on the blockchain

Adoption of Bitcoin’s lightning network.

Unlike the wild swings in crypto token prices, I’m intrigued by the slow and steady increase in adoption of the lightning network. It’s purported to have all the security of the base blockchain with fast and cheap transactions. I wasn’t paying much […]

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Why crypto is a lot different today than in 2017.

Way back then, every project was a concept full of hypothetical revenue earned at the protocol level and accrued to the token holders. Today there are multiple projects that generate protocol revenue. This is still not quite “solid ground” for […]

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Jump Trading no longer wants to be secretive.

“Jump Trading was once called one of Wall Street’s most secretive high-speed trading firms. But now, Jump is going fully public with its crypto operation and wants the community to know it is keen on being a vocal and transparent contributor […]

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The case against Bitcoin

“Peter Thiel’s former portfolio manager says that the crypto narrative is built on half-truths and a nonchalance about the security provided by the nation-state.” | learn more

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Crypto Sci-Hub and the decentralization of science

“Open and publicly accessible research graphs can also have their own network-native crypto incentives. This might create novel funding models for curation, and shift the world of scientific research from a US-government-centered, dollar-funded, institutional model to a decentralized network of […]