Unknown 11:28 PM Add Comment BitShares, Crypto 2.0, Delegated Proof of Stake, incentives, Proof of Stake BitShares - probably the first self-sustaining DAO For over a year, the Bitcoin world has been intrigued with the concept of Decentralized Autonomous Organizations - quasi-corporations follo... Read More
Unknown 11:45 PM 12 Comments Attacks, Bitcoin, BitShares, Consensus, CounterParty, Crypto 2.0, Ethereum, Mastercoin, mining, Omni, Ripple Mining versus Consensus algorithms in Crypto 2.0 systems Recently, I had the pleasure of talking with David Schwartz , Chief Cryptographer at Ripple Labs about a topic that I haven't heard cov... Read More
Unknown 4:37 AM 1 Comment BitShares, Comparison, Crypto 2.0, IOU, Ripple BitUSD vs USD IOUs Last Thursday at Decentral Vancouver we were discussing BitShares and BitUSD with Max Wright (I recommend his BitShares 101 series of vid... Read More
Unknown 12:28 AM 2 Comments BitShares, BitUSD, Crypto 2.0, derivatives Inert versus volatile currencies - pondering an attack on BitUSD When thinking about a currency on a simple exchange as a fairly inert object. You can throw money at the market, swing it up or down, but wi... Read More
Unknown 9:47 AM Add Comment 51% attack, BitShares, Proof of Stake, Proof of Work Proof of Stake lacks a fail-safe I've discussed my various doubts about the delegated Proof of Stake a few moths back. Thinking about it some more recently, I have one ... Read More