Dec
15
Fungibility, liquidity, and liberty
NFT stands for non-fungible token. Art is the popular example at the moment--one piece of art is not equal to
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Luke Willis
Writing and podcasting The Koin Press since 2021. Developer of KAP, BurnKoin, and Press Badge NFTs on Koinos network.
Dec
14
Ogres have layers (and so does web3)
If you're not familiar, web3 is the idea that the internet can run in a decentralized way. If
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Dec
13
Wen lambo? (Podcast Ep. 3 is live!)
Episode 3 of The Koin Press podcast just went live! This week, I interviewed Koinos the Goat--a pseudo-anonymous, long-time community
Dec
11
If you build it, they will come
If you're buying Koin right now, it's entirely speculation. The Koinos blockchain (mainnet) won't
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Dec
10
Universal language support
A lot of general purpose blockchains today require that you write your smart contracts in their fancy custom language (Solidity,
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Dec
09
Why is Bitcoin worth $1,000,000,000?
It's easy to get hung up on the fact that a single Bitcoin is priced at ~$50k, but
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Dec
08
What does a "general purpose blockchain" even do?
Bitcoin was the first blockchain, but it serves a single purpose: digital currency. Ethereum is the second most popular blockchain
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Dec
07
Governance vs. Consensus
I had a hard time keeping these two terms straight at first because they're highly related. Governance can
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Dec
06
Modular upgradeability (aka no hard forks)
Blockchains need to be upgraded from time to time. Once they're turned on in the real world, they&
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Dec
04
Koinsensus is coming
For blockchains, the consensus algorithm is how you keep all the different computers in the network honest. You might have
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