The issue at “The Art of Blockchains” was less malice than myopia. People with careers in art or careers in tech tend only to see what they’ve been trained to see. But regardless of the difference in animating force, the results at the _...Read More_

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"I have yet to see an actual illustration of the Web3 stack. So this is an attempt. Given how expansive the Web3 ecosystem is, this diagram is almost certainly incomplete, and likely has a few inaccuracies. For the remainder of this post, _...Read More_

Great question: “How do we do quality assurance in an open society?”

US [#SEC](/relevant/new/SEC) clarified its position on [#Ethereum](/relevant/new/Ethereum) & [#Bitcoin](/relevant/new/Bitcoin) . Here's the official speech delivered by William Hinman from the Division of Corporation Finance: . 🗣️ [#Utility](/relevant/new/Utility) [#Blockchain](/relevant/new/Blockchain) #Decentralization

"Curious new relationships between art and capital are being enabled by cryptofinance, which places “monetary value” at the heart of the creative process"

"When contracts are deployed to the Ethereum network, they are assigned an address. Knowing how these addresses are assigned is useful and can enable some interesting functionality."

"A small example and demonstration of a utility to create Air-Drops, targeting a large user base, keeping costs low and network congestion at a minimum."

A summary of different types of token curated registries.

Tokens that represent future utility are considered securities, but once the utility is proven they would no longer be classified as a security. Ether is an example of a token that would have been classified as a security during its ICO, _...Read More_

On estimating Gas Prices. Or “Do not rely on web3.eth.getGasPrice”

Projects which intend to ‘tokenize’, have the challenge of designing a model with incentives for contribution and disincentives for faulty behavior. Any flaws in that design can have the unintended effect of incentivizing faulty behavior. _...Read More_

Velocity of money, or how frequently a unit exchanges hands, is a major determining factor for the price of utility tokens. Unless controlling the velocity of money is designed into the token mechanics, expect the price of a utility token _...Read More_