On loyalty point schemes and blockchains
This post attempts to describe how I understand the purpose of loyalty points, and in this context, how applicable blockchains are as a technical solution.
Yearly Archive: 2016
What you get for free with blockchains
People are using blockchains for all sorts of use cases because current open source blockchain solutions give you things out of the box that you’d otherwise have to code yourself. Read more.
Bitcoin’s network in one infographic
I have been looking for a one pager explaining the difference between users, miners, nodes and other participants on the bitcoin network. I couldn’t find one so I attempted to draw my own. Here it is....
In a nutshell: MultiChain (Epicenter Bitcoin interview – Nov 2015)
I enjoyed listening to episode 107 of the podcast “Epicenter Bitcoin” where Gideon Greenspan, CEO and Founder of Coin Sciences was interviewed about MultiChain. Gideon also writes a great blog. Here are my notes on parts of...
A gentle introduction to immutability of blockchains
In the context of data security, the immutability of data stored on blockchains is important. What do people mean when they say “Blockchains are immutable”? In this post I try to explain the key concepts. It...
In a nutshell: Eris (Epicenter Bitcoin interview – Jan 2016)
I enjoyed listening to episode 112 of the podcast “Epicenter Bitcoin” where Casey Kuhlman, CEO of Eris Industries was interviewed. Here are my notes on parts that I found particularly interesting. Misunderstandings and paraphrasing...
Disruptive Innovation in FinTech
How should incumbents, startups, and VCs think about FinTech, disruption, and blockchains?
Over Chinese New Year I read about Professor Clayton Christensen’s fascinating model for identifying and dealing with disruptive innovation, and attempt to summarise it in this post.
In a nutshell: DTCC whitepaper on distributed ledgers – Jan 2016
The DTCC whitepaper (Jan 2016) was a very good read. I attempt to summarise it here.
A gentle introduction to smart contracts
Smart contracts can be thought of as “automated trustworthy workflow between parties without a central specific co-ordinator.”. Here’s how I think about them.
FinTech finals Hong Kong: 25-26 Jan 2016
I returned from an enjoyable two-day event in Hong Kong showcasing Asia’s best FinTech startups. I spoke on a couple of panels and gave a short keynote.
