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Ethereum and Bitcoin
The media seems to relish headlines proclaiming the triumph of a bitcoin rival. And it’s not surprising. Ever since the origins of theatre in ancient Greece we have been fascinated by the inevitable...
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Blockchain electricity
I’ve been doing some research recently into the role that blockchains could play in the management of supply chains. The fit seems obvious (one chain on top of another… geddit?), but it’s actually...
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The DAO: Investments Meet the Invisible Hand
A new way of running an investment fund So, this is new. Or is it? The concept of a distributed autonomous organization (a DAO) has been talked about ever since bitcoin enabled rudimentary smart...
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Hello, DAO? I have some questions.
by Gabriel Garcia Marengo for Unsplash I’ve been trying to get a handle on the concept of The DAO (and all DAOs in general), and I have a ton of questions. So I’m going to throw them out there, because...
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Hard fork confusion and unexpected twists
So, the Ethereum hard fork happened. And then things got confusing. So I rolled up my sleeves, opened something like 24 tabs on Google Chrome, and furrowed my brow in concentration. Almost a week...
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What is the difference between an algorithm and a protocol, and why does it...
This is a deep dive into supremely nerdy territory, but being a stickler for detail, I think it’s worth clarifying: algorithms and protocols are not the same thing. And in the bitcoin-blockchain world,...
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What is Ethereum’s difficulty bomb?
With an alarming name for a relatively straightforward workaround (although in blockchain land, even straightforward things aren’t really), the “difficulty bomb” is an ingenious way to get all Ethereum...
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