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27
Oct

Liquid Protocol – Institutional Sidechains

You may have seen a recent announcement regarding the launch of Blockstream’s new Protocol called “Liquid”. In development since 2015, the Liquid Protocol represents part of a paradigm shift in blockchain. With major networks experiencing scalability and efficiency issues, developers and investors have looked to the potential of layer-2 sidechain based solutions in order to improve usability

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

03
Oct

Proof of Work vs Proof Of Stake

Is the future of blockchain at stake? A considerable amount of debate in the blockchain space has been focused on the comparison between the proof of work and proof of stake algorithms. Progress in the efficiency and scalability of blockchains relies on the speed and security of their consensus algorithms. These two algorithms currently are the

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

13
Sep

The ListedReserve Smart Contract Series – Part 4: Supply Chains

One of the key challenges for many blockchain projects is their ability to demonstrate non-trivial use cases outside of basic financial transactions. A major use case being explored by a number of blockchain platforms is the application of smart contracts in traditional supply chains. A typical supply chain describes the organisational system that provides the

05
Sep

The ListedReserve Smart Contract Series – Part 3: Decentralised Exchanges

In part one of the ListedReserve smart contract series, we explored the potential for a blockchain based smart contract to serve as the basis for trustless financial transactions involving digital assets. One key application of this potential is in decentralised exchanges (DEXs), where smart contracts are used as the basis of a market involving the

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