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...

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...

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...

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...

Much ado about nothing - pondering 21Inc

In the last few months a lot of people have been talking about the "mysterious 21 Inc " - a Bitcoin startup that raised $116M in r...

Digital identities and the blockchain

In the recent years there have been a few attempts at creating digital identities using cryptography and the blockchain. We had BitID using...

LOS MEJORES FAUCETS PARA CONSEGUIR BITCOINS GRATIS - CREA TU PROPIO GRIFO- bitcoinbcn

En el primero de los tres artículos dedicados a ganar tres bitcoins en un mes sin invertir ni un euro  expliqué lo que son los faucets o gri...

Non-fungible currencies - gold bars and art

Fungibility  is one of the desired properties of money. You want every unit of money to be worth exactly its face value and be interchangeab...

PORQUÉ NO PUEDES HACER TRADING CON FUTUROS BITCOIN SIN SISTEMA - LAS TRAMPAS DEL MERCADO- bitcoinbcn

El funcionamiento de todos los mercados de valores es similar en cuanto a que funcionan a base de que la gente invierta en ellos y unos pued...

On FinCEN fines and regulations - the fate of token IPOs

Yesterday the news about Ripple Labs being fined by FinCEN  for their sale of XRP without an MSB license  came out. While some have rejoice...

UN EXCELENTE SISTEMA DE TRADING CON FUTUROS BITCOIN EN OKCOIN- bitcoinbcn

Ya llevo unos cuantos artículos hablando de operar con futuros Bitcoin. En el tercer  tutorial  de como ganar tres bitcoins comenté un sist...

Time banking - economics of sharing economy - pondering Time Republik

Recently at Decentral Vancouver  we had a visit from folks from Time Republik , a time banking platform for a sharing economy. We discussed ...