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Brazil, Russia, India, China & South Africa (BRICS) Banks To Explore Blockchain Benefits

The application of blockchain technology to a myriad of global developmental problems continues to be one of the most interesting aspects of the evolution of the tech in recent years. Countries with the willingness to apply the technology in unique and exciting ways are able to make impressive strides in terms of innovation. Blockchain technology […] дальше »

2018-7-27 10:38


Stellar Partners with TransferTo for Improved International Mobile Money Transfers

Cryptocurrencies and digital assets all have a role to play in the world of remittances and money transfers. Stellar is making inroads in this regard thanks to a new partnership with TransferTo. It’s an important step in the right direction, and one that shows Stellar may be able to rival Ripple in the long run. […] дальше »

2018-7-27 02:00


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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


Chinese Bank PBoC Files Digital Wallet to Track Crypto Transactions Patent

China’s central bank, the so called People’s Bank of China, has presented a patent application for a wallet that consumers are able to use so as to track cryptocurrency transactions. The patent has been sent to China’s State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) during the last week. In the last year, China has been one of […] дальше »

2018-6-30 09:27