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The Individual vs The Collective Fallacy
The individual vs the collective fallacy says that individuals need to be selfless to benefit the collective, and that will …
Effects of Security and Surplus on Behavior
A ten year experiment with guppies in a pond with no predators and another pond with predators, resulted in later …
Sweden’s Coronavirus Success: To Keep Public Health Best for All Segments
In an interview (see video below) with Trevor Noah of The Daily Show, Dr. Anders Tegnell, Sweden’s State Epidemiologist of …
Bitcoin Ungovernance Explained
There is a lot of discussion and analysis about how the supposed governance systems of secure proof of work blockchains, …
From Gold To Fiat To Bit Gold To Bitcoin
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The problem that money solves is that humans have a limited …
Why Does Ethereum Classic Have Value?
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The problem that money solves is that humans have a limited …
The Bitcoin Security Model Explained
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The purpose of the Bitcoin (BTC) network is to avoid trusted …
Why Proof of Work Based Nakamoto Consensus Is Secure and Complete
Ethereum Classic Ungovernance Explained
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Ethereum Classic Brand Promise, Positioning, Personality, and Communications
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What Is the Problem of Referring to Ethereum Classic as a
…The Ethereum Classic Security Model Explained
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The purpose of the Ethereum Classic (ETC) network is to avoid …
Satoshi Nakamoto Mentioned Trust Minimization 14 Times in the Bitcoin White Paper
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Given cypherpunk history and the clear ethos of decentralization in the …
Ethereum Classic Phoenix Upgrade Set for Block 10,500,839 Estimated on June 2020
UPDATE MAY 27TH: PHOENIX WILL HAPPEN ON JUNE 1ST OF 2020 – UPGRADE YOUR NODES!
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The Ethereum Classic Monetary Policy Explained
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When Bitcoin was released it was the result of twenty …
Ethereum Classic Money, Property, and Agreements Explained
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“Principles” may be regarded as evolved patterns of behavior that are …
Ethereum Classic Aztlán and Phoenix Upgrades Set to Activate on Block 10,500,839 Estimated on June 10th, 2020
IMPORTANT NOTE: These upgrades were replaced by the Phoenix upgrade.
On an Ethereum Classic (ETC) core developer call today, it …
The Ethereum Classic Trinity Explained
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The highest purpose of blockchains, such as Bitcoin and Ethereum Classic …
The Future of Bitcoin Dust
Bitcoin dust is the accumulation of the small fractions of BTC, as expressed in decimal numbers, that are left “abandoned” …
Ethereum Classic Developer Call – About the Next Aztlán and Phoenix Upgrades – Feb 5, 2020
The Ethereum Classic (ETC) developer team has just announced a new Core Dev call for Wednesday, February 05, 2020, 4pm …
The Ethereum Classic Ecosystem Explained
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As the Ethereum Classic (ETC) ecosystem grows, it is difficult to …
The Logic of Why Ethereum Classic Will Rise 1000x in the Medium To Long Term
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My thesis of why Ethereum Classic (ETC) will rise 1000x in …
The Laffer Curve Extended
The Laffer curve seems to be a ratio of tolerance of arbitrary impositions by others. That tolerance must be graduated …
Etherplan Metrics for 2019
Etherplan is a website produced, written, and edited by Donald McIntyre dedicated to research, articles, & podcasts about Ethereum Classic…
Backward Compatibility: What Is Account Versioning in Ethereum Classic?
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Generalized Account Versioning Scheme, Account Versioning, or AV for short, was …