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Daniel Jeffries

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I am an author, engineer and serial entrepreneur. Get a FREE copy of my breakout cyberpunk novel, The Scorpion Game: http://meuploads.com/join-my-readers-group/

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Daniel Jeffries
@dan.jeffries1 Jun 26, 2017, 4:38 AM UTC

Why Everyone Missed the Most Important Invention in the Last 500 Years

You’ve never heard of Yuji Ijiri. But back in 1989 he created something incredible. It’s more revolutionary than the cotton gin, the steam engine, the PC and the smart phone combined. When people loo…

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Daniel Jeffries
@dan.jeffries1 Jun 19, 2017, 6:35 PM UTC

Bitcoin is the Most Stable Store of Value in History

You know how the story goes: Bitcoin is wild, violent, unstable. It makes a whirlwind day on the VIX look like a slow waltz. You can’t trust it. Don’t put “real money” in it or the Boogie Man will ge…

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Daniel Jeffries
@dan.jeffries1 Jun 11, 2017, 1:25 AM UTC

Why ICOs are Here to Stay Even if Cryptos Crash

There’s a new way to raise money in town. It’s called an ICO, or Initial Coin Offering, and it’s poised to change the world. Andreessen Horowitz partner Balaji Srinivasan calls them “Kickstarter on s…

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Daniel Jeffries
@dan.jeffries1 Jun 3, 2017, 10:48 PM UTC

Introducing DecStack: The Virtual Co-Working Spot for Cryptocurrency and Decentralized App Projects

I work with a growing number of amazing cryptocurrency and decentralized application projects. Last month, I braved the fifteen-hour, two-stop flight to Budapest for a chance to get together with som…

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Daniel Jeffries
@dan.jeffries1 May 24, 2017, 11:39 PM UTC

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Consensus 2017

CoinDesk’s Consensus 2017, the blockchain and decentralized app conference of the year, is officially in the books. It’s by far the biggest conference in the fledgling blockchain industry but it’s st…

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Daniel Jeffries
@dan.jeffries1 May 20, 2017, 4:10 PM UTC

How the Decentralized Web Will Rewrite the Rules of Security and Save the Net from the Barbarian Hordes Trying to Destroy It

The creators of the Internet wanted to build a garden of Eden. They imagined a paradise of openness and freedom. Driven by the spirit of sharing, they saw happy university researchers collaborating a…

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Daniel Jeffries
@dan.jeffries1 May 17, 2017, 11:03 PM UTC

Identity Without Authority: A Decentralized ID System for the Whole World

More than 1.5 billion people on the planet have no ID or way to get one. Getting identification is a catch-22. You need an ID to get an ID. Even in a sophisticated economy like the United States mill…

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Daniel Jeffries
@dan.jeffries1 May 17, 2017, 10:36 PM UTC

A Roundup Review of the Latest Deep Learning Books

For years, nobody wanted to read about AI. It was a backwater of research, solving toy problems while crashing and burning on real world challenges. But then came a flurry of seemingly overnight brea…

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Daniel Jeffries
@dan.jeffries1 May 17, 2017, 9:30 PM UTC

Learning AI if You Suck at Math

If you’re like me, you’re fascinated with AI. Maybe you’d love to dig deeper and get an image recognition program running in TensorFlow or Theano? Perhaps you’re a kick-ass developer or systems archi…

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