Become a Patreon

Knowledge Protocol. Daily curated links from the space of blockchain, bitcoin, tokens, cryptocurrencies and protocols. No news, no bullshit, deep knowledge only.

3/ 3

The collapse is simply the euphoria stage of the bears.

1/ 3

The very institutions crypto was meant to disrupt are all in- what will this mean?

"Blockchain and cryptocurrency were ironically first designed to disrupt the very institutions which are most excited about it. Will crypto ever be the democratizing and enfranchising force it often promises to be?"

2/ 3

Token Bonding Curves Explained

"Now that all the ICO madness is dying down, a new form of token distribution seems to suddenly be taking off out of seemingly nowhere: the continuous token bonding curve. It’s a cleverly designed contract that creates its own market for the token without relying on exchanges."

3/ 3

Murad Mahmudov: The Ultimate Bitcoin Argument

1/ 3

Airdropping into the future of decentralised networks

"From the invention of language, money and the internet, networks have shaped our history and will shape our future. But not all networks are created equal. Some centralised networks cement power in the hands of the few, whilst alternative decentralised networks promise to distribute benefits to the many. Decentralised crypto networks hold great potential and ‘airdrops’ could help supercharge their growth."

2/ 3

Introducing Continuous Organizations

"Aligning stakeholders’ interests in an organization is hard. The current fundraising models (ICO or private fundraising) impose significant limitations on the mechanisms available to align stakeholders’ interests. A Continuous Organization (CO) is a new model designed to make organizations more fluid and more robust by overcoming those limitations. Using the Continuous Organization model, organizations can set themselves in continuous fundraising mode while benefiting from solid and flexible mechanisms to align stakeholders’ interests in their financial success."

3/ 3

Freedom to exit means that I can exit any app or digital ecosystem and take my data and value I created with me. Let’s build open systems and not digital prisons.

1/ 3

Tether Report: Most Comprehensive Real Story

"Tether is a stablecoin that was created to be stable enough in its purchasing power or is at most slightly inflationary, to incentivize owners to spend rather than hold the tokens. In its simplest of forms, Tether, is a cryptocurrency with a fixed price measured by a fiat currency, in this case, the U.S. Dollars."

2/ 3

What's Really Driving the Cryptocurrency Phenomenon?

"we ask: what is the larger socio-economic impact of systems like Bitcoin, and who benefits?"

3/ 3

"People don't realize how close the tech is to being ready" - Vitalik & Balaji Srinivasan at ETHSF

1/ 3

Intro to VC: The History of Blockchain

"I think that it’s helpful to understand the history of innovative technologies as it is difficult to understand where a technology is heading without understanding how it has developed up to this point. Therefore, this post is dedicated to understanding the history of blockchain and, more broadly, the crypto ecosystem."

2/ 3

Detailed overview of Ethereum 2.0 shard chains: Committees, Proposers and Attesters

"Many details of how Ethereum 2.0 will work are available today, and multiple teams are already working on implementations of it. One large component for which neither spec nor any detailed info is available today is the shard chains."

3/ 3

Crypto is extremistan. We can’t predict what will happen; even historically cyclic markets have no guarantees of bouncing back. The tech, however, gets 10x better every cycle. Scientific progress is not cyclic, speculation is.

1/ 3

How can Bitcoin stabilize if it's a Keynesian Beauty Contest?

"What is a Keynesian Beauty Contest? When does it stabilize and when does it not? And how does it play a role in and out of crypto."

2/ 3

Bulletproofs: The New Kid in Blockchain Security Land

"Bulletproofs, was originally published in a 2017 whitepaper from Stanford University and quickly became an area of research within the blockchain community. With the announcement, Monero becomes the first cryptocurrency to adopt bulletproofs as a privacy protocol."

3/ 3

Open Finance on Ethereum with Dharma, 0x, Maker, Compound, and Coinbase - ETHSanFrancisco

1/ 3

Bitcoin’s Buyers of Last Resort

"What stops the price of bitcoins from crashing to zero in a bear market? Let’s start with what a lender of last resort is."

2/ 3

Raiden Transport Explained

"The Raiden Network relies heavily on nodes being able to exchange messages in a timely manner in order to facilitate token transfers. Hence, the transport of these messages is a crucial component of the Raiden Network."

Subscribe to our newsletter - get a weekly round-up right to your inbox.