Mar 8, 2017 | Bitcoin Basics
The starting point for Bitcoin is the Whitepaper which was issued on 31 October 2008, it is only 9 pages long and can be found here. The paper was issued by a person or persons unknown going by the pseudonym of Satoshi Nakamoto, it is a technical work of genius. You...
Mar 7, 2017 | Bitcoin Basics
They say when you look into Bitcoin you can find exactly what you are interested in, whether that be economics, computer science, law, geopolitics, anthropology or mathematics. For me, aside from the monetary system aspects, it’s the Human Rights aspects that I find...
Mar 6, 2017 | Bitcoin Basics
As wonderful as Bitcoin is, it has limitations, most significantly is it’s capacity for processing transactions, which is measured in Transactions Per Second ‘TPS’. Bitcoin developers are working on second layer solutions like the ‘Lightning Network’ and these offer...
Feb 1, 2016 | Education, Insights
In this 2016 interview Vitalik explains his motivation for initiating the Ethereum project, how it is different from the bitcoin blockchain and where he sees the future of the project. It’s normally hard to take a 22 year old wearing a cat tee-shirt seriously...
Feb 1, 2016 | Education, Insights
In February 2017, the International Organization of Securities Commissions released their report on Financial Technologies. This excellent report provides a snapshot of the Fintech sector together with an explanation of blockchain technology and insight on how...
