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A better way to look at this kind of product would be: TV with an API. Now apply this orientation to any device which you would connect to the TV with an API. Speakers with an API.…

Cryptocurrencies are a divisive issue, perhaps stemming from our overly-strong preferences, biases, and prejudices.

I have been participating in the Ethereum community for many years and I agree that there is a widespread belief that decentralized tech and economies run on smart contracts can su…

Here is more information about current NFT-related standardization efforts in the Ethereum community: https://www.nftstandards.wtf/ Discussions about proposals & implementations ar…

There will always be people who choose a field for success, and they are more likely to flee when it seems unsuccessful. I was once connected with someone who was just getting star…

> The copy of a digital image is 1:1 with the original. Not in the case of an NFT. Accompanying the image data is a cryptographically-enforced means to assign control to a user / k…

I should also add two more important pieces to this: 1. In-person meetings and real-time calls have been a major part of the work. There is an agenda and very good notes are taken …

You're welcome! I've only played a small part in this amazing phenomenon, mainly DevOps and community-organizing. But it has been amazing to do anything to help.

I can't agree with this essay more. In the early days of the Ethereum community a lot of open coordination was done on reddit and a threaded forum hosted on Vanilla Forums. Initial…

Congrats1 This was always a dream of mine to get to this with raptfm. Definitely consider creating a preset which positions the users around an object or in relation to each other …

I see a lot more housing options ahead.

Even though many of us understand the issues around pseudonymity in our various tech and gamer scenes, this is a generational flash-point in general society.

During the 2008-9 crisis I learned that the failures and responses could be understood in the context of mass computational problems. Before a crisis, the system moves along w/o ha…

Perhaps one reason is competitive differentiation. When everyone is carrying the same generic items, price becomes the main factor. Liquor stores generally fight in that space. For…

Relevant Tweet by Denis Rystsov, author of "CASPaxos: Replicated State Machines without logs": https://twitter.com/rystsov/status/1118201415577419776

It won't be the ugliest color for long. This choice will have unintended consequences.

Rather than focus on the dollar stores, the city should focus on itself and its role in the problem. The structure of the street, zoning, parking requirements, vast distances betwe…

The properties of the general medium and of exchanges themselves would provide value if built upon. At the core of of the value proposition is the value derived from more efficient…

Answering why is up to you, the builder; differentiation is key to why 0x has created this protocol. "Tokens" can be a special kind of object which can be "exchanged" for other kin…

This is why I love Taiwan, so many interesting shops. Small store size, walkable streets and alleyways, cheap rent, not many rules about what you can do. People will take care of t…

This is a classic case of what happens when key parts of doing business have a low-cost and low barrier to entry. Diversity and interestingness take hold.

Comparing Electron to Flash in this way brings in the reader's mind other considerations than performance, primarily closed source and security vulnerabilities. It is a misrepresen…

I respect this perspective about non-military origins of the internet, and perhaps it is true in the context of "ARPANET as a separate effort than the Internet". However, the motiv…

The author of the article mis-represents a goal or rationale behind reducing the block reward: > This new update reduces the mining reward from 3 ETH to 2 ETH which will reduce the…