Charles talks about why he joined and left Ethereum. There was a difference of opinion about having a profit or non-profit hybrid structure. Also Charles doesn’t agree with some of the tech decisions. He also elaborates on his departure at Invictus Innovations, known for Bitshares. Furthermore we talk about Charles’s lack at main bitcoin conferences. He does speak at a lot of meetups, like in Japan. Charles is not a bitcoin maximist. We talk about identity systems, smart contracts and enforcements.  Mainstream media in Japan is still recovering from Mt. Gox. His new project will involve oracles and smart contracts focused on Asian countries, based on Ripple and maybe other technologies. Charles also shares his concerns on bitcoin, for example with regards to the consensus mechanism. Also he talks about the distribution and the lack of incentive for data relay. Finally we talk about private law, other protocols like nubits and much more. We also address bank and ex-bankers’ involvement in the space. Charles speaks extensively about how to decentralize everything, using a fictional character Ahmed Khan, living in Afghanistan.

• ethereum.org
• bitshares.org
• bitcoin.org
• telehash.org
• virtualbitcoinexpo.com

www.shareable.net

Just before last New Year’s, 19-year-old Vitalik Buterin, a Canadian college dropout and Bitcoin enthusiast, had an idea. By the end of last week, that idea had attracted more than $5 million in the first week of its pre-sale — a new kind of crowdfunding that crypto-currency makes possible. Not bad, especially considering that nobody knows whether the idea will really work.

At the same time of the second police operation against the centralized Darkmarkets under Tor, we had big important releases of the new generation darkmarkets, Openbazaar and NXT FreeMarket.

The Imminent Decentralized Computing Revolution

blogs.wsj.com

Gary Sharma, founder of GarysGuide: A mega-trend is brewing that could make bureaucratic hierarchies, middlemen and gatekeepers everywhere obsolete including social networks, banks, stock exchanges, electronic voting systems and even governments. It’s called decentralized computing, and it could fundamentally transform the way we connect to and exchange value on the Internet. There are three technologies that will form the foundation of the decentralized computing stack -- mesh networks (decentralized networking), block chain (decentralized transactions) and autonomous agents (decentralized decision making). ...

A Glimpse Into XCurrency’s Mission to ‘Decentralize Everything’

cointelegraph.com

Last week, CoinTelegraph received a press release from XCurrency that said its developers were working on architecture for a distributed, blockchain-based web that got my attention — primarily because the release announced XCurrency’s team will soon create the first such web 3.0 application.

1. DNS (~30% / ~30% PTS / AGS, not disclosed yet)
2. Vote (30% / 30%  PTS / AGS)

Say Goodbye to "Net Neutrality" - New FCC Proposal Will Permit Discrimination of Web Content

libertyblitzkrieg.com

The concept of “net neutrality” is not an easy one to wrap your head around. Particularly if you aren’t an expert in how the internet works and if you don’t work for an ISP (internet service provider). In fact, I think that lobbyists and special interest groups make the concept intentionally difficult and convoluted so that the average person’s eyes glaze over and they move on to the next topic. I am by no means an expert in this area; however, in this post I will try to explain in as simple terms as possible what “net neutrality” means and what is at risk with the latest FCC proposal. I also highlight a wide variety of articles on the subject, so I hope this post can serve as a one-stop-shop on the issue.

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Bitcoin Could Strengthen The World Economy If Washington Doesn't Destroy It

www.forbes.com

“You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality.” Ayn Rand Sometimes our greatest strengths are also our greatest weaknesses.  In the case of Bitcoin, the decentralized nature of the network plays to both sides, creating great freedoms, which in turn create great opportunities for rogue players. [...]