The Control - Issue #50
It is still relatively uncommon for venture funds to invest in and contribute to protocols that are community owned and operated. We thought it would be worthwhile to share why and how we are investing time, energy, and capital into the Augur ecosystem and prediction markets broadly.
Read more in our latest piece: Long Augur and check out the recently launched Veil
Required reading this week
Ethereum by the Numbers — media.consensys.net
ConsenSys recaps 2018 with some metrics on Ethereum transaction activity, user and developer activity, miner and network activity, and ecosystem adoption.
Fundamentals of Proof of Work — blog.sia.tech
David Vorick explains the significance of recent 51% attacks against increasingly high profile cryptocurrencies such as ETC and what the attacks mean for the future of proof of work.
MimbleWimble: History, Technology, and the Mining Industry — blog.goodaudience.com
Arjun Balaji looks at the history of MimbleWimble and what the landscape looks like today with Grin and BEAM, two projects implementing MimbleWimble.
Keepers Reboot — Observations & Forward Looking Trends — medium.com
Ryan Zurrer shares his thoughts on cryptoeconomic models in next-generation crypto networks.
What to Expect When ETH’s Expecting — hackernoon.com
James Prestwich writes a comprehensive guide to Ethereum 2.0's roadmap and shares his thoughts on its implementation.
1confirmation portfolio reading this week
Veil, a peer-to-peer prediction market and derivatives platform built on top of Augur, has officially launched on mainnet. Bet on cryptocurrency derivatives, Ethereum network hedging markets, Grin markets, and Academy Award markets.
Brave passes 5.5 million monthly active users and features over 28,000 Verified Publishers — basicattentiontoken.org
Brave shares its 2018 highlights including 5x MAU growth, major product redesigns, and key partnerships. The upcoming Brave 1.0 release with Brave Ads will reward users for their attention with BAT.
Block Propagation Startup Bloxroute Partners With Mining Operation Rawpool — news.bitcoin.com
bloXroute announces its partnership with the China-based mining operation Rawpool and global video communication software firm Yeecall for the first users of its blockchain distribution network (BDN).
How bloXroute Achieves Its Performance — medium.com
Eleni Steinman from bloXroute dives deep into the inner workings of its blockchain distribution network (BDN) and how it scales blockchains to thousands of transactions per second.
OpenSea Announces Zero-Fee Private Auctions! — medium.com
After popular request from the Decentraland community, OpenSea launches private sales on OpenSea where you can sell an item to a specific buyer with zero fees.