Bitcoin is, or Bitcoin is not. But to which side shall we incline? A bet on Bitcoin will yield the greatest outcome for anyone supporting cryptocurrency. Wagering against Bitcoin is an exercise in futility in the scenario where Bitcoin still succeeds or leads to absolute misery in the case that…

Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose. ~Gertrude Stein, Sacred Emily The Code is the Code is the Code is the I want to preface this by saying I personally appreciate all of the experiments being conducted in the space. This is in no way an attack on the projects that will be mentioned, and this is…

Egging Calvin Ayre: Satoshi’s True Vision On April 14th, an Augur market opened with the question of whether or not Calvin Ayre will get egged in the next three months. The market’s resolution source is noted as “General knowledge,” with the market resolving to “yes” should Calvin Ayre get hit by an egg within this timeframe…

Last week, NuCypher released their thoughts on a unique token distribution model called the WorkLock. The aim of the model was to find something that limited speculation as much as possible, kept incentives aligned with the network’s health, works out regulatory uncertainty, and avoids deanonymizing participants by having to implement…

What is a Fair Launch? Fair launches have always been lauded as the holy grail for a cryptocurrency. …

Earlier this month, Kyle Samani from Multicoin Capital published an article describing how layer 1 and 2 protocols capture value, as well as frameworks to apply to each. In summary: On the first layer, the value capture associated with the asset is linked to securing the base protocol from attacks…

Estragon: Perhaps he could dance first and think afterwards, if it isn’t too much to ask him. Vladimir: (to Pozzo). Would that be possible? Pozzo: By all means, nothing simpler. It’s the natural order. He laughs briefly. ~Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Gadot This is the second in a series of…