This post was originally published July 17, 2018 on Medium.TLDR: The motivations and demographics of the abstract user participating in incentivised systems are hard to pin down. This article attempts to better describe potential Zone operators for the FOAM network.USER, OH USER — WHERE ART THOU, USER?Crypto has an adoption problem. It has been continuously pointed out by critics, somewhat rightly so. For traditional startups, you either persuade users to adopt your product, or search for mor...

This post was originally published July 17, 2018 on Medium.TLDR: The motivations and demographics of the abstract user participating in incentivised systems are hard to pin down. This article attempts to better describe potential Zone operators for the FOAM network.USER, OH USER — WHERE ART THOU, USER?Crypto has an adoption problem. It has been continuously pointed out by critics, somewhat rightly so. For traditional startups, you either persuade users to adopt your product, or search for mor...

This post was originally published December 16, 2018 on Medium.fork by Estu Suhartono from the Noun Project \n \n On Friday (14.12.18), Hydro announced that they would be forking the 0x protocol and releasing their own implementation. This is the team behind DDEX, the largest relayer in the 0x ecosystem by volume. Among other things, Hydro believes the native token (ZRX) introduces unwarranted friction. Read the announcement from Hydro in full here: Why we are forking 0x. A Layer 2 project ha...

This post was originally published December 16, 2018 on Medium.fork by Estu Suhartono from the Noun Project \n \n On Friday (14.12.18), Hydro announced that they would be forking the 0x protocol and releasing their own implementation. This is the team behind DDEX, the largest relayer in the 0x ecosystem by volume. Among other things, Hydro believes the native token (ZRX) introduces unwarranted friction. Read the announcement from Hydro in full here: Why we are forking 0x. A Layer 2 project ha...

This post was originally published January 17, 2019 on Medium.Scaling Ethereum through ephemeral economies To date, scaling Ethereum has taken two forms: Layer 1 client improvements (L1), or Layer 2 (L2) mechanisms. While L1 scaling is realised through incremental code upgrades, L2 comes in the form of higher level external systems that leverage the greater security of the basechain. Canto’s unique value proposition emerges as a hybrid with a foot in both camps. Simply put, client changes in ...

This post was originally published January 17, 2019 on Medium.Scaling Ethereum through ephemeral economies To date, scaling Ethereum has taken two forms: Layer 1 client improvements (L1), or Layer 2 (L2) mechanisms. While L1 scaling is realised through incremental code upgrades, L2 comes in the form of higher level external systems that leverage the greater security of the basechain. Canto’s unique value proposition emerges as a hybrid with a foot in both camps. Simply put, client changes in ...

This post was originally published July 17, 2018 on Medium.State of the Map-US 2018, OpenStreetMap and FOAM’s approach to the challenge of geospatial data verification From Oct. 5–7th in Detroit, FOAM had the opportunity to participate in State of the Map-US (SOTMUS) as both sponsors and speakers. SOTMUS is an annual gathering for stakeholders of the open-source mapping community based on OpenStreetMap (OSM) in the US. You can learn more about what the organisation does here and here) I atten...

This post was originally published July 17, 2018 on Medium.State of the Map-US 2018, OpenStreetMap and FOAM’s approach to the challenge of geospatial data verification From Oct. 5–7th in Detroit, FOAM had the opportunity to participate in State of the Map-US (SOTMUS) as both sponsors and speakers. SOTMUS is an annual gathering for stakeholders of the open-source mapping community based on OpenStreetMap (OSM) in the US. You can learn more about what the organisation does here and here) I atten...