The First Blockchain Security Conference — Two weeks ago I got to speak at HoshoCon, the first blockchain security conference of its kind, along with a ton of other amazing speakers including Andreas Antonopoulos. The crowd was a mix of developers, companies, and even people brand new to the industry trying to figure out what’s going…

They instead cause infinite more problems to worry about — It came out recently that ICOs by size were equivalent to 45% of IPOs created in the Q2 of 2018¹. …

One of the biggest dApps to date is a pyramid scheme that advertises itself as so — Cryptocurrencies have been ripe with scams, illegal markets, and fraud since they started. I want to make it clear that while the inherent nature of cryptocurrencies isn’t to be gateway for fraud, they’re being used as the tool as with any system in the real world. …

300 Developers and Some of the Best Companies in the Industry — Last week I got the chance to speak at the BuildETH conference in San Fransisco along with a ton of other amazing speakers. The conference was a mix of advanced developers, people who were just starting to get into the space, and many blockchain companies in the SF community. Companies…

Would you use Instagram if you had to pay 1 penny to like a photo? — EOS’s soon to be launched mainnet is stirring up a lot of talk this recent month. As with many other coins this platform is supposed to be the next “Ethereum Killer”. It can be argued that any other blockchain will have a lot of trouble getting to the stage Ethereum…

The Road to a +$100 Trillion Token Market — Tokens are a fascinating topic and every day there is new innovation coming out. As a developer it’s an amazing feeling to be able to create value that anyone can access from a computer anywhere in the world. We’re in the new decentralized economy and it’s only growing! …

Except the few that understand crypto-economics — While this title is scary, it will sadly be the case for many utility tokens unless they change the way they’re structured to fit the new landscape that is coming. All of this will be a slow progression but it’s going to happen because two new technologies are rapidly advancing…

From the wild west to a new era of regulation — Coming from building a startup with VC funding and understanding the pitfalls of trying to raise money traditionally when I first heard the idea of token sales it seemed brilliant. It inherently solved many traditional problems a startup faced. In the traditional funding world once you have your brilliant idea…

Vitalik’s solution to all the people taking your money to buy lambos instead of doing real work with ICOs — Everyone has heard the horror story of the original DAO that ended up forcing a hard fork to occur and create a schism in the Ethereum ecosystem. Many people have had fraudsters or just bad business practices take their hard earned money they put in ICOs go to waste. In…