Hacking Through the Weeds to Find the Crypto Gems
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 […]
If Regulators Don’t Kill it First… REP is an investable token with a sound cryptoeconomic foundation. These positives are mitigated by a disengaged community and above average risk profile due to potential for regulatory scrutiny. Resulting in a token score of 37.5 out of 50. Get the Audit Full Report […]
Summary ChainLink is a project with a clear use case driven by market demand. Supported by a strong team and an engaged community. These positive factors are undermined by opaque distribution and minimal decentralization. Resulting in a token score of 33 out of 50. Get the Audit Full report in […]
Identifying Projects Capable of Building and Sustaining Momentum is Critical to Investor Success Those who launch revolutions … will almost certainly fail to make the leap from good to great. No matter how dramatic the end result, the good-to-great transformations never happened in one fell swoop. There was no single […]
BLOCK Token Audit Score: 36 out of 50 To date, despite impressive technical credentials and product design talents of team, Blocknet has been unable to gain traction with users and external contributors. Future outlook challenging due to competitive marketplace for decentralized and P2P exchange solutions. Real value in teams ability […]
Ever bought a cryptoasset making magic beans look like a sound investment? I have, so to institute some discipline in my altcoin investing process. I’ve developed an audit to help me avoid duplicating past mistakes. Many things can derail promising cryptoasset projects. Minimizing the risk of going to 0 […]
Properly Assessing and Managing these Risks is Critical to Your Success Five components of Risk Management: Code Audit Anti Fragile – gets stronger when stressed Low funding risk (fiat) Attack Risk Regulatory “An idea survives if it is a good risk manager, that is, not only doesn’t harm its holders, […]
Depends on the Breadth and Depth of the Community Supporting it Five components of Engagement: Developer Adoption of Protocol Active commenting Reddit Long lasting ongoing discussions in Slack, Telegram, Discord, etc… Positive Twitter Sentiment Uptrend in Google trends This will be quick. Toss a couple of dollars to Earn.com users and […]
No One Agrees on What It Means. You Should Still Try and Evaluate Its Various Dimensions Anyway. Five components of decentralization: Widespread developer contributions Roadmap for decentralized governance Lack of Concentrated Holders (via Wallets) Would function normally without creators Global Given the uncertainty inherent in cryptoasset investing decentralization is an […]