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In part 3 of our ongoing series about blockchain infrastructure trends, we’ll focus on storage. In particular, how one ICO aims to be the blockchain equivalent of Amazon’s giant cloud storage platform, S3. Let’s firstly put this in context. A major part of the appeal of blockchain is that it will enable decentralized apps. The example I…
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I’m writing a series of posts about blockchain infrastructure, and in particular how it impacts on blockchain and crypto startups. In Part 1, I discussed blockchain size and the key differences between Bitcoin’s blockchain and Ethereum’s. I concluded that blockchain size doesn’t have a significant impact on startups; it’s only relevant to miners and others who…
Read More Blockchain speeds & the scalability debate
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My goal with Blocksplain is to track blockchain and cryptocurrency startups, which some are calling “Web 3” companies, and explain how they fit into the emerging blockchain ecosystem. But in order to understand the potential value of these startups, we first need to understand how the ecosystem itself is progressing. That’s my aim in this series…
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