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Uniswap.org is a protocol for exchanging ERC-20 tokens on Ethereum.

What you need

• TIME or ETH or both, depending on what you would like to do, buy, sell or provide liquidity.
• Metamask or another supported Ethereum wallet application.
• Supported Browser (Chrome, Firefox, etc.)

Buy TIME

Visit uniswap.org in your browser and click launch App.

Click ‘Connect to a wallet’ in the upper right side of the window, choose your preferred wallet application (We use Metamask in this example) and confirm the operation displayed.

After successfully connecting your wallet with Uniswap, you can choose which two ERC-20 token, or ETH you want to swap.

To buy TIME, you must first search for it by pasting the TIME token contract address in the search field:

0x6531f133e6deebe7f2dce5a0441aa7ef330b4e53

Choose how much ETH you want to exchange for TIME and click Swap

Confirm the Swap and a smart contract will automatically exchange your ETH for the respective amount of TIME. The same can be done between any other token where Uniswap automatically routes the swap through multiple smart contracts.

Provide liquidity for TIME markets

Uniswap allows anyone to provide liquidity for any markets by granting token to so-called pools. Such liquidity providers can accumulate trading fees.

The following describes how to provide liquidity to the TIME/ETH market.

Start by connecting your Wallet to Uniswap as described in the previous part of this guide.

Click Pool and Add Liquidity

Now choose for which market you want to provide liquidity, in our case it’s the TIME-ETH market.

To choose TIME, paste the token contract address in the search field:

0x6531f133e6deebe7f2dce5a0441aa7ef330b4e53

Choose how much token you want to lock to act as liquidity, click Supply and confirm.

Note: You always need the same amount of token worth on both sides, e.g $100 in TIME and $100 in ETH.

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TimeX referral contest ends: Update

The competition was a success, with the winners to be awarded next week.

This is an updated version of the initial post about the finished referral contest on TimeX. Scroll down to read through the previous version.

Just over a month ago, we launched our TimeX Affiliates contest. Users participated by generating a unique referral link, and distributing it as widely as possible around the crypto world to encourage new registrations to the exchange.

We’re pleased to be able to say that the competition was a success!
Congratulations, everyone who participated, and especially to the winners! You will find your TIME tokens being credited to your TimeX account by the end of this week, ready for trading or withdrawal to an external wallet.

If you’re not among the winners this time, don’t worry! Having run a successful pilot we’ll be fine-tuning our formula and will be announcing more and better competitions for our trading community in the coming weeks and months — so stay tuned!

What’s more, the TimeX team is always on the lookout for ways to improve our exchange and add new features. We’re very excited about our upcoming developments, and will have more to tell you very soon.

The TimeX referral competition, announced on June 23rd has now concluded.

The contest was designed to attract new traders to the TimeX exchange, leveraging the platform’s Affiliates programme to track those users most successful in encouraging new sign-ups.

A total of 1,300 TIME tokens were offered, with the top referrer collecting 300 TIME!

Not only that, but anyone who participated will also continue to receive commission fees on every referral they make for 180 days.

We are in the process of finalising the list of winners which will automatically receive the prizes to their TimeX account.

If you didn’t manage to take part this time, don’t worry — this was a useful pilot for us and we’ll be running more referral contests in the coming months. If you haven’t already registered for TimeX, why not do it now, create a referral link and find your way around the platform so you’re ready for the next competition we run?

We’re constantly upgrading and adding features to TimeX. Stay tuned, since we’ve got something very special on the way to enhance your trading experience!

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TabTrader is a popular cryptocurrency trading terminal app for Android and Apple devices.

TabTrader enables you to trade on many exchanges from the same interface, linking to different platforms from the same unified account.

To get started, download the TabTrader app from the Google Play Store or Apple Store, if you haven’t already done so.

Once you’ve installed the app, you’ll need your API key for each of the exchange accounts you want to connect to TabTrader.

To generate an API key for TimeX, log in to your TimeX account, click the hamburger menu in the top right of the screen, and select ‘Trading setup’.

Click ‘Create new API key’.

TimeX will generate a new API key for you. You’ll see the key has two parts: an id, and a secret. You’ll need both of these to connect your TimeX account to TabTrader.

You can select what functionality to give each key. For example, for security, you may want to use a key for trading, but not allow it to be used to withdraw funds from TimeX.You can pair your API keys easily with TabTrader using a single QR code. To generate this code, go to https://tab-trader.com/scan and select ‘TimeX’ from the dropdown box. Then copy and paste the id and secret that you generated in your TimeX account into the two boxes, and click ‘Generate QR-code’.

