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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

30
Jun

TETHER

By way of background, the idea of Tether is that it has parity with the USD to facilitate blockchain transactions. Sending Tether to a crypto-exchange is far easier and faster than sending USD and the user can theoretically hold Tether and have confidence in its 1 for 1 value with the dollar while moving in

30
Jun

Bitcoin Scaling and the Lightning Network

The bitcoin scaling debate has died down a bit in recent times but it remains a very real issue for the technology and long term adoption of both bitcoin and other coins.  The argument boils down to this; we can make block sizes bigger, process more transactions and scale more easily but when we do