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Nov 19, 2018

Facebook won because its culture was voyeuristic

The Social Network opens with Zuckerberg scorning his ex-girlfriend and building a Harvard hot-or-not app using photos of other students without their permission. …

Startup

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Facebook won because its culture was voyeuristic
Facebook won because its culture was voyeuristic
Startup

7 min read


Aug 11, 2018

Intentionally shaping your thinking

I just watched a presentation on computer security where the speaker showed off a hack that I didn’t even know was possible. His example and explanation were eye opening. The additional related examples were helpful, but they didn’t have the same impact. We don’t really remember what we read. …

Learning

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Intentionally shaping your thinking
Intentionally shaping your thinking
Learning

3 min read


May 17, 2018

Blockchain Platform Plays

Software platforms are great businesses. The more dominant your platform becomes, the greater the virtuous cycle. If everyone is building on iOS and Android but not Windows Mobile, that is a massive leg up for Apple and Google and a very difficult hurdle for Microsoft. If blockchain technology ends up…

Blockchain

14 min read

Blockchain Platform Plays
Blockchain Platform Plays
Blockchain

14 min read


Apr 21, 2018

Dissecting confidence: certainty vs. motivation to act

What are we actually saying when we label someone as confident? What about overconfident? If a startup founder pours her life into her startup for years without any signs of success, does that mean she is misunderstanding her odds of succeeding? If someone still eats meat, does that mean they…

Rationality

5 min read

Dissecting confidence: certainty vs. motivation to act
Dissecting confidence: certainty vs. motivation to act
Rationality

5 min read


Published in Bloom

·Apr 20, 2018

How to make a user-friendly Ethereum dApp

Providing a good user experience is fundamental to building good products. This is one of the most important aspects that drive user adoption and determine the products that people love. At Bloom, we aim to create amazing user experiences that satisfy the end-user (you)! While it’s not obvious at first…

Ethereum

8 min read

How to make a user-friendly Ethereum dApp
How to make a user-friendly Ethereum dApp
Ethereum

8 min read


Published in Bloom

·Jan 22, 2018

Using an In-Browser Ethereum Wallet? Here’s Some Things You Should Know

While developing the Bloom dApp, we frequently stumble across noteworthy design considerations of the platforms we are building on. …

Ethereum

5 min read

Using an In-Browser Ethereum Wallet? Here’s Some Things You Should Know
Using an In-Browser Ethereum Wallet? Here’s Some Things You Should Know
Ethereum

5 min read


Published in Bloom

·Dec 31, 2017

Open Sourcing Bloom’s Phase 1 Contracts

At the conclusion of our token sale tomorrow, we’re releasing the Phase 1 main net dApp for Bloom. In celebration of this event, we’ve published our Phase 1 contracts on GitHub today! Bloom is a community first project. We’re thrilled to open source our contracts for public review and discussion…

Ethereum

6 min read

Open Sourcing Bloom’s Phase 1 Contracts
Open Sourcing Bloom’s Phase 1 Contracts
Ethereum

6 min read


Published in Bloom

·Nov 16, 2017

How TypeScript Makes Smart Contracts Easier to Test and More Robust

Integrating with smart contracts can be tough. In particular, solidity doesn’t really have runtime errors with descriptive messages, so a lot of failed transactions just fail with the generic message invalid opcode. If it is painful to write tests, you are probably going to write fewer. Test coverage is an…

Ethereum

5 min read

How TypeScript Makes Smart Contracts Easier to Test and More Robust
How TypeScript Makes Smart Contracts Easier to Test and More Robust
Ethereum

5 min read


Published in Bloom

·Nov 15, 2017

Bloom Development Update

Bloom is in a very exciting phase right now! There is a lot of community interest in the roadmap we have laid out, we are working with lenders on our platform, our Slack is growing like crazy, and our token sale is just around the corner. We are pleased to…

Blockchain

4 min read

Bloom Development Update
Bloom Development Update
Blockchain

4 min read

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