“Dear Mr. Trump: To ‘Cyber’ Better, Try the Blockchain.”
As president-elect Trump prepares to take office he must develop comprehensive plans to address growing cybesecurity concerns. In a recent op-ed for WIRED, Coin Center director of research Peter Van Valkenburgh suggests...
“Blockchain technology” is a buzzword with little meaning. Here’s what matters.
A thorough examination of the different types of blockchains, their capabilities, and why open blockchains in particular must be allowed room to thrive.
You may have heard that “blockchain technology” is the solution to any number of social, economic, organizational or cybersecurity problems. It is not. A blockchain is merely a data structure...
Open Matters: Why Permissionless Blockchains are Essential to the Future of the Internet
We demystify the actual technologies behind “blockchain technology” and explain these several technologies in a way that even non-technical readers will understand.
This report offers a non-technical but thorough explanation of “blockchain technology” with a focus on the key variables within consensus mechanism design that differentiate so-called permissioned or closed and permissionless...
A Securities Law Framework for Blockchain Tokens
An open source and free to use framework prepared in collaboration with Coinbase, Union Square Ventures and Consensys.
This framework was originally published December 2016. It is well out of date now. Do not rely on it. As the development of blockchain tokens (also known as App Coins)...
This academic study of digital currency businesses needs your help.
The University of Cambridge Judge Business School’s Centre for Alternative Finance is launching the first Global Blockchain Benchmarking Study. We’ve partnered with the centre to help create what will be...
Comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission on the SolidX Bitcoin Trust
An insurance-backed Bitcoin ETF will be a component of responsible risk management for investors that will further the evolution of Bitcoin.
A direct download of this letter is available here.
Is your cryptotoken a security? This new tool will help you find out.
We partnered with experts from across the open blockchain industry to demystify the specter of securities regulation for digital currency innovators.
Today we’re happy to announce the release of a new report and handy decision matrix to help crypto-developers understand the risks of becoming subject to securities regulation. Coinbase published these...
This recently launched cryptocurrency has received attention for its enhanced privacy features. Zooko Wilcox, the project's lead developer, explains how these features work and what they mean for policymakers.
Zcash is a cryptocurrency network that launched in October of 2016. Like other cryptocurrency networks (e.g. Bitcoin or Ethereum), Zcash allows anyone with a computer and an Internet connection to...
Coin Center filed comments with the Federal Elections Commission on bitcoin political contributions.
We did so on Friday in response to a proposed rulemaking considering how to classify bitcoin and similar cryptocurrency contributions, and whether they should be subject to the same $100...
Could your decentralized token project run afoul of securities laws?
Peter Van Valkenburgh answers one of the key questions digital currency developers have been asking themselves with his presentation at Ethereum’s DevCon2 in Shanghai.