Lots of digital ink has been spilled explaining the question “what is Bitcoin?” As the price of bitcoin nears $100k, it’s a good time to explain it again. I find myself explaining it to a lot of people still, and find many people are still confused. It can be confusing! I wrote about bitcoin it … Continue reading What is Bitcoin?
So Twitter has launched a new tipping feature where you can send money to anyone on twitter. You can send it through cash app, venmo, and a few other sites, but the most interesting integration they have is with bitcoin and lightning. So I set up the tipping integration. Here’s what you need to do: … Continue reading How to set up tipping with Bitcoin and Lightning on Twitter
I recently wrote up a long explainer on Bitcoin. Now I’ll try and add a bit more about the #2 cryptocurrency, Ethereum. As of this writing bitcoin is at $98k and $1.9 trillion market cap, and ethereum is at $3500 and a $421 billion market cap. Bitcoin was the first real internet money. Ethereum is … Continue reading What is Ethereum?
How to mint a Karel NFT You may have heard of NFTs, but not know what they are. NFT stands for Non-Fungible Token, and in this post I’ll show you how you can mint your own Karel NFT. If you want to just skip and see what a Karel NFT looks like you can see … Continue reading How to mint a Karel NFT
So I’ve been very interested in crypto for a number of years and one of the major innovations and trends over the last year is yield farming. I’ve been trying to figure out what it is, so this post will be a bit of explaining it to myself. So, first: There is bitcoin. Bitcoin is … Continue reading Explaining Crypto Yield Farming to Myself
Talking to Uber Drivers in Kenya About M-Pesa In Swahili M-Pesa is mobile money — “M” stands for mobile and pesa means money. And in my recent trip to Kenya and Nairobi I was just fascinated by M-Pesa. It turns out that mobile cash in Kenya is far ahead the US. What is M-Pesa? So first, what is M-Pesa? … Continue reading Talking to Uber Drivers in Kenya About M-Pesa
International Payments are Stuck in the Stone Age International payments in the year 2019 do not work well. It costs an inordinate amount of money to just use your money. If you need to exchange currencies as a tourist you pay a massive fee, in the airport or other tourist exchanges the spread is massive over … Continue reading International Payments are Stuck in the Stone Age
A Few Use Cases of Cryptocurrency That Seem Inevitable I think it’s always a bit crazy to predict the future, but it’s also a fun exercise to do. I have definitely blogged and been very wrong on a number of technology predictions (what ever happened to Google Wave… ). Anyways, with that caveat, here are a … Continue reading A Few Use Cases of Cryptocurrency That Seem Inevitable
For people who are just starting to learn more about cryptocurrency and blockchain I wanted to compile a list of resources I found to be very helpful in learning about it. Here’s a short list! This is just a beginning, but there is lot’s more to read about. Whitepapers Bitcoin Whitepaper The original bitcoin whitepaper … Continue reading Getting Started Resources for Cryptocurrency
1. Computer Science Education 2. Distributed Work 3. Cryptocurrency/Blockchain These are three of the trends I think will continue to really emerge in the next five years. They are already here — but mostly all on the fringes, even if they have received some attention. 1. Computer Science Education We’re all in on this one at CodeHS — the top … Continue reading My Top Three 5–10 Year Trends of 2017
