January 2022
Pastel: 2021 in Review
After 3 painstaking years of development in stealth, we launched our Mainnet in January 2021. Our co-founders, Jeff Emanuel, Alexey Kireyev, and Anthony Georgiades had a vision stemming all the way back in 2018 of building a blockchain that was application-specific and purpose built for rare digital collectibles, a novel concept at the time. Rare …
Perceptual Hashing For NFT Verification
In providing accurate NFT verification services, neither humans nor computers are sufficient. However, using a technology called perceptual hashing, mountainous digital files can be reduced to perceivable attributes such as shapes, patterns, and colors that can easily be compared by both humans and computers. By combining perceptual hashing with human verification, NFT verification services can …