Counterarguments to XRP value preposition joni Mei 22, 2017 Add Comment Fiat, IOU, Ripple, XRP Edit As some of you might know, I really like the idea behind the Ripple system. Creating a settlement layer based on trust and IOUs , being able... Read More
IOU price vs trust - a look at Tether joni April 30, 2017 Add Comment Bitfinex, BitUSD, Fiat, IOU, Proof of Solvency, Ripple, Tether Edit Fiat-denominated IOUs have a long history in the crypto space. Ripple launched in 2012 with its host of fiat gateways . BitUSD and TetherU... Read More
Big numbers don't mean big money joni Oktober 11, 2016 Add Comment inflation, IOU, OneCoin, premining, Proof of Stake, Ripple, scam Edit Last week we discussed problems with using really big numbers in cryptocurrencies . This week I'd like to talk about misconceptions surr... Read More
Global Reserve Currency - Special Drawing Rights vs Bitcoin joni September 27, 2016 Add Comment Bitcoin, BitUSD, currency wars, Digital Coin, IOU, SDR, Tether Edit Earlier this month, the G20 summit was held in China . One of the more interesting topics discussed, was the addition of Chinese yuan to the... Read More
Secondary and debt markets for exchanges joni Agustus 15, 2016 Add Comment Bitfinex, debt, hack, IOU, MtGox, Ripple Edit As discussed last week , Bitfinex has followed through with their bail-in and gave all of their users a 36% "haircut" . While not ... Read More
Full Proof of Solvency - pondering Tether joni Januari 11, 2016 Add Comment Crypto 2.0, Fiat, IOU, Omni, Proof of Liabilities, Proof of Reseves, Proof of Solvency, Tether Edit Tether (currently in beta) is a fiat gateway allowing its users to transact in USD IOUs on Omni and internally in Tether's shared wal... Read More
The Money Protocols - Bitcoin, blockchain and others joni Oktober 26, 2015 Add Comment Bitcoin, BitShares, IOU, Proof of Existence, protocols, Ripple, Singularity of Money, smart contracts, Smart Oracles Edit I was recently sent a link to an article discussing the development of "the money protocol". The idea has been around for awhile ... Read More
BitUSD vs USD IOUs joni Mei 25, 2015 Add Comment BitShares, Comparison, Crypto 2.0, IOU, Ripple Edit Last Thursday at Decentral Vancouver we were discussing BitShares and BitUSD with Max Wright (I recommend his BitShares 101 series of vid... Read More