Carl's Crypto

A blog about blockchain

Carl Cortright

Oct 27, 2018

The Power of Permissionless Financial Primitives

Carl Cortright

May 17, 2018

“An Open Financial System”

It’s under a week before I start as a software engineering intern at Coinbase, and I thought it would be worth writing some about my “why” behind the decision to go there. It all centers around the company’s mission:

Our mission is to create an open…

Carl Cortright

May 8, 2018

This weekend Fred Wilson wrote a blog post titled “Is Buying Crypto Assets ‘Investing’” that focused on comments made by Warren Buffet about Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Since, there has been a lot of talk online about who is right. Most of it centers around whether…

Carl Cortright

May 5, 2018

Why I’m Long on Ethereum

Over the past few days I’ve been watching tweets and articles being posted about edcon, the Ethereum conference happening in Toronto. Ever since attending EthDenver, I’ve been impressed by the strength of the Ethereum community. Ethereum isn’t a product built by a company, it’s an…

Carl Cortright

May 3, 2018

Yellow-Red

A common team practice in tech is a daily standup. It’s a short checkin where everyone on the team says what they did the day before, what they are doing day-of, and any barriers they are running into to get their work done. This process keeps the team up to date on progress and helps everyone understand the…