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ntomaino
@ntomaino Jan 29, 2018, 10:46 PM UTC

Some thoughts after 10 months away from Steem

Been away from Steem for a while. What are some of the most interesting new projects built on Steem? D.tube looks interesting. I've always been a fan of Steem but it does seem quite difficult to sepa…

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ntomaino
@ntomaino Mar 18, 2017, 1:53 PM UTC

The Token Economy

Network effects are one of the most powerful phenomenons in business. A network effect occurs when a new user of a service increases the utility of the service for existing users. Robert Metcalfe fir…

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ntomaino
@ntomaino Mar 3, 2017, 3:55 PM UTC

The Governance of Blockchains

# A glimpse into governance structures the world has never seen before Blockchains are generally hard to relate to for non-engineers. But governance is something that a larger group of people can rel…

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ntomaino
@ntomaino Feb 18, 2017, 1:31 PM UTC

The Investment Case for ETH

In 2015, well-known value investor Bill Miller made an investment case for BTC in his essay “The Value Investor’s Case for …Bitcoin?” Value investors are generally known to analyze assets based on ca…

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ntomaino
@ntomaino Feb 12, 2017, 5:02 PM UTC

Meet Sia, A User-Owned Amazon S3 Challenger That Lets You Rent Out Your Extra Disk Space

You’ve likely heard of Bitcoin. You’ve probably also heard of Ethereum, which took inspiration from Bitcoin and made significant protocol changes such as a more flexible programming language and fast…

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ntomaino
@ntomaino Feb 3, 2017, 12:08 AM UTC

Earn Anywhere with the 21 App

I’ve been waiting for a Bitcoin app to show my non-techie friends for 4+ years. It’s finally here: 21. http://i.imgsafe.org/3c4b5eee43.png The vast majority of people in the world would like to more…

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ntomaino
@ntomaino Jan 28, 2017, 8:36 PM UTC

A Tactical Guide to Investing in Blockchain Assets

Prior to Bitcoin, every tech innovation in history has put money in the pockets of an exclusive few. During the Internet boom of the late ‘90s, VCs, founders and early employees got rich from the mas…

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ntomaino
@ntomaino Jan 13, 2017, 4:59 AM UTC

Understanding Blockstream

http://i.imgsafe.org/8599090d02.png San Francisco-based Blockstream is arguably the most important and misunderstood company in the Bitcoin world. As an engineer-driven organization, Blockstream has…

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ntomaino
@ntomaino Jan 8, 2017, 12:04 AM UTC

What are the Future Business Models of the Consumer Web?

# This week, Medium announced it is giving up on its ads driven biz model. What does the path forward look like for consumer web business models? The Internet’s original sin is advertising. Ads becam…

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ntomaino
@ntomaino Jan 6, 2017, 6:24 AM UTC

Introducing the Blockchain Asset Index

# An index that tracks the price of leading blockchain assets What is a blockchain asset? A blockchain asset is a digital asset, represented cryptographically on a distributed ledger, which plays an…

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