The Sovereignty of Blockchains
May-03-2021
government
economics
book
eden
eos
blockchain
Public blockchains such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, Hive, and EOS are supranational organizations of people cooperating to reach consensus. This means they exist in a realm beyond the jurisdiction of any country. It is the supranational nature of blockchain that creates the potential to provide...
How to Prevent Name Squatting
Daniel Larimer
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Jan 8 · 7 min read
Allocating globally unique names while providing a seamless user experience is an epic challenge. People...
Consolidating my Blogs
October-26-2020
community
ipfs
decentralization
voice
steem
steemit
I have been blogging for over seven years and spread my content over a half dozen different platforms. The problem is that many people have no idea where they can find all of my content. What is worse, if someone stumbles upon some of my old content they are unlikely to find my more recent...
It’s Time for Smarter Contracts
October-28-2020
blockchain
government
eos
economics
Blockchains create entirely new possibilities for managing property rights. Property rights are key to a peaceful society because they define who owns (controls) what. At the end of the day the outcome of all contracts is a transfer of property from one person to another. This is true even in...
developing a regulatory regime for crypto and DeFi that doesn't punish comply0000rs should be the #1 goal of all regulators (but isn't)