Many of you know that the Ethereum platform grew out of the realization that blockchains can go far beyond currency, together with a frustration with the limitations of previous projects. The core idea was simple: a blockchain with a built-in Turing-complete programming language, allowing users to build any kind of […]
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Time and again throughout my career I have ranted about the nonsense of benchmarking in all its forms. By now I have given up on the hope that business and investing will ever leave the practice behind, so I don’t expect this post to change anything except to make me […]
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“We don’t think we were wrong. We think we were early.” A cringe-worthy answer that rings alarm bells for investment consultants. Higher inflation, increased market volatility, and more variable nominal interest rates are significant opportunities for active managers who can demonstrate their value with differentiated, customer-centric products. But with active […]
The ethereum.org Translatathon is back this August! This is your chance to contribute to the Ethereum ecosystem by translating Ethereum.org from English into your native language. Not only will you be helping to make Ethereum more accessible, but you’ll also have the opportunity to compete for exciting prizes. How to […]
In the first installment of my interview with Vineer Bhansali, the author of The Incredible Upside-Down Fixed-Income Market from the CFA Institute Research Foundation, we addressed the underlying implications of negative-yielding bonds, whether they constituted a net negative or positive. While Bhansali, who is also CIO of LongTail Alpha, eschewed […]
In an effort to bring the community more information about the going-ons at Ethereum, we’re planning to release semi-weekly updates of project progress. I hope this provides some high-level information without having to live on GitHub 😉 The Go and C++ teams have daily standups and are making regular progress along with several […]
How does an organization attract and engage its various stakeholders? An inspiring purpose articulated in a mission statement may be one of the most effective methods. The author Simon Sinek presents an even simpler concept in his book Start with Why. Sinek believes that what differentiates great leaders, companies, and […]
Over the last five days, myself, our executive director Ming Chan, and several others from the Ethereum team and Ethereum-based projects and businesses including Maker, String/Dfinity and Consensys have been visiting China and Hong Kong, where there have been a series of back-to-back conferences and events most notably including the […]
Measuring corporate impact is time-consuming and resource intensive. Until recently, I worked at UN PRI and witnessed first-hand the significant challenges investors, employees, and customers face in finding trustworthy, comparable data to assess the net impact of companies. CFA Institute Research and Policy Center’s Climate Data in the Investment Process […]