[ad_1] Ethereum has grown very rapidly in the last few months. Transaction volume on the blockchain has more than doubled, surpassing 10 transactions per second for days at a time. The number of new accounts created per day passed 100,000, and the number of nodes has increased despite rising system […]
Yearly Archives: 2024
[ad_1] Global public debt exploded during the pandemic. The unprecedented rounds of fiscal stimulus — intended to mitigate the impact on growth — have raised risk levels and put many countries in financial jeopardy. Developing and emerging nations, in particular, are struggling: IMF research puts their current debt levels 20 […]
[ad_1] The Ethereum community, key developers and researchers and others have always recognized scalability as perhaps the single most important key technical challenge that needs to be solved in order for blockchain applications to reach mass adoption. Blockchain scalability is difficult primarily because a typical blockchain design requires every node […]
[ad_1] What happens when quantum computers become reality? One of my favorite moments at a cryptocurrency seminar last year was when someone asked that question. The response was dead silence. After a long pause, the speaker said something to the tune of, “We will figure that out when we get […]
[ad_1] Dear Ethereum community (and wonderful Etherheads!), Today, January 31, 2018, is my last day as Executive Director of the Ethereum Foundation. I’m pleased to have been able to guide the Foundation as ED with my fellow directors, team leads, and outstanding group of team members, each of whom has […]
[ad_1] On February 27, 2024, Investing in U.S. Financial History was published, capping off my exhaustive four-year effort to document the financial history of the United States. The book begins with Alexander Hamilton’s brilliant financial programs in 1790 and ends with post-COVID-19 inflation in 2023. Now that the book promotion […]
[ad_1] It is with sadness that we announce that Ming Chan, who has served as Executive Director at the Ethereum Foundation for nearly three years, is leaving the Foundation. Since her arrival in 2015, she has played a critical role in the development and success of the Foundation. We will miss […]
[ad_1] How Novelty and Narratives Drive the Stock Market: Black Swans, Animal Spirits and Scapegoats. 2021. Nicholas Mangee. Cambridge University Press. “Where there is novelty, there is instability. Where there is instability there is uncertainty. Where there is uncertainty there are narratives — narratives are the currency of uncertainty.” Nicholas […]
[ad_1] After waaay too much time under development, we’re proud to finally announce version 1.8.0 of the Go Ethereum client: Iceberg! The release fixes a lot of pain points felt by the community and ships a few notable new features, tallying up to ~170 modifications! Please note, this release introduces […]
[ad_1] Editor’s Note: This is the final article in a three-part series that challenges the conventional wisdom that stocks always outperform bonds over the long term and that a negative correlation between bonds and stocks leads to effective diversification. In it, Edward McQuarrie draws from his research analyzing US stock […]