Now, open TabTrader on your device, go to the Accounts tab and add a new account using the button at the bottom right.

Select ‘Scan QR to add’ and scan the QR code you generated.

You should see your TimeX API key details in the fields. Then select the tick in the top right corner to save.

You have now integrated TimeX with TabTrader, and can use the app to trade from your TimeX account using the TabTrader app.

Remember that, like a private key, you should never share your API keys with other people.

That’s it! Happy trading.

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We are thrilled to announce that markets for COMP/BTC and COMP/USDT are live!

TimeX now supports trading for COMP, the governance token for the Compound protocol.

Compound is one of the largest and most exciting projects in the DeFi space. It’s a decentralised lending platform that enables users to lock popular Ethereum tokens and borrow other tokens against them — effectively allowing them to go long or short on crypto they hold.

DeFi’s latest winner

While the Coinbase-funded platform launched in 2017, it recently started distributing its governance tokens, COMP, to users. That move has seen Compound’s value soar, both in terms of the price of COMP, and the important metric of Total Value Locked (TVL) in the protocol.

The idea is that crypto holders can monetise assets that would otherwise lie dormant in their wallets, buying other tokens without selling what they have, or even leverage their holdings by using a token as collateral to buy more of the same token.

Users are paid to make funds available to the market, and charged to borrow tokens, with the rates algorithmically calculated according to supply and demand. However, users additionally earn COMP tokens as a reward for both borrowing and lending assets, since both are important activities for the protocol.

Bitcoin and Tether markets launched

TimeX now offers a new venue for trading COMP which, as the governance token for Compound, will turn out to be an extremely important part of the ecosystem.

Traders can now buy and sell COMP against both BTC and USDT, enabling them to get hold of tokens or sell the proceeds of their earnings from Compound.

As an ERC-20 token, COMP can be withdrawn to MetaMask or any other popular Ethereum wallet. (If you are using your COMP to vote on changes to the Compound protocol, you can currently use Coinbase, Ledger or MetaMask.)

DeFi is going to be a huge theme for blockchain in 2020 and beyond, so watch this space! We’ll no doubt be listing more popular tokens in the coming weeks and months.

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The contest offers a total of 1,300 TIME in prizes — plus referral commissions!

Today, we’re announcing a new referral competition for TimeX.io

The rules are very simple. Every registered user can generate a unique referral link. You can do this by logging into TimeX and clicking the ‘hamburger’ menu at the top right-hand side of the screen.

Then, simply give that link to as many prospective traders as you can!

You can use social media, forum signatures, email footers, online banners, billboard campaigns, TV ads… whatever you can think of to get the word out to as many people and places as you can. Be creative!

To count as a referral, anyone who clicks your link will need to register on TimeX and go through the first two steps of verification. That’s all!

The user who refers the most new traders will win. We are offering 20 prizes, with a total of 1,300 TIME tokens for the winners.

• Winner: 300 TIME
• 2 place: 200 TIME
• 3 place: 150 TIME
• 4–5 place: 100 TIME
• 6–10 place: 50 TIME
• 11–20 places: 20 TIME

The competition will run until 00:00 UTC on 15 July.

Even if you don’t win one of the top 20 prizes, you’ll still benefit from every new user you refer, because you’ll receive commission fees from every trade they make for the next 180 days (the default expiration time for affiliate links).

Good luck!

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Over-The-Counter trading is suitable for large crypto orders, where traders don’t want to move the market.

As a crypto trader, you’ll be familiar with exchanges and how the price of bitcoin and other cryptos is set by supply and demand on these open markets — including TimeX.

What you might not be aware of is how much trading activity goes on outside of exchanges.

While exchanges are vital for setting price, estimates suggest that as much as two-thirds of overall crypto trading volumes take place Over-The-Counter (OTC). These are privately-arranged trades between wealthy individuals or institutions, typically facilitated by a third party or OTC desk.

Reasons for trading OTC

There are several reasons why traders might want to avoid using exchanges. Firstly, they may be hesitant to send a large amount of funds to an unregulated organisation — or, in the case of institutional traders, regulation may actually prevent them from doing so.

Secondly, buying or selling large amounts of crypto risks moving the market. If the order books do not offer sufficient liquidity, a large order can push the price significantly up or down. This is known as ‘slippage’ and it means traders are not able to get the best price.

