I found and interesting graphic the other day that summarised all of the most current crypto issuance models in 2022. Some had had their day, others are most certainly yet to gain traction. Fascinating none the less. Initial Coin Offering ICOs are cryptocurrency’s version of an IPO, but without the ownership stake. By reading the …
And now this…….. Some real impetus to adopt a CBDC is currently underway at the Bank of England (BOE). Several consultations have taken place with a range of market participants to gauge whether there is any possibility of rolling a CBDC out for general consumption. Well, given the research I have done in the crypto …
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ADA / GBP – CardanoAll-Time High: £2.24 (2/9/2021) Cardano is a decentralised platform that will allow complex programmable transfers of value in a secure and scalable fashion. It is one of the first blockchains to be built in the highly secure Haskell programming language. Cardano is developing a smart contract platform which seeks to deliver more advanced …
Cyber Doggos: an AI art NFT creation. I am a learn by doing person and this week has been about learning how to create NFT’s – I have worked with some smart contracts before but this in the space of DeFi applications like staking, lotteries and ICO development. The story here is that I have …
The $69 million record sale of Beeple’s EVERYDAYS: THE FIRST 5000 DAYS by Christie’s in March 2021 fast-tracked the popularity of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) overnight. Many artists perceive this blockchain-based transaction as a quick and easy way to sell digital art through various newly minted (excuse the pun) platforms such as Foundation, OpenSea, and Rarible. The artists have also been paying some school fees too and …
Almost every day we hear of a new shiny set of crypto coins or protocol listed on your friendly crypto exchange and inevitably thrust into the ‘mainstream’. I suspect this is going to continue well into the future. The concepts the prop up these assets, are still novel and in their infancy (10 years on), and are developing at an incredible pace. The value of crypto assets, especially Bitcoin and Ether is increasing and gaining legitimacy, and this attracts people’s attention to this area. Somewhat of a self fulfilling process. But there is a sting in the ‘tale’, pun intended.
This book needed to be written, there was most certainly a story here detailing the history of the founding of Ethereum. This books takes the human story of the very dry computer code and paints a very clear picture beyond the scope of the unicorn and cat memes and chronicles the how its nomadic founder …
Even more hooked on Crypto learning than i was at the start of the year, I have recently started learning how to create tokens on the Ethereum protocol, given my interest in how crypto works and this has been a fascinating journey. This post will speak to some of the key things that I have …
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