on the blockchain
Why are dollar-backed stablecoins earning 8% yield?
It’s not a scam. Look upstream, because the ones paying 8% are actually earning even higher rates. | learn more
Tag: blockchain
on the blockchain
Blockchain, the amazon solution for almost nothing
Factually accurate and I think wrong in the most meaningful sense. Sharing anyway! “Blockchain technology is going to change everything: the shipping industry, the financial system, government … in fact, what won’t it change? But enthusiasm for it mainly stems […]
tech, startups, internet
Balaji Srinivasan on The Portal podcast
Balaji is a blockchain guy, having most recently worked as CTO of Coinbase. He also was very early (January) with coronavirus analysis. This covers a lot of ground including how public health plays the role of a utility that we’ve […]
on the blockchain
Civil shuts down
This blockchain company, founded in 2016, had a lofty mission to create more trustworthy journalism. My favorite local news source, Block Club Chicago, runs on Civil’s platform. “Our grand experiment did not achieve its mission, but we did succeed in […]
fun facts
$30 million in cash for a domain name
Last year a blockchain company paid $30 million in cash for Voice.com. This is the most ever paid for a domain, by a lot. Sex.com is in second place at $13 million. | learn more
on the blockchain
Blockchain-native insurer Nexus Mutual pays out
The insurance policies use tokens and are governed by blockchain voting and economics. There was recently a payout due to an attack on bZx. It’s interesting to see this take place with real money rather than crypto-economic theory. | learn more
on the blockchain
What will happen to cryptocurrency in the 2020s
Brian Armstrong also posted this set of predictions. “In short, I think over the next decade we’ll see a blockchain, that is both more scalable and includes privacy features, reach about 1B users by the end of the decade (up […]
on the blockchain
A new exchange that ‘can’t be hacked.’
This is about Nash, which uses state channels (a new-ish development within blockchain). “While decentralized exchanges have existed in the past, a key advantage of using state channels is they allow transfers to happen instantly, meaning users don’t have to […]
on the blockchain
20 blockchain projects with the most developer activity in September 2019
Consensys Media took the time to compile this list from data found on the State of the Dapps site. | learn more
on the blockchain
Lil Miquela & the blockchain dress
“…Synthetic Media … is a new-ish, still-to-be-defined term that covers everything from virtual influencers like L’il Miquela, natural language generative text like talktotransformer, deepfakes, the AI-generated painting that sold at Christies for $432,500, and any other media created purely by […]