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The SEC’s Faster Horse

tl;dr: The desired outcome is noble, but the SEC’s latest regulatory initiatives only serve to highlight the inherent weaknesses when compared to the native strengths of crypto-economic systems.. There was an op-ed in the WSJ a few days ago by the cu...

jer979!! 3 minute read 31 Jul 2020 0 comments $0.07

CareFirst, Insurance Disruption, and the Zen of Faxing

tl;dr: a simple change being anything but simple turns a health insurance management problem into a moment of reflection. By way of a fax machine. I needed to make one change to our health insurance policy. All I wanted to do was switch the “Primary...

jer979!! 4 minute read 29 Jul 2020 0 comments $0.01

When Your Rep is “On Chain”

tl;dr: Anyone can claim to be a Navy SEAL. But not everyone is. On personal reputation systems and a zero trust world. I receive an unsolicited email from a recruiter the other day. He was inquiring as to whether NSM was hiring and, if so, were we lo...

jer979!! 3 minute read 28 Jul 2020 1 comment $0.08

Carl Jung and the 4th Dimension of Time

tl;dr: Time marches on and through. The enemy of time lies within each of us. “What if I should discover that the poorest of the beggars and the most impudent of offenders are all within me; and that I stands in need of the aims of my own kindness,...

jer979!! 4 minute read 27 Jul 2020 0 comments $0.01

Why Crypto-Economic Systems will be more secure

tl;dr: Follow the money. The devs and hackers going after bug bounties certainly will. One of my favorite authors in the crypto space is Trent McConaghy, CTO of Ocean Protocol (discl: I own a tiny amount of it) I recently read one of his latest posts...

jer979!! 3 minute read 24 Jul 2020 0 comments $0.02

China, Chops, and Private Keys

tl;dr: Turns out that the Chinese already get the idea of crypto private keys. They’ve been using it for centuries. There was a fascinating article in the WSJ a few days ago entitled The Real Power Brokers In China: Those Who Wield the Rubber Stamps ...

jer979!! 2 minute read 23 Jul 2020 0 comments $0.01

Theta Network Generous Early Bird Rewards

After long anticipation, today I joined the Theta Network Platform after stumbling on a lucky referral link on Twitter. Living in the US I sadly distanced myself from the project after selling my small share of Theta tokens as regulations restricted...

Mamaecrypto 3 minute read 22 Jul 2020 8 comments $1.81

What if it just keeps going on?

tl;dr: The Covid ‘trough of disillusionment’ is upon us. Buckle up. I rarely watch the network evening news, but every now and then, it’s worth it. Mostly just to get a sense of what is going on, since I tend to live in a bubble of my own making. Ton...

jer979!! 2 minute read 22 Jul 2020 0 comments $0.03

The Driver’s License Dividend

tl;dr: Insurance rates skyrocket with a teen driver, but there’s a dividend. Crazy as it may be to believe, I actually had a blogreader ask me if my daughter had passed the test for her driver’s license. I went on a long venting rant in The Driver’s...

jer979!! 2 minute read 22 Jul 2020 0 comments $0.01

Recycle For Life is Global decentralized Tokenized Recycling Network

The term e-waste is inexactly applied to customer and business electronic hardware that is close or toward the finish of its valuable life. There is no reasonable definition for e-waste; for example whether things like microwaves and other comparativ...

JaksHitam 4 minute read 21 Jul 2020 0 comments $0.01