Last month, the US House of Representatives passed a bill banning the Federal Reserve from issuing a central bank digital currency (CBDC), heading warnings from the American Banking Association about “unacceptable risks and costs to the US financial system.” While I don’t dismiss concerns raised by the American Banking Association […]
Monthly Archives: June 2024
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The Ethereum network will be undergoing a hard fork at block number 2463000, which will likely occur between 12:00 and 13:00 UTC on Tuesday, October 18, 2016. A countdown timer can be seen at https://fork.codetract.io/. As a user, what do I need to do? Download the latest version of your […]
“We are living in a Big Data World and no single analyst or team of analysts can capture all the information on their positions.” — Dan Joldzic, CFA Big data, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, natural language processing (NLP). For several years now, we’ve heard how these technologies will transform […]
Mist leaks some low level APIs, which Dapps could use to gain access to the computer’s file system and read/delete files. This would only affect you if you navigate to an untrusted Dapp that knows about these vulnerabilities and specifically tries to attack users. Upgrading Mist is highly recommended to prevent exposure […]
If you are wringing your hands over large-cap stocks due to high market concentration and lofty valuations, allocating to small-cap stocks may give you some piece of mind. Beyond concentration and valuation considerations, there are several good reasons why this is a good time to consider adding small caps to […]
One of the important indicators of how much load the Ethereum blockchain can safely handle is how the uncle rate responds to the gas usage of a transaction. In all blockchains of the Satoshian proof-of-work variety, any block that is published has the risk of howbecoming a “stale”, ie. not […]
As the most followed CFA charterholder on LinkedIn, Eric Sim, CFA, has expertly leveraged social media to connect with other professionals, build his personal brand, and advance his career. In the How to Master Social Media series, adapted from his recent book Small Actions: Leading Your Career to Big Success, Sim […]
Summary: In some situations, variables can overwrite other variables in storage. Affected Solidity compiler versions: 0.1.6 to 0.4.3 (including 0.4.4 pre-release versions) Detailed description: Storage variables that are smaller than 256 bits are packed together into the same 256 bit slot if they can fit. If a value larger than […]
Dynamic and “emergent” complex systems. can be found everywhere from ecosystems to economies to our underlying biology. By striving to understand the way these systems work, we can make sense of the world in which we live and better prepare for future events. This approach is known as systems thinking, […]
This blog post provides an update on our findings following the discovery of the storage corruption bug last week. In summary, the bug was much less severe than we initially thought. The small number of affected contracts we found is either only exploitable by the owner, or the exploit can only cause a disruption in […]
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