[ad_1] The first version of the Light Ethereum Subprotocol (LES/1) and its implementation in Geth are still in an experimental stage, but they are expected to reach a more mature state in a few months where the basic functions will perform reliably. The light client has been designed to function more […]
Yearly Archives: 2024
[ad_1] It is widely understood that psychological factors such as perceptions and herd mentality can significantly influence stock market dynamics and precipitate speculative bubbles and abrupt market corrections. Less appreciated is the fact that the foreign exchange (FX) market is equally susceptible to such risks and perhaps more so in […]
[ad_1] With just five months to go, we are entering the hot phase before Devcon! The Supporter Program, Impact Forum, and Devcon Scholars have already launched, bringing us closer to the Devcon ticket launch. Today we are sharing the details on how to get your Devcon tickets. Additionally, we are […]
[ad_1] Eugene F. Fama and Kenneth R. French introduced their three-factor model augmenting the capital asset pricing model (CAPM) nearly three decades ago. They proposed two factors in addition to CAPM to explain asset returns: small minus big (SMB), which represents the return spread between small- and large-cap stocks, and […]
[ad_1] Members of the Ethereum R&D team and the Zcash Company are collaborating on a research project addressing the combination of programmability and privacy in blockchains. This joint post is being concurrently posted on the Zcash blog, and is coauthored by Ariel Gabizon (Zcash) and Christian Reitwiessner (Ethereum). Ethereum’s flexible smart […]
[ad_1] The J-curve narrative in private equity (PE) investments has accompanied the growth of private markets up to the present. That narrative deserves a quiet obsolescence. Here’s why. The J-Curve Private market funds tend not to be invested all up front. Rather investors contractually agree to supply the necessary capital […]
[ad_1] During the last month and a half, the Ethereum core development and research teams have been building upon the progress made in the last year, and with the specter of last year’s security issues now well behind us, work has begun in full force on implementing the Metropolis hard […]
[ad_1] Expectations Investing: Reading Stock Prices for Better Returns. 2021 – Revised and Updated. Michael J. Mauboussin and Alfred Rappaport. Columbia Business School Publishing. Expectations Investing: Reading Stock Prices for Better Returns represents an important resource for practitioners seeking an insightful alternative approach to identifying discrepancies between price and value. […]
[ad_1] It’s been a fairly busy for the last couple of months for the Ethereum javascripters. To start with, there was a really great hackathon with IPFS. You can read Dan Finlay’s excellent write up here. Also, during this time Aaron Davis (Kumavis) made some excellent progress towards a JS light client by […]
[ad_1] Brian Michael Nelson, CFA, is the author of Value Trap: Theory of Universal Valuation. “People’s thinking process is too bound by convention or analogy to prior experiences. It’s rare that people try to think of something on a first principles basis. They’ll say, ‘We’ll do that because it’s always […]