Proof of Stake - DCR Comic 4
Have you voted today? A network that can't decide won't be able to adapt. Learn about Decred's Proof-of-Stake voting and the role of Stakeholders with the fourth DCR Comic.
The DAO Missing Link: Reputation Protocols
By Seth Benton - Nov 8, 2019
It’s time to call it. 2019 is indeed the year of the Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO). The term DAO, once tainted by the disastrous DAO hack of 2016, has regained its luster, with an explosion of new DAOs, DAO platforms and tools
Introducing 'Peer Production on the Crypto Commons'
This post is about why I wrote “Peer Production on the Crypto Commons”, a free book type resource (website, ebook, pdf).
The short answer is that I am inspired by the people who see some broken aspect of their society and set about to fix it or build an alternative.
The First Year of Decred's Politeia
Politeia has been live for one year now, and I have been reflecting on how it has gone in relation to what I was expecting and hoping when it launched. For a more quantitative overview see this report.
Voting to make decisions
As a Decred contributor, having Politeia available is
Decred On-Chain: A Look at Block Subsidies
As we just established, legacy systems and public blockchains operate differently. These differences in system design provide us with varying quality of information when trying to determine the current state of affairs within these economies.
The role of Decred voters in defending against majority attacks
This post introduces the concept of a majority (51%) attack and gives a short account of the role that Decred’s voters play in defending against these. I will briefly describe how majority attacks against Proof of Work (PoW) currencies work first, then explain how the additional Proof of Stake
Working for the Decred DAO
Working for the Decred DAO
In 2018 I became a Decred contractor, and as the year draws to a close I’m planning to spend a higher proportion of my working time on the project next year. This post is about my experience of working on Decred, why I’m