Blockchain-based governance systems suck. We were promised world-changing technology, and so far, what we’ve created is pseudo-decentralized token voting where insiders and whales swing votes on their own. BUT — governance design is just in its infancy — and the bear market is the best time to experiment. …

I recently set up an Ethereum Node with my custom-built desktop, and I’ll explain the process I went through. This is an informational document that anyone can understand. When it comes to hardware, I am a hobbyist and therefore I have no choice but to explain it in simple terms…

Today, it is common to believe that Decentralized Finance (DeFi) is just a playground for developers, and it isn’t actually solving any real world problems. However, this is not entirely true. There are some ways that it can already 10x traditional finance today. Capitalism in the West is in a…

A Case Study with Compound Finance — After 4 years it is still unclear what the best use case for smart contracts are. The ICO was a revolutionary shift in fund raising, which drove a massive bull market that peaked in January 2018. The ability to raise funds so easily is still an amazing piece of tech…

At The Graph we’re working to make blockchain data easily accessible, and we love working alongside other teams in the Ethereum community. Compound Finance is an exciting financial protocol, and today they’re announcing the testnet release of Compound V2! We’ve been working side by side and today we’re happy to…

Data analysis of Github development for top blockchains shows very little coding activity — Some of the blockchains that are in the top 20 do not belong there. After analyzing the Github repositories for developmental output in 16 of the top blockchains, it has become clear that some haven’t been working too hard over the last few years. There is very little time for…

There are many blockchain foundations with large financial holdings, in the range of hundreds of millions to billions of dollars. I wrote about some of them here, Blockchain Foundations are relatively new entities, and they are still figuring out how to operate. A recent process they are going through is…

Blockchain projects have long struggled to determine the most effective means of funding their blockchain networks. There is confusion and disagreement not only about the best way to allocate resources, but also about the optimal time to do so. …

Blockchain scaling might be the most important problem being solved in the field today. It will open up opportunities to build commercial scale decentralized applications that compete with their centralized counterparts. …