CryptoQuikRead_096 - Giacomo's Tweetstorm, Coinage in the Age of Bitcoin
"So, what people call "SPV" today, is actually the practice of trusting the hashrate majority not JUST to prevent doublespending, but to properly verify and enforce Bitcoin rules." @giacomozucco The T...
21 Jun 201818min
CryptoQuikRead_095 - The Genesis Files: Hashcash or How Adam Back Designed Bitcoin's Motor Block
"It was around this time — 1997, close to the [cypherpunk mailing] list’s peak popularity — that Back submitted his Hashcash proposal." @AaronvanW @BitcoinMagazine Today we read the second in Aaron Vo...
20 Jun 201823min
CryptoQuikRead_094 - Let's Do the Time Warp Again, Verge Hack Part Deux
“While patching the first hack, they seem to have initially wanted to decrease the time drift to 15 minutes, but things kept… going wrong.” Listen to the next installment in the Verge Hack fiasco from...
19 Jun 201834min
CryptoQuikRead_093 - The Importance of Layer 2
"the most pressing issue in cryptocurrency and blockchain technology right now is, how are we going to achieve the original vision of blockchains as open, decentralized networks while scaling to reach...
18 Jun 201815min
CryptoQuikRead_092 - The Truth About Smart Contracts
Support the Show:3Nn8jJSfK2oFherVWQUGXgesvHpzbMckz5 Are smart contracts really the trustless panacea that we all dream they are? Or are there serious and often insurmountable challenges that too ma...
15 Jun 201826min
CryptoQuikRead_091 - BetterHash Aims to Increase Bitcoin Mining Decentralization
Support The Show: 3Nn8jJSfK2oFherVWQUGXgesvHpzbMckz5 @TheBlueMatt has introduced a new protocol to re-decentralize the vulnerability of mining pools. Listen to @dantwany’s article breaking down wha...
14 Jun 201815min
CryptoQuikRead_090 - Sharding Centralizes Ethereum [StopAndDecrypt]
Today we read @StopAndDecrypt’s thorough breakdown of the Ethereum scaling and validation trade-off. Is ETH an inherently centralizing system? Find out in today’s Quik Read. Don't forget to check t...
13 Jun 20181h 35min
CryptoQuikRead_089 - Bitcoin Magazine’s Week in Review: Looking to the Past and the Future
Covering the weeks top stories with Bitcoin Magazine’s Week in Review - Looking to the Past and the Future. Listen to today’s episode from Shawn Gordon and subscribe to hear all the best articles in ...
11 Jun 201811min
