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We were inspired by apps like WeChat that are driving a large volume of digital payments in China. We wanted to build something for the rest of the world that works on open protocols. Token isâŚ
Initial public offerings are yesterdayâs news. Who would want to buy a share of a company thatâs wildly unprofitable and whose days of racy growth may be behind it?
âThe Mystery, Company, and Fellowship of Meme Adventurers for the Discovery of Blockchains, Dominions, Hashtags, and Pepes Unknownâ The design space of crypto-economics is incredibly broad. WeâŚ
No discussion of blockchain or crytpo-currencies should begin without mention of David Chaumâs Untraceable Electronic Cash and Blind Signatures for Untraceable Payments.
These are some of the most interesting blockchain and crypto-currency documents and reports that I have come across. Note: These are in chronological order (oldest to newest).
Blockchain technology was announced through the paper titled âBitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash Systemâ by Satoshi Nakamoto in 2008. Interestingly, this paper does not specifically use the word âblockchain.â
Blockchain for Social Good, a new pilot by ConsenSys that is dedicated to leveraging the Ethereum blockchain to solve the worldâs most pressing social and environmental problems, launched its inaugural meetup event on Monday, April 10th, at Rise New York with a full house of enthusiastic participants.
Mankind has been inventing new ways to organize and govern since we showed up on planet earth. Our history is a gradual evolution of these organization and governance systems. Much of what we are using right now was invented in ancient Greece and perfected in western Europe in the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries.
Fred Wilson posted the other day on his blog about General Georges Doriot, reminding us that Doriot was credited to be the âfather of modern venture capitalâ. Georges Doriotâs story is told in theâŚ
Bitcoin might be synonymous with libertarians and crypto-geeks, but it could help make the financial system more stable and more accessible for some of the poorest people in the U.S., according to a leading economist.
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