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Crypto Tokens: A Breakthrough in Open Network Design
It is a wonderful accident of history that the internet and web were created as open platforms that anyone — users, developers…
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Crypto & Blockchain
The most popular blog posts about crypto & blockchain on Hacker News. 126 posts.
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How I snatched 153k Ether after a bad Tinder date
Over the weekend, I did a lot of swiping right. I’ve never had a Tinder go this fast from match to agreeing on a date time this fast…
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Bitcoin, Ethereum, Blockchain, Tokens, ICOs: Why Should Anyone Care?
The Crypto market is gaining lots of steam. Gravity-defying price rallies…
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Coco: Framework for enterprise blockchain networks
Microsoft is committed to bringing blockchain to the enterprise—and is working with customers, partners, and the blockchain community to continue advancing its enterprise readiness.
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Byzantium Hard Fork Announcement
The Ethereum network will be undergoing a planned hard fork at <strong>block number 4.37mil (4,370,000)</strong>, which will likely occur between 12:00 UTC and...
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IPFS, CoinList, and the Filecoin ICO [audio]
Today's episode is with Dalton Caldwell, who's a partner at YC, and Juan Benet, who's the founder of Protocol Labs, a YC company that's working on IPFS, Filecoin, and CoinList.
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Ethereum Adoption of Zk-SNARK Technology
The Ethereum Metropolis (Byzantium) upgrade adds a new cryptographic tool (zk-SNARKs) that was pioneered by Zcash. The addition of zk-SNARK technology into Ethereum is another validation…
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The China ICO Ban
Regulators in China imposed a blanket ban on ICOs over the long weekend. A number of people have reached out to me via email and Twitter asking me what I think about this. I think regulation of ICOs is inevitable and a good thing if done right (ie lightly). The SEC’s comments on ICOs back […]
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Zerocoin implementation bug
Firo is a digital currency with a focus on setting privacy standards.
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MIT Media Lab's concerns about the cryptocurrency IOTA
On Friday, MIT Technology Review published an article on the cryptocurrency IOTA. However, we at the Media Lab have issues with the story
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Bitcoin study: Period of exclusivity encourages early adopters
Bitcoin experiment at MIT, conducted by MIT Sloan School of Management professors Christian Catalini and Catherine Tucker, shows delaying access for tech-savvy early adopters, effectively stripping them of their exclusive status, can stifle the spread of new products.
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Blockchains Considered Harmful: Is Brute-Force Processing Replacing Good Design?
Emerging cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin and Ethereum have reached market capitalizations in the billions of U.S. dollars and transactions volumes in the hundreds of millions of U.S. dollars per …
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Zero-knowledge proofs, Zcash, and Ethereum
Part 3 of a series on “Privacy on the Blockchain”.
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Coinlist
Some interesting developments that we have been working on came public yesterday. Protocol Labs, a company that builds blockchain-based protocols laid out its ambitious roadmap and finally got around to announcing the seed investment USV and others made in it last year. My partner Brad Burnham wrote a blog post on…
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Cryptographic vulnerabilities in IOTA
Last month, Ethan Heilman, Tadge Dryja, Madars Virza, and I took a look at IOTA, currently the 8th largest cryptocurrency with a $1.9B…