Thirdly, if a trader instead places a large limit order or ‘wall’ on an exchange, they telegraph their intentions to the entire market. This could mean the order is never filled. Because OTC trades take place outside of the public order books, they are far more private.

Contact us for OTC

OTC desks are growing in popularity as crypto goes mainstream and more and more large traders come into the market. Kraken, for example, saw its OTC volumes grow 2,000% in less than two years from the beginning of 2018.

TimeX offers an OTC service for trades of 25,000 AUD and upwards. If that’s something you would find useful, please contact our OTC desk by emailing otc@timex.io. We’ll be in touch to discuss your needs and will be happy to help execute your order — efficiently, securely, and privately.

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The crypto world is keenly awaiting Bitcoin’s third block halving, which will likely be the most significant ever.

The halving (or ‘halvening’, as it is known in the community) will take place at block 630,000, just before 8pm UTC on Monday 11 May.

Miners’ rewards will drop from 12.5 BTC to 6.25 BTC.

There will be many more halvenings, but this will likely prove the most significant.

This halvening will see Bitcoin become the hardest money ever created. Its inflation rate will drop below 2% — less than central banks’ target for fiat. Moreover, this occurs at a time when major central banks are printing money like never before due to the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Bitcoin’s supply will increase at about the same rate as that of gold. And that will only fall further in the future.

At its first halving, in November 2012, Bitcoin was still an experiment.

At its second, in July 2016, it was only just coming to mainstream attention.

Today, Bitcoin is a global phenomenon. Institutional interest and infrastructure is soaring.

And the halving takes place at a time when the world needs a secure, borderless, censorship-resistant, digital store of value.

These are interesting TIMEs.

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As businesses explore the potential of blockchain technology, demand for skilled employees is outstripping supply. The highest-paying crypto jobs include blockchain developers, data scientists and marketing professionals.

Blockchain has come a long way in a short time. The technology debuted a little over a decade ago, and only came to any real degree of mainstream attention due to the 2017 cryptocurrency bubble. Jobs in the blockchain sector are a recent phenomenon, but this is a high-growth area of the fintech industry. Blockchain developers, blockchain engineers and other key roles are in demand, and those with the right competencies, experience and mindset can command a premium. Salaries for the blockchain world are substantially higher than those in corresponding positions with conventional employers, and if you have the right qualifications then a six-figure paycheck is easily within your grasp.

Crypto jobs come in all forms. Some require technical expertise; others are support or communications roles that do not need an in-depth understanding of programming languages or the nuts-and-bolts of what’s going on behind the scenes of the blockchain protocol (though the more you know, the more useful you’ll be to your employer – and the easier you’ll find it to move sideways or progress upwards to new roles). But you’d be wrong to think you can walk into the blockchain sector and treat your job as you would any other. While there are similarities with a ‘normal’ job, in order to thrive and make the most of the opportunity – including the money – you’ll almost certainly need to up your game. The good news is that for those who rise to the challenge, the rewards, financial and otherwise, can be considerable.

Skills required for blockchain jobs

At the outset it’s worth stating that employment in the crypto sector is unlikely to be ‘just another job’. This is something people get into for a reason. It might be about the money, but the chances are it’s also because they believe in the ideals of decentralisation and the benefits of distributed systems and money, or because they love working at the bleeding edge of technology. Crypto jobs are becoming more common, but they’re still competitive, and somewhat niche. You’re unlikely simply to fall into this sector, because you’ll need specific skills and approaches you won’t have picked up unless you’ve gone looking for them.

Blockchain started out as an enthusiasts’ technology, much like the homebrew computer movement of the late 1970s and early 1980s, or the early days of the internet. Even as it goes mainstream, the best crypto jobs and salaries are still going to go to the ones who have already self-selected for them. (Think how many of Apple’s earlier employees had degrees in computer science or formal qualifications in software development. Blockchain started out in the same way, with the first companies and organisations coming from the grassroots.) If this is a sector you want to get into, there are a handful of skills that will help – some non-negotiable, others that will improve your odds.

Understanding of key blockchain principles

Blockchain requires a very different model for business and software development. Conventional systems and companies are all about centralisation and control. Not so for blockchain developers and organisations. You’ll need to appreciate what decentralisation entails in practice – what it means for system architecture, and what it means for users. There are no middlemen, no single points of failure and no points of control. It turns the normal model of interaction with software and services on its head. Think of something as ubiquitous as the well-known username/login standard for accessing a site. It takes a paradigm shift in thinking to grasp why that can’t apply in the blockchain world. More than understanding it, you’ll need to have bought into it, too – and be able to build or communicate systems that use those principles effectively.

