“In the world of tokens, amount of waste that results from the ‘build it and they will come’ mentality is already staggering and will likely exceed that of the dot-com era.” | learn more
CEO Ryan Selkis (aka TwoBitIdiot) presented from these slides this week to explain what Messari is up to. “The token-curated registry is a new application for incentivizing the creation and maintenance of high quality decentralized lists.” | learn more
This is really clever! |learn more
Jill Carlson shares a story of credit reporting by shopkeepers in 1800s London. Then, she brings it back to the blockchain: “Credit is an integral part of any mature and functional economic system. So if cryptocurrency is digital cash, what […]
“Ian Balina, a cryptocurrency YouTuber known for his (sponsored) ICO reviews, was apparently hacked out of $2 million during a livestream session.” | learn more
This caught my eye and seems really interesting! Robert Solomon from ConsenSys has an idea for the future: “CONE, short for Collaborative Network Economies, seeks to create the best of both worlds by turning large companies into networks of autonomous […]
Hilarious! Kerry Taylor live-tweeted from this supremely awful event. | learn more
“Analysis done for Business Insider by ICORating found some projects are taking their product roadmaps offline.” | learn more
David Sacks and Josh Stein of Harbor explain their new concept for a Private ICO that’s compliant with US laws. It uses their company’s R-token to enforce trading restrictions and other regulations. Incidentally, David was the founder of Yammer and […]
A reminder that technology is neither good nor bad, but may be used for either purpose. Researchers have discovered child abuse images embedded in the bitcoin blockchain. What does this mean for the legality of running a full node? | learn more