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Protocol notes, design decisions and the reasoning we would otherwise only write in a pull request.

  • How to Make a “T” to “Z” Transfer in Zcash

    The Zcash value proposition is in private transactions, however, private transactions are not the default and many users simply do not know how to initially create shielded (private) transactions, aka…

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    Continuity for an Augmented world

    Let’s preface this article with a bit of hand waving. Please assume that we live in a world 5 minutes into the future where we have figured out AR implants…

  • ETC in a Post-ASIC resistant world

    For brevity in this article I use the term “Ethereum”, however this applies to all systems based on the “preDao Ethereum Prime” that spawned ETH, ETC, EXP, ELLA, and many…

  • Simple Locking Contracts: Part 2

    The Ballad of Saint Hodl Inactivity strikes us as intelligent behavior. Neither we nor most business managers would dream of feverishly trading highly profitable subsidiaries because a small move in…

  • A Brief Introduction to Blockchain Stargates

    Scaling without gimmicks From 1997–2007 the series Stargate SG-1 chronicled the experiences of a team of adventurers who traveled through an ancient worlds with a technology known as a Stargate.…

  • Simple Locking Contracts: Part 1

    There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make…

  • Ethereum Cross Chain Atomic Swaps

    In this article, we will create a series of contracts which will allow two people to exchange coins across chains in a trustless atomic manner. An atomic transaction is an…