By its very nature, Ethereum, just like any permission-less blockchain is open sourced. This means that the underlying code that creates this decentralized infrastructure is open and accessible for anyone to look at, review, and contribute to. This represents the culmination of the individual efforts of tens, if not hundreds of developers around the world. Read more…
The CEO of crypto analytics firm Messari is predicting that the Proof of Stake (PoS) transition for Ethereum will be later than what the current time table for the currency is indicating. While Ethereum devs in February announced the intention to transition away from a Proof of Work (PoW) blockchain to Proof of Stake within Read more…
Vitalik Buterin has put forth a proposal to increase the staking reward for Ethereum in the upcoming implementation of Proof of Stake (PoS). In a post to GitHub published on April 20, the Ethereum co-founder shared his opinion on the amount of ETH that should be paid out in staking once the currency switches to Read more…
Arthur Hayes says bitcoin will go to $50,000. That’s actually a fairly conservative target, as Hayes himself suggests, if he takes to the logical conclusion the arguments he employs to justify his bullish pronouncement. At the root of BitMEX chief executive Hayes’s thinking is a much-noted investment super theme, found to be in use by Read more…
The previous generation of investors depended on companies to distribute their earnings as dividend for passive income. Companies dividend are centralized decisions and out of your control, e.g. similar to FED raising interest rates. Decentralization is the new buzzword. Can new economic incentives (proof-of-work, proof-of-stake, proof-of-authority and etc.) to validate decentralized blockchain become a source Read more…