The Sweet Spot for Programmable Money
The sweet spot for programmable money is: On a blockchain, aimed at businesses, issued by a central bank. Here’s why.
The sweet spot for programmable money is: On a blockchain, aimed at businesses, issued by a central bank. Here’s why.
Everyone seems to be interested in programmable money (and assets), but what exactly does this mean? This post explores the concept of programmable money – what is possible today, and what is possible with...
This short blog post describes three different types of currency wars that seem to be happening at the moment. The phrase “currency wars” is not new – typically is has referred to deliberate devaluation...
Last week I went out with for a beer and pizza with Colin G Platt of Blockchain Insider fame after we did a podcast interview about my book The Basics of Bitcoins and Blockchains...
We’re gonna need another intermediary… In 2013-15 it was trendy for online merchants to pretend to accept bitcoin as payment. It was a very cheap way to get positive media mentions and seem innovative....
I’m absolutely thrilled to be able to write about the open sourcing of Project Ubin Phase II, a key project that our team has been working on for the past seven months with the...
How do banks pay each other? In most countries, when banks want to transfer money to each other, perhaps upon instruction from a customer, they don’t put bundles of banknotes in vans, they pay...
This post aims to explain the various common forms of money that exist today, and the words we use to describe them.