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Jan
03

Send this to your mom

It would be easy (and perhaps true) to say "The Koin Press is for everyone interested in Koinos."
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Jan
01

Asking why in 2022

Happy new year! I started the Koin Press in November 2021 because I wanted to accelerate my own learning and
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Dec
31

Blockchains aren't cars

Yesterday, I argued that Koinos is the Tesla of blockchain, but Tesla is a company that sells cars to drivers.
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Dec
30

Ethereum is Ford. Koinos is Tesla.

The first Ford was produced in 1908. The first Tesla in 2008. It took 100 years for a company to
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Dec
29

If blockchains were boats

Software projects are a lot like a ship. You need a design and materials and a crew to build it.
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Dec
28

No more... forgeries?

Yesterday, we went over owning your own data on the blockchain. Because the data stored on blockchain is public, "
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Dec
27

What's the point of decentralization?

Continuing the discussion (part 1, part 2) with Jonathan Stark, Jonathan asked (shared with permission): The thing that is unclear
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Dec
23

Personal responsibility (yuck)

Continuing the discussion with Jonathan Stark, he asked (shared with permission, edited for brevity): Sure, the blockchain part is probably
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Dec
21

"Trustless" is a lie

Fellow list member, Jonathan Stark, replied to a recent newsletter and sparked an excellent conversation on the topic of trust.
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Dec
20

Koinos is... *drumroll* Proof-of-Burn!

Proof-of-burn isn't a new concept, but the Koinos implementation is novel. Basically, you burn (destroy) some of your
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