Archive for 2014

Ripple as middleware

As many people may know, the current banking system is a mess when you're dealing in multiple currencies. We have disjointed networks de...

As many of you might be familiar, there are a few key functions money needs to perform in our society. While the exact list may vary, here ...

After researching a lot of Crypto 2.0 systems ( tiny.cc/Crypto ), I started thinking about whether some systems could surpass Bitcoin. We h...

A lot of people have spelled Bitcoin's doom in the past. From a 51% attack to some other vulnerabilities, a lot of technical pitfalls ar...

As with any software out there, Bitcoin and related cryptocurrency systems occasionally get bugs and change some features of the network. Th...

A few weeks ago during one of the Vancouver Bitcoin Meetups , we were introduced to the Gems platform . Gems is a social messaging app that ...

I've discussed my various doubts about the delegated Proof of Stake a few moths back. Thinking about it some more recently, I have one ...

Counterparty recently announced its full port of the Ethereum's turing-complete programming language into its platform. Some people are...

When someone starts learning about Bitcoin, they usually gain a lot of knowledge in a number of tangential topics as well. Public key crypto...

The concept of Provably Fair Gambling has existed in the Bitcoin space for a few years now. It was popularized by such websites like Satoshi...

Everyone likes neat definitions of things and being able to categorize what something is. Unfortunately, Bitcoin appears to defy the traditi...

While browsing around the Internet today I came across an article on Dr. Eyjolfur Gudmundsson's view on Bitcoin in comparison to ISK an...

Today at Decentral.Bangtown meetup we had Max Wright and Dan Larimar introduce us to the concept of the Delegated Proof of Stake (DPOS), ho...

A lot of you know about Gravatar, a globally recognized avatar service . It's essentially a website that lets you set an avatar that is ...

Awhile back I was working on some software for a Bitcoin ATM that didn't offset its Bitcoin sales instantly at an exchange. During that ...