The evolution of the world’s money payment and transfer methods (from the perspective of individuals) has developed drastically over the decades. Throughout the evolution, there has been four different phases. Barter, the first phase, extended from 9000 BC up until 600 BC. In this process, goods were exchanged directly between people. This system, however, had […]

Altcoins are dying a coin and code death faster than ever before. The cryptocurrency market is sadly tethered to Bitcoin’s price. Bitcoin’s price is probably at the mercy of large-scale market manipulation and cryptic factors that even the crypto frauds and “decentralization” pretenders can’t simulate. However, the RIP Crypto title here is still just a meme. […]

By Laura Desmond Trading can be nerve-racking at its best, terrifying at its worst The user experience for trading cryptocurrency is not conducive to getting new users actively involved. There is no shortage of horror stories regarding hacked centralized exchanges, sending funds to the wrong address, and losing private keys. Some of the biggest problems are […]

By Sebastian N As science blurs the real and unreal, we are learning to distinguish them in new ways The announcement of synthetic diamonds in 1955 was met with the same kind of alarm and skepticism that greeted claims to have made alchemical gold in the Middle Ages. Could these “fake” gems, created by a team […]

Some books you read, and then forget. Others change a small part of your life. Then there are the rare gems that fundamentally change the way you think, live, and work. Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport is one of the latter. As the world advances, three kinds of people […]

Waze, the Alphabet-owned mapping app, has expanded its Carpool service to all 50 U.S. states, after running a limited test since earlier this year. Waze Carpool lets drivers fill the empty seats in their cars with passengers, all chosen through dedicated apps. It’s an unusual mix of dating and ride-sharing services, as the app will match drivers […]

By Patrick Hall I had lunch recently with an investor who expressed frustration about founders of startups and scale-ups. They are not a fund partner, nor VC or from the Private Equity world. No, they actually built a business of value and lived it for the whole journey through to an ultimate sale and cash out […]

There’s been a lot of talk about security tokens recently. But what is a security token in the first place? How do they work? And how might they impact your job or business? That is, why should you care about them? Before diving into the rest of these questions, it makes sense to first start with: what […]

So, your goal is to create a purpose-built digital artifact. But what even is that? Can it be just anything? Well, yes and no. A digital artifact is a human-made object in digital space. We make digital artifacts every time we interact with one another, or even with ourselves, in digital space — in ways that, however they appear […]

A region home to 4 million people in Northern Syria is looking to cryptocurrency as a way to overcome economic sanctions. Rojava, also known as the Democratic Federation of Northern Syria, has spent the last six years at war for its territory. Now under a fragile peace, the region is under economic sanctions from all […]