CoryinHackerNoon.comFacebook’s Libra: When Engineering Takes Over ProductMark Zuckerberg: We need mobile payments. Overzealous Engineer: We can build our own crypto! Except it won’t be decentralized or…Jun 20, 2019Jun 20, 2019
CoryBitfinex bank run continues, Tether risk premium declines to parOn April 25 2019, news broke about the New York Attorney General’s probe into Bitfinex and documents revealed up to $850m had been…May 11, 20196May 11, 20196
CoryThe War on Privacy Coins Begins: Monero, Dash, ZCash delisted from CoincheckRecently, Japanese crypto exchange Coincheck announced it will remove Monero, Dash, ZCash, and Augur from their coin listings by June 18th…May 20, 2018May 20, 2018
CoryMonero might be the best cryptocurrency without a futureMonero (XMR) is probably the best privacy coin out there, with built in features that help to obscure the addresses that are transacting…Apr 10, 2018Apr 10, 2018
Cory0xBitcoin: Cute, but not very useful0xBitcoin is a fun idea. Its basically a smart contract on Ethereum that distributes tokens based on a proof of work scheme rather than a…Mar 18, 20182Mar 18, 20182
CoryinHackerNoon.comCrypto is tokenizing the world (Your house will be tokens!)Tokens are an interesting phenomenon brought on by the development of smart contracts on the blockchain. Many startups have opted to ICO…Jan 15, 2018Jan 15, 2018
CoryinHackerNoon.comBitcoin Sucks, But Don’t Underestimate Bitcoin 2.0 (Lightning Network)As a software product, I’m not a huge fan of Bitcoin. Fees are high, confirmation times are slow. Anonymity and privacy could be better…Jan 4, 201818Jan 4, 201818
CoryinHackerNoon.comHow to Make More Money in a Crazy Crypto Bull MarketCryptocurrency is in a manic phase right now. Demand is just so high, so the safest bets and highest returns are from buying and holding…Dec 19, 2017Dec 19, 2017
CoryEthereum: A toy for geeks today, a global platform tomorrowEthereum reminds me of the beginnings of Apple Computers. Jobs and Wozniak, taking their little pet projects to the Homebrew Computer Club…Nov 3, 2017Nov 3, 2017
CoryBitcoin is NOT Gold (Bits vs Atoms)A lot of Bitcoin discussion ends up comparing how similar Bitcoin is to gold. However I’m not so sure they’re similar other than in the way…Oct 30, 2017Oct 30, 2017