Published in TgradeFinance·2 days agoTgrade January news2023 has begun with the publication from the Oversight Community of the participant criteria. When the Oversight Community was formed during the early testnets (pre-launch) the criteria was left open and it was the intent that the self-sovereign group determine what the criteria for participation should be. After six months…Tgradefinance3 min readTgradefinance3 min read
Published in TgradeFinance·Jan 19Oversight Community participant criteriaWhen the Oversight Community was first established it was a voyage of discovery. …Governance3 min readGovernance3 min read
Published in TgradeFinance·Dec 29, 20222022: A year in reviewTerraForm collapse, and the contagion that saw the demise of Three Arrows Capital, Celsius, and the implosion of the sprawling FTX and Alameda conglomerate run by the disgraced Sam Bankman-Fried. …20228 min read20228 min read
Published in TgradeFinance·Dec 14, 2022Engagement Point CategoriesBetween the launch of Tgrade in June and the beginning of December the Oversight Community has received 154 applications for Engagement Points of these 119 were submitted and passed, the remainder were either duplicates, had insufficient information or did not demonstrate engagement. Now there is some good data, it becomes…Proof Of Engagement2 min readProof Of Engagement2 min read
Published in TgradeFinance·Nov 29, 2022Green Finance revisitedIn December 2020 I wrote about multiple-dimension, programmable instruments in which I proposed using smart contracts to add further dimensions to the traditional corporate bond and account for the Social and Environmental impacts as well as demonstrating good governance. I gave an example of a car manufacturer issuing a bond…Green Finance5 min readGreen Finance5 min read
Published in TgradeFinance·Nov 28, 2022Appropriate transparency vs privacy?The recent news about the detention of Alexey Pertsev in the Netherlands for his role in the sanctioned Tornado Cash protocol raises many issues about privacy on public blockchains. …Tornadocash5 min readTornadocash5 min read
Published in TgradeFinance·Nov 17, 2022Let’s not waste a crisis! Tgrade is right here, right now.Another pillar crumbles The implosion of FTX is still sending shockwaves around the crypto industry, and it follows a year in which Terra collapsed, triggering the bankruptcy of large crypto funds such as Three Arrows Capital and Celsius. It feels as we approach the end of 2022 that crypto is staggering, punch drunk…Ftx12 min readFtx12 min read
Published in TgradeFinance·Nov 11, 2022The Gordian knot of DeFi and DAOsThe Gordian knot of decentralisation and the real world The rapid emergence of Decentralised Finance (DeFi) and Decentralised Autonomous Organisations (DAO) has been fascinating in both the rapid innovations and their application in novel business models. The decentralised models of both DeFi and DAOs have challenged existing structures and the way we do things. The common thread of DAOs…Dao6 min readDao6 min read
Published in TgradeFinance·Nov 10, 2022Progressive decentralisationDecentralisation is hard to do in practice and should be considered a process rather than a fixed state. In a previous article, I explored why decentralisation matters and where some of the pitfalls are in achieving decentralisation. Decentralisation has been an important aspect of Tgrade from the early days when…Decentralization3 min readDecentralization3 min read
Published in TgradeFinance·Nov 3, 2022All you ever wanted to know about Engagement PointsEngagement Points are an integral part of Proof of Engagement and are the fuel that drives collaboration in the running of Tgrade. This blog post explores what Engagement Points (which I will shorten to EP) are, how they are distributed and their role in the distribution of block rewards. The mechanics In…Proof Of Engagement5 min readProof Of Engagement5 min read
