Proof of Stake (PoS) networks are secured through staking. While using liquid staking or hosting a node on a third-party cloud platform are easy and popular ways to stake, running a physical node contributes most to decentralization and often produces …
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Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Networks (DePIN) are a rapidly emerging crypto use case. By combining distributed infrastructure with token incentives, many of the existing problems in centralized infrastructure are solved elegantly, enabling decentralized GPUs, storage, energy, wireless, and GPS networks. …
Unlike a bitcoin ETF — which locks people even further into a reliance on Wall Street — PYUSD could actually onboard those next millions into crypto
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As token engineers, our goal is to understand how different elements of token unlock design – namely the size, frequency, length and distribution of unlock – impact a token’s price stability and long term health.
We collected and analyzed …
TLDR; 6MV has developed initial Agent-Based models to contribute to the body of token research and help advise our Portfolio Companies on initial token generation / launch and mechanism design tradeoffs. We began by modeling ‘infrastructure’ economies, where the utility …
One of the most foundational benefits of blockchains is the ability to securely self-custody assets and information.
Yet wallets remain the largest barrier to Web3 adoption.
This piece will focus on features I believe the winning wallets will provide as …