The Economics of Safecoin

Great, another crypto currency! (heavy hint of sarcasm)

When the idea of incorporating a crypto currency onto the SAFE network was first formed, it did not take too long for it to be accepted as the way forward. Not only had David (our founder) invented a…

Using Tokens on the MaidSafe Network

Using Tokens on the SAFE Network

Bitcoin is a hot topic these days. The crypto currencies ability to disrupt the status quo and its price volatility has attracted admirers and critics in equal measure. Bitcoin proposed and executed a very…

MaidSafe Sells $6 Million of Bitcoin 2.0 Software in Five Hours — Press Release

Seeking Fair Solution to Overwhelming Demand, $2 Million of Crowd-Sale Tokens Re-listed for Bitcoins

PmidNode Leave/Join

We have been asked many times, given that the MaidSafe network is decentralized and has no data centre backup, how data integrity and data access can be maintained when storage locations (vaults) continually join and leave the network.

Opting into transparency

One of the biggest misconceptions about the Safe network amongst those interested in bitcoin is in the tendency to assume it’s based on blockchain technology. In fact, the two technologies were developed simultaneously. By the time Satoshi had released the bitcoin whitepaper in 2009…

A compelling business strategy for a fair world

This post is longer than usual, but with good reason. This is a great opportunity for us to clear up some of the concerns and comments we have received and to define our strategy moving forward. MaidSafe tries hard to be a very open company so…

Using Complexity in Nature to Understand the Safe Network

Complexity is vital to the organizational patterns shown in decentralized systems. As a recurring theme when discussing the Safe network, the relationship to natural phenomenon can help less technical individuals better understand…

Vault network test

Just to keep everyone abreast of the current state of the vault progress, I thought I’d post a quick video of our test network running (you’ll probably need to view it fullscreen, high quality if you want to see it properly).

SAFE Pods and Decentralizing Project SAFE Development

Community ownership is a concept that has existed since the beginning of human interaction through shared goods and responsibility. In recent history, this concept has taken shape in many forms including collaborative and cooperative…