Matt_WarreninFosterousHow to Calculate Bitcoin’s Future Energy UseThere’s some misunderstanding around how the electricity use of Bitcoin is calculated and that creates a lot of misinformation about it’s…Oct 30, 2018Oct 30, 2018
Matt_WarreninFosterousBitcoin’s Big ProblemThere is a problem that is getting overlooked in the grand visions of a crypto-currency fuelled future of peer-to-peer payments. One that…Oct 2, 2018Oct 2, 2018
Matt_WarreninFosterousA Distributed Alternative to Basic IncomeBy now, we are all familiar with the concept of Basic Income. The need for a basic income is borne out of an inability to imagine a future…Sep 12, 2018Sep 12, 2018
Matt_WarreninFosterousBitcoin’s Electricity use is Not a ProblemAs someone who cares deeply about climate change and efficiency, the fact that so much energy is being spent mining for bitcoin and other…Aug 20, 2018Aug 20, 2018
Matt_WarreninFosterousOpen Source Funding BlockchainBlockchains are the becoming relevant in the world of finance and spreading into many more areas as the core ideas get expanded upon. The…Oct 8, 2017Oct 8, 2017
Matt_WarreninFosterousYou Probably Haven’t Given Enough To Open Source This YearThe world runs on open source software built and maintained by volunteers. The body of work given away as free software represents billions…Jul 8, 2017Jul 8, 2017
Matt_WarreninFosterousFunded Free SoftwareFree and Open Source Software is the foundation that powers everything on the internet. The robustness of this software is critical to the…Jun 28, 2017Jun 28, 2017
Matt_WarreninFosterousCreating InnovationAlan Kay is a computer scientist and polymath best known for his work at Xerox PARC. I recently watched an inspiring talk he gave for…Jun 10, 2017Jun 10, 2017
Matt_WarreninFosterousSustainable Open SourceFrom talking to many people over the last few months about Open Source (who are not software developers) it was surprising just how few…Jun 2, 2017Jun 2, 2017
Matt_WarreninFosterousDeveloper BurnoutAnyone who writes software for the love of it knows, or will eventually know, burnout. Writing code is mentally taxing work. Fun work but…May 24, 2017May 24, 2017
