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KYC. No, Thanks
KYC was sold as a way to stop criminals. In practice it excludes the unbanked, leaks personal data on dark web markets, and surveils everyone else.
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Every blog post that took off on Hacker News, ranked by the votes of its best submission. 362 posts.
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Non-official MtGox investigation update and preliminary release
The official blog of WizSec, a group of bitcoin security specialists, and their investigation into MtGox.
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Expanding access to the future of work with crypto payouts
Stripe now reaches a majority of the globe: 4.4 billion people in more than 110 countries can receive funds in local currencies or crypto.
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Brave Wallet: a secure crypto wallet, built natively in a web3 browser
Brave Wallet is a secure crypto wallet, built right into the Brave privacy browser. No extension required.
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A Primer Through Golem
A primer and very high-level overview on what Golem Network is and what it can do.
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Accelerating zk-SNARKs - MSM and NTT algorithms on FPGAs with Hardcaml
In 2022 a consortium of companies ran an international competition, called the ZPrize, to advance the state of the art in “zero-knowledge” cryptography. We d...
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A $100k Prize for a Decentralized Inflation Dashboard
Build a censorship-resistant inflation dashboard. If we pick your project, we'll fund it with $100k.
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Blockchain and the Law: The Rule of Code
Blockchain technology is ultimately a dual-edge technology that can be used to either support or supplant the law. This talk looks at the impact of blockchain technology of a variety of fields (finance, contracts, organizations, etc.), and the benefits and drawbacks of blockchain-based systems.
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EFF now accepting Bitcoin again
Today, we’re happy to announce that we will be accepting Bitcoin donations through our website. You can use them to make one-time donations, set up monthly donations or get an EFF membership (which includes awesome membership swag like EFF hats and digital freedom t-shirts).While we are accepting...
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DAO votes to join Blender Development Fund as Patron member
Decentraland joins the Blender Development Fund for a period of two years, as Patron Member.
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Crypto Capture of Foreign Aid
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, and business professionals.
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Introducing Stellar: a decentralized protocol for sending and receiving money
Stellar is a decentralized protocol for sending and receiving money in any pair of currencies. This means users can, for ...
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Spiral’s Homomorphic Encryption – Is This the Future of Privacy?
Find out how homomorphic encryption works and why it could be the future of (crypto) data privacy
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Shelling Out: The Origins of Money (2002)
By Nick Szabo, 2002
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Ethereum Energy Consumption
The basic information you need to understand Ethereum's energy consumption.
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Proof of Stake: How I Learned to Love Weak Subjectivity
<p>Proof of stake continues to be one of the most controversial discussions in the cryptocurrency space. Although the idea has many undeniable benefits,...