Google had shut downed its URL shortener service, goo.gl on 30 March 2019, and According to their announcement any URLs you made previously will keep working. ~This is old news, But we have to find alternatives to that.
Curtaily is a URL Shortner on Ethereum Blockchain that stores the curtailed link forever. You have to pay a minimal gas fee for every curtailed link. Being a Decentralized application means that this web app does not require any centralized database to function. It only interacts with the smart contract deployed on the blockchain. You have to download a chrome extension Metamask for making a transaction of gas fee and storing it in Blockchain. Every authenticated user can curtail their link by paying a nominal gas fee, the smart contract then returns a hash which can be easily mapped with that link. There is also a dashboard where user can see all converted link.
Curtaily uses a number of open source projects to work properly:
- ReactJS - HTML enhanced for web apps!
- Solidity - Writing Smart Contract
- Twitter Bootstrap - great UI boilerplate for modern web apps
- Firebase authentication service
And of course Curtaily itself is open source.
About Me: I am pursuing 5 year dual degree course (B.TECH + M.TECH) in the field of Information Technology from the Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management Gwalior. Being a technology enthusiast, I love to explore new technologies and leverage them to solve real-life problems. This eagerness has led me to explore various field like WebApp Development and Blockchain.Continous particiation in events and hackathons has significantly helped in the polishing of these skills.
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