Book Review: “Easy Money”
I recently finished reading the Kindle version of Easy Money by Ben McKenzie and Jacob Silverman. Simultaneously, I also read […]
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Not all algorithmic stabilization mechanisms are the same
We (the ‘royal we’) have previously discussed various flavors of pegged coins, “stablecoins,” as well as CBDC proposals. This short,
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Book review: The Truth Machine
A friend of mine sent me a copy of The Truth Machine which was published in February 2018. Its co-authors
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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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Book Review: Cryptoassets
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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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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
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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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How newer regtech could be used to help audit cryptocurrency organizations
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Intranets and the Internet
It is early into 2017 and at fintech events we can still hear a variety of analogies used to describe
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A brief history of R3 – the Distributed Ledger Group
What’s in a name? I was at an event last week and someone pulled me aside asked: why do you
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Layer 2 and settlement
Nary a week goes by without having to hear a startup claim their service will have the ability to “settle”
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DLT as FMI in Korea
Yesterday I gave a keynote talk at “The Future of Financial Payment Services Driven by Technology Innovation” organized and hosted
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Non-technical Corda whitepaper released
Earlier today our architecture team released its first public whitepaper on Corda. The WSJ covered it here and here. Consequently
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Code is not law
This past Sunday I gave a new presentation at the Palo Alto Ethereum meetup — it was largely based on
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Archy and Anarchic Chains
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What’s the deal with DAOs?
[Disclaimer: I do not own any cryptocurrencies nor have I participated in any DAO crowdfunding.] This post will look at
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Settlement Risks Involving Public Blockchains
[Note: this article first appeared on Tabb Forum] Over the past several months there has been a crescendo of pronouncements
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What is the difference between Hyperledger and Hyperledger?
I am frequently asked this question because there is some confusion related to the legacy name and the current branding
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Watermarked tokens and pseudonymity on public blockchains
As mentioned a couple weeks ago I have published a new research paper entitled: “Watermarked tokens and pseudonymity on public
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What are a few direct and indirect costs of the “block size debate”?
About six weeks ago I mentioned a dollar figure during a panel at the Consensus event in NYC: $6 million.
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A few results from the first intentional stress test on a communal blockchain
I have covered the issue of increasing the Bitcoin block size a few times in the past: What is the
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Consensus-as-a-service: a brief report on the emergence of permissioned, distributed ledger systems
I have spent the past month compiling research that took place between August and the present day. This was much
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Panel from Blockchain University Demo Day
A couple weeks ago I moderated a panel at Blockchain University, wrapping up the inaugural cohort. Panelists included Atif Nazir