The Control - Issue #52
BTC, ETH, XRP, and other maximalists in the cryptocurrency space believe that having one global currency standard will make us all better off. Yet the theory of optimum currency areas from macroeconomics actually tells us that a shared currency isn't such a great idea. Rather than replace existing fiat-based financial systems, cryptocurrencies will co-exist and serve as a check against wayward financial stewards.
Read more in Why There Won't Be One Global Currency.
Required reading this week
What One High-Stakes Trader Can Teach Us About Augur — medium.com
Ben Davidow interviews the anonymous trader responsible for half a million dollars worth of Ether on the Augur House midterm election market. The trader explains why he ultimately used Augur after centralized prediction markets either didn't allow for high-stakes trading or arbitrarily shut down his account.
Voting, Security, and Governance in Blockchains
Ali Yahya and Phil Daian discuss the challenges with governance for blockchains including coercion resistance, economic security, Dark DAOs, and their implications.
A-to-Z of Blockchain Consensus — medium.com
Julian Koh and Cheryl Sew Hoya present a beginner-friendly, entry-level guide to understanding how to think about blockchains, Byzantine Fault Tolerance, and consensus algorithms.
A Definitive List of Ethereum Developer Tools — media.consensys.net
Consensys put together a guide to available tools, components, frameworks, and platforms for developing applications on Ethereum.
Satoshi Roundtable V Recap — medium.com
Jameson Lopp recaps discussions he's had at Satoshi Roundtable V on topics such as Lightning Network, privacy, sidechains, secure hardware, mnemonic seed phrases, security tokens, and Grin.
1confirmation portfolio reading this week
The MakerDAO team shows the remarkable growth numbers for Dai adoption, including a 20% monthly usage growth.
Off-chain trading with Augur and 0x — medium.com
Graham Kaemmer wrote a guide to Veil's order book and how it matches orders using Augur and 0x.
Harbor Platform 2.0 Enables Startups to Tokenize Company Equity for Enhanced Fundraising and Incentivizing Partners, Customers, and Fans — medium.com
Harbor introduces Platform 2.0 – a new version of the platform for tokenizing private company (startup) equity. Startups can now brand the investor experience, control who can participate and trade, manage its cap table, and more.
Earn the Basic Attention Token — www.coinbase.com
Watch short educational videos on Coinbase and earn Basic Attention Token (BAT).
BLXR and White Paper — Update — medium.com
Recently bloXroute made changes to the BLXR token model from a reserve model to a direct dividend model and doubled the amount of revenue flowing to BLXR holders.