I have been a big advocate for decentralized power, which in our American context has been connected to “states’ rights;” the most prominent period and example being the American Civil War, where the Southern states resisted centralized federal control and both fought for and applied to their Constitution a strong decentralized states’ rights policy.| Abbeville Institute
Starknet v0.14.0 launches Sept 1 with decentralized sequencing, pre-confirmations, and fee upgrades, advancing Ethereum Layer 2 scalability.| crypto.news
A walk through the nuance of what "decentralization" means in the context of Bitcoin, and how to conceptualize the different aspects of it.| Bitcoin Magazine
The reality is that many first-generation high-speed blockchains were built without accounting for these interlocking constraints| crypto.news
Governance in decentralization is often the real blocker—not technology. Learn how trust structures decide whether systems succeed or stall.| Spherical Cow Consulting
Centralization vs decentralization isn’t about tech, it's about incentives. What if success looked more distributed?| Spherical Cow Consulting
The cost of decentralization isn’t just money—it’s complexity, redundancy, and effort. Learn what to weigh before you build for resilience.| Spherical Cow Consulting
Dear lawmakers and regulators, this draft industry paper doesn't do the job. I explain why in the hope that you will act.| Generative Identity
On decentralization, servers and cryptography| Mike’s blog - Medium
Remembering pre-Bitcoin designs for digital money| Mike’s blog - Medium
Self-hosting has always been a pain in the ass. What if it wasn't?| cbeams
It's time. And it's never been easier.| cbeams
A whitepaper detailing the design and rollout of the Bisq DAO and BSQ colored coin.| cbeams
LLMs may be just the stepping stone technology we needed. But stepping to where exactly? And how?| Philip Sheldrake
Lately I’ve been exploring data models on the Hypercore Protocol. In this post, I’m going to talk about approaches to schemas and semantics in a decentralized setting.| Stories by Paul Frazee on Medium
Wyoming's DUNA legislation aims to create a new legal entity for DAOs and shift the regulatory landscape. But should all DAOs become DUNAs?| Colony Blog
Of all the promises made in the name of Web3, two stand out as particularly radical and democracy-enhancing. First, some expect it to accelerate the process of decentralisation, which is already apace in many institutions, industries, and infrastructures. Second, we are assured that, in liberating artists from the extractivist data| The Crypto Syllabus
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AI Needs Help| John Hagel
Blockchain will be the cornerstone of the world, providing the financial and governance framework for all intelligent entities, whether biological or artificial.| crypto.news
There has always been a to-and-fro between the Malthusian, limits-to-growth school of thought that sees the growth in human population and its increasing consumption as out-stripping the carrying c…| xraydelta
This piece was originally published at the Independent Institute.| Abbeville Institute
I have a new favorite song. I discovered it during the promotional build-up to the annual football contest between two worthy academic institutions: The University of Michigan and The Ohio State University. I don’t know whether the song has a title, but it is sung to the tune of “ The Old Grey Mare” (she ain’t what she used to be ):| Abbeville Institute
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Dear lawmakers and regulators, this draft industry paper doesn't do the job. I explain why in the hope that you will act. The post Live or DIE — a review of a draft industry paper on the harms of SSI appeared first on Philip Sheldrake.| Philip Sheldrake
The point of failure is precisely where Web3 technology meets you and me. We must change our approach, not just to avoid failure, but to fully explore and expand the gifts of being human. The post Web3’s future #fail is avoidable appeared first on Philip Sheldrake.| Philip Sheldrake
We are living in the most extraordinary times in human history. Massive transformations will make the next few decades the most life-changing of all times.| David Espindola - Technology | Transformation | Social Impact
Need a chat box for your website? Want something more independent and affordable than Firebase? In this super simple tutorial, I’ll show you how to build a chat using Iris.| Sirius Business
What do Google, Facebook, Youtube, Amazon, Uber and a phone book have in common?| Sirius Business
By Nader Dabit If you’re reading this then you are a participant in the modern web. The web we are experiencing today is much different than what it was just 10 years ago. How has the web evolved, and more importantly – where is it going next? Also, ...| freeCodeCamp.org
Trust has been an important word throughout my life. Many that know me well would say trust plays a bigger role in my worldview than for anyone else they have met. At the core of web3 is a be…| Ryan Caldbeck's site
Recent moves by Eugen Rochko (known as Gargron on fedi), the CEO of Mastodon-the-non-profit and lead developer of Mastodon-the-software, got some people worried about the outsized influence Mastodon (| Songs on the Security of Networks
The point of failure is precisely where Web3 technology meets you and me. We must change our approach, not just to avoid failure, but to fully explore and expand the gifts of being human.| Generative Identity