Hi Everyone! My latest blog post tries to answer a simple question: How large should a collection be? In blockchain collectible economies (such as CryptoPunks or CryptoKitties) we’ve seen teams choose somewhat arbitrary numbers for the size of the collections. …

Hi everyone! I’ve been busy with a few projects simultaneously. Getting to a lot of admin (like buying a new mattress and desk), writing my first novel (yes), working towards the development of Artonomous ( https://github.com/artonomous/artonomous-mvp/issues/45 ) & continuing “This Artwork Is Always On Sale” ( https://thisartworkisalwaysonsale.com/ …

Hey! In April, I decided to move my writing to my own home at: https://blog.simondlr.com/ There are various reasons I opted to do so: A New Home. Moving Away From Medium - Blog by Simon de la Rouviere I love Medium. I really do. It has given me an amazing platform over the past few years to share my ideas with others…blog.simondlr.com In short, as I aim to write more, I want more control over my writing.

As a technical advisor to Ocean Protocol, I have the privilege to extend 100,000 OCN tokens to community members that will help foster Ocean Protocol. To that end, I’ve decided to allot all 100,000 OCN tokens to the Linum Labs team. They are a team that has done a lot…

In order to understand healthy emotional responsibility, I've come to adopt the attitude of treating one's own emotions & the emotions of others, like allergies.

TAIAOS is a unique, rare digital artwork that is always on sale. It can bought at any time by anyone, because the owner must always specify a price they are willing to sell it at. Through this always-on auction, it supports the artist by requiring the owner to pay a…

As part of a series on “Recommendation Markets”, I want to propose a variation on bonding curves used in “Curation Markets” that allow for verification of curation. Only when verified, can the curators earn a tokenized reward. Desire Paths & Markets for Recommendation Over the past year, there’s been quite a number of projects that started to experiment with ‘Curation Markets’…medium.com A ‘Recommendation Market’ emphasises that a “Curation Market” is only there to produce…

Organisations come in many shapes and sizes. The blockchain allows us to experiment with radical new ways to organise around collective goals. We’ve seen the ICO boom (and bust, for now). For many, it was a novel way to re-imagine how certain projects can come to fruition and exist. ICO’s…

At Ujo, as musicians ourselves and fans of music, we believe the world will be a richer place when we can support the musicians in their craft. For us, it has lead to one overarching goal: making musicians more money. By doing so, musicians will be able to support themselves…