Substrate blockchain application with a custom React frontend

The article outlines the process of building a custom frontend for a blockchain application, "Blogchain," using React and the Substrate framework. The author describes how to customize the Substrate Frontend Template, which is based on React and includes Polkadot-JS for blockchain interaction, to create a user interface that allows users to view, create, and interact with blog posts on the blockchain. Key components include forms for creating blog posts and comments and a tipping feature for authors, all of which leverage Semantic UI for styling. The article emphasizes using existing templates and libraries to simplify development and provides step-by-step instructions, from setting up the environment to testing the application locally. The author concludes by highlighting the ease of starting with Substrate and Polkadot-JS to develop Web3 applications, despite the complexities of blockchain technology.