Open blockchain projects are about decentralizing services. For example, Filecoin for storage, Golem for computation, Ethereum for smart…
Open Source Money will BUIDL the Open Source Ecosystem
The blockchain revolution is growing open source
The Decentralized Future Series | Y Combinator
A good method for discovering startup ideas is to look into technological breakthroughs and think about what they unlock that wasn't possible before. In this introductory post, we are going to use this framework to examine Bitcoin.
Money, blockchains, and social scalability
Introduction Blockchains are all the rage. The oldest and biggest blockchain of them all is Bitcoin , which over its eight-year hist...
Bitcoin Open Roadmap
Public roadmap for bitcoin products and initiatives at Block. See what we’re building, what’s next, and how we’re advancing Bitcoin at Block.
The Truth About Blockchain
Contracts, transactions, and records of them provide critical structure in our economic system, but they haven’t kept up with the world’s digital transformation. They’re like rush-hour gridlock trapping a Formula 1 race car. Blockchain promises to solve this problem. The technology behind bitcoin, blockchain is an open, distributed ledger that records transactions safely, permanently, and very efficiently. For instance, while the transfer of a share of stock can now take up to a week, with blockchain it could happen in seconds. Blockchain could slash the cost of transactions and eliminate intermediaries like lawyers and bankers, and that could transform the economy. But, like the adoption of more internet technologies, blockchain’s adoption will require broad coordination and will take years. In this article the authors describe the path that blockchain is likely to follow and explain how firms should think about investments in it.
Decentralization: Worth The Wait — Open Tech Strategies | Blog
Ethan Zuckerman has a piece in Wired that says building decentralization tools is a sucker's bet. He and his coauthors, Chelsea Barabas and Neha Narula, mention the FreedomBox, which I helped lead, as an example of how difficult this stuff is. They point to a list of things that make decentralized efforts prone to failure and conclude:
Centralization vs Decentralization - AVC
Decentralization is one of, if not the most, discussed features of the crypto tech stack. In a decentralized system, no single body controls the system. We have most certainly not reached the era fully decentralized systems, but that is what most of the world-class technologists working in the crypto sector are focused on getting us […]
Cryptoeconomics: Paving the Future of Blockchain Technology | HackerNoon
Page through the articles on <a href="https://hackernoon.com/tagged/blockchain" target="_blank">blockchain</a> today and you will see healthy discussions over its applications and endless debates over the future price action of someone’s favorite cryptocurrency. Yet rarely among all these topics is any mention of the most fascinating notion at the heart of the movement — blockchain as a novel means<strong> to incentivize desired human behavior</strong>.
Crypto, Blockchain and FinTech Industry Insights Blog
Visit Ripple’s Insights blog for the latest articles, news, industry trends, and thought leadership across blockchain, crypto, payments and more.
Blockchain Governance: Programming Our Future
This post describes why blockchain governance design is one of the most important problems out there, its critical components, current…
The ecosystem is moving
Considerations for distributed and decentralized technologies from the perspective of a product that many would like to see decentralize....
Sovereign Tech Fund | Sovereign Tech Agency
With the Sovereign Tech Fund, we invest globally in the open software components that underpin Germany's and Europe's competitiveness and ability to innovate. By targeting core digital infrastructure, our investments scale across many sectors and benefit a broad range of users. Improving the security, stability, and reusability of open software components directly enhances the productivity, competitive edge, and capacity for innovation of startups and small and medium-sized businesses.
Open Source vs. Closed Control: How Switzerland Built Better - ISOC Switzerland Chapter
By Berna Alp and Marianthe Stavridou Introduction As societies undergo rapid digital transformation, public infrastructure is being fundamentally rethought. Money is no exception. While cash is declining across much of the world the question is no longer whether money will become digital, but how. Digital money or digital money transfers are not merely a technical upgrade. It encodes...
GiveTrack™ - The future of philanthropy built upon Bitcoin and Blockchain
How Decentralization Can Win
This is a guest post by Melody He, founder and partner at Spartan Group, a blockchain investment fund and advisory firm in Singapore…
