ADVERTISEMENT Ripple’s chief technology officer David Schwartz says he’s not Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto. In response to questions posted on Twitter regarding whether he’s responsible...

For many people involved in the international crypto space, the idea of throwing valuable Ether tokens at comically named blockchain projects in anticipation...

Throughout history, there have various iterations of sound money, from the Rai stones of the Yap islands to the gold standard. However, sound money...

ADVERTISEMENT Computer visionary Ted Nelson thinks he knows the person behind Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous Bitcoin (BTC) creator whose real identity remains a...

We’ve heard of digital cash. But what more can blockchains do? Photo by Launchpresso on Unsplash The first and most...

An anonymous post on the Cypherpunks mailing list from 21 years ago discusses the idea of “ecash,” and the speculation in the crypto...

Reading Time: 13 minutes Software and the internet have had a relatively low disruptive impact on the financial services industry. Sure — consumer expectations have changed, and banks are doing what they can to match the online experience of the highly customizable, on-demand internet services people have grown accustomed to — but businesses models have persisted. This is in […]

Why private blockchains should not be eager to run codeI’m not a fan of the term “smart contracts”. For a start, it has been used...