1confirmation Newsletter - Issue #68
The Ethereum community has come together this week in Osaka, Japan for Devcon 5. One of the most important discussions taking place in Osaka is how ETH 2.0 could disrupt the Ethereum user experience and eliminate one of Ethereum's defining features: composability (applications seamlessly interacting with each other).
Vitalik addressed those issues yesterday in two must-read posts on the Ethereum research forum: "The eth1 -> eth2 transition" and "Cross-shard Defi Composability"
Required viewing this week
Nick Tomaino on the Unconfirmed Podcast — unchainedpodcast.com
Nick chats with Unconfirmed host Laura Shin about recent happenings in the space.
MakerDAO's Multi-Collateral DAI Token Is Launching Nov. 18 — www.coindesk.com
MakerDAO has grown into the backbone of DeFi over the past year. November 18th is the big day when the project will transition to being backed by more collateral than just ETH and also adding a yield for DAI holders.
Joey Krug presented this slide deck on Augur v2 at Devcon. This is a great read if you want to understand the future of Augur.
All Devcon 5 talks — slideslive.com
If you couldn't make it to Osaka, you can watch all the talks here.
New Business Models for Gaming — a16z.com
Forte founder Kevin Chou chats with Sonal and Chris from a16z about the history of business models in gaming and how cryptocurrencies could enable a new business model.
Examining the Edgeware Lockdrop — blog.edgewa.re
The Edgeware lockdrop was a successful experiment and the team behind it shares the results.
Hacker Returns Ethereum Domains Lost in Bug Exploit — www.coindesk.com
Opensea has been running auctions for one word ENS domains. The initial auctions had a bug that a hacker was able to exploit and the auctions when on hold but are now back up here: https://opensea.io/assets/ens
Harbor's Regulatory Wait Ends as FINRA Awards Broker-Dealer License — www.coindesk.com
Harbor's broker-dealer licensing is an important step for security tokens.
Nervos Network Token Sale and Mainnet Launch Upcoming — www.coindesk.com
The talented Nervos team has ignored marketing and hype and kept their heads down building and we'll soon see the result of that work. Nervos Network's mainnet launch will be an important moment for the industry.
Understanding Risks in DeFi: #1 Uniswap - Nexus Mutual — medium.com
Nexus Mutual founder Hugh Karp breaks down the risks of using Uniswap.
YouNow Sees Strong Revenue Growth After SEC Approves Token Distribution — www.coindesk.com
YouNow is one of the best examples of a traditional company transitioning to a token-based model.