The Control - Issue #23
There's been a lot of news this week, but none bigger than the Bitcoin miners finally signaling their commitment to improving the scalability of the Bitcoin network. The signaling caused the price to surge near its all-time high and may be a positive long-term catalyst for the cohesion of the Bitcoin community (which has been divided on scalability for the past 2+ years).
Here's my analysis on the BIP91 signaling and the future of Bitcoin: 21m Savage
Required reading this week
The Blockchain Explained to Web Developers, Part 3: The Truth — marmelab.com
There's a lot of infrastructure and middleware missing for blockchain developers to build decentralized applications. This piece does a great job highlighting many of the missing pieces.
Filecoin ICO, Launching Next Week, Aims To Resolve Token Sale Problems — www.forbes.com
Filecoin will be launching the first token sale on Coinlist next week. The white paper is worth checking out.
Parity's Wallet Bug is not Alone — hackingdistributed.com
There were a few major hacks this week in the ICO world, including an exploitation of a Parity multi-signature wallet bug. This should serve as a wakeup call to folks launching token sales in the future.
2 Leading Online Black Markets Are Shut Down by Authorities — www.nytimes.com
Darknet marketplace AlphaBay, the predecessor to Silk Road, was shut down this week.
The Triangle of Harm — vitalik.ca
Casper continues to be the most interesting cryptoeconomic projects. Vitalik shares his thinking behind some important design decisions he and his team have made with Casper.