Quick update of the DAO space involving Mastercoin and Ethereum
A couple of updates: Mastercoin has released a new schedule for its upcoming distributed exchange. Milestones will take place over […]
Ethereum
Bitcoin, Economics, Ethereum, Science & Technology
Casual conversation with Mastercoin, Ethereum and Invictus (Bitshares/Protoshares)
A week ago, Let’s Talk Bitcoin sat down with three developers Charles Hoskinson (Ethereum), David Johnston (Mastercoin) and Daniel Larimer
Bitcoin, China, Science & Technology
Is Bitcoin really a decentralized autonomous organization?
A friend asked me about the interview I did a couple days ago where I mentioned Roger Ver’s influence as
Bitcoin, Economics, Science & Technology
Interview with Vijay Boyapati, co-founder of Dealupa
Last week I interviewed a friend of mine, Vijay Boyapati, about cryptocurrencies and their long-term potential. Vijay worked as a
Bitcoin, Market research, Science & Technology
Outside funding of cryptocurrency and Bitcoin startups
According to CB Insights, VCs spent $74 million across 40 BTC-related deals in 2013, the two largest rounds were Coinbase
Bitcoin
What is an atomic transaction?
I received an email earlier today asking clarification of the term “atomic transaction.” Occasionally you may see this used in
Bitcoin, Science & Technology
Interview with Amos Meiri and Alex Mizrahi of the Colored Coins project
[Note: below are several questions and answers from core developers with the Colored Coins team. I previously posted answers from
Bitcoin, China, Economics, Ethereum, Science & Technology
Interview covering China, smart contracts and trustless asset management
Earlier today I was interviewed by Donald McIntyre at Newfination. We discussed a number of topics related to cryptocurrencies and
China, Economics
No, there is no (coming) collapse of China’s interbank system
Last week I spoke with Mark DeWeaver (video) and we touched on a number of issues related to China’s financial
Bitcoin, Ethereum
Ethereum and vunerabilities of Turing-complete progamming languages
There have been several Reddit threads and bitcointalk forum posts the past couple days regarding integrating a Turing-complete programming language
Bitcoin
Charlie Lee on Litecoin: “People like choices”
This past weekend there was a large Bitcoin conference held in Miami that attracted many of the major crypto developers,
Economics, Ethereum, Science & Technology
Mike Hearn discusses autonomous agents at Turing Festival 2013
Decentralized autonomous organizations (DAO), sometimes called decentralized autonomous corporations or autonomous agents have become a hot new topic both in
Bitcoin, China, Economics, Market research, Science & Technology
Interview with Mark DeWeaver, co-founder of Quantrarian Capital Management
Earlier today I had the opportunity to interview a friend, Mark DeWeaver. Mark is the author of Animal Spirits with
Bitcoin, Economics
Can Robert Wenzel Defeat the Encryption Used by Cryptocurrencies?
Short answer, no. 1 Back to that in a moment. I am not sure who is doing the vetting process
Bitcoin
Q&A with Meni Rosefeld of Colored Coins
I had an email exchange with Meni Rosefeld who is on the core dev team for Colored Coins. Below are
Bitcoin, Ethereum
Ethereum’s potential: a cursory look
If you haven’t done so yet, I highly recommend reading Vitalik Buterin’s overview of Ethereum published earlier today. It is
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Ethereum: An all-in-one cryptoledger smart property turnkey solution
CoinDesk published a new story about a start-up called Ethereum which is launching in a week. This project will include
Bitcoin, Economics, Science & Technology
What are smart property and smart contracts?
I have received a number of calls and emails regarding the concept behind smart property and smart contracts which have
Bitcoin, Economics, Science & Technology
12 Step Guide: Easiest and fastest way to start mining Scrypt-based tokens for Litecoin and Dogecoin
This past year I have received a lot of emails asking me about how to mine a cryptocurrency. There are
Bitcoin, Economics, Science & Technology
Interview with David Johnston, co-founder of BitAngels
On Monday I sat down and had a casual interview with David Johnston. He is a co-founder and managing director
Bitcoin
Building Smart Property Applications: Colored Coins and Mastercoin
[Note: below is my recent article published on CoinDesk.] Cryptoledgers such as those utilized in cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Litecoin
Bitcoin, China
SilverFish, a Chinese Scrypt-based ASIC mining company, has vapor-like attributes
[Note: This is a slightly updated version of a post I made on reddit yesterday] A new ASIC service/product just hit
Bitcoin, Economics
Smart Property in the news: Counterparty.co
A new project that utilizes a cryptoledger to create decentralized, distributed trustless asset management has been making the rounds: Counterparty.co
Science & Technology
Evolution of the cloud
Spent several days earlier this week with some brilliant software engineers who not only were domain experts but were very
Science & Technology
OpenStack: Reflecting on the FOSS paradigm in a post-Snowden world
This past week I attended a business meeting in Houston involving several leading Perl developers. During one segment of the