There’s a lot of hype around blockchain today, but if you ask around what is blockchain actually useful for — it’s not easy to get a clear answer. It’s often said that blockchains revolve around trust, but trust is a very abstract concept. Can we demonstrate this with a concrete…

The final season of Game of Thrones is currently airing. The long anticipated conclusion to the epic battle over The Iron Throne — rule over the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros. Consider the “final episode” (don’t worry, this is all made up, no spoilers here): The last battle is upon us…

The final season of Game of Thrones is currently airing. The long anticipated conclusion to the epic battle over The Iron Throne — rule over the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros. Consider the “final episode” (don’t worry, this is all made up, no spoilers here): The last battle is upon us…

Trying to unlock mainstream adoption for public blockchain is one of the hardest challenges in the industry today. Real businesses are yet to see the value in public blockchain technology and adoption crawls. I believe this is largely caused by the blockchain dichotomy: The polarization of infrastructure solutions in the…

Trying to unlock mainstream adoption for public blockchain is one of the hardest challenges in the industry today. Real businesses are yet to see the value in public blockchain technology and adoption crawls. I believe this is largely caused by the blockchain dichotomy: The polarization of infrastructure solutions in the…

There’s little argument that open source has transformed our world. As a developer, I cannot recall a single day in the last few years where I did not rely on open source software. I’m not the exception. The majority of software engineers today rely on open source daily in their…

The purpose of this short post is to give a high level introduction to the Orbs Universe and its proof-of-stake ecosystem. This post will not go into the specifics of the mechanics and will not go into exact numbers (this information is available here). Instead, we’ll focus on motivation and…

The blockchain industry makes heavy use of buzzwords. Terms like “public” and “private” are thrown around but what do they actually mean? Is this the right way to define a blockchain? Does a private blockchain really exist? …

There’s little argument that open source has transformed our world. As a developer, I cannot recall a single day in the last few years where I did not rely on open source software. I’m not the exception. The majority of software engineers today rely on open source daily in their…