Games and the Metaverse—and their three-pronged problem
The current game monetization model is broken, but it can be fixed by allowing the player to risk and win their own rewards by defeating other players, like in an actual competitive sport.
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An uncomfortable truth…privacy, not anonymity!
Privacy is not the same as anonymity, as it means keeping information out of reach to anyone it shouldn’t concern, while anonymity is a word whose meaning has been twisted.
Ordinals—NFTs on BTC, causes ‘Perfect Storm’ of success
This drama is just getting started, but one thing is for sure—there is a big market demand for on-chain NFT art, and many developers may start looking into BSV.
2023: The year of AI
While offering limitless possibilities, the risks of using artificial intelligence remain, including the possibility of data being mishandled and violating existing laws like copyright and intellectual property regulations.
Farewell to 2022… Hello 2023!
2022 witnessed the dashing dreams of BTC loyalists who called for the price to hit $100k, given their infallible plan to get rich by HODLing, while the Defi crowd got their time in the sun.
ZK Proof of Reserves
Proof of Reserves proves that clients' funds are in safe hands, and while it is not a 100% guarantee that the funds won't disappear in an instant, it assures investors that their money is still there.
The holy grail of blockchain tech—now on Bitcoin SV
Zk-proofs (or zk-SNARKs) are basically a way in which a party (or prover) can prove their knowledge of something secret to a second party (a verifier) without revealing the actual thing in public.
Digital tokens and NFTs—it’s all in the past!
Industry players can use blockchain technology as a medium to verify digital keys, thereby solve licensing and API key duplication problems.
Empty block miner—an economic play or malicious cybercrime?
Because of the exceptionally low fee endemic in the current BSV ecosystem, the amount of block reward in fees for most of the transactions hardly make it worthwhile for a miner to put into blocks.
Bitcoin Recovery: Yes, it can be done—and legally too
Stolen bitcoins have always been recoverable through a legal process, and the retrieval of such assets was only hindered by blockers who refused to enforce the rules.
Ethereum makes the final plunge to proof of stake
"The Merge" not only pumped the price of ETH tokens, as opposed to what was promised, but its switch to a PoS model created a slew of issues, including turning the network into a permissioned ledger.
BTC fee model is all wrong
BTC's fee model largely favors miners and runs counter to its original design of a peer-to-peer cash system that provides convenience and reliability among users.