In the forum post Cosmos Hub as Universal Wallet, I proposed a futuristic relationship between users and blockchains that involves a combination of current and upcoming features of the Cosmos-SDK: “Sub-keys” (or Msg Authorization); the Interchain Standard called Interchain Accounts (ICS-27); and the security of the Cosmos Hub itself (or…

TLDR: Lots of big updates since launch including a grant from POA, 43% gas reduction in the latest network upgrade and a post-mortem on three Clovers Network hacks 🧟 It’s been just over 6 weeks since Clovers Network launched on Ethereum Homestead during Berlin Blockchain week. In that time there…

by All in Bits (Tendermint Inc) — Note: The Cosmos ecosystem is constantly growing and expanding. This article’s content is now outdated. For the latest content, see https://cosmos.network/. If you’d like to jump straight to the good stuff check out the spec here , the code here and a sample app using the module here. NOTE: This…

August 20th 00:00 CEST (Monday night at midnight) — I’m excited to announce that Clovers will be deployed to the Ethereum Mainnet tonight at midnight CEST (6pm EST) as part of Berlin Blockchain Week at EthBerlin and TEGG. This means that the website https://clovers.network will be live and users can begin finding and registering real Clovers! The launch will…

Three Solutions to Prevent Front-Running The goal of this document is to outline various implementations of front-running resistant Bonding Curves. For a refresher on the finer points of Bonding Curves, check out this great deep dive from Slava Balasanov. A Batched Bonding Curve would accept a group of buy and…

When dealing with automated market makers you come across a few different variations and use cases. You’ve got the Logarithmic Scoring Rule (LMSR) created by Robin Hanson and used in prediction markets like Gnosis. You’ve got xy=k proposed by Alan Lu and Vitalik Buterin on Reddit and built into Uniswap…

I’m here and ready to repent; I’m here to atone by sharing what I’ve learned while foraging in the underbelly of the Ethereum Name Service. Read on for the full story, or click here to jump straight to the good stuff. Amateur Hour My bad behavior began as a desire to understand…

What happens when a Bonded Token owns an NFT? — UPDATE: The Re-Fungible Token concept has been converted into an EIP draft that can be viewed here: https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs/issues/1634 The point of this writing is to explore the potential outcomes of using an ERC20 Bonded Curve Token (as per Simon de la Rouviere) or Liquid/Smart Token (as per Bancor) as the…

Some crypto buzzwords and their meanings — This article is meant as a supplement to the Re-Fungible Token (RFT) article and any other writings on the topics contained here. Re-Fungible Token (RFT) What happens when a Bonded Token owns an NFT?medium.com Index ERC20 token ERC721 (Non-Fungible Token or NFT) Approve()/TransferFrom() Bonded Curve Token Curation Market Liquid Token Market Maker Token Curated Registry (TCR)