Published in TgradeFinance·2 days agoOversight Community : Pre-launch, Engagement and what next!In an earlier article I set out what the role of the Oversight Community is in the context of Proof of Engagement and how the Oversight Community is up and running. The Oversight Committee is fully fluent in the tooling built to manage the governance, of adding proposals and voting…2 min read
Published in TgradeFinance·Jun 15Trusted Circles and Verifiable CredentialsThe design of Trusted Circles was to have a very open way of implementing the connection between a blockchain address and identity. The basic creation of a Trusted Circle and linking of identity may be as simple as people vouching for each other, such as saying, “I know Alice, she…Verifiable Credentials4 min read
Published in TgradeFinance·Jun 9Tgrade countdown has begunOkay, so we are not launching a rocket to the moon, nor do we have mission control nonetheless, we are excited that we are sequencing events to do a network launch with our validator set that sees Tgrade launch mainnet Over the next few weeks, we are cutting a final…Blockchain3 min read
Published in Confio·Jun 8Reflections on a company retreat and where magic happenedThe company retreat has a poor reputation; it can vary from a drink-fuelled get-away that resembles a frat house to the excruciatingly dull “death by Powerpoint” with “fun activities” which are instigated by the boss. Company retreats don’t have to be a thing that people dread or consider a thinly…Company Retreats3 min read
Published in TgradeFinance·May 20When the tide goes out, we see who is wearing a swimming costumeThe vulnerabilities of Proof of Stake exposed We have witnessed a meltdown in the crypto markets in April and May 2022, where there have been losses in value of tokens of 50% of many of the top projects. Proof of Work (PoW) chains such as Bitcoin or Ethereum may be bruised, but they are not fatally wounded. …Proof Of Stake6 min read
Published in TgradeFinance·May 14No rules, but only for people like usThere have been howls of outrage on social media circulating about alleged market manipulation by a well-known hedge fund and large asset manager. …Cryptocurrency4 min read
Published in Ocean Blue Foundation·May 3EUCI workshop in Amsterdam 19th/20th April 2022EUCI in collaboration with COALA, organised a two day workshop to coincide with devconnect in a really nice venue, Creative Point, in the West of Amsterdam which is a short tram ride from the hustle of central Amsterdam. The workshops were split into themes covering NFTs, DAOs, MiCA and TFR…Tfr5 min read
Published in TgradeFinance·Apr 14Reflecting on the potential of blockchainI wrote my first blog post in April 2019 where I discussed the state of blockchain and observed that we had mainly seen proof of concepts. I asked the question about whether blockchain is a solution looking for a problem? What has happened in the three years since I wrote…Proof Of Concept4 min read
Published in TgradeFinance·Apr 11Tgrade Public Testnet : The dry runWe have run a series of testnets, from the highly successful Testnet-3 which was supported by nearly 400 validators, building on Testnet-3 we had patchnet which fixed the issue with swapping between digital assets, fixed a number of UX issues, and introduced a much more robust QA system to ensure…Tgradefinance2 min read
Published in TgradeFinance·Apr 8Smart contract counterparty and crypto custody risk? Institutional barriers?Logically the counterparty in a providing liquidity in a DEX, or a DeFi lending protocol is the smart contract? Who takes responsibility if the smart contract is hacked or the funds are drained through an exploit using a flash loan? Are the developers of the contract responsible for the loss…Custody5 min read
