Crypto

August 08, 2016. Here’s one way to think about the differences between the Internet and the Blockchain. The previous generation of shared protocols (TCP/IP, HTTP, SMTP, etc.) produced immeasurable amounts of value, but most of it got captured and re-aggregated on top at...
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May 22, 2017. What is an Ethereum token? Before learning about Ethereum tokens, it is important to first understand the basics of Ethereum. Please see my beginner’s guide to Ethereum for those new to this concept entirely. Ethereum tokens are simply digital assets that...
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October 20, 2017.  Here’s how.  Almost a decade ago, Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of Bitcoin, silently disrupted trust-providing organizations, like banks, with an eight-page long research paper describing how money can be decentralized (through Bitcoin). At the time, not many people understood the potential...
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January 21, 2018. Crypto crypto crypto crypto. It’s here. It’s happening in a big way, and faster than anyone can keep track. Let’s consider two main trends in the space: Blockchain as a technology — there is a nuclear arms race for the...
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February 28, 2017. Many of the technologies we now take for granted were quiet revolutions in their time. Just think about how much smartphones have changed the way we live and work. It used to be that when people were out of the office, they...
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January 9, 2017. Blockchain technology is quickly expanding beyond bitcoin. While many proponents of bitcoin see the blockchain as no more than competition for existing payment methods or gold, I believe blockchain technology is the harbinger of things the world has never before seen. Written...
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August 08, 2018.  The Lightning Network Reference Rate, Part 1 of 4  Bitcoin’s antifragile protocol and its exponentially increasing network effects make it a behemoth, gradually swallowing up global economic activity. The latest of these network effects is a second layer protocol called Lightning...
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