Ink & Switch
Local-first software: You own your data, in spite of the cloud
· A new generation of collaborative software that allows users to retain ownership of their data. · Shared by 91, including Alberto, bouiboui, Muhammad Althaf, Marcin Ignac, Gio Tiongson, Chris {he, they} , André Staltz, Cameron Yick ~ @hydrosquall@vis.social on mastodon, Axel Rauschmayer (INACTIVE), Andy Matuschak
CoinDesk
Microsoft Launches Decentralized Identity Tool on Bitcoin Blockchain
4 min · · A new decentralized ID solution from Microsoft built directly on the bitcoin blockchain could have far-reaching impacts. · Shared by 62, including Miguel, Stephan Werner, Ste Davies, Aimee Meifeu ✍️⚖️, Thomas Power
medium.com
Ethereum: The Digital Finance Stack
19+ min · · Ethereum is a platform, built to support a financial super-structure. User behavior in this super-structure creates forces that push and… · Shared by 51, including Thomas Power, Paolo Sinelli, Thomas Billeter, Yvette Dubel
unlock-protocol.com
Unlock: The Web's new business model
· Unlock is a protocol which enables creators to monetize their content with a few lines of code in a fully decentralized way. · Shared by 31, including Oscar MacDonald, Andreas Spiegler, BrendanEich, Paolo Sinelli, Jeremiah Owyang, Chris Messina
medium.com
Rapid Dapp Prototyping
7 min · · Learn the Basics of Building Dapps Quickly · Shared by 29, including Philip Stehlik
EFF
Interoperability: Fix the Internet, Not the Tech Companies
7 min · · Everyone in the tech world claims to love interoperability—the technical ability to plug one product or service into another product or service—but interoperability covers a lot of territory, and… · Shared by 28, including Mark Kaigwa, Mathew Ingram, Esther Schindler, Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr
awesome.ipfs.io
Awesome IPFS
3 min · · Useful resources for using IPFS and building things on top of it · Shared by 17, including tcherno, Balaji, Simone Corsi 💻🚀
lindajxie.com
The future of decentralized finance
8 min · · Since DeFi is still in the early days, this post covers where I think it is headed and some of the interesting possibilities that can come about. · Shared by 16, including Thomas Power, Alain, Elad Gil
medium.com
Using Bitcoin Lightning Network as an Interface to Ethereum Smart Contracts
5 min · · Blockchain gaming is a new, experimental application bringing blockchain features to mainstream games. At Blockade Games, we have a long… · Shared by 15, including 瑞拿頭, IamNomad, Sicarious
HackerNoon | Learn Any Technology
Introducing Continuous Organizations
9 min · · Reinventing the financial incentives of organizations using Bonding Curves · Shared by 13
tokendaily.co
Becoming Decentralized Enough: The Case For DAOs
7 min · · A major critique of Decentralized Finance (DeFi) is around how decentralized it really is. Critics assert that we cannot label protocols such a Maker, 0x , Compound, and others as "decentralized" if… · Shared by 12, including Thomas Power
vitalik.eth
The Dawn of Hybrid Layer 2 Protocols
7 min · · Special thanks to the Plasma Group team for review and feedback Current approaches to layer 2 scaling - basically, Plasma and state channels - are increasingly moving from theory to practice, but at… · Shared by 10, including Joseph Lubin, Ser Jeff Garzik
HackerNoon | Learn Any Technology
How Meta Transactions will Scale Ethereum.
4 min · · (or, “The Ethereum of tomorrow, Today.”) · Shared by 8
medium.com
Ethereum Smart Contracts in L2: Optimistic Rollup
13+ min · · This post outlines optimistic rollup: a construction which enables autonomous smart contracts on layer 2 (L2) using the OVM. · Shared by 7, including Joseph Lubin
statechannels.org
A Unified State Channel Specification for Ethereum
1 min · · August 26, 2019 - 中文 Today we're excited to announce an initiative to unify Ethereum's State Channels projects around a single standard. Since meeting in NYC in May, we have been working behind the… · Shared by 7, including Stefano ₿Ξrnardi 🌲🏴
medium.com
Why I Think Ethereum Will Succeed
1 min · · Throughout history, every innovation received some harsh criticisms. Here is why I think Ethereum will succeed. · Shared by 7