BlogHide Resteemssorin.cristescu (71)in steem • 2 years agoMastodon vs. TwitterThis afternoon I got a Telegram message from a friend who asked me what I think about Mastodon. As I elaborated my answer, I realized it would be a good idea to publish my reasoning on Steem.…sorin.cristescu (71)in steem • 2 years agoHive for investors - ROI comparison for "delegators"Hive** features an unique, advanced economic system - the " most advanced ", according to a 2018 analysis in " The Economist ". The reason Hive is unique is the different intellectual path…sorin.cristescu (71)in crypto • 3 years agoCrypto and the "money laundering" tropeMoney laundering Crypto in general and, more recently, NFTs are pointed as "ideal tools for money laundering" . I am not an expert in "money laundering" so I'll rely on publicly available…sorin.cristescu (71)in fr • 3 years agoDeFi: Finance décentralisée - 3ème partieVoici la troisième partie du cours d'introduction à la "finance décentralisée" ("DeFi") que j'ai crée pour le Master 2 "Mathématiques, Finance computationnelle et Actuariat" de l'Université de…sorin.cristescu (71)in hive-167922 • 3 years agoDeFi - Finance décentralisée - 2ème partieDans la première partie nous avons introduit la DeFi en la comparant avec la finance traditionnelle. Pour rappel, j'ai crée ce contenu pour un cours que j'ai dispensé dans le Master 2…sorin.cristescu (71)in fr • 3 years agoDeFi: Finance décentralisée - décryptage - 1ère partieIl n'est pas forcément difficile de trouver des explications en français sur la "finance décentralisée". En revanche, elles sont souvent écrites soit par des journalistes qui ne visent pas à…sorin.cristescu (71)in crypto • 3 years agoCryptocurrencies - a new asset classThis is the content of a presentation I did on March 15, 2022, hosted (online) by UBI (United Business Institutes, a private busienss school with campuses in Bruxelles, Luxembourg and…sorin.cristescu (71)in blockchain • 3 years agoIs blockchain a "record keeping device", a "truth machine" or what?Twitter: good, bad and ugly all in one Twitter is such a pernicious media ... it forces people into expressing complex realities in very few words, thus distorting them and leading to…sorin.cristescu (71)in bitcoin • 3 years agoBitcoin, soldier of reasonBitcoin has always struck me as a vector of reason over emotion. It is based in maths and cryptography, which nobody contests, but also in a deep sociological truth which is less widely admitted: "…sorin.cristescu (71)in blockchain • 3 years agoPermission and blockchain systemsPractical implementations of revolutionary new technology often follows theoretical breakthroughs. Thus Watt invented the steam engine after the laws of mechanics were formulated by Newton…sorin.cristescu (71)in hive-155234 • 4 years agoThe Emperor is nakedHow Ethereum became the Emperor of the blockchain world Bitcoin does one thing well Outside of the "cypherpunk" population, people have been sceptical of Bitcoin . Financial markets have…sorin.cristescu (71)in hive-155234 • 4 years agoCrypto Communities need to provide value to the worldI recently discovered Brett Scott, alias @Suitpossum on Twitter, an independent journalist and author with a passion for exploring the topic of "money" and its frontiers. I should have…sorin.cristescu (71)in fr • 4 years agoLa technologie blockchain dans la politiqueIl y a un (presque) an, le jeudi 26 septembre 2019 le CSV International ( ou "CSI", la section "internationale" du Parti Populaire Chrétien-Social luxembourgeois) a organisé à Luxembourg une…sorin.cristescu (71)in blockchain • 5 years agoOn contracts, "smart" or not "Blockchain" as a technology has started getting popular with the seemingly improbable resilience and rise of Bitcoin. Yet its popularity really skyrocketed after the successful launch of Ethereum…sorin.cristescu (71)in blockchain • 5 years agoReinvent blockchainPublic permissionless blockchains, such as bitcoin and Ethereum have forever changed the way we think of our societies. They have shown that random, anonymous humans can be brought…sorin.cristescu (71)in bitcoin • 5 years agoThe Exit MachineTen years after bitcoin started, I still hear many educated people saying "bitcoin is a Ponzi scheme" or "it has no value" (or both). Some months ago, I wrote an article called " What's…sorin.cristescu (71)in eftg • 5 years agoImpact of Distributed Ledger Technology on European Policy-making2016: "Distributed Ledger Technology: beyond blockchain" Back in 2016, governments had started talking about the potential of the blockchain to transform economies, society and politics. The…sorin.cristescu (71)in eftg • 5 years agoA Political BreakthroughRecently, Deloitte's EMEA Blockchain Lab published a short post about the recent "EFTG Pilot Project Workshop" which they have hosted in June on their premises in Dublin. For the first time…resteemedjga (65)in steem • 5 years agoComplete guide to understand rewards in HF21 [Part 2]In the first part we saw the basic concepts and the convergent linear curve. This second part is focused in the distribution of curation rewards. Curator rewards The way rewards are…resteemedjga (65)in steem • 5 years agoComplete guide to understand rewards in HF21 [Part 1]This is the first part of the guide, related to the basic concepts and the new curve introduced in the hardfork 21: Steem power and vests Reward shares Claims Convergent linear…
