Dec 11, 2022Risk! IT’S NOT JUST A GAME…TLDR: We have seen recently through centralized exchanges such as Celsius and FTX the negative affects that occur with the lack of risk analysis. We can not afford to make the same mistake when it comes to managing the Community Shimmer & IOTA Treasuries. …Governance10 min readGovernance10 min read
Dec 1, 2021IOTA, why I think they have crossed the chasm, we will see a PAMP with the coming announcement, and proof they have reinvented themselves! This is the new IOTA Foundation and new IOTA Token.TLDR: There is a pump coming. IOTA and the IOTA Foundation is not the same that it was before mid-2020. We are seeing a totally new token, a new Foundation, most importantly a new team! Here are my thoughts on why we will see a huge Pump and potentially nice…Iota10 min readIota10 min read
Jun 13, 2021IOTA — To Burn or To BuildAn attempted summary of where the community is at regarding the upcoming Treasury Fund vote. Given the current situation, I think it is important for as many of us within the community to communicate about how the active discussions are moving forward regarding the IOTA Community Treasury. Primarily as well…Iota11 min readIota11 min read
Published inCoinmonks·Jul 3, 2019Part VI — AiGarth… A Distributed Artificial IntelligencePreface: From this point forward things haven’t become fully public. Such as, what exactly is AiGarth and how will it interact with IOTA and the Tangle. Or, how do the foundational layers of IOTA, the Tangle, and Qubic start tying together in which they create an ecosystem for the world’s…Artificial Intelligence17 min readArtificial Intelligence17 min read
Published inCoinmonks·Jun 22, 2019Part V — But What About The Computational Resource? The Natural Gas To Oil In The Digital Realm!When oil, one of the resources that initiated the industrial revolution was discovered, a by-product was also found when drilling. Along with Oil, natural gas was located in the bedrock reservoirs and found to be useless in the beginning. …Internet Of Things15 min readInternet Of Things15 min read
Published inCoinmonks·Jun 19, 2019Member-onlyPart IV — The Qubic Network!Preface — Personally, I still don’t think anyone fully knows what exactly the Qubic Network will look like, or what kind of applications will be built on top of the final version. Part of that is simply because it is a new paradigm in which we must shift our minds…Blockchain21 min readBlockchain21 min read
Published inGood Audience·Jun 17, 2019Part III — Does the Internet of Things Need To Be Feeless? Does the Internet of Things Need to Be Open Source?A Distributed Secure Protocol is the Answer… But Do We Need Fees? As we discussed before in Part I & Part II, data is going to be the resource of the future, and connected devices will be the the mechanism in which data is collected. After diving into IoT we understand that there is a high need for a secure standard messaging…Blockchain13 min readBlockchain13 min read
Jun 16, 2019Part II — The Internet of Things and the Solution to Centralization…Is The Internet of Things and Centralization a Security Weakness? As discussed in ‘Part I — So What is The Internet of Things?’ an alarming 84% of companies have stated that they have had security breaches related to the Internet of Things. The need is present and without a doubt important for IoT to have a protocol in which the…Blockchain11 min readBlockchain11 min read
Published inCoinmonks·Jun 16, 2019Part I — So What is The Internet of Things?The Seed Was Planted… When I first started to learn about IOTA and the Tangle I was very intrigued how a few founders developed a technology that deviated from the traditional blockchain crypto model. Instead of simply using the crypto-economic foundation where security of the network is based on Proof-of-Work (PoW), mining, and incentives…Internet Of Things10 min readInternet Of Things10 min read
Published inCoinmonks·Jun 3, 2018What is “Q” from a laymen…A bit long, but I think it might help people understand Qubic a bit. Two takeaways I took from reading Qubic: (Rev_02) Take Away One: 1. If you host a “Q-Node”, a node that supports the Q protocol (layer) you can earn rewards in these manners: Offering PoW (mining rigs…Blockchain9 min readBlockchain9 min read
