Monero no ASIC

https://cointelegraph.com/news/monero-and-siacoin-reject-bitmains-asic-miners-who-could-be-next

ASIC and bitmain/antminer control what , 70% of all mining equipment, so yeah , take about centralized systems in a way. 

SEC has a dedicated ICO page now

https://www.sec.gov/ICO

SEC (securities and exchange commission) created a dedicated page for ICOs now.  

Lightning network raspberry pi github tutorial

https://github.com/Stadicus/guides/blob/master/raspibolt/README.md

This is a cool thing to test out.  Build a node for the lightning network with a raspberry pi.  

Distributed systems for a blockchain decentralization world

Why distributed systems engineers aren't  working on blockchain much ?

Good read.

Supply chain and IOTA

Supply plains and logistics are like black boxes.   So a connected global world with 3000 parts everywhere and nowhere and unknown ...

Origin of the entire supply chain needs to be smarter ....

Cardano explained

https://youtu.be/Ja9D0kpksxw

Cardano is a fascinating study the more and more I dig deep into it. Things like RINA, sidechains, Ouroboros POS.  Plus it's all peer reviewed multiple times and attempts to build and design a highly Assurant platform is really impressive.

Time will tell if it's ever released and used as they dream.  But technology wise , I sure hope they keep plugging away and making a great blockchain 3.0 system.

Cardano coming on strong

Cardano is an ambitious journey and just might be one of the best blockchain platforms , Technically speaking. And I think you can use some Haskell like programming concepts with it.  However, even though it's really received some love lately it's like the quiet blockchain for various reasons.

Hopefully more and more people discover it and start using it. Maybe I will attempt something this week on it.  If I can.