Good enough?It is seductive to embark on a project to build the ultimate low latency trading engine. The technology stack of high performing kernels…Mar 4Mar 4
Speed, reliability, volumeContinuing my journey with CWIQ, my attention has turned to the sharp end of the platform. The trading engine.Feb 26Feb 26
Buy vs Build? The enduring questionIn the olden days, it was a given that when you considered building a tech platform you built your own custom solution. You had full…Feb 20Feb 20
Turbo charging the transition towards a sustainable economyThe term turbo charging is fraught with connotations of a combustion engine powered by hydrocarbons, however, the sentiment is well…Jan 6, 2024Jan 6, 2024
Privacy without proceeds of crimeThe recent paper Blockchain Privacy and Regulatory Compliance: Towards a Practical Equilibrium written by Vitalik Buterin, Jacob Illum…Sep 15, 2023Sep 15, 2023
Can economic models solve all the intractable problems with climate change?I wrote about creating economic levers to address the short comings of the Voluntary Carbon Credits Markets and proposed a Carbon Default…Jun 30, 2023Jun 30, 2023
Happy Birthday Tgrade!Tgrade was launched on 27th June 2022 and was bought online by 65 validators around the world.Jun 27, 2023Jun 27, 2023
Something isn’t well in the sustainable investment spaceSustainable Linked Loans hit the headlines in May 2023[1] as the FCA began an investigation into whether the environmental targets are too…Jun 26, 2023Jun 26, 2023
DeFi 2.0. Is it different this time? Did we solve the issues?The summer of DeFi was a blast and hard to keep up with the pace of innovation and experimentation. Taking a step back to the spring of…Mar 14, 2023Mar 14, 2023