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tl;dr: I attended a meetup in Vaduz and was surprised by the youthful audience of the up-and-coming Crypto Valley v1.2. Also, ‘when binance’ has happened. Read on! The centre of power in Liechtenstein — the

tl;dr: Getting a business bank account for a blockchain organisation anywhere in the world is particularly hard, even in Switzerland. For now, the only possibility is to bank in Liechtenstein, but there

tl;dr: This is the short version of the story of how I ended up working at the Web3 Foundation in Zug, Switzerland (aka Crypto Valley). It could be alternatively titled: “how I turned yet another hobby

Tl;dr: I recently moved to Zug, Switzerland and started to work in the blockchain industry. I wanted to share my list of things you need to do in order to settle here. I’ve also added an estimate of living

tl;dr: overall a fun place to visit, good weather, cheap eats, but a lot of work needed to become a blockchain nation. Last week (Apr 24th) there was an announcement that San Mario had a desire to become

tl;dr: Skin in the Game is the alignment incentives and risk. Recently I have been reading Nassim Taleb's latest book (Skin in the Game) and I am stuck by how many ideas apply to key topics in blockchain.

tl;dr: I don't know, but I suspect their processes are immature so security is sub-optimal. I also suspect that they will require guidance on how to secure their operations. Not so long ago I was involved

The Web 3 Foundation is collaborating with Giveth to organize a workshop for dev teams working on immediate scaling solutions (within the next 3-6 months). March 5th On March 5th, we'll have a number of

tl;dr: I suggest that blockchains still suffer from a strange replay attack and consider how this affects next-generation environments. I also offer a possible solution. Introduction Those with familiarity

tl;dr: will review the basic concepts of replay and reflection attacks. Those with familiarity of blockchain forks will have no doubt heard of “replay attacks”. This is where one transaction sent on a

tl;dr: learn to code a tiny blockchain I’ve pulled together some good resources from around the web to show you how to code a basic blockchain using only a few lines of code. This piece also follows on

tl:dr: learn coding by learning how to write games. I’ve found that one of the best ways to teach yourself coding is to learn how to code games. One of the benefits is that you are learning to code something

tl;dr: I'm learning towards video despite the fact that most of my output has been text based. I’ve been somewhat reluctant to admit to myself that video is a better way to engage with an audience than

I should know better than to speculate in the price of anything. Not so long ago I wrote a post that suggested price of Ether would cut half, stay low for a while, and then finally rebound and shoot skyward.

tl;dr: bonds in PoS blockchain which have dynamic liquidity and payout. The idea for this post was inspired by a comment in the Polkadot whitepaper (PDF). As you will hopefully be aware of by now is that

This past week I came across two interesting developments about Zcash which I thought were worth writing about. I like the direction that the Zcash team are going, but I think the two publications this

An interesting piece of research was recently published with some stats highlighting the strengths of the European tech sector. Two key areas of dominance, according to the search, is in AI and blockchain.

tl;dr: I have created a useful list of links for improving a technical understanding of blockchain technology. A structured list of technical links There are many good points of reference out there on

In light of all the attacks on smart contracts this year you can't help but wonder how many of them could have been avoided. Despite the heavy weight cryptography at the centre of this technological revolution

I like the tech but what worries me, as I said before, is that Bitcoin has no yield. Nor does any cryptocurrency (yet! AFAIK). In order to make a gain someone else has to buy from you for a higher price