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Edward

@edwardthomson

Security & Communications | Web3 Foundation

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Edward
@edwardthomson Aug 25, 2018, 3:33 PM UTC

Review of a meetup in Crypto Valley v1.2 — Vaduz, Liechtenstein

tl;dr: I attended a meetup in Vaduz and was surprised by the youthful audience of the up-and-coming Crypto Valley v1.2. Also, ‘when binance’ has happened. Read on! The centre of power in Liechtenstei…

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Edward
@edwardthomson Aug 8, 2018, 9:32 PM UTC

Business banking for blockchain organisations

tl;dr: Getting a business bank account for a blockchain organisation anywhere in the world is particularly hard, even in Switzerland. For now, the only possibility is to bank in Liechtenstein, but th…

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Edward
@edwardthomson Jul 19, 2018, 8:22 PM UTC

Jobs in blockchain: how I got in and how you can too

tl;dr: This is the short version of the story of how I ended up working at the Web3 Foundation in Zug, Switzerland (aka Crypto Valley). https://web3.foundation It could be alternatively titled: “how…

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Edward
@edwardthomson Jun 26, 2018, 5:56 PM UTC

Moving to Crypto Valley

Tl;dr: I recently moved to Zug, Switzerland and started to work in the blockchain industry. I wanted to share my list of things you need to do in order to settle here. I’ve also added an estimate of…

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Edward
@edwardthomson May 5, 2018, 11:51 PM UTC

San Marino - my travel to a budding blockchain nation

tl;dr: overall a fun place to visit, good weather, cheap eats, but a lot of work needed to become a blockchain nation. Last week (Apr 24th) there was an announcement that San Mario had a desire to be…

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Edward
@edwardthomson Mar 25, 2018, 8:59 PM UTC

Concerning power asymmetries and governance structures

tl;dr: Skin in the Game is the alignment incentives and risk. Recently I have been reading Nassim Taleb's latest book (Skin in the Game) and I am stuck by how many ideas apply to key topics in blockc…

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Edward
@edwardthomson Mar 4, 2018, 3:34 PM UTC

How secure are large-scale mining and validation facilities?

tl;dr: I don't know, but I suspect their processes are immature so security is sub-optimal. I also suspect that they will require guidance on how to secure their operations. Not so long ago I was inv…

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Edward
@edwardthomson Feb 14, 2018, 8:58 PM UTC

ScalingNOW! Barcelona Gathering

The Web 3 Foundation is collaborating with Giveth to organize a workshop for dev teams working on immediate scaling solutions (within the next 3-6 months). ## March 5th On March 5th, we'll have a num…

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Edward
@edwardthomson Jan 9, 2018, 12:50 AM UTC

Protecting against replay attacks in inter-operating and multi-blockchain environments

tl;dr: I suggest that blockchains still suffer from a strange replay attack and consider how this affects next-generation environments. I also offer a possible solution. ## Introduction Those with fa…

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Edward
@edwardthomson Jan 6, 2018, 11:21 PM UTC

Basic attacks on communication protocols – replay and reflection attacks

tl;dr: will review the basic concepts of replay and reflection attacks. Those with familiarity of blockchain forks will have no doubt heard of “replay attacks”. This is where one transaction sent on…

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