Events and activities through November
The past 6 months have seen an evolution of insanity to sanity. Just kidding! One observation I have seen is […]
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Systemically important cryptocurrency networks
[Note: this article was first published at FintechPolicy on November 2, 2018] For self-serving reasons there has been an enormous
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Interview with Ray Dillinger
[Note: the 10th anniversary of the Bitcoin whitepaper is this month. Below is a detailed interview with one of the
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Evolving language: Decentralized Financial Market Infrastructure
[Note: this was originally published at Diar.co] Beginning in late 2014 through early 2015 a small group of startups in
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How much electricity is consumed by Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, Litecoin, and Monero?
I recently created a thread that on Twitter regarding the lower-bound estimates for how much electricity the Bitcoin blockchain consumed
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The GRU
[Note: the content below was originally sent to clients and contacts on a private weekly note from Post Oak Labs
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Cryptocurrency and blockchain-related book reviews
Over the past few years I’ve had the chance to read through and dissect several cryptocurrency and blockchain-related books. Below
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Book Review: Cryptoassets
[Disclaimer: The views expressed below are solely my own and do not necessarily represent the views of my clients. I
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Sufficiently Decentralized HoweyCoins
[Note: this was originally published at Diar.co] SEC Director Hinman gave a public speech about three weeks ago which was
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Events and activities through April
The first several months of the year have been pretty packed with undeserved pomp and circumstance. In general the “cryptocurrency
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Blockchain 2040: the year we burn the last mound of coal
Yesterday I was part of a panel at UC Berkeley where we given a prompt: what will the world look
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Is the Pitato why we can’t have nice things?
[Note: I originally wrote the bulk of this article as an unpublished memo about 18 months ago. I have updated
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Clouds and Chains
This past week I gave a presentation at the Deconomy event in Seoul. Some of the slides are based on
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What were some of the cash flows into the coin market last year?
A few independent reports have trickled in regarding the amount of real money that came into the cryptocurrency market last
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Predictions for 2018
As mentioned in my previous post, below are five thoughts for what could take place in 2018, categorized by degree
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Six bedtime stories from 2017
[Note: I neither own nor have any trading position on any cryptocurrency. I was not compensated by any party to
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External facing appearances for the final months of the year
The past several months have been pretty productive especially in terms of education. For instance, my “Eight Things” article had
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How the CME (un)intentionally weighed in on chain splits
For background, this post assumes you have read some (or ideally all) of the previous posts: Comments on the COIN
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Bitcoin Is Now Just A Ticker Symbol and Stopped Being Permissionless Years Ago
What is FMI? More on that later. But first, let’s talk about Bitcoin. If you aren’t familiar with the Bitcoin
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A note from Bob on the transparency of Tether
[Note: below is a note from a friend, Bob, who is a former attorney turned tech entrepreneur who closely follows
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Who are the administrators of blockchains?
[Note: I neither own nor have any trading position on any cryptocurrency. I was not compensated by any party to
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Eight Things Cryptocurrency Enthusiasts Probably Won’t Tell You
[Note: I neither own nor have any trading position on any cryptocurrency. I was not compensated by any party to
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Which regulators have publicly commented on Initial Coin Offerings?
Below are some of the stated positions of several different regulators around the world regarding ICOs. In chronological order: Brazil’s
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Panels, quotes, cites for the 2nd quarter of 2017
Below are a variety of events I participated in the last several months. Events, panels, and presentations: OneConnection Fintech discussion
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A few other perspectives on cryptocurrencies and ICOs
I received a lot of questions regarding my last post. Over the past month I have read a number of