Is a Ledger hardware wallet succeptible to a "retirement attack?"
· ☕ 6 min read
Answering a security question from The Bitcoin Podcast about the security of hardware wallets.
Schnorr and Taproot make it into Bitcoin codebase. So what?
· ☕ 4 min read
A commentary on the news that Schnorr and Taproot have been incorporated into Bitcoin codebase.
How to Understand What People Mean When They Say “We’re Probably in a Simulation.”
· ☕ 5 min read
I recently listened to an episode of Joe Rogan where Nick Bostrom tried to explain the concept of simulation theory. Although the…
Reframing how you think about the concept of “managing your private keys”
· ☕ 12 min read
If you’ve been around the cryptocurrency community for long, then you’ve definitely heard people preach sayings such as, “Always remember…
The Role of Randomness in Proof of Work Mining
· ☕ 7 min read
I hear people throw shade at idea of Proof of Stake (PoS) protocols quite often. I think that most of these comments are founded in false…
A Petty Crypto Review: Cardano
· ☕ 7 min read
So I get hit up quite frequently about various coins and whether or not they’re worth looking into, are a scam, are legit, etc. So I’ve…
Getting Past the Golden Hammer with a Quantum Mechanics Example: A Valuable Lesson for Blockchain
· ☕ 8 min read
When reading about Bitcoin, Ethereum, Blockchain, other alt coins, etc… (I’ll use capital B — Blockchain here to encompass them all) I hear…
The Merkle-ization of Individuality
· ☕ 5 min read
Unlike most of my posts or writings, this is not a technical one. It borrows from the technical world a bit, but its purpose is more of a…
A Look at the Status.im ICO Token Distribution
· ☕ 9 min read
NOTE UP FRONT: I express my opinions here (at least at the end of the article). If you don’t like them and don’t have evidence to support…
A Look at the BAT Token Distribution
· ☕ 7 min read
Jesus H. Christ folks. I’ve put off doing this one a little bit, in part because I’m a bit depressed/disappointed/confused/? in the…
A Look at the Aragon ICO Investment Distribution
· ☕ 5 min read
Another ERC20 Initial Coin Offering (ICO), another ridiculous amount of money, in another ridiculously short period of time. This time…
A Look at the TokenCard ICO Investor Distribution
· ☕ 7 min read
This is another look at the distribution of an ICO in the Ethereum space, because I think its important to see the overall trends of how…
A Look at the Gnosis Dutch Auction Distribution
· ☕ 3 min read
Edit: I changed Gnosis’ front page $300 extrapolated number to 250k ETH at $50/ETH = $12.5 Mil for clarity and self containment.