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Why trading crypto is becoming a millionaire’s game — And how to stop it

Cryptocurrency trading is an interesting area. It’s a totally new concept, a way of trading that seems to shake off a lot of the restraints of more traditional finance. Since its inception, crypto has been more or less open to everyone, allowing people without any significant financial background to achieve massive success from virtually nowhere. […] дальше »

2018-7-22 01:27


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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


Bitcoin Bubbles – This is not our first rodeo – Bitcoin USD … – Looking for alpha

Data Source: blockchain.com On June 10, 2011, the price of a single bitcoin was $35, an incredible high at the time. The Bitcoin bubble of 2011 – analyzing the Bitcoin network’s response Confirmed transactions and Bitcoin price in 2011 During that time, it’s interesting to look at the relationship between the number of daily transactions дальше »

2018-7-21 10:18


Argentina Central Bank Looks For Crypto & Blockchain Education Via Books

Argentina’s Central Bank’s Interesting In “Mastering Bitcoin” Growing As Peso Is Depreciated By Rising Inflation Argentina is currently facing a big economic crisis as the country’s national fiat currency, the Peso, has hit a record low price against the USD and the inflation in the country is rising a lot recently. Not only people, but […] дальше »

2018-7-21 23:52


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Wikipedia bubbles – this is not our first rode – searching for alpha

Data Source: blockchain.com On June 10, 2011, the price of a single bitcoin was $35, an incredible high at the time. The Bitcoin bubble of 2011 – analyzing the Bitcoin network’s response Confirmed transactions and Bitcoin price in 2011 During that time, it’s interesting to look at the relationship between the number of daily transactions дальше »

2018-7-20 20:23


Chinese, French Firms Partner to Develop Blockchain Skyscraper Eco-Tower

Chinese And French Firms Partner To Build Eco-Friendly Blockchain-Monitored Skyscraper One of the latest and most interesting partnerships in the blockchain industry is between China and France. In June, XTU Architects, a French architecture firm and Systemic, a French business consortium, both partnered with a Chinese developer to construct an eco-friendly blockchain-monitored skyscraper. The project […] дальше »

2018-7-14 00:15


Ethereum [ETH]’s Joseph Lubin in a podcast discusses his creation

Recently, in a podcast interview with Manuel Stagers, Ethereum Co-founder Joseph Lubin opens up on his creation and discusses interesting possibilities in the world of technology. The opening question asked in the podcast was Ethereum-specific: ‘What do people most often misunderstand about Ethereum?’ According to Lubin, people [both inside and outside the crypto space] look […] дальше »

2018-7-11 01:34