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STARKs, Part I: Proofs with Polynomials

Special thanks to Eli Ben-Sasson for ongoing help, explanations and review, coming up with some of the examples used in this post, and most crucially of all inventing a lot of this stuff; thanks to Hsiao-wei Wang for reviewing Hopefully many people by now have heard of ZK-SNARKs, the general-purpose succinct zero knowledge proof technology that can be used for all sorts of usecases ranging from verifiable computation to privacy-preserving cryptocurrency. дальше »

2018-7-21 23:03


Notes on Blockchain Governance

In which I argue that “tightly coupled” on-chain voting is overrated, the status quo of “informal governance” as practiced by Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, Zcash and similar systems is much less bad than commonly thought, that people who think that the purpose of blockchains is to completely expunge soft mushy human intuitions and feelings in favor of completely algorithmic governance (emphasis on “completely”) are absolutely crazy, and loosely coupled voting as done by Carbonvotes and similar systems is underrated, as well as describe what framework should be used when thinking about blockchain governance in the first place. дальше »

2018-7-21 23:03


Coinbase Custody Service Secures Major Institutional Investor Worth $20 Billion

Earlier this month, the popular cryptocurrency exchange known as Coinbase, announced a new digital asset storage service for institutional investors and high net individuals. This new service by the exchange was given the name of Coinbase Custody and the announcement was made via the exchange’s twitter page as well as its official blog. дальше »

2018-7-20 19:09


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Charlie Lee – “Buy A Whole Bitcoin Before You Buy Altcoins”

When you’ve been in the industry as long as Charlie Lee, it isn’t uncommon for them to start giving out advice to newcomers in the industry. The creator of Litecoin has recently advised to newcomers that you should invest heavily in Bitcoin and Ethereum before you go head first into any altcoins, but what’s strange is that he’s given himself the same advice. дальше »

2018-7-18 15:00


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Coinbase Security License Unlikely To Help XRP Get Listed Soon

The big news of the day is that Coinbase has been given the green light and is now a licensed as a security broker and is no longer your general cryptocurrency. The U. S Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has given Coinbase the go ahead to list digital coins which are considered to be a security. дальше »

2018-7-17 15:00


A chain is only as strong as its weakest link, and in a blockchain that link lies in the form of its founders.

The greatest challenge that new blockchains must solve isn’t speed or scaling – it’s governance. Nobody Else Has Either Governance: Easy to Define, Hard to Achieve There wasn’t much thought given to on-chain governance when bitcoin was created; Satoshi was too busy reinventing the wheel on several other fronts. Dash first popularized the concept of дальше »

2018-7-16 10:34


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Governance is the biggest problems blockchains must solve

The greatest challenge that new blockchains must solve isn’t speed or scaling – it’s governance. Nobody Else Has Either Governance: Easy to Define, Hard to Achieve There wasn’t much thought given to on-chain governance when bitcoin was created; Satoshi was too busy reinventing the wheel on several other fronts. Dash first popularized the concept of дальше »

2018-7-16 07:31


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In Upstate New York, Crypto Miners have approved New Power Rates

A municipal utility provider in New York got the green light from state regulators to create a new set of electricity rates for cryptocurrency miners. While primarily an administrative move, it’s a potentially significant development for cryptocurrency miners hoping to tap the hydroelectrical resources located in New York. However, given the abundance of low-cost electricity дальше »

2018-7-13 03:13