We are currently facing one of the largest healthcare crises in modern history — and it’s far from over. The hunt for cures and vaccines for COVID-19 is forcing scientists, governments and the public at large to rethink our current biopharma innovation models. They’re too slow, too expensive and risky…

We’ve spent the past year developing Molecule, a software protocol that will provide a new distributed ownership structure for drug development. It will unite researchers, biotechs, investors and patients in public marketplaces that democratize research capital allocation and create novel collaboration and data sharing incentives. Our ultimate goal is to…

Towards an Open Market for Pharmaceutical Innovation: Announcing Molecule Protocol. — At the age of 12, I first learnt that close relatives of mine were taking prescription medication for mental illness. As an adolescent, the concept of medicating the mind seemed strange, and both worried and fascinated me. But these treatments brought more trouble than good for the people closest to…

Mapping Design Space, Parameters and Use Cases of Bonding Curves 🎼 As a crucial subset of curation markets, token bonding curves have gained popularity as a fascinating new cryptoeconomic design mechanism. They can enable price discovery and autonomous markets for pretty much anything. Several live implementations already exist on main-net…

Exploring A Universal Distribution of IP via NFTs + Curation Markets — This article explores the practical use of token bonding curves and curation markets to fund, curate and distribute ownership of intellectual property. In short, Token Curated Intellectual Property. The goal of the proposed design mechanism is to distribute risk, reward and ownership of intellectual assets and enable market participants to…

We recently announced our cooperation with the Swiss City of Zug and local development partner ti&m to introduce the world’s first live implementation of a self-sovereign government issued identity on Ethereum. Thus far, more than 50 citizens in Zug have successfully verified their uPort identity in person with the City…

A core strategy and focus of our team has been to provide an accessible decentralized identity platform for end users, but also just as important is to be a foundational tool for Ethereum applications and developers. From our uPort Connect libraries to our developer guides, we strive to make integrating…

For the past 9 months I’ve worked with Project Amply, a startup that is building a digital identity and subsidy management system on the Ethereum blockchain for pre-schools in South Africa. During that time we’ve made amazing progress, going through an alpha launch where we registered over 2000 children on…

The Polkadot Paper gained much attention in November last year by introducing the concept of parachains. Many haven’t had a chance to properly review it yet and I thought it would be time for a brief guide and TL;DR. I also outline a few thoughts on why research on interoperability…