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Op Ed: Debunking Bitcoin Myths: The ‘Intrinsic Value’ Fallacy
A series of op eds by Kyle Torpey addressing some of the oft-repeated arguments against Bitcoin. One of the earliest criticisms of Bitcoin was that the underlying token in the system had no intrinsic value. дальше »
2019-6-4 23:41 | |
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Op Ed: Debunking Bitcoin Myths, The ‘Intrinsic Value’ Fallacy
A series of op eds by Kyle Torpey addressing some of the oft-repeated arguments against Bitcoin. One of the earliest criticisms of Bitcoin was that the underlying token in the system had no intrinsic value. дальше »
2019-5-31 23:41 | |
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Light Client Launch: Parity Releases Desktop Wallet Beta, v0.3 Fether
On April 9, 2019, Parity Technologies’ UX lead Thibaut Sardan announced the beta launch of the company’s light client. Instead of downloading the entire Ethereum blockchain, Fether offers users a much quicker experience by relying on full nodes rather than direct interaction with the blockchain. дальше »
2019-4-12 23:00 | |
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Op Ed: Why Bitcoin’s “Toxic” Maximalism Makes Sense
Over the years, Bitcoin has gained a reputation for having a “toxic” community of users around it. This accusation is mostly thrown at Bitcoin by proponents of altcoins and those who have supported various Bitcoin hard fork attempts in the past. дальше »
2019-4-5 16:23 | |
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A CBC Casper Tutorial
In order to help more people understand “the other Casper” (Vlad Zamfir’s CBC Casper), and specifically the instantiation that works best for blockchain protocols, I thought that I would write an explainer on it myself, from a less abstract and more “close to concrete usage” point of view. дальше »
2018-12-6 04:03 | |
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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 | |
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Op-Ed: Challenge of Mining Centralization Unveils Bitcoin’s Elegant Design
Last year, growing problems of Bitcoin mining centralization came to light with the controversy of an AsicBoost scandal. As a largely centralized hash rate began to threaten the software’s magical property, concerns were raised that incentives at the crux of Bitcoin’s game theory had broken away. дальше »
2018-6-29 16:42 | |
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