{"id":12266,"date":"2019-01-14T13:59:37","date_gmt":"2019-01-14T12:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blockchainslovakia.sk\/2019\/01\/14\/issue-14-january-2nd\/"},"modified":"2019-01-14T13:59:37","modified_gmt":"2019-01-14T12:59:37","slug":"issue-14-january-2nd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blockchainslovakia.sk\/en\/2019\/01\/14\/issue-14-january-2nd\/","title":{"rendered":"Issue #14 – January 2nd"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/div>\n
\n\n\n\n
\n
\n\n\n\n
\n
\n

Issue #14\u00a0– January 2nd<\/h1>\n
Hello everyone!<\/div>\n
I wish you a great and successful year ahead! It has been quite some time since the last update. Nothing has happened in crypto in the past three months — said no one ever — so we got a lot to cover! It has been a crazy ride (or fall would be more precise) for all of us I am sure, but if not now when else we have a better\u00a0opportunity to demonstrate our belief in Satoshi’s vision? See interesting contemplations of\u00a0Zooko Wilcox<\/a>\u00a0on Twitter.<\/div>\n
\n

<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

<\/div>\n
Bitcoin:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
– Year 2018 in Bitcoin\u00a0by numbers<\/a>.
\n– The Bitcoin blockchain can be\u00a0effectively reached from anywhere in the world<\/a>, thanks to Blockstream.
\n– Blockstream also launched\u00a0Liquid network<\/a>.
\n– Now you can order Bitcoin Lightning nodes by Casa –\u00a0see the review<\/a>.
\n– Benefits of Bitcoin being\u00a0written in C++<\/a>.
\n– Recent developments in\u00a0Neutrino<\/a>.
\n–\u00a0Bitcoin is soon to be on\u00a0Ethereum blockchain<\/a>.
\n–\u00a0Bakkt\u00a0<\/a>ahs been postponed till end of January.
\n–\u00a0 Nice dive into\u00a0identity of Satoshi Nakamoto<\/a>. But Co-inventor of blockchain\u00a0begs to disagree<\/a>.
\n–\u00a0“We can do better than Bitcoin”<\/a>,\u00a0says Free Software Messiah Richard Stallman.
\n–\u00a0Philosophical teachings<\/a>\u00a0of Bitcoin.
\n– The Ultimate\u00a0Guide to Rootstock<\/a>.
\n–\u00a0 New\u00a0monitoring tool for the Lightning Network<\/a>\u00a0by Bitfury.
\n– Great contemplation on\u00a0Post-Bitcoin Maximalism<\/a>.
\n– Europol stated\u00a0bitcoins were not used for funding of any terror attacks<\/a>.Ethereum:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/u><\/div>\n
– Here you can find all the lectures fomr\u00a0Devcon4<\/a>\u00a0in Prague.
\n– And here is one of the best talks from Devcon by\u00a0Cory Doctorow of Electronic Frontiers Foundation<\/a>\u00a0on.
\n– Also, a\u00a0great talk from Web3 Summit<\/a>\u00a0in Berlin on decentralization in the information age.
\n– Update from the most active\u00a0ERC-20 projects<\/a>
\n–\u00a0State of Dapps<\/a>\u00a0as of November
\n– Zcash and Monero turned into\u00a0Ethereum-based smart contracts<\/a>?
\n–\u00a0 Vlad Zamfir vs Gavin Wood on\u00a0blockchain governance<\/a>.
\n– Moving ERC721 tokens between\u00a0Ethereum and PlasmaChain<\/a>.
\n–\u00a0Vitalik reflecting on the\u00a0lessons learned from first 5 years<\/a>\u00a0of ETH.
\n– PlasmaChain announced\u00a0first external validators<\/a>.
\n–\u00a0Plasma and The Raide<\/a>n network explained.
\n– Now you can transfer\u00a0DAI in a Zcash-like fashion<\/a>\u00a0on Ethereum.
\n– Vlad Zamfir’s piece on\u00a0Blockchain governance<\/a>.
\n–\u00a0ERC725 Alliance<\/a>\u00a0focsued on identity has been launched.
\n– And\u00a0identity solutions on Ethereum<\/a>\u00a0explained.Altcoins:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/u><\/div>\n
– Deep dive into\u00a0Zero-Knowledge proofs<\/a>
\n– Binance is launching\u00a0Binancechain<\/a>\u00a0with intention to compete with Ethereum.
\n– Under the hood of\u00a0Mimble Wimble<\/a>\u00a0and both of its\u00a0implementations<\/a>\u00a0–\u00a0Grin<\/a>\u00a0and Beam.
\n– Both of the implementations work with Dandelion protocol which you can\u00a0read about here.<\/a>
\n– Update\u00a0from the\u00a0development\u00a0activities<\/a>\u00a0of Monero, Lisk, Waves, Ziliqa and 0x.
\n– David Chaum’s talk on\u00a0“The Decentralized Dream”<\/a>\u00a0at Websummit and\u00a0his new coin.<\/a>
\n– Bitcoin Cash is rolling out new\u00a0checkpoint mechanism.<\/a>
\n– Understanding\u00a0Bitcoin Cash hardfork<\/a>. And after fork\u00a0report<\/a>.
\n– A brief history and\u00a0deep dive into Monero<\/a>
\n– Facebook\u00a0has announced new stable coin<\/a>\u00a0for Whatsapp!
\n–\u00a0Analysis of the ChainLink<\/a>\u00a0– the decentralised oracle network.<\/div>\n
\n

