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edwardthomson (52)in #liechtenstein • 6 years ago
Review of a meetup in Crypto Valley v1.2 — Vaduz, Liechtenstein
tl;dr : I attended a meetup in Vaduz and was surprised by the youthful audience of the up-and-coming Crypto Valley v1.2. Also, ‘when binance’ has happened. Read on! The…
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edwardthomson (52)in #banking • 6 years ago
Business banking for blockchain organisations
tl;dr : Getting a business bank account for a blockchain organisation anywhere in the world is particularly hard, even in Switzerland. For now, the only possibility is to bank…
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edwardthomson (52)in #blockchain • 6 years ago
Jobs in blockchain: how I got in and how you can too
tl;dr : This is the short version of the story of how I ended up working at the Web3 Foundation in Zug, Switzerland (aka Crypto Valley). It could be alternatively…
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edwardthomson (52)in #cryptovalley • 6 years ago
Moving to Crypto Valley
Tl;dr : I recently moved to Zug, Switzerland and started to work in the blockchain industry. I wanted to share my list of things you need to do in order to settle here. I’ve…
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edwardthomson (52)in #travel • 6 years ago
San Marino - my travel to a budding blockchain nation
tl;dr : overall a fun place to visit, good weather, cheap eats, but a lot of work needed to become a blockchain nation. Last week (Apr 24th) there was an announcement that…
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protegeaa (61)in #ethereum • 6 years ago
FOAM: Bridging Ethereum to the Real World
FOAM is a startup on Ethereum that is comprised of three elements:, Crypto Spatial Coordinates (CSCs), the Proof of Location Protocol, and The Spatial Index. Each of these…
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themarkymark (80)in #steemit • 6 years ago
Steemit creates accounts for scammers... and nobody else?
What is wrong with account creation? A day doesn't go by I don't hear a complaint about how slow it is to create a new account via the Steemit account creation process. An…
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edwardthomson (52)in #governance • 6 years ago
Concerning power asymmetries and governance structures
tl;dr: Skin in the Game is the alignment incentives and risk. Recently I have been reading Nassim Taleb 's latest book (Skin in the Game) and I am stuck by how many…
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edwardthomson (52)in #security • 6 years ago
How secure are large-scale mining and validation facilities?
tl;dr : I don't know, but I suspect their processes are immature so security is sub-optimal. I also suspect that they will require guidance on how to secure their operations.…
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edwardthomson (52)in #scaling • 6 years ago
ScalingNOW! Barcelona Gathering
The Web 3 Foundation is collaborating with Giveth to organize a workshop for dev teams working on immediate scaling solutions (within the next 3-6 months). March…
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edwardthomson (52)in #security • 6 years ago
Protecting against replay attacks in inter-operating and multi-blockchain environments
tl;dr: I suggest that blockchains still suffer from a strange replay attack and consider how this affects next-generation environments. I also offer a possible solution.…
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edwardthomson (52)in #education • 6 years ago
Basic attacks on communication protocols – replay and reflection attacks
tl;dr: will review the basic concepts of replay and reflection attacks. Those with familiarity of blockchain forks will have no doubt heard of “replay attacks”. This is where…
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edwardthomson (52)in #education • 6 years ago
Learning to code a blockchain
tl;dr: learn to code a tiny blockchain I’ve pulled together some good resources from around the web to show you how to code a basic blockchain using only a few lines of…
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edwardthomson (52)in #education • 6 years ago
Learning to code by writing games
tl:dr: learn coding by learning how to write games. I’ve found that one of the best ways to teach yourself coding is to learn how to code games. One of the benefits is that…
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edwardthomson (52)in #video • 6 years ago
Which is better for audience engagement: video or text?
tl;dr : I'm learning towards video despite the fact that most of my output has been text based. I’ve been somewhat reluctant to admit to myself that video is a better way to…
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edwardthomson (52)in #bitcoin • 6 years ago
I should know better than to speculate on the price of cryptocurrencies....
I should know better than to speculate in the price of anything. Not so long ago I wrote a post that suggested price of Ether would cut half, stay low for a while, and then…
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edwardthomson (52)in #pos • 6 years ago
Vector bonds: dynamic consensual liquidity in DPoS blockchains
tl;dr : bonds in PoS blockchain which have dynamic liquidity and payout. The idea for this post was inspired by a comment in the Polkadot whitepaper (PDF) . As you will…
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edwardthomson (52)in #zcash • 6 years ago
Recent research and findings in anonymous transactions
This past week I came across two interesting developments about Zcash which I thought were worth writing about. I like the direction that the Zcash team are going, but I think…
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edwardthomson (52)in #blockchain • 6 years ago
Europe is well-positioned to play a key role in crypto space
An interesting piece of research was recently published with some stats highlighting the strengths of the European tech sector. Two key areas of dominance, according to the…
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edwardthomson (52)in #learning • 6 years ago
Learning about blockchain
tl;dr : I have created a useful list of links for improving a technical understanding of blockchain technology. A structured list of technical links There are many good…
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