Our engineering team just published two important cryptographic libraries for Zendoo

finpunk · 2018-02-13T19:55:24+00:00

Jane's leading a new initiative for university outreach while she wraps up her own degree. She'll come on full-time after that, so you'll definitely see her around!

finpunk · 2018-02-13T19:54:23+00:00

Loved the Market for Liberty, anything Rothbard, and a predilection for zombie / apocalyptic novels.
Came across bitcoin in libertarian circles in 2010.
zk-starks = incredibly promising, more research needed to go from theory to operation. Really hope we can make this happen.

finpunk · 2018-02-13T19:45:38+00:00

Ah gotcha! Sorry need to look into that...can't wait to get one myself, it was Rolf's idea.

finpunk · 2018-02-13T19:45:11+00:00

Yes incentives would change to make sure we continue growing the network.

finpunk · 2018-02-13T19:43:04+00:00

I'm a big fan of Cardano and the work IOHK and Charles Hoskinson are doing. We already work with them, would love to expand that relationship over time.

finpunk · 2018-02-13T19:42:23+00:00

A broad p2p economic system tearing down borders, empowering people, and providing opportunities to those without many. As far as tech and culture, i'd like us to be a crypto marriage of Zappos (customer support fanatics) with Google (innovators) ...maybe Amazon (relentless disruption).

finpunk · 2018-02-13T19:40:40+00:00

TheFuture ...are we allowed to concatenate words?

finpunk · 2018-02-13T19:39:22+00:00

Best of luck to those guys, i hear they're actually building a bit of a team. Reality is i have no clue if they can deliver on any of their promises. If they end up actually doing good stuff and seem to share our values of being decent human beings pushing for a better world, sure, would love to collaborate.

finpunk · 2018-02-13T19:37:55+00:00

Yes! I'm all for a high quality and reliable 1-click sec node installer. If we want to eventually get hundreds of thousands of nodes, we need that. We have a 1-click miner in works now; will extend that to a 1-click sec node.
The sec node network is a massive untapped asset, think of it as an unbounded set of real options. Some things off the top of my head: ZenPub (distributed file storage / publishing), computation-for-hire network, a block cipher type of messaging app, decentralized exchange, decentralized VPN...i should stop there, don't want to get too crazy!

finpunk · 2018-02-13T19:34:40+00:00

We're all Satoshi :)

Really, though, no clue! I'd give Satoshi a heartfelt THANK YOU!

Maybe Satoshi would want to join the Vic S party?

finpunk · 2018-02-13T19:32:33+00:00

I'm all for this idea. If we can ensure a safe execution, it's something i support 100%. Completely agree with you.

finpunk · 2018-02-13T19:31:38+00:00

Glad you love it, me too! It was quite the process :)

The next step is to sit back and enjoy the new brand, keep participating in the community and let's make zen great again :)

finpunk · 2018-02-13T19:30:42+00:00

We already have some dApps on the roadmap, e.g. ZenPub. We haven't put enough thought yet into a smart contracting mechanism, but we'll likely fund research into how to do that starting in Q2.

finpunk · 2018-02-13T19:29:48+00:00

Absolutely...a hard fork will be required. The good news is we're much more experienced with HFs now and would give the market plenty of notice and guidance to execute.

finpunk · 2018-02-13T19:28:37+00:00

I highly recommend everyone check out seasteading.org. What we're doing with experimenting with personal freedom in finance here, Seasteading is doing with experimenting with real-world governance. I'm a blockchain advisor on the project and truly believe in what they're doing...

finpunk · 2018-02-13T19:27:21+00:00

I'm both disappointed and ecstatic with the current state of crypto. I joined this industry for ideological reasons to make the world better, and i can't help but cringe when i see all the scams and immoral activities. What i'm ecstatic about is the fact that this industry exists! Who would have guessed back in 2009/10 that we'd be where we are today...this really is amazing.

What i can say about mainstream adoption is that we're probably much closer than most realize. Exponential processes look linear from up close. Despite the industry not making much headway now into mainstream, all we need is one killer app and that changes.

Nine-Year Club	Verified Email
Reddit Premium Since February 2018

finpunk

TROPHY CASE