Unknown 23.28 Add Comment BitShares, Crypto 2.0, Delegated Proof of Stake, incentives, Proof of Stake Edit BitShares - probably the first self-sustaining DAO For over a year, the Bitcoin world has been intrigued with the concept of Decentralized Autonomous Organizations - quasi-corporations follo... Read More
Unknown 23.45 Add Comment Attacks, Bitcoin, BitShares, Consensus, CounterParty, Crypto 2.0, Ethereum, Mastercoin, mining, Omni, Ripple Edit Mining versus Consensus algorithms in Crypto 2.0 systems Recently, I had the pleasure of talking with David Schwartz , Chief Cryptographer at Ripple Labs about a topic that I haven't heard cov... Read More
Unknown 04.37 Add Comment BitShares, Comparison, Crypto 2.0, IOU, Ripple Edit BitUSD vs USD IOUs Last Thursday at Decentral Vancouver we were discussing BitShares and BitUSD with Max Wright (I recommend his BitShares 101 series of vid... Read More
Unknown 00.28 Add Comment BitShares, BitUSD, Crypto 2.0, derivatives Edit Inert versus volatile currencies - pondering an attack on BitUSD When thinking about a currency on a simple exchange as a fairly inert object. You can throw money at the market, swing it up or down, but wi... Read More
Unknown 23.03 Add Comment 21, ASIC, Bitcoin, mining Edit Much ado about nothing - pondering 21Inc In the last few months a lot of people have been talking about the "mysterious 21 Inc " - a Bitcoin startup that raised $116M in r... Read More
Unknown 22.51 Add Comment BitID, Identities, KYC, Passcard, Synero Edit Digital identities and the blockchain In the recent years there have been a few attempts at creating digital identities using cryptography and the blockchain. We had BitID using... Read More
Unknown 23.04 Add Comment art, Bitcoin, Crypto 2.0, Ethereum, gold, Ripple Edit Non-fungible currencies - gold bars and art Fungibility is one of the desired properties of money. You want every unit of money to be worth exactly its face value and be interchangeab... Read More
Unknown 10.36 Add Comment FinCEN, IPO, presale, regulations, Ripple Edit On FinCEN fines and regulations - the fate of token IPOs Yesterday the news about Ripple Labs being fined by FinCEN for their sale of XRP without an MSB license came out. While some have rejoice... Read More
Unknown 23.04 Add Comment LETS, Ripple, time banking Edit Time banking - economics of sharing economy - pondering Time Republik Recently at Decentral Vancouver we had a visit from folks from Time Republik , a time banking platform for a sharing economy. We discussed ... Read More