You’ve likely heard of Bitcoin. You’ve probably also heard of Ethereum, which took inspiration from Bitcoin and made significant protocol changes such as a more flexible programming language and faster

I’ve been waiting for a Bitcoin app to show my non-techie friends for 4+ years. It’s finally here: 21. The vast majority of people in the world would like to more efficiently manage and monetize their

This week, Medium announced it is giving up on its ads driven biz model. What does the path forward look like for consumer web business models? The Internet’s original sin is advertising. Ads became the

An index that tracks the price of leading blockchain assets What is a blockchain asset? A blockchain asset is a digital asset, represented cryptographically on a distributed ledger, which plays an essential

A media brand that provides the most important information on blockchains Today, we’re officially launching a new media brand called The Control to fill a gap in the blockchain ecosystem that we’ve been

The days of one being born into the circumstances of a specific location are numbered. In medieval times, one’s location of birth dictated social class, education, occupation and everything else about

Cryptoeconomics is so fascinating to study because it’s a combination of technology, economics and psychology. Satoshi got all three of these right when he created Bitcoin, and when you look at new

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

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