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![Emergency Upgrade](/images/blog/emergency-upgrade-1-3/code_vulnerability.jpg)
By Nick Mancuso on
Explaining what went wrong and why we released a new version so quickly after our last upgrade.
![Smart Contract Upgrade: Version 1.2](/images/blog/version-1-2/smart-contract-1-2.jpg)
By Julien Genestoux on
We wanted to start the year with a big release, so we shipped a very large upgrade (the largest since June 2018) to our smart contracts. This new version brings a ton of new features which will eventually bubble up to the Unlock user interfaces (and beyond!).
![Forbes Ad Free Experience in the News](/images/blog/forbes-in-the-news/forbes-article.jpg)
By Sascha Mombartz on
A rundown of a few memorable tweets and press coverage from our Forbes Ad Free Experience Launch
![Unlocking an ads-free Forbes](/images/blog/forbes-ads-free/forbes.png)
By Julien Genestoux on
Forbes introduced their very first membership today and it lets anyone with an ethereum wallet unlock an ads free experience
![Newsletters](/images/blog/introducing-newsletter/newsletter.jpg)
By Julien Genestoux on
Unlock lets you easily collect email addresses from members to create your own paid-for mailing list, using Ethereum and Non Fungible Tokens
![EthCC Tickets](/images/blog/ethcc/ethcc.png)
By Julien Genestoux on
The largest annual European Ethereum event focused on technology and community is using Unlock for its tickets!
![Shipping Documentation](/images/blog/user-facing-documentation/documentation.jpg)
![Ejecting an Unlock Account](/images/blog/ejecting-account/ejecting.jpg)
By Julien Genestoux on
Unlock accounts are regular Ethereum accounts. You can easily take it over and use it with your own web3 wallet!
![Unlock Hackathon Ideas](/images/blog/hackathon-ideas/hero.jpg)
By Sascha Mombartz on
We've put together a bunch of ideas for cool and fun projects that could be hacked on. Take the ideas, run with them, be inspired or do something completely different.