Key Takeaways from a Year of Ethereum Hackathons — Open source protocols and platforms can easily be forked, but it isn’t easy to recreate a developer community. Hackathons are a valuable way of gaining developer interest and bringing people from around the world together to share ideas. …

I started scheduling weekly 1:1 calls with women who were interested in learning more about cryptocurrencies. I received hundreds of inbound requests after my tweet. It was exciting to see the amount of interest. …

I started scheduling weekly 1:1 calls with women who were interested in learning more about cryptocurrencies. I received hundreds of inbound requests after my tweet. It was exciting to see the amount of interest. Since I couldn’t connect with everyone, I’m sharing the themes from the calls each month. …

It can be both exciting and intimidating when first getting into cryptocurrencies. I asked people in the crypto community to share the one thing they wish someone had told them when they first got into cryptocurrencies. …

What is IOTA? According to the IOTA website, IOTA is a revolutionary new transactional settlement and data transfer layer for the Internet of Things. …

I put together a list of beginner’s guides that I’ve written on cryptoassets. The target audience is people who know about Bitcoin and are looking to learn more about other cryptoassets. I’ll keep this post updated as I write more. Hope you find them educational! A beginner’s guide to Ethereum Feb 2017blog.coinbase.com A beginner’s guide to Monero Mar 2017medium.com A beginner’s guide to Litecoin Apr 2017 blog.coinbase.com

What is Zcash? According to the Zcash website, “Zcash is the first open, permissionless cryptocurrency that can fully protect the privacy of transactions using zero-knowledge cryptography.” Bitcoin is an open and permissionless cryptocurrency but there is a common misconception that bitcoin transactions are anonymous. A history of every bitcoin transaction…

What is Decred? According to the Decred website, “Decred is an open and progressive cryptocurrency with a system of community-based governance integrated into its blockchain.” Bitcoin paved the way for cryptocurrencies in 2009 and there are a number of groups that have subsequently branched off to start new coins. One…

I joined Coinbase in June 2014 and have been fortunate to have watched it grow to make major strides towards its mission of creating an open financial system for the world as well as becoming the first cryptocurrency unicorn in the process. This week I will be leaving the company…