Hacking Through the Weeds to Find the Crypto Gems
Bitcoin: A Novel Economic Institution By Yassine Elmandjra P. 5 financial systems founded on a trust-based model fail to provide predictable economic assurances. If one transaction can be censored and controlled, can’t all transactions be censored and controlled? Can’t the powers-that-be deprive participants of the ability to exchange value globally […]
By Craig Warmke Download the Paper here P.7 An analogy may help. Suppose you deposit $1 from your friend and $1 from your sibling in your previously empty savings account. Asking which bitcoin in A4 came from A1 and which came from A2 is like asking which of the two […]
https://www.bis.org/publ/bppdf/bispap107.pdf p. 1 – Our survey shows that central banks are undertaking extensive work on central bank digital currencies. Globally, emerging market economies are moving from conceptual research to intensive practical development, driven by stronger motivations than those of advanced economy central banks. Central banks representing a fifth of the […]
Question Is, Does Anyone Actually Need This? Summary Interesting project with challenges identifying protocol market fit and opaqueness on were company ends and project begins. Resulting in a token score of 28 out of 50. Check out the Audit Full Report in PDF Overview of the Crypto Jungle methodology used to conduct […]
Understanding Bitcoin’s Potential Impact on the World’s Monetary Systems The premise of the Bitcoin Standard is bitcoin will replace central banks as the foundation of the World’s monetary system because of its limited supply, portability, and security. Even if you don’t agree with this premise. Many lessons are there to […]
By Saifedean Ammous Yellow highlight | Location: 416 Bitcoin can be best understood as distributed software that allows for transfer of value using a currency protected from unexpected inflation without relying on trusted third parties. In other words, Bitcoin automates the functions of a modern central bank and makes them […]
Summary Investable, worthwhile project with the foundation needed to scale. Traction absent to date. Leading to low scores on various dimensions driven by the fact the network hasn’t been stress tested with a large volume of usage yet. Resulting in a token score of 36 out of 50. Check out […]
Should Consider Decred… Outstanding cryptoasset project with minor concerns regarding distribution and risk management. Uniquely combines proof of work and proof of stake to secure its network. While experimenting with decentralized governance via the recently implemented Politeia. Get the Audit Full Report in PDF Overview of the process Crypto Jungle […]
And How To Use Them to Evaluate Cryptoassets Many domains can benefit from the insights articulated in Zero to One. The book that evolved out of Blake Master’s participation in a class Peter Thiel taught at Stanford. I recently revisited the book to see if there were any lessons to […]
Zero to One evolved out of the notes Blake Master’s took while taking Peter Thiel’s class at Stanford. My notes below reference the page numbers from the book. The original source material from Blake’s web site is an excellent resource and I’d recommend reading it if you can. Check out this […]