While the irrational ICO activity that we’ve seen lately could do some short-term damage, in the long-run the cryptotoken model can be a massive positive for the world by enabling entrepreneurs to build

Ken Bone became a worldwide phenomenon last night during the Presidential debate when he asked the candidates a question about energy policy. 10 years ago, Ken would have asked the question and his life

I'm a user and fan of both Medium and Steemit. For the past few months, I've been picking and choosing when to post on Steemit and when to post on Medium. This week, I cross-posted on Steemit and Medium

Something unusual is going on in the crypto world: irrational exuberance around ICO investing. What is an ICO? For the uninitiated, an ICO is an “initial coin offering.” The name ICO is actually a

Without spending much time on ICONOMI or the founding team, my high-level take is that their approach to launching an ICO is concerning. There are two major red flags for the project: 1.) They released

The most exciting thing to me about Steem is the developer ecosystem that's emerging around the protocol. The network ownership effect associated with crypto token-based protocols can be extremely strong

Given the technical and decentralized nature of crypto token-based protocols, it's sometimes thought that individuals don't matter in this space. I believe the opposite: individuals will be the most important

There was some interesting news out of Synereo today: The Joker GIF describes the Synereo team's decision to burn half the outstanding AMPs in existence perfectly and the message being sent is clearly

I've been discussing digital currency with charities for the past 3+ years. As an early member of the Coinbase team, I led our efforts with large, globally known charities like United Way, the Wikimedia

Over the past month, I've noticed that my Steem Power balance has increased significantly from interest earned. But I have no idea about the details of this Steem Power earned. When is the interest paid?

Right now, Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat work great for people that want to share text, picture, and video content with the world. Some argue that a social network driven by economic incentives rather

Many would agree the main challenge for the Steem community right now is how to fairly reward content creators in a way that is best for the growth and engagement of the protocol. Fairly rewarding creators

Last week on Cryptotokens.io, we established a framework for thinking about evaluating crypto token-based protocols. Today, we'd like to use that framework to evaluate one of the most interesting crypto

While there are hundreds of crypto token-based protocols, most have been simple forks of Bitcoin with minor changes to the rules and marketing. Litecoin and Dogecoin are the most well-known examples of

CodeCombat combines a game engine and a transpiler to provide the most effective way for beginners to learn how to code. Background There's no denying that coding is an important skill that more people

Monero is now the 5th largest crypto token in the world by market value, with a total market value over $110M. In the past 24 hours it sailed past Steem, Ethereum Classic, and Dash and is up 100%. It's

The Ledger Nano S makes it easy for people to securely take control of their own money without relying on any third party service to sign transactions. When you use the Ledger Nano S, you have your own

Let me preface this by saying I know that Ethereum Classic won’t die. Unlike a fiat currency which is held together by law, a digital currency is held together by distributed code. By definition, distributed

Readme makes it easy for developers to create great documentation, provide transparency around code changes and build vibrant dev communities. Background This product is relevant to Steemit right now.

When building a decentralized protocol, there are three primary design choices for the creators to consider: How does power get distributed within the network? How is consensus achieved in the network?