Languages

We’re talking about both spoken languages and programming languages here. Blockchain is a global phenomenon and your community will be located across many countries, jurisdictions and language groups. Moreover, many blockchain jobs are remote, since it’s an inherently distributed technology and crypto companies don’t tend to restrict themselves to a specific geographical area – there are too few experts to limit the pool of potential employees.

While you might be able to get by just fine with one language, the ability to communicate with communities in other countries will always be an asset. English is the main language of blockchain, but there are large communities in Russia, China, Europe, and increasingly Latin America. Certain projects have particular demographics, so if that’s the case this is well worth considering – you may already have languages that make you an asset.

If you’re after that lucrative blockchain developer salary, you’ll need to think about programming languages. It’s worth knowing a few and figuring out what’s going to suit you best for your chosen career.

If you’re building a blockchain itself, you might want to think about C++ or Java, though other platforms use Scala and other languages. If you’re writing dApps (decentralised applications), hosted on the blockchain, you’ll need to bear in mind that blockchain platforms have their own smart contract languages. Ethereum, by far the most popular smart contracts platform, uses Solidity, which is somewhat JavaScript-like. Others use languages including Haskell, or custom languages based on Scala.

As a blockchain developer, you’ll need to be a cut above the competition. Crypto companies want the very best: they’re operating in a sector that is unforgiving of mistakes. So as well as being highly competent with certain languages, you’ll also be versed in the right processes, like Lean or Agile software development, and various toolkits.

Character

On top of that, you’ll need the right mindset. You won’t be a 9-to-5 person or a clock-watcher since you’ll be expected to give 100% and your team may not have regular office hours. That can have benefits, too; a lot of people employed in the blockchain sector work remotely, around the world, and they set their own hours. But they get the work done, and they get it done to a very high standard.

Crypto jobs are meritocratic. The majority of people are satisfied with being good enough. In such an high-stakes environment as blockchain, however, ‘good enough’ is not good enough. You’ll be a self-starter, someone who doesn’t need their hand held and who can be left alone and will knuckle down and come up with the goods – and most likely add value above and beyond what you were asked for in the first place.

Be a Renaissance (wo)man

There’s a difference between getting by and thriving. If you’ve chosen a job in blockchain, it will be for a reason, and you’ll be setting your sights on thriving as soon as possible.

Even a few years back, the situation in the blockchain sector was very different. Work was informal, to say the least. It was almost always freelance, there were very few limited companies, anonymity was common (you wouldn’t always even know who you were working for) and payment was typically in cryptocurrencies or native project tokens. The risks were high, but the rewards could be enormous too – especially if you really knew your way around the blockchain world. There are benefits of working in a sector in which it is literally possible to create your own money, and getting paid in currencies that could appreciate rapidly in value.

Things have come a long way very fast. Today, a crypto job may be with a regular company and pay in fiat – though you may be part or fully paid in various cryptocurrencies. To make the most of the opportunities, it helps to be a Renaissance Man or Woman. You’ll know your key area well, of course – whether that’s software development or communications. But if you’re going to seize this with both hands, you’ll probably want to know a bit about a lot of other things too: how financial markets work, the nature of the banking system, currencies, principles of trading, market trends, different economic and political systems, computer security, cryptography… the good news is that if you’re really bought into crypto, learning all the time won’t feel like work at all.

Highest-paid crypto jobs

With the blockchain sector exploding, certain competencies are experiencing exceptional demand. Blockchain developer skills are highly desirable, and there are well-paid positions for product managers and technology architects too. But it’s not just blockchain developers. There are legal and compliance roles, for those with the right training, as well as vacancies in communications and community management.

Blockchain employers include large companies like IBM and Microsoft. Securing one of these roles is quite a prize, with good salaries and all the benefits of a regular employer, but will be a relatively conventional process. You’ll need to demonstrate several years of experience and success in relevant companies and positions. In other cases, the process will be less formal – especially if you’re working remotely or for a decentralised initiative. In that case, you’ll probably need a portfolio of previous work and a track record in the blockchain world. GitHub repositories and reputation can count for a lot.

