Ethereum primer By Stephan Tual Originally published on April 10th 2014 Ethereum is a platform that makes it possible for any developer to write and distribute next-generation decentralized applications. Borrowing the concept of distributed consensus and cryptographic proof that makes cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin so effective in trustless payments, Ethereum…

Kwame Yamgnane, 42’s co-founder, takes me on a 30 minute discovery of the ‘anti-school’ located north of Paris. By Stephan Tual Last Thursday, I was kindly invited by Clement Epie from Cellabz to a tour of the Paris tech scene. …

Disclaimer: all opinions on this blog are mine and mine only. My opinions does not represent the view of any of my employers, investors and/or partners. Last but not least, nothing written here should ever be construed as investment advice. Introduction and thanks In my previous post, I described what Polkadot was and…

UPDATE: Join us the Web 3 Chat discussion: http://tiny.cc/web3chat, #polkadot channel. You can also ask questions on the Web 3 subreddit Disclaimer: all opinions on this blog are mine and mine only. I write about projects I enjoy. Back in December 2013 I wrote extensively about a little-known project called…

This is the first of a series on the set of technologies loosely referenced as “Web 3.0”. In particular, it takes a deep dive into the often overlooked multichain Polkadot paper released back in late 2016, highlighting its significance within an increasingly complex set of heterogenous environments. UPDATE: we now…

We mentioned Share&Charge on our blog before and we’re proud to announce the official release of their app following a 5 day ‘soft launch’, effectively on-boarding over a thousand of charging stations on the public Ethereum blockchain. P2P EV charging becomes a reality in Germany Share&Charge is a project by…

We’re excited to announce that Slock.it has secured $2 million USD in seed funding. …

A quick update on the research we are conducting at Slock.it. Self-driving (or self-flying etc.) vehicles aren’t autonomous by default. Yes, they can drive themselves from A to B, but autonomy doesn’t end at removing operators. In fact, the savings incurred by operating autonomous vehicles could be negated by the…

Aeternity (http://www.aeternity.com/) is a new crypto project that makes several bold claims including being “fully scalable”. Yanislav Malahov, their Founder, was kind enough to provide me with an early copy of their whitepaper back in December. The Aeternity paper is clear and concise. Developers and corporates alike will be glad…