Information related to the traditional and crypto financial markets.
18 Jul 2020 2 minute read 2 comments Brennan
Borderless, universally accessible, censorship-resistant - these are some of the key characteristics that make a blockchain more valuable than a centralized solution. But how is a blockchain's value impacted if its transactions can easily be censored...
14 Jul 2020 3 minute read 1 comment Brennan
It all started with the CryptoKitties craze late in 2017 when barely anyone knew what a "non-fungible token" (NFT) was. Each kitty was unique and tradable, and their ownership could be proven with 100% certainty on the blockchain. The flood of tradin...
9 Jul 2020 2 minute read 3 comments Brennan
I'm sure I'm not the only one who would like to go to 2009 and start mining Bitcoin with a laptop. Back then one CPU equaled one vote, everyone had an equal chance of mining a block, and Bitcoin was truly decentralized. Nowadays the hash power of the...
30 Jun 2020 6 minute read 7 comments Brennan
Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies are often considered simply as an alternative form of digital money, but what many people do not realize is that censorship-resistant blockchains are going to change the way we govern ourselves and vote on important issue...
27 Feb 2020 3 minute read 7 comments Brennan
I think we can all agree that Bitcoin is the best thing since sliced bread, and we all owe a debt of gratitude to the pseudonymous founder, Satoshi Nakamoto. Thanks to the efforts of the original founder(s), a more democratic, secure, and convenient...
25 Jan 2020 4 minute read 14 comments Brennan
Every year gamers spend over 100 billion dollars to purchase items for free-to-play games like Fortnight and League of Legends. Unfortunately, due to the fact that these items are stored on a centralized database, players do not truly own them. This...
16 Jan 2020 5 minute read 3 comments Brennan
With nearly one in every three people on earth playing video games, electronic entertainment has become an enormous industry. Revenue generated by the PC gaming industry alone was an estimated 32 billion dollars in 2017, and is increasing at a rate o...
13 Jan 2020 5 minute read 12 comments Brennan
In a previous post, I wrote about how blockchain technology is set to revolutionize the gaming industry. The biggest game changer (no pun intended), is that censorship-resistant blockchains will allow gamers to have true ownership of their in-game it...
6 Jan 2020 3 minute read 0 comments Brennan
Since the release of Bitcoin over eleven years ago, people have thought of a wide range of potential use cases for blockchain technology. Some of the most revolutionary applications are likely to be identity, governance, and decentralized finance (De...
5 Jan 2020 11 minute read 22 comments Brennan
Since the financial crisis of 2008, major central banks around the world have engaged in an unprecedented monetary experiment. To pull the world out of the great recession and maintain the longest economic expansion in history, they have kept inter...
