Blockchain Case Use 1: The IBM Food Trust
Jacob Stein
Explore the benefits of a solution that connects participants across the food supply through a permissioned, permanent, and shared record of food system data. Learn about the impact on your supply chain efficiency, brand trust, food safety, sustainability, food freshness, food fraud and food waste.
The Layers of Web3
Jacob Stein
A guide to the projects and companies working to make web3 development as easy as web2
The Merge
Jacob Stein
Ethereum's long-awaited upgrade to Proof-of-Stake has finally arrived, promising unprecedented efficiency, scalability, and environmental-friendliness.
Token Project: The MV3 Universe
Jacob Stein
An NFT project from the community that led me into Web3. MV3 is a tokenized story-telling project based taking place in 2081 in the highly-advanced Eluna City.
Token Project: Azuki
Jacob Stein
Azuki is one of the most successful NFT projects and brands in blockchain's short history. This is the story of how Azuki became successful, and then the owner erased billions of dollars of value with one Medium post.
Truffle: The Premier Blockchain Development Environment
Jacob Stein
Truffle, acquired and developed by ConsenSys, is an important tool for anyone hoping to build applications on the blockchain.
The Fall of Terra Luna
Jacob Stein
TerraUSD was a stablecoin tied to its sister coin, LUNA, which was meant to absorb any volatility through a complex set of algorithms. LUNA crashed 99% a few months ago, destabilizing the entire crypto market. What happened?
Blockchain Use Case 2: Tokenized Tickets
Jacob Stein
One of the most reference blockchain use cases is for ticketing. Similar to currency, tickets face the double-spending problem. Tickets are also sometimes unique (i.e. seats), or sometimes generalized (i. e. ski lift tickets). No matter the case, blockchain can accommodate.
Voter Suppression as Stealth Authoritarianism
Jacob Stein
Voter suppression has emerged as a powerful tool for American politicians to consolidate and centralize power without taking any direct action. The insurrection on January 6th demonstrated its potency, and it will surely strike again.
The FTX Meltdown
Jacob Stein
As of November 12th, Bitcoin has sunk to some historic lows because of a fiasco concerning FTX, the crypto exchange founded by crypto golden boy Sam Bankman-Fried. The story of FTX's crash makes LUNA's downfall boring, and would make a pretty good Netflix documentary.