1confirmation Newsletter - Issue #74
For the past decade our industry has been all about speculation, but we’re seeing early signs in the Ethereum community that the next decade is going to be all about real product usage.
We reflected on the most important product developments for the past year in our 2019 year-in-review.
Required reading this week
A Green Beret’s Journey to Blockchain and Crypto — www.youtube.com
Why is a former Green Beret now working in crypto? From corruption in Iraq to Syrian refugees, Alex Pruden shares what his first-hand experience taught him about how crypto and blockchain could help address global crises.
What happened in crypto over the last decade — blog.coinbase.com
Brian Armstrong shares some thoughts as CEO of Coinbase on how the cryptocurrency industry has progressed over the last decade.
Security and Scalability in Committee-Based Blockchain Sharding — medium.com
John Adler analyzes the security and scalability tug-of-war of blockchain sharding in an approachable way.
How Zero Knowledge Proofs Are Changing Blockchain (in non-technical terms) — medium.com
Zero-knowledge proofs aren't just for privacy. Ronald Mannak explains other real-world use cases for zero-knowledge proofs.
In support of the proof of work [un]fair launch — medium.com
Nic Carter discusses current issues with "fair launch" cryptocurrencies and proposes a new launch method with an ASIC presale.
Introducing KeeperDAO, an on-chain liquidity underwriter — medium.com
KeeperDAO is an on-chain liquidity underwriter for decentralized finance, built on top of the Ethereum blockchain.
1confirmation portfolio reading this week
Polkadot 2019: Year in review — medium.com
2019 saw the launch of Kusama and Parity Substrate. Polkadot now consists of over 300,000 lines of code and is gearing for a mainnet launch early 2020.
Happy New Years Cosmos Community — www.youtube.com
Cosmos Network launched in 2019 and there's an exciting roadmap ahead for 2020 including the launch of Inter-blockchain Communication (IBC), which means chains in the Cosmos Network will be able to communicate with each other.
Understanding the Nervos DAO and Cell Model — medium.com
Nervos community member Stitch explains what the Nervos DAO and Nervos cell model are.