Too much discussion is going on about money while we do not even agree on what it actually is. Naturally, this yields to a dangerous confusion, where public opinions are formed, and regulations are introduced based on false statements. Sadly, without exaggeration, the freedom of our society is threatened by…

Sealed-bid auctions have a very easy protocol as long as there is a centralized trusted party as auctioneer. Public distribution of that trust is contradicting the confident nature of the bids. In this article, we show a protocol supporting publicly verifiable private auctions, implementable as smart contracts on Ethereum blockchain…

Discussions about Artificial Intelligence eliminating our jobs through automation are omnipresent. Automation, however, is nothing new, and neither are the warnings on employment impact. …