Oct 2, 2019Welcome to Nile: A Sovereign Bookstore in the Age of DecentralizationWhat would Amazon.com look like if it were created in the image of Bitcoin? This question pushes us to explore how a truly autonomous organization could come to be — and what that might mean for the future. We’ll call our (as-of-yet imaginary) creation “Nile.” Welcome to Humanity’s Sovereign Bookstore. What is Nile? …Blockchain12 min readBlockchain12 min read
Jul 5, 2018Paying to be Bought: A Token Network Acquisition BlueprintA few months ago, we discussed what a token network hostile takeover could look like. Today, let’s tweak the premise and consider how a friendly takeover — an acquisition — could happen. As previously mentioned, these are the early days for token networks interacting with each other. As more and…Blockchain11 min readBlockchain11 min read
Apr 24, 2018Charter Currencies: Designing A Future of Competitive Monetary PolicyToday, your citizenship determines the currency you hold, earn, and spend. As an American, you use the US Dollar; as a German, the Euro; as a Korean, the Won. Our current financial systems are predicated on this assumption, and it has held for several centuries. But now, there’s a glimmer…Bitcoin12 min readBitcoin12 min read
Mar 16, 2018What the First Token Hostile Takeover Could Look LikeWe are at the earliest stages of reckoning how token-based networks interact with each other. Much like corporations, they will begin to compete, merge, acquire, attack, and partner with one another. The dynamics of these interactions will in some cases closely mirror those in the traditional financial world, and in…Ethereum8 min readEthereum8 min read
