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The Agoric Papers

40 minute read

This paper examines markets as a model for computation and proposes a framework–agoric systems–for applying the power of market mechanisms to the software do...

Down the @TheCryptoconomy Rabbithole

13 minute read

Guy Swan has recorded thousands of hours, reading essential Bitcoin literature. Here’s a linked list of episodes organized by category.

Blockchain and the United Nations

17 minute read

2010, the UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development [CSTD] proposed the introduction of a technology-driven universal currency. A BitMint would...

JW Weatherman Inverviews Timothy C. May

73 minute read

“As a quick introduction: by the mid 80s Tim was already famous for solving something called the alpha particle problem when he was working at Intel and then...

History of Permissioned Ledgers

4 minute read

bureaucracies are so heavily invested in the expertise and importance of local regulations and standards that it’s extremely difficult for them to cut the Go...

Before Bitcoin

8 minute read

Privacy is necessary for an open society in the electronic age. Privacy is not secrecy. A private matter is something one doesn’t want the whole world to kno...

Electronic Cash, Before Bitcoin

8 minute read

Each RPOW or POW token can only be used once but since it gives birth to a new one, it is as though the same token can be handed from person to person.

Cypherpunks and the Crypto Wars

15 minute read

Phil Zimmermann was a key player in this period. The PGP software he authored was considered as munitions by the US government and subject to export licenses...

Bitcoin History

14 minute read

“The first recorded claim of bitcoin’s demise was in 2010, on a little-known blog that found itself posted on a record of ‘bitcoin obituaries’ collected by 9...

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Bitcoin

BitcoiNFo

34 minute read

Bitcoin is a revolutionary system that is quite complex and has a steep learning curve. Below you’ll find curated educational resources and information about...

Down the @TheCryptoconomy Rabbithole

13 minute read

Guy Swan has recorded thousands of hours, reading essential Bitcoin literature. Here’s a linked list of episodes organized by category.

Before Bitcoin

8 minute read

Privacy is necessary for an open society in the electronic age. Privacy is not secrecy. A private matter is something one doesn’t want the whole world to kno...

Electronic Cash, Before Bitcoin

8 minute read

Each RPOW or POW token can only be used once but since it gives birth to a new one, it is as though the same token can be handed from person to person.

Bitcoin History

14 minute read

“The first recorded claim of bitcoin’s demise was in 2010, on a little-known blog that found itself posted on a record of ‘bitcoin obituaries’ collected by 9...

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Cryptography

Object Capabilities (ObCap)

1 minute read

The capability paradigm is about access control, first proposed by Jack Dennis and Earl C. Van Horn in the 1966 paper. When a system (OS or a website) is pre...

Smart Signatures - Christopher Allen

26 minute read

I want to talk about smart signatures, there have been a number of experiments in this area, the most successful is Bitcoin. The first attempt to come up wit...

Using PGP and Cryptocurrency Keysignatures

5 minute read

“It’s personal. It’s private. And it’s no one’s business but yours. You may be planning a political campaign, discussing your taxes, or having a secret roman...

Before Bitcoin

8 minute read

Privacy is necessary for an open society in the electronic age. Privacy is not secrecy. A private matter is something one doesn’t want the whole world to kno...

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Smart Contracts

The Agoric Papers

40 minute read

This paper examines markets as a model for computation and proposes a framework–agoric systems–for applying the power of market mechanisms to the software do...

Object Capabilities (ObCap)

1 minute read

The capability paradigm is about access control, first proposed by Jack Dennis and Earl C. Van Horn in the 1966 paper. When a system (OS or a website) is pre...

Mark Sam Miller

15 minute read

Mark S. Miller is an American computer scientist. He is known for his work as one of the participants in the 1979 hypertext project known as Project Xanadu; ...

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Enterprise

The Libra Blockchain

11 minute read

Everything related to Facebook’s LibraCoin - A simple global currency and financial infrastructure that empowers billions of people.

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Cypherpunk

JW Weatherman Inverviews Timothy C. May

73 minute read

“As a quick introduction: by the mid 80s Tim was already famous for solving something called the alpha particle problem when he was working at Intel and then...

Before Bitcoin

8 minute read

Privacy is necessary for an open society in the electronic age. Privacy is not secrecy. A private matter is something one doesn’t want the whole world to kno...

Cypherpunks and the Crypto Wars

15 minute read

Phil Zimmermann was a key player in this period. The PGP software he authored was considered as munitions by the US government and subject to export licenses...

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Object Capabilities

The Agoric Papers

40 minute read

This paper examines markets as a model for computation and proposes a framework–agoric systems–for applying the power of market mechanisms to the software do...

Object Capabilities (ObCap)

1 minute read

The capability paradigm is about access control, first proposed by Jack Dennis and Earl C. Van Horn in the 1966 paper. When a system (OS or a website) is pre...

Mark Sam Miller

15 minute read

Mark S. Miller is an American computer scientist. He is known for his work as one of the participants in the 1979 hypertext project known as Project Xanadu; ...

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SourceCrypto

SourceCrypto Blog-Feed

1 minute read

I’m now able to appreciate the technical limitation for shaping my categorization process. It makes sense to have 10 or less ways to divide the entire ecosys...

SourceCrypto Research-Index

2 minute read

Source Crypto Discord Chat is a landing pad.. I drop links there on the fly, occasionaly exporting and publishing the channels here. The next step is to syst...

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Literature

The Agoric Papers

40 minute read

This paper examines markets as a model for computation and proposes a framework–agoric systems–for applying the power of market mechanisms to the software do...

Down the @TheCryptoconomy Rabbithole

13 minute read

Guy Swan has recorded thousands of hours, reading essential Bitcoin literature. Here’s a linked list of episodes organized by category.

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Cryptocurrencies

Ethereum Curated

41 minute read

Clearly could use some more organization here… this is basically a staging area until I’m ready to get serious about Ethereum links.

The Libra Blockchain

11 minute read

Everything related to Facebook’s LibraCoin - A simple global currency and financial infrastructure that empowers billions of people.

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Finance

Curating Global Crypto Regulations

85 minute read

Defining smart contracts When contrasting contractual principles, it is clear that where a contract is not required to be in writing (Columbia ...

Curating Blockchain Securities

44 minute read

The term “security” is a fungible, negotiable financial instrument that holds some type of monetary value. It represents an ownership position in a public...

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Analytics

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