Decentralized Governance – It’s Now or Never-Mind
Is decentralized algorithmic governance possible in our time? Entrepreneur and investor Svet Svitlo shares his thoughts.
Why decentralization matters
Recent events show that the more centralized institutions wield power and control, the more the world will react by moving towards decentralization.
Celsius integrates Chainlink Oracles for transparent pricing
The Celsius crypto financial services platform has integrated Chainlink’s decentralized price feeds as a key component of its pricing services.
Jack Dorsey plans open-source social media protocol
As the internet has evolved, it has shifted from public open-source protocols to private platforms like Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter. With the help of blockchain, Twitter founder Jack Dorsey plans to liberate social media by taking it back to a protocol-powered future.
Decentralized exchanges make crypto unstoppable — so why aren’t they catching on?
From privacy, to security, to resistance to government interference, decentralized exchanges are way ahead of their centralized counterparts — and yet they’re not capturing the public imagination. IOST co-founder Jimmy Zhong offers his thoughts as to why
Unlocking the ocean of data around Facebook and Google
Only a handful of companies have both the access to big data and the artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) capabilities to utilize it. This has created an inequality chasm between the data-haves and data have-nots and an oligopoly in big data.
Opinion: Why tech firms will be regulated like banks in the future
Is it any wonder that technology firms are under the microscope when they are the least regulated industry in the world? According to Bank of America, technology is the least regulated industry sector with just 27,000 regulations, versus 215,000 for manufacturing.
Is the term ‘Decentralized Exchange’ an oxymoron?
There has been a lot of media coverage and chatter in the crypto community over the concept of ‘decentralized’ exchanges. Unfortunately, this type of coverage magnifies the confusion among crypto enthusiasts regarding market structure and price discovery. It is vital to separate discussions of price discovery from the settlement process. Otherwise, ‘decentralized exchanges’ that have limited (or no) price discovery mechanisms will continue to be promoted as panaceas.
Zero Ex Intl is making decentralized trading a reality
Application coins, or “appcoins,” are being minted at an astounding rate. Many of these coins have gone through a fundraising process named Initial Coin Offering (ICO), token sale, or token distribution event. The company behind the 0x project, Zero Ex Intl, recently raised US$24 million in a token sale utilizing a sybil-resistant distribution process by using Linny Vingham’s Civic mobile application. 50% of a total 1 billion tokens were distributed to sale participants, who were limited to 20 ether’s worth of ZRX per account.
OpenBazaar adds altcoin support after receiving $3 million more in funding
The development team behind the decentralized marketplace OpenBazaar recently released a new version of the platform with ShapeShift integration. The ShapeShift exchange platform supports 36 altcoins, including their most recent addition, the fully-anonymous ZCash.
Why bitcoin needs a smart contract mouthpiece
Most companies, products, or organizations have a single person who speaks for them. Whether a CEO, founder, or other public spokesperson; no such mouthpiece exists for bitcoin. What if it had one that was smart-contract-based?
Bitcoin based content platform, Yours, attracts ‘overwhelming interest’ from investors
Yours is a new decentralized content network, that uses bitcoin to reward creators. As the project gets closer to launch, more details have surfaced from the development team, and a new project website has just been revealed.
Asset holders to earn interest from fees on decentralized exchange OmniDex
The Omni Layer Foundation recently released the latest version of its Decentralized Exchange, OmniDex 2.0. Omni holders will soon start receiving 0.05% of the exchange volume as interest, after an introductory month of fee free trading.
Encryption debate ignores decentralised messaging platforms
A draft of the Compliance with Court Orders Act of 2016 was officially released last week, confirming that the WikiLeaks release was accurate. Written by Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Richard Burr and Vice Chairman Dianne Feinstein, the bill ensures that “everyone must comply with court orders to protect America from criminals and terrorists.”
Storj celebrates Beta launch as it joins Microsoft Azure BaaS
The decentralized file sharing platform, Storj, officially launched into Beta mode on Saturday, just two days after the announcement that Microsoft Azure has included Storj's server and farmer packages in the Azure Blockchain as a Service (BaaS) download manager. The beta version of Storj still contains invite-only, testing versions of the platform. However, this new version is functional, allowing users to both upload real files and earn funds for hosting other people's files.
The SAFE network: Giving a decentralised internet back to the people
The internet has become a large part of everyday life, approximately 40% of the world’s population has a connection, and we use it in a myriad of different ways. Communication, financial transactions, education, research, real-time updates, online bookings, job searches, blogging, shopping, and storage all add to an ever-increasing amount of digitized information.
