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27
Mar

A difference of opinion

A difference of opinion Debate rages this week about the impact of the interventions of the Federal Reserve, ECB and other central banks. The argument surrounds the impact of the central banks buying government bonds. Here is Joe Weisenthal of Bloomberg. “.…………, the Fed can’t make the money printer go brrrrr like we need it

21
Mar

Kondratiev Waves

Debt deflation We’ll steer clear of the daily noise this week and focus on one thing. Deflation. In the Western world it isn’t something we are really used to but the cycles of inflation and deflation are as real as the business cycle. The world has been in an inflationary cycle now for the past

21
Jan

Casa’s Node Solution

UX Meets Lightning For anyone who follows our social media, you would have seen our previous writing on the current user experience of the Lightning network (for those who haven’t, look here). In that article, we wrote about the Casa node solution that had recently been released — and how its UX improvements would help with the

07
Dec

Lightning Network — An Update

If you’ve been following our social media, you’d have seen our optimism about the development of the Bitcoin Lightning network. Back in June, we released an article summarising the functionality and the current state of Lightning, but the progress in volume and technology since has been nothing short of remarkable. Amongst all the ongoing drama in

14
Oct

Blockchain Governance

One of the fundamental aspects of blockchain design is the development of blockchain governance mechanisms. Blockchain governance, in simple terms, is the mechanism by which design changes are enacted on a blockchain. A governance system which encourages the ability to adapt and evolve to change is key in a blockchain that aims to be successful

20
Sep

The ListedReserve Smart Contract Series – Part 5: Digital Identity Management

One of major hurdles to online commerce today is the difficultly in empowering individuals to control their own online information, including proving their identity. The potential for smart contracts and their associated platforms to provide a secure and efficient way to manage digital identity is a major source of investment and research in the blockchain

29
Aug

The ListedReserve Smart Contract Series – Part 2: Fund Raising for innovation

In part one of the ListedReserve Smart Contract series, we examined how Smart Contracts at their most basic level could provide powerful frameworks for financial transactions. This article will explore the functionality of smart contracts as a fund raising device for innovation, namely the ability of smart contracts to create and manage new types of

29
Aug

The ListedReserve Smart Contract Series – Part 1: Financial Transaction Escrow

So, you’ve heard about bitcoin, decentralised digital currency with the potential to disrupt traditional financial systems. You’re wondering how a blockchain based decentralised system can extend its capabilities beyond simple peer to peer cryptocurrency transfers? The answer to that lies in what many call blockchain 2.0, the implementation of Smart Contracts and their associated decentralised

29
Aug

Lightning network demonstration

A short video below demonstrating a transaction on bitcoin’s lightning network. The network continues to grow and we are watching closely to see how it progresses over the next few months. The speed of transaction execution is impressive. Lightning faces various challenges, not least around security and its ability to generate a network large enough

15
Jul

Remote nodes….

Normally when we talk about remote nodes, it’s IT speak. Well here’s a great site that can show you some geographically remote bitcoin nodes. https://bitnodes.earn.com/ I had a look through for the most remote node in Australia (home country of ListedReserve). The node (which isn’t always on) appears to be hosted in Mimili, an Aboriginal