In this post, I introduce a way to draw payment flows. This method should be helpful for anyone who needs to describe the flow of money as part of their job. So if you...

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31.10.2024

A Gentle Introduction to DePIN – Bits on Blocks

DePIN companies crowdsource resources, sell a product to customers, and compensate the contributors with tokens, who share in the upside.

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08.08.2023

Cross-Border Payments – Bits on Blocks

Border crossing is a confusing way of thinking about payments, and can lead us to the wrong place. Here's how to think about cross-border payments.

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11.05.2023

The Content Curve - 3d Content as a Special Format – Bits on Blocks

3d content sits in a special place on the content curve; it is categorically different to previous forms of digital content, and opens up an entirely new design space that will affect all industries.

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29.11.2022

What if USDT Tether depegged? – Bits on Blocks

How might USDT Tether lose its peg, and what would happen in the depeg?

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29.11.2022

The Virtual Worlds Type Indicator, or Metaverse MBTI – Bits on Blocks

Introducing the Virtual Worlds Type Indicator (VWTI), an attempt to categorise the universe of metaverses into sensible boxes.

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29.11.2022

Tokens vs Accounts: A love letter to the NY Fed (and a quibble) – Bits on Blocks

The NY Fed post is right, of course (except for a paragraph right at the end). The "tokens vs accounts" distinction no longer works in the world of blockchains...

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29.11.2022

Metaverse Musings Part One – Bits on Blocks

Metaverse is an adjective. Public and private metaverses. Are we already living in the metaverse? More thoughts on where this is all going...

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29.11.2022

Money, Programmable Money and Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC) – Bits on Blocks

The greatest trick played on modern society is calling a whole bunch of different instruments with different credit ratings and characteristics “money”, and conflating them.

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29.11.2022

Top 20 Coins: Uncommon Core Podcast Episode 15 – Bits on Blocks

Throwing this up for discoverability: I enjoy the Uncommon Core podcast and this is a helpful episode for those looking to get a quick summary of the top coins by market cap as at December 2020, as discussed by prominent crypto trader Su Zhu of Three Arrows Capital and prominent researcher Hasu of Deribit. Errors … Continue reading Top 20 Coins: Uncommon Core Podcast Episode 15

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29.11.2022

CBDCs – Asking the Hard Questions – Bits on Blocks

CBDCs seem to be getting closer to reality, driven by central banks (rather than customer demand). But there are some harder questions that are still not adequately explored.

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29.11.2022

The Island of Crypto – Bits on Blocks

Crypto-for-crypto is a normal part of a paradigm-changing shift, it's to be expected, and follows a natural path.

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29.11.2022

It ain't just about programmability – Bits on Blocks

This commentary is a respectful response to JP Koning's post "Programmable money isn't new, we've had it for ages".

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29.11.2022

Why Do We Need to Commute in the Metaverse? – Bits on Blocks

If I am in a workspace in a virtual world and I want to get to another experience, why would I stand on a virtual train smelling a virtual armpit?

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Master the OIL Schema to Draw Payment Flows Clearly – Bits on Blocks

A Gentle Introduction to DePIN – Bits on Blocks

Cross-Border Payments – Bits on Blocks

The Content Curve - 3d Content as a Special Format – Bits on Blocks

What if USDT Tether depegged? – Bits on Blocks

The Virtual Worlds Type Indicator, or Metaverse MBTI – Bits on Blocks

Tokens vs Accounts: A love letter to the NY Fed (and a quibble) – Bits on Blocks

Metaverse Musings Part One – Bits on Blocks

Money, Programmable Money and Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC) – Bits on Blocks

Top 20 Coins: Uncommon Core Podcast Episode 15 – Bits on Blocks

CBDCs – Asking the Hard Questions – Bits on Blocks

The Island of Crypto – Bits on Blocks

It ain't just about programmability – Bits on Blocks

Why Do We Need to Commute in the Metaverse? – Bits on Blocks

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