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23 Mar 2021 6 minute read 4 comments Allen Taylor
It doesn’t take long before someone new to cryptocurrencies discovers some similarities, and a few differences, with real-world economics. In fact, at the most basic level, there is no difference at all. All currency values are directly tied to the l...
19 Mar 2021 4 minute read 2 comments Allen Taylor
CoinMarketCap launched in 2013 ushering in a new era in cryptocurrencies. The pioneering days were over and the gold rush era began. Since then, CoinMarketCap has become one of the most trusted sources of information on cryptocurrency valuations and...
17 Mar 2021 3 minute read 21 comments Allen Taylor
In my last post on decentralization, I talked about how the early internet was decentralized but slowly morphed into the centralized web we have today. I also shared that I don’t think decentralization will cure all the ills of the modern internet. I...
12 Mar 2021 5 minute read 5 comments Allen Taylor
Social media has a history that predates the internet itself. Usenet groups were early decentralized messaging applications that utilized the basic infrastructure of the internet for one-to-many communications long before the World Wide Web transform...
10 Mar 2021 6 minute read 8 comments Allen Taylor
Technology is often a double-edged sword, solving one problem while creating another. When that happens, someone else comes along and solves the new problem. That process may take years. The cell phone, for instance, didn’t see the light of day until...
6 Mar 2021 1 minute read 4 comments Allen Taylor
There’s some awesome news in crypto this week. Just when you thought there weren’t enough payment gateways, Bitfinex comes through with one for cryptocurrencies. It works a lot like a PayPal Buy Now button. Bitcoin SV now has its first decentralized...
3 Mar 2021 3 minute read 3 comments Allen Taylor
Online games have been popular since the word “online” has been used as an adjective. The earliest online games were extensions of video games that were popular in the 1980s and 1990s. But one particular type of game—massively multiplayer online role...
27 Feb 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Allen Taylor
There’s some awesome news and analysis in crypto this week. Let’s see a few stories, shall we? Coinbase filed for an IPO. In its filing documents, the company reported a net revenue in 2020 of $1.14 billion and a net revenue of $322 million. In 201...
26 Feb 2021 4 minute read 11 comments Allen Taylor
From the early days of usenet groups and internet bulletin boards to modern social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter, there have been controversies that make some people cast a crooked eye at social media, the internet, and human nature. Pers...
23 Feb 2021 3 minute read 3 comments Allen Taylor
Blockchain and cryptocurrency enthusiasts often point to decentralization as one of the key features and most important benefits to bitcoin and its underlying technology. I won’t argue with the point, but what exactly is so important about decentrali...
