data into a system we had built on top of Elastic. At this point I was very happy with Elastic, how it performed along with all the cool indexing features it brought to the party. For those that don’t know, ElasticSearch is a document store, which indexes...