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The Build Blockchain Blog hosted longer form articles, published sporadically, alongside the weekly newsletter of the same name. Its 21 posts are preserved here as an archive. Follow its author @BenDiFrancesco.
- Code, Law, and the Nature of Consensus
On cryptonetworks, is code law, or is it all social consensus? The answer is yes. Let's explore why.
- Discussion: What's In A Node, With Anthony Lusardi
Ben and Anthony have a chat about what it means for a node to be a "full node," especially the differences between fast sync nodes and fully validating nodes in Ethereum.
- Webinar: EtherDelta And The Regulation Of Decentralized Systems, With Andrew Bull, ESQ.
- Five Technical Takeaways From The Bitcoin Bug
- Radical Markets: The Good, The Bad, And The Blockchain
- Talking Smart Contracts, Software Development, And The Future Of Crypto
- Thoughts From Coinvention: It's 1993 And This Is An Internet Conference
- A Striking Exchange From The Ethereum Core Dev Discussion Of Block Rewards
- Ethereum, Proof-of-Stake, And The "Free Hard Fork" Problem
- A Developer's Guide To Running A Bitcoin Full Node And Local Block Explorer
- The Two Views Of Crypto: Sound Money Vs. Global Computer
- What If We're Wrong? Steelmanning The Case Against Crypto
- Do We Need A Blockchain To Be Decentralized? A Conversation With Alex Hillman.
- Against Narrow Minded Maximalism
- Introducing An Experienced Developer To Ethereum Smart Contract Coding In Solidity
- From Apps to dApps - An Intro To Blockchain For Mobile Developers
- Apple has the Incentives, Values, & Tech to Bring Blockchain Mainstream
- What the Crypto Community Should Learn From GitHub's Acquisition
- Has The Window For Bootstrapping A Proof-of-Work Coin Closed?
- Why Developers And Entrepreneurs Should Be Excited By Blockchain
- Taking The Red Pill