Blockchain jobs: average salaries

Blockchain salaries are typically significantly higher than corresponding salaries in other sectors. U.Today gives an overview of some of the major categories, noting that location matters as much as position. For example, the range of salaries for a blockchain developer varies considerably between continents:

• Asia: $60,000–120,000 (average salary $87,000)
• Europe: $55,000 – $91,000 (average salary $73,000)
• US: $70,000 – $200,000 (average salary $136,000)
• Remote: $70,000 – $200,000 (average $124,000)

Those figures will also vary depending on the size of company you work for. UK startups are paying new blockchain devs in the order of $50,000–60,000 per year, while big corporations effectively pay double that.

Three top jobs

Unsurprisingly, the best salaries are available to those with technical skills, though top communications jobs come a close second. Per market news, trends and developments site CAGRvalue, they include:

Blockchain developer. Salary: $175,000. Responsibilities: research, design and develop blockchain technologies, including smart contracts and dApps. Requirements: degree in Computer Science or Maths, and expertise in relevant programming languages (e.g. Python, Node, Java and JS).

Blockchain data scientist. Salary: $175,000. Responsibilities: researching and analysing blockchain data. Requirements: in-depth knowledge of blockchain technology and coding experience.

Blockchain marketing manager. Salary: $177,000. Responsibilities: communicate products and technologies to attract users and investors. Requirements: excellent communication skills, a relevant degree and extensive experience.

Meanwhile, a search on UK jobs site Indeed throws up some impressive salaries for both contractors and full-time employees:

• £1,200 ($1,500) per day for Cryptocurrency Blockchain Technical Advisory. Knowledge of JPMCoin, Quorum, RippleNet and other similar blockchain technologies required.
• Senior blockchain developers come in at £600 ($800) per day.
• Commercial IP and Technology Partner is a full-time job that pays £150,000 to £250,000 (up to $325,000) per annum.

For those starting out, a blockchain engineer’s salary can be highly competitive. The average Ethereum developer salary (Solidity) is $127,500, for example.

Blockchain vs Conventional developer salaries

There is, of course, huge variation in salaries, both for regular employment and in crypto jobs. But blockchain salaries are likely to be higher for good reason. Firstly, the skills for these jobs are still under-represented in the workforce, so it’s a seller’s market. And secondly, the responsibility can be much higher. In the cryptocurrency industry, mistakes aren’t just embarrassing – they can be hugely costly. Lost funds as a result of bad code and faulty processes can wipe out an organisation, or at the very least cause significant reputational and legal problems. One way of helping avoid these issues is to hire only the very best, with the associated price tag on those employees.

According to jobs site Hired, the average blockchain developer salary is around $150,000 to $175,000 per year. For comparison, the average software engineer’s salary is around $137,000 per year. That’s a 10–30% premium for blockchain. Not only that, but there are additional deals to be had. There are many promising start-ups in the crypto world, and if you get in on the ground floor and prove your worth, you could be looking at a package that includes equity and tokens as well as a healthy six-figure salary.

Conclusion

Blockchain is a high-growth area of the fintech sector, and a wide range of companies are looking for professionals with blockchain experience. There are opportunities for both technical and non-technical positions, with the former including blockchain engineers and architects, and the latter including legal/compliance and communications roles.

The nature of the space is that crypto jobs are likely to pay significantly better than corresponding jobs in other industries, with blockchain developer salaries coming in around 20% higher on average. Six-figure salaries are common, with the best positions paying up to $200,000 per year – without factoring in any other benefits. If you make the most of the opportunities the crypto world has to offer, this can be even higher.

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TimeX has always supported humanitarian projects and the current crisis in the toilet paper market surely poses one of the most urgent demands the world is currently experiencing.

Toilet paper poverty is a stain on our society. Some citizens have been forced to ration themselves to one sheet per day, with others using both sides of the paper to prolong their limited supplies.

With crypto hub CoinMarketCap listing the TP token, we have joined in the effort to clean up our countries and eradicate this modern-day evil. Chrono.tech’s physically-backed Toilet Paper Token (TPT) will provide a paper market for Australian consumers. Meanwhile, 100,000 rolls of high-quality triple-ply personal hygiene products have been tokenised and held in our secure warehouse facility in Sydney.

Users who are caught short in the dunny need do no more than register for TimeX, purchase TPT for crypto, drive to our warehouse and redeem their tokens for physical toilet paper, and drive home to the comfort of their own bathroom. They will then immediately be able to meet their needs.

Together, we can wipe out toilet paper poverty.

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