[ad_1] Merkle trees are a fundamental part of what makes blockchains tick. Although it is definitely theoretically possible to make a blockchain without Merkle trees, simply by creating giant block headers that directly contain every transaction, doing so poses large scalability challenges that arguably puts the ability to trustlessly use […]
Monthly Archives: July 2024
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[ad_1] “Be still indebted to somebody or other, that there may be somebody always to pray for you, [. . .] fearing, if fortune should deal crossly with you, that it might be his chance to come short of being paid by you.” — François Rabelais, Gargantua and Pantagruel, Book […]
[ad_1] Special thanks to Vlad Zamfir for his work in developing many of the ideas behind prediction markets for content curation. For the past six years, people have been searching to try to find those elusive applications of blockchain technology that could finally break out into the mainstream. For cryptocurrency, […]
[ad_1] 21st Century Investing: Redirecting Financial Strategies to Drive Systems Change. 2021. William Burckart and Steve Lydenberg, CFA. Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc. Responsible investing, sustainable investing, impact investing, social investing, ethical investing, ESG (environmental, social, and governance) investing — labels abound for the space in which investors add nonfinancial considerations to […]
[ad_1] A lot of things have happened in the past few weeks in the Ethereum ecosystem, so many that it might be hard for a casual observer to understand where we are and what’s available out there. So I would like to use my first post here to give you […]
[ad_1] Introduction Diversify, reduce fees, avoid active trading, and keep it simple. Most investors would be well-served by following the above framework. But while easy to recommend, this rubric is rather difficult to implement. For example, how does an investor diversify in 2021? Over the last 40 years, a simple […]
[ad_1] This is a second post on a series on how to use the current Ethereum tools to build smart contracts without needing programming experience. Download the latest version of the Ethereum Wallet, read the first part and let’s have fun! Creating a token is fun, but what is the […]
[ad_1] An investment policy statement (IPS) can be one of the most important documents for individual and institutional investors alike. Yet not all IPSs are of the same quality. Which of these statements better describes your IPS? A. The IPS is the backbone of our successful investment program. B. I […]
[ad_1] This is the third and final post on a series on how to use the Ethereum Wallet to create your own autonomous organisations. On the first post we detailed how to create a token, and on the second we shown how to generate a digital democracy controlled by these […]
[ad_1] Shocks, Crises, and False Alarms: How to Assess True Macroeconomic Risk. 2024. Philipp Carlsson-Szlezak and Paul Swartz. Harvard Business Review Press. Good macroeconomic predictions and risk assessments are not easy to make, so maybe the problem should be reframed not as an effort in prediction but as a process […]
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