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

–\u00a0Bitwala<\/a>\u00a0is live again!
\n–\u00a0Best tools for Blockchain<\/a>\u00a0developers.
\n–\u00a0Advantages of functional languages<\/a>\u00a0for blockchain protocols.
\n–\u00a0Analyses of the correlations<\/a>\u00a0between hashrates and price movements by Ambroid.
\n–\u00a0“Blockchain” is a semantic wasteland<\/a>. What a great piece!
\n–\u00a0Security tokens<\/a>\u00a0are about the hit the world by storm!
\n– Andy Warhol’s masterpiece was\u00a0tokenized and sold<\/a>\u00a0on auction.<\/div>\n
\n
– Brief preview of\u00a0blockchain in academia<\/a>
\n–\u00a0New Crypto Anarchists haven<\/a>\u00a0opened in Bratislava, and featured in Coindesk.
\n–\u00a0A long deep dive in situation around\u00a0crypto in China<\/a>.
\n– It seems DEXes are not that safe\u00a0in front of SEC<\/a>.
\n– France gets new\u00a0crypto-positive legislation<\/a>.
\n– Nice\u00a0overview of all the\u00a0technical components of distributed consensus<\/a>.
\n– Great piece on\u00a0Schelling points, network effects and Lindy effect.<\/a>
\n– Understanding Malta’s\u00a0regulatory landscape related to security<\/a>\u00a0tokens
\n– Why do we need\u00a0Web 3.0<\/a>?
\n– Father of World Wide Web\u00a0launches\u00a0new platform<\/a>.
\n– Making\u00a0securities complia<\/a>nt on Ethereum.
\n– New\u00a0emerging standards<\/a>\u00a0for security tokens.
\n– An interesting\u00a0contemplation on security laws<\/a>\u00a0and their application on crypto.
\n– Overview of the\u00a0most controversial ideas<\/a>\u00a0about security tokens.
\n– Finally, great\u00a0podcasts on all aspects of security tokens<\/a>.<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n

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>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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

