1confirmation Newsletter - Issue #54
Yesterday we celebrated the 30th anniversary of the Web. In a few hours, the Cosmos Hub mainnet will be released to the world and it has the potential to push the Web3 vision and entire cryptocurrency industry forward by enabling cross-chain token interoperability and a scalable infrastructure for dApp developers. The mission-driven Cosmos team has been heads down building for the past 4+ years and the grassroots community behind the project is strong.
Read about why we think today's Cosmos Hub launch is meaningful for the space in our latest: Into the CØSMOS
Required reading this week
r/ethereum - Ethereum is not succumbing to maximalism
A lot of insightful content in our industry these days comes from pseudonymous users on Reddit. In this post, u/DCinvestor highlights the ethos of the Ethereum community.
Past, Present, Future: From Co-ops to Cryptonetworks — a16z.com
Jesse Walden writes a post on cooperatives as a useful analogy for thinking about crypto networks.
The Impossible Balance Between Usability & Security — medium.com
Taylor Monahan from MyCrypto discusses the balance between usability and security.
There Are Still a Few Good Reasons to Trust Blockchain
Matt Lucas responds to Bruce Schneier's bearish op-ed in Wired. While Schneier is correct about many vexing problems facing blockchains today, he misses the point about the long-term significance of the technology.
MimbleWimble Report — www.circle.com
Circle Research publishes a comprehensive report on MimbleWimble and its most popular implementations Grin and Beam.
1confirmation portfolio reading this week
Veil market creator launch program — docs.google.com
Veil is launching a new feature for users to create their own prediction markets on Veil and Augur. Users selected will get a grant to create their first market. Sign up to be a launch partner now!
Alex Evans publishes an in-depth report on MakerDAO activity broken down by each stakeholder group: CDP Creators, Keepers, MKR holders, and DAI users.
Cosmos Staking Primer — medium.com
Felix Lutsch writes a comprehensive overview of staking details and implications for delegators (rewards, risks, unbonding) in Cosmos, including a reward calculator to model returns from staking.
Free-to-play Isn’t Free Enough (or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Blockchain) — medium.com
Brett Seyler explains the motivations for starting Forte, a new company to accelerate adoption of blockchain technology in the gaming industry.
Crypto-Economics of the Nervos Common Knowledge Base — github.com
Nervos CKB is a “store of assets” public blockchain. Check out the CKB's token economics designed to provide sustainable security and decentralization.