₿LOCK FRAGMΞNTS By Marvin Vista Highly curated links on decentralization, blockchain tech, and cryptocurrencies. Sent on weekdays. 78 issues Subscribe to our newsletter This thingy has to be empti pwieshh Are you a robot? 🤖
A lightweight cryptocurrency by O(1) Labs, the promise of a STARK-powered Zcash, the Pineapple Fund says goodbye (for now), Robinhood closed a big round, and a Bloomberg ticker for a crypto index #78 May 12, 2018
ZCash Foundation's stance on ASIC resistance, FB messenger head moves on to blockchain projects, new names in the Bitcoin codebase, incentivizing Ethereum full node support, and Reddit co-founder makes a case for crypto at Colbert's show #77 May 9, 2018
PiedPiperCoin, wallet UX, a potential attack on Monero, some old people’s thoughts on crypto, and a lightweight Plasma Cash #76 May 8, 2018
#75 May 4, 2018 Consensys's MBA-focused competition winners, Embark, a framework for building DApps, Kauri's tech stack for decentralized knowledge curation, a Bitcoin exchange is using Lightning, and Dan Finlay's Strange Loop
#74 May 3, 2018 The UX of a Lightning-powered future, Goldman is opening a Bitcoin trading operation, May 2018 Ethereum Foundation grantees, the true face of Litecoin, Lightning projects for the future of Bitcoin
#73 May 3, 2018 Sharding is coming soon, Eltoo: Bitcoin’s layer 2 protocol for scaling, Brave stats, countries meet to discuss ISO standards, and managing real estate over the Ethereum network
#72 Apr 28, 2018 Infura's key role in the Ethereum network, Amazon sold a compromised hardware wallet, a federal reserve bank outlines the similarities between Bitcoin and USD, using Libraries on Solidity, and a MIT director's thoughts on crypto regulation
#71 Apr 28, 2018 MyCrypto's new desktop app, are we decentralized yet?, on Ethereum's recent lobbying efforts, Parity's continued commitment to Ethereum, and Messari's analysis of Distric0x
#70 Apr 26, 2018 Ethereum scaling proposals, a profile of David Chaum, thoughts from blockchain believers, and overflow bugs found on smart contracts – Apologies for missing the Wednesday digest. I'll send another one this Saturday to make up for it.
#69 Apr 24, 2018 Coinbase Commerce Overview, Adchain's TCR, MyEtherWallet Compromised, On why Ether is Not a Security (or is it?)
#68 Apr 24, 2018 Parity separates the UI from the client, Goldman hires a crypto VP, relevant Bitcoin charts, top VC firms are influencing the definition of crypto securities, and Kraken's thoughts on regulation
#67 Apr 21, 2018 Coinbase blocked Wikileaks, Vitalik on VICE, Q2 Zcash Foundation grants, Computing the token price of goods and services, Blockchain templates by AWS
#66 Apr 19, 2018 MyCrypto's 1.0 milestone, Blockstack Community Rewards, Parity Hard Fork Poll, Cryptogoods, Product > Most Whitepapers
#65 Apr 19, 2018 Messari Profiles, MyCrypto x Parity Signer, Coin Center travels the world, Open Protocol Interfaces, Consensys job openings (copy) – Sending out a proper version of today's newsletter, sans duplicates. I'm very sorry.
#64 Apr 17, 2018 Earn.com is acquired by Coinbase, the new Coinbase CTO, Ledger firmware update, and an analysis of MakerDAO
#63 Apr 17, 2018 Against EIP-960 aka capping the ETH supply, EIP-999 aka The DAO season 2, 1,200 DApps are now live on the Ethereum blockchain, Ethereum's Netscape moment, and ETHBuenosAires
#62 Apr 14, 2018 Cryptoeconomics course, Powers of Tau completed, Overwinter-compatible Zcash, Coinbase acquired Cipher, and user research on decentralized exchanges
#61 Apr 13, 2018 Plasma-powered DAppChains, Token Foundry, Blockchain's social impact, Peepeth, Blockchain and the law
#60 Apr 12, 2018 Reopening a power plant for blockchain mining, Motherboard on ASIC miners, Blockstack and Toshi, thoughts on the inevitable regulation, and why blockchain won't replace big tech right away
#59 Apr 11, 2018 BitMEX dives into PoS, how to make $100k with Cryptokitties, doing in-app purchases with LN, Michael Novogratz, and paying salaries in BTC