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

<\/div>\n
\"\"<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Issue #14\u00a0– January 2nd Hello everyone! I wish you a great and successful year ahead! It has been quite some…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":11000,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[214],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nIssue #14 - January 2nd - Blockchain Slovakia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blockchainslovakia.sk\/en\/2019\/01\/14\/issue-14-january-2nd\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Issue #14 - January 2nd - Blockchain Slovakia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Issue #14\u00a0– January 2nd Hello everyone! I wish you a great and successful year ahead! It has been quite some...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blockchainslovakia.sk\/en\/2019\/01\/14\/issue-14-january-2nd\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Blockchain Slovakia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Blockchain-Slovakia-1634700090171989\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-01-14T12:59:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/blockchainslovakia.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/s_cover.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"430\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Radka Novotn\u00e1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@BlockchainSK\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@BlockchainSK\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Radka Novotn\u00e1\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blockchainslovakia.sk\/en\/2019\/01\/14\/issue-14-january-2nd\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blockchainslovakia.sk\/en\/2019\/01\/14\/issue-14-january-2nd\/\",\"name\":\"Issue #14 - January 2nd - Blockchain Slovakia\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blockchainslovakia.sk\/en\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-01-14T12:59:37+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-01-14T12:59:37+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blockchainslovakia.sk\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/7f9a92518c49183b0eb55eda67c987dc\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blockchainslovakia.sk\/en\/2019\/01\/14\/issue-14-january-2nd\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/blockchainslovakia.sk\/en\/2019\/01\/14\/issue-14-january-2nd\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blockchainslovakia.sk\/en\/2019\/01\/14\/issue-14-january-2nd\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/blockchainslovakia.sk\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Issue #14 – January 2nd\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blockchainslovakia.sk\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blockchainslovakia.sk\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Blockchain Slovakia\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/blockchainslovakia.sk\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blockchainslovakia.sk\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/7f9a92518c49183b0eb55eda67c987dc\",\"name\":\"Radka Novotn\u00e1\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blockchainslovakia.sk\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d08d4995bb2dd45ceff387b31df69a74?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d08d4995bb2dd45ceff387b31df69a74?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Radka Novotn\u00e1\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Issue #14 - January 2nd - Blockchain Slovakia","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/blockchainslovakia.sk\/en\/2019\/01\/14\/issue-14-january-2nd\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Issue #14 - January 2nd - Blockchain Slovakia","og_description":"Issue #14\u00a0– January 2nd Hello everyone! I wish you a great and successful year ahead! It has been quite some...","og_url":"https:\/\/blockchainslovakia.sk\/en\/2019\/01\/14\/issue-14-january-2nd\/","og_site_name":"Blockchain Slovakia","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Blockchain-Slovakia-1634700090171989\/","article_published_time":"2019-01-14T12:59:37+00:00","og_image":[{"width":600,"height":430,"url":"https:\/\/blockchainslovakia.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/s_cover.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Radka Novotn\u00e1","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@BlockchainSK","twitter_site":"@BlockchainSK","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Radka Novotn\u00e1","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blockchainslovakia.sk\/en\/2019\/01\/14\/issue-14-january-2nd\/","url":"https:\/\/blockchainslovakia.sk\/en\/2019\/01\/14\/issue-14-january-2nd\/","name":"Issue #14 - January 2nd - Blockchain Slovakia","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blockchainslovakia.sk\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2019-01-14T12:59:37+00:00","dateModified":"2019-01-14T12:59:37+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/blockchainslovakia.sk\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/7f9a92518c49183b0eb55eda67c987dc"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/blockchainslovakia.sk\/en\/2019\/01\/14\/issue-14-january-2nd\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/blockchainslovakia.sk\/en\/2019\/01\/14\/issue-14-january-2nd\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/blockchainslovakia.sk\/en\/2019\/01\/14\/issue-14-january-2nd\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/blockchainslovakia.sk\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Issue #14 – January 2nd"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/blockchainslovakia.sk\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/blockchainslovakia.sk\/en\/","name":"Blockchain Slovakia","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/blockchainslovakia.sk\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/blockchainslovakia.sk\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/7f9a92518c49183b0eb55eda67c987dc","name":"Radka Novotn\u00e1","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/blockchainslovakia.sk\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d08d4995bb2dd45ceff387b31df69a74?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d08d4995bb2dd45ceff387b31df69a74?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Radka Novotn\u00e1"}}]}},"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"0","action":"","terms":[],"taxonomy":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blockchainslovakia.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12266"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blockchainslovakia.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blockchainslovakia.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blockchainslovakia.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blockchainslovakia.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blockchainslovakia.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12266\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blockchainslovakia.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blockchainslovakia.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blockchainslovakia.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blockchainslovakia.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}