Making the web smaller, one post at a time
Month: May 2017
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$35 Million in 30 Seconds: Token Sale for Internet Browser Brave Sells Out – CoinDesk
Overall, the sale for Brave’s ethereum-based Basic Attention Token (BAT) generated about $35m and was sold out within blocks, or under 30 seconds. One buyer went so far as to purchase 20,000 ETH (or about $4.7m) worth of tokens – designed to monetize online attention and create a new revenue source for publishers. Source: $35 Million in… Read.
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Identity and Your Phone: Civic
I’ve been struggling with the concept of identity in distributed trust/consensus networks. All the options seem to come down to either a) putting some part of your credentials on someone else’s server or b) putting some part of your credentials on a device, whether it’s a card, a dongle , or your phone. Here’s Civic:… Read.
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Should Love, but can’t: Vanhawks
I’m supposed to love stuff like this, but i can’t. This is BS. I’m sure its a good bike, but it’s just fancy bike. Welcome to the world’s first connected cycling platform. Connect to the Valour through the Vanhawks app to make your commute safer, easier, and more enjoyable. Built in turn by turn directions… Read.
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I’d Pay $1.99 for Just About Any Story Chris Jones Decides to Write
Only one hundred single-serving pouches of instant were allotted for him on Expedition Six, stowed in the galley in a metal drawer with a black net stretched over its mouth to make sure the pouches wouldn’t float away. But for all the care in the universe, it’s been more than two months since the shuttle… Read.
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Introducing the Blockstack Browser: A Gateway to a New, Decentralized Internet
I think this is actually a big deal. Source: Introducing the Blockstack Browser: A Gateway to a New, Decentralized Internet Read.
