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Can Vitalik Buterin’s Plasma And Plasma Cash Solution Boost Scalability & Security

2018 has been a huge year for blockchain companies and blockchain-based technologies. While the cryptocurrency markets have floundered during one of the most significant crashes of the past few years, blockchain tech continues to garner the support of key institutional investors, many of whom believe that the innovations are the key to the changing future […] дальше »

2018-8-14 10:46


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Key Swiss online bank posts increase their profits after providing Crypto investment to customers

In July 2017, the Swiss-based online bank was credited by many with becoming “the first” European online bank to launch Bitcoin (BTC) trading accounts for its clients. Finews attributes Swissquote’s bullish growth in Q1 2018 to a “brisk demand” for crypto products and the soaring fortunes of crypto markets earlier this year. Net new capital дальше »

2018-7-31 16:02


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Mixed Feelings

Yesterday we saw a clear break above the key psychological level of $8,000 per bitcoin. Now the question on everyone’s mind is where did this move come from and is it sustainable? Now, I know that many of you are reading this note for just one reason and we have some rather unique crypto observations for you below but before we get into that it is important to always bear in mind that a portfolio Read More The post Mixed Feelings appeared first on Bitcoinist.com. дальше »

2018-7-26 06:00


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Governance, Part 2: Plutocracy Is Still Bad

Coin holder voting, both for governance of technical features, and for more extensive use cases like deciding who runs validator nodes and who receives money from development bounty funds, is unfortunately continuing to be popular, and so it seems worthwhile for me to write another post explaining why I (and Vlad Zamfir and others) do not consider it wise for Ethereum (or really, any base-layer blockchain) to start adopting these kinds of mechanisms in a tightly coupled form in any significant way. дальше »

2018-7-21 23:03


Notes on Blockchain Governance

In which I argue that “tightly coupled” on-chain voting is overrated, the status quo of “informal governance” as practiced by Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, Zcash and similar systems is much less bad than commonly thought, that people who think that the purpose of blockchains is to completely expunge soft mushy human intuitions and feelings in favor of completely algorithmic governance (emphasis on “completely”) are absolutely crazy, and loosely coupled voting as done by Carbonvotes and similar systems is underrated, as well as describe what framework should be used when thinking about blockchain governance in the first place. дальше »

2018-7-21 23:03


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The Genesis Files: With Bit Gold, Szabo Was Inches Away From Inventing Bitcoin

As his Hungarian parents had fled post-war Soviet regime to settle in the United States, Nick Szabo came to call the Californian Bay area of the 1990s his home. Here, he was among the first to frequent the in-person “Cypherpunk” meetings organized by Timothy May, Eric Hughes and other founding members of the collective of cryptographers, programmers and privacy activists centered around the ’90s mailing list of the same name. дальше »

2018-7-13 17:16


Coindesk’s Nolan Bauerle Sees 2018 Year as Key For Crypto Adoption

Coindesk’s Bauerle Sees Adoption As Key Speaking to CNBC on July 9, 2018, Coindesk’s research lead Nolan Bauerle has joined the current debate on the need for digital coin adoption. Many prominent voices – notably from the digital asset investment sector – have been calling for greater user adoption to entrench cryptocurrency as a phenomenon. […] дальше »

2018-7-9 20:51


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