As the Chinese proverb says, “The insider knows the ropes, while the outsider just comes along for the ride”. The technologists in the blockchain industry (yes, in 2021, a phrase no longer valid just in the self-styled wantrepreneurs’ wild dreams) certainly have a long way to go in explaining if the ropes are for taking Read more about Call for developers – Why you should learn Blockchain[…]
At Tallinn Blockchain Developers Meetup, we gather Blockchain developers in Estonia to meet and learn about Blockchain (mainly Ethereum) development together. In the July meetup, we are learning together how to use the Aragon to create your own DAO on Ethereum. Also as an example an Aragon app that is to manage ether fund by Read more about Tallinn Blockchain Developers Meetup 20190724: Aragon app workshop[…]
Inspiration We are Estonian residents and know our way around electronic ID systems. We decided to leverage the possibilities of 0x markets. What it does Estonian residents (and e-residents) can request a DAI loan through our platform by staking collateral (a car). They then define the details of the loan, like interest rate and payment Read more about What We Have Built in ETHParis[…]
The success of launching tZERO marks a significant milestone in the mainstream adoption of the Blockchain technology. However the achievement did not come by accident, Patrick Byrne, the executive chairman of tZERO, is a deep believer of Austrian economics 1) What is Austrian Economics? , and would describe him a Hayekian 2) Friedrich Hayek . Because of Read more about tZERO and the libertarian philosophy that drives Patrick Byrne[…]
A presentation from the recent NOIA Network powered Vilnius meetup – “Decentralized Internet: Is it the future?“ MiaoMiao is a convert to the vision of a better world where the spread of information, social organization and the way we construct systems, are all enhanced and optimized through decentralization. Having worked in the software industry for Read more about The role of Blockchain in Internet Decentralization[…]
“The ideological heartstrings and naivety rooted in the paranoia and mistrust of centralized institutions like the government, a sentiment that is the bedrock or catalyst for many people attracted to blockchain, can only go so far. It’s up to front-running platforms seeking to offer a viable and preferable digital citizenship on land or sea (or Read more about Decentralization is an End Itself[…]
In previous part, I described what is open source organization and its various design patterns. In this part, I will describe some example that puts the theory in practice. NOIA Network NOIA network is composed of thousands of nodes running open source NOIA node software 1) NOIA node github repository earning NOIA tokens for sharing Read more about From open source software to open source organization – Part 3: Examples[…]
Previously, I talked about why I think open and closed source are like Yin and Yang, they balance with each other in the long run. And as of today, open source needs to come back. Decentralized Computing Recognizing that cloud computing paradigm has given closed source platform competitive advantage over the open source ones, in order Read more about From open source software to open source organization – Part 2: Decentralized Computing and Open Source Organization[…]
The best description of what open source philosophy is comes from opensource.com : “Open source projects, products, or initiatives embrace and celebrate principles of open exchange, collaborative participation, rapid prototyping, transparency, meritocracy, and community-oriented development.” It is necessary to point out first that, there is no innate superiority in open source philosophy, instead its quality Read more about From open source software to open source organization – Part 1: Yin and Yang[…]
The success of the free and open source software movement – accentuated by the proliferation of the Linux ecosystem, the open source software driven Web 2.0 and the change of attitude and policies towards open source software from the once opponent Microsoft – certainly has surprised a lot of pundits of the software industry. However Read more about From open source software to open source organization – Overview[…]