{"id":11369,"date":"2018-05-23T16:15:45","date_gmt":"2018-05-23T14:15:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blockchainslovakia.sk\/2018\/05\/23\/issue-11-may-23rd\/"},"modified":"2018-05-23T16:15:45","modified_gmt":"2018-05-23T14:15:45","slug":"issue-11-may-23rd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blockchainslovakia.sk\/en\/2018\/05\/23\/issue-11-may-23rd\/","title":{"rendered":"Issue #11 – May 23rd"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nHello everyone!<\/div>\n
It has been a month since my last update so I made sure you get a proper dose of\u00a0 relevant crypto information. A lot has happened in the past weeks. New York hosted its Blockchain Week, even though some of the crypto rockstars decided to\u00a0boycott<\/a>\u00a0it.<\/p>\n

By the way,\u00a0do you too feel like that ICO hype is slowly fading away? If you wonder why is that, it may something to do with the picture below. Some even suggest that\u00a0ICOs are like cancer<\/a>. Do you agree?<\/p>\n

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Bitcoin:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/u><\/span><\/div>\n

– Amazon was\u00a0granted a patent for tracking Bitcoin transactions<\/a>.
\n– Bitcoin\u00a0got really popular<\/a>\u00a0in Georgia.<\/div>\n
– Goldmans are about to open Bitcoin\u00a0trading operations<\/a>.
\n– Sum up of things to know about\u00a0Lightning<\/a>\u00a0Network.
\n– Nice overview of BTC\u00a0forkdrops<\/a>!
\n– Awesome\u00a0visualization<\/a>\u00a0of crypto market cap!
\n– Mt. Gox cold\u00a0wallet<\/a>\u00a0monitoring.
\n– How to setup a\u00a0lightning network<\/a>\u00a0node for Litecoin on Mac!<\/p>\n

Ethereum:<\/strong><\/u><\/div>\n

–\u00a0Update on the state of scaling<\/a>\u00a0by ConsenSys.<\/div>\n
– A\u00a0piece explaining how OMG and Plasma<\/a>\u00a0fit together. Also, an practical look at\u00a0Plasma<\/a>.
\n– Is\u00a00x<\/a>\u00a0the future of decentralized exchanges?
\n– Have you heard of Decentraland – bringing the\u00a0VR world<\/a>\u00a0onto Ethereum?
\n– How will\u00a0identity system<\/a>\u00a0work on Ethereum?
\n– Vitalik’s latest on\u00a0liberation<\/a>\u00a0through decentralization. And he is not the only one to appreciate\u00a0decentralization<\/a>.
\n– Update on\u00a0ERC998<\/a>\u00a0Crypto Composables
\n– The Korean Peace declaration\u00a0was recorded<\/a>\u00a0into ETH blockchain.
\n– It seems you will need to have 1500 ethers to be able to test\u00a0staking<\/a>\u00a0in Casper. Or\u00a0maybe 32<\/a>?
\n–\u00a0ERC948<\/a>\u00a0– finally subscription services on the blockchain?
\n– Will\u00a0Dai<\/a>\u00a0be the one in the realm of stablecoins?
\n– An\u00a0analysis<\/a>\u00a0of PoW reward reduction coming with Casper.<\/p>\n

Altcoins:<\/strong><\/u><\/div>\n

– Bancor seems to be onto something\u00a0with its FIAT gateway.<\/a><\/div>\n
– Goldman Sachs\u00a0launched their own stable<\/a>\u00a0coin via Circle, which\u00a0gets quite some funding<\/a>.<\/div>\n
–\u00a0Update<\/a>\u00a0from DigixDAO related to governance.
\n– Maybe you noticed that Vitalik criticized EOS – here is\u00a0their response.<\/a>
\n– EOS’s Daniel Larimer wrote a\u00a0piece<\/a>\u00a0on limits of crypto governance.
\n– Is\u00a0Holochain<\/a>\u00a0truly evolution of cloud computing?
\n–\u00a0Update<\/a>\u00a0from CryptoBridge’s roadmap.
\n– Kyber Network\u00a0integrated<\/a>\u00a0with MEW, released quarterly\u00a0update<\/a>, and their CEO also wrote up a\u00a0letter<\/a>.
\n– Bcash\u00a0upgraded<\/a>\u00a0to 32 MB blocks.
\n– Privacy\u00a0Cryptocurrency Matrix<\/a>\u00a0comparing all the coins focused on privacy.
\n– Guide to claim your\u00a0Monero forks<\/a>\u00a0safely
\n– OmiseGo released a\u00a0new roadmap<\/a>\u00a0– super exciting!
\n– Vechain gets lots of traction recently\u00a0 – let’s look\u00a0under the hood<\/a>\u00a0of its consensus mechanism.
\n– Aragon is introducing\u00a0AragonOS<\/a>, and decentralizing its\u00a0development<\/a>.
\n– Aeternity’s\u00a0update<\/a>.
\n– Soon we can play around with\u00a0smart contracts on Waves<\/a>.
\n–\u00a0Update<\/a>\u00a0on development from the Sia team.
\n– Interview with\u00a0Bancor<\/a>\u00a0people.
\n–\u00a0Aion<\/a>\u00a0launched main net!<\/p>\n

Blockchain\u00a0Tech & Trends:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/u><\/div>\n

–\u00a0Binance’s success<\/a>\u00a0has ben tremendous in the past months. Its future might be not.
\n– How\u00a0consensus mechanisms<\/a>\u00a0work in blockchains and how it is related to\u00a0governance<\/a>.
\n–\u00a0Binance Labs<\/a>\u00a0has been launched.
\n– There is a new cool tool on the block –\u00a0Totle<\/a>\u00a0– a\u00a0portfolio tool that allows you to trade on various decentralized exchanges.
\n–\u00a0HSBC<\/a>\u00a0bragged about making a first trade finance transaction using (not really) blockchain.
\n– Thailand Government came with a new\u00a0legal framework<\/a>\u00a0for crypto.
\n– Sia folks wrote up an\u00a0interesting piece<\/a>\u00a0on the state of mining.
\n– StarkWare Industries – a company focused on\u00a0researching zero knowledge proofs<\/a>just kicked off!<\/div>\n
–\u00a0Nice piece<\/a>\u00a0from Andreessen Horowitz on the big picture of crypto and considerations for regulators.
\n– Amazon now offers Blockchain\u00a0templates<\/a>!<\/div>\n
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I will be always happy to read your feedback, and suggestions on possible topics to include to the newsletter. If you would like to share some with me, please do so at\u00a0stancel@blockchainslovakia.sk<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In case you want to show me some crypto love:<\/em><\/p>\n

BTC<\/strong>:\u00a03M5bzL8GDhDJoJ2RoRFcza917L1tEcPp3P
\nETH<\/strong>:\u00a00x62cE83a2C24686957d769bFd940B69ff568E760A
\nLTC<\/strong>:\u00a0MVrjVKmQ5sGoMHJ1Np8Q2YEqWMCqkuu1yz
\nPIVX<\/strong>:\u00a0DMJxf4ce3Le4qUyDVSA5TS2CRwFuatec75
\nDASH<\/strong>:\u00a0XpQCnerF4wq1fQk9FVCjKE22juyYgqUMUo<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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