Jan 6Member-onlyRavencoin — Foundation Accounting (Transparency)Transparency is important for foundations. Especially for a project like Ravencoin that allows the community to contribute to bounties and projects that enhance the Ravencoin ecosystem. Two separate events prompted me to write this article. First, it came to my attention that at least one person, was hesitant to contribute…Ravencoin4 min readRavencoin4 min read
Oct 21, 2022Utah Blockchain Coalition — Meeting Senators Mike Lee and Cynthia LummisI’m not a political animal. I lean libertarian (not the party, but the ideas), and would like less government interference in well… just about everything. Government should not act like a parent trying to protect its children from self-inflicted harm. Government is not our parent. …Politics2 min readPolitics2 min read
Sep 1, 2022The Case Against Bitcoin MaximalismI am not a Bitcoin maximalist. I want to be clear that this is not an endorsement of all crypto-currencies. Some have ponzi-like characteristics, some look like get-rich-quick schemes for their founders and/or VC investors, and a small few are easily recognizable outright scams. Let’s define some terms, so we…Bitcoin7 min readBitcoin7 min read
Apr 21, 2022Why Ravencoin?The content for this article is mostly from whyravencoin.com, a community operated website. There are so many great reasons. Ravencoin makes tokenization of everything from art to real estate, easy, legal, and transferable. RVN’s human-readable asset names provide branding, provenance & value. Best of all NO Smart Contracts are required. …Ravencoin2 min readRavencoin2 min read
Apr 12, 2022Ravencoin — Time to move on…I’ve decided it is time to move on from Ravencoin ($RVN). Why? Ravencoin was built from first principles. Much like Bitcoin, it assumed the rules of supply and demand, and incentives based economics. I’ve been reading modern economics, and apparently the first principles just don’t apply anymore. How this happened…Bitcoin3 min readBitcoin3 min read
Mar 28, 2022Crypto — State Legislation to Attract InnovatorsWhat do states want? Most states want innovators, talent, and treasure to migrate to their state. Attracting the right innovator might provide the state hundreds, thousands, or tens of thousands of jobs. The way to do that is to have the most friendly environment. This can include things like low…Crypto4 min readCrypto4 min read
Mar 9, 2022Crypto — First PrinciplesIn order to craft good legislation, it is critical to understand some first principles of crypto (Digital Assets). “Crypto” as it is used here, includes Bitcoin, Ravencoin, Ethereum Classic, Litecoin, and similar open-source projects. …Bitcoin3 min readBitcoin3 min read
Jan 13, 2022Ravencoin — Value and Mining DifficultyThis is an article that I wrote on September 3, 2014. link Republished here to address some questions about value and mining difficulty after Ravencoin’s first halving yesterday. I have not edited it, so it still references Bitcoin, but the same logic applies to Ravencoin and other proof-of-work crypto currencies. …Bitcoin5 min readBitcoin5 min read
Dec 1, 2021Understanding NFTsJoin me on this journey of understanding NFTs. We’re not diving into the technical details of NFTs, but the why of NFTs. What is an NFT? The acronym stands for of Non-fungible Token. Fungible means that one thing can easily be replaced by another of the same thing. So, non-fungible…Nft5 min readNft5 min read
Nov 29, 2021Ravencoin — Digital Dividends?Digital dividends are blockchain-asset dividends issued legally and 1:1 to shareholders of a public company. They have the potential to reconcile sloppy accounting and force a reconciliation with naked short sellers. How? A bit of background. In 2015, I worked for t0 (now tZero) where I learned quite a bit…Accounting5 min readAccounting5 min read