on the blockchain

The rise of crypto’s billion dollar zombies.

This Forbes article takes an aggressive stance on the value of many blockchains. “With bitcoin soaring once again, blockchains are suddenly much more valuable. More than 50 of them are now worth over $1 billion—despite many having few users.” Yet, […]

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Scaling reads and writes.

“Most of the discourse to date around scaling blockchains is about writes. This is often measured as transactions per second (TPS). For example, Ethereum supports 15-30 TPS, Binance Smart Chain supports up to 160 TPS, and Solana supports up to […]

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How criminals moved billions in 2019

“Thanks to the inherent transparency of blockchains, we can look at cryptocurrency’s money laundering ecosystem from a high level, and draw insights that aren’t possible when studying money laundering in the traditional fiat currency world.” | learn more

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ETH2 for dummies

“ETH2 is the next generation of Ethereum, and even calling it Ethereum is a bit of a misnomer — it’s an entirely different project, with a new zero-to-one paradigm for how blockchains can operate at scale.” | learn more

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New coin to work on many blockchains. 

Jeff Garzik, one of the bitcoin core developers, is releasing a new coin called Metronome that’s supposed to have the ability to jump between blockchains. “For example, coins that are used for applications on the Ethereum blockchain will be able […]