Cryptocurrency
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The Threat to Bitcoin from Quantum Computing
This week, it was my pleasure to sit on a panel with Gavin Brennen of Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia, a physicist and one of the world experts on this topic. He presented a very nice paper that examined this question in some detail. He began with his frustration over the headlines that swept the…
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Bitcoin Is Not for the Faint of Heart
Blockchain technology could be as big as they say. The particular assets and governance models behind them are subject to the market test, both in terms of the price and their ultimate viability.
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Cryptocurrencies and Small Businesses Have Similar Failure Rates
The fact that about half of altcoins failed or came close to doing so over five years is a promising sign for that market, rather than an indictment of anything not named Bitcoin.
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Five Reasons We Don’t Know What the Future Will Look Like
We love to prognosticate, but it’s impossible to do so without severely glossing over the complexities of the real world. That leads us to false dichotomies, like “Blockchain technology will change everything” versus “Blockchain is all hype.”
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Financial Freedom Means Learning to Love Uncertainty
It is the great presumption of public policy that some people with power, resources, and status can know what is true, and therefore what must be better. This is in contrast to the lowly actors in the marketplace who must deal daily with the problem of not knowing. To navigate life, to find profitable investment…
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Smart Contracts May Be Revolutionary, but We’ll Still Need Lawyers
Many people who are bullish on blockchain make grandiose claims that the technology will completely overhaul industries and institutions. But these claims often ignore the complexity of the real world and misunderstand what revolutionary technologies actually do.
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Thus Does the Crypto Winter Endeth
There will be another winter. And another. To get the best sense of the potential here, it’s best to look at the price, not day to day, but on a logarithmic scale. Here is where we can see the potential of the technology. That has a much more meaningful significance than the fickle judgments of…
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Could the Blockchain Revolution Use a Dose of Pragmatism?
By focusing almost exclusively on disruption, blockchain proponents can ignore the important role of adoption by existing players in finance and other industries.
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The Monetary and Financial System of the Future
Seemingly out of nowhere, we have now an entire suite of technology that could conceivably displace and even replace national money, traditional payment options, and even regulated capital markets, and bring us something new and much more wonderful.
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The Threat to Bitcoin from Quantum Computing
This week, it was my pleasure to sit on a panel with Gavin Brennen of Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia, a physicist and one of the world experts on this topic. He presented a very nice paper that examined this question in some detail. He began with his frustration over the headlines that swept the…
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Bitcoin Is Not for the Faint of Heart
Blockchain technology could be as big as they say. The particular assets and governance models behind them are subject to the market test, both in terms of the price and their ultimate viability.
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Cryptocurrencies and Small Businesses Have Similar Failure Rates
The fact that about half of altcoins failed or came close to doing so over five years is a promising sign for that market, rather than an indictment of anything not named Bitcoin.
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Five Reasons We Don’t Know What the Future Will Look Like
We love to prognosticate, but it’s impossible to do so without severely glossing over the complexities of the real world. That leads us to false dichotomies, like “Blockchain technology will change everything” versus “Blockchain is all hype.”
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•
Financial Freedom Means Learning to Love Uncertainty
It is the great presumption of public policy that some people with power, resources, and status can know what is true, and therefore what must be better. This is in contrast to the lowly actors in the marketplace who must deal daily with the problem of not knowing. To navigate life, to find profitable investment…
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Smart Contracts May Be Revolutionary, but We’ll Still Need Lawyers
Many people who are bullish on blockchain make grandiose claims that the technology will completely overhaul industries and institutions. But these claims often ignore the complexity of the real world and misunderstand what revolutionary technologies actually do.
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•
Thus Does the Crypto Winter Endeth
There will be another winter. And another. To get the best sense of the potential here, it’s best to look at the price, not day to day, but on a logarithmic scale. Here is where we can see the potential of the technology. That has a much more meaningful significance than the fickle judgments of…
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•
Could the Blockchain Revolution Use a Dose of Pragmatism?
By focusing almost exclusively on disruption, blockchain proponents can ignore the important role of adoption by existing players in finance and other industries.
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•
The Monetary and Financial System of the Future
Seemingly out of nowhere, we have now an entire suite of technology that could conceivably displace and even replace national money, traditional payment options, and even regulated capital markets, and bring us something new and much more wonderful.