BlogHide Resteemsdan.jeffries1 (44)in bitcoin • 7 years agoWhy Everyone Missed the Most Important Invention in the Last 500 YearsYou’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…dan.jeffries1 (44)in bitcoin • 8 years agoBitcoin is the Most Stable Store of Value in HistoryYou 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…dan.jeffries1 (44)in ico • 8 years agoWhy ICOs are Here to Stay Even if Cryptos CrashThere’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…dan.jeffries1 (44)in blockchain • 8 years agoIntroducing DecStack: The Virtual Co-Working Spot for Cryptocurrency and Decentralized App ProjectsI 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…dan.jeffries1 (44)in blockchain • 8 years agoThe Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Consensus 2017CoinDesk’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…dan.jeffries1 (44)in blockchain • 8 years agoHow the Decentralized Web Will Rewrite the Rules of Security and Save the Net from the Barbarian Hordes Trying to Destroy ItThe 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…dan.jeffries1 (44)in decentralized-apps • 8 years agoIdentity Without Authority: A Decentralized ID System for the Whole WorldMore 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…dan.jeffries1 (44)in deep-learning • 8 years agoA Roundup Review of the Latest Deep Learning BooksFor 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…dan.jeffries1 (44)in artificial-intelligence • 8 years agoLearning AI if You Suck at MathIf 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…