Cypherpunk Times

Part of the scaling debate is the knowledge that at some point in the near future, a large majority of all transactions conducted on blockchains will be micro transactions. These will likely be in the hundreds of thousands per second, this is in direct comparison to what is already being achieved by traditional banking services like Visa, and Mastercard. ## What are micro transactions, and why do...

The Lightning Network (LN) has achieved the monumental target of processing thousands of transactions per second at the cost of a single atom per transaction (0.00000001 DCR). But is it to have this functionality in a lightweight non-custodial wallet? The answer is yes, it’s already been built and is functioning as intended. Checkout Bison Relay to learn more. But what about the anti-Lightning Net...

Decred and the State of the market is brought to you by Exitus and PhoenixGreen with featured guest Peter Zen. Decred’s proposal platform is fully integrated into the protocol and combines off-chain and on-chain mechanisms for both discussion and voting. Coin holders get the final say on every decision made. In this discussion, we’ll look at the proposals currently up for discussion and the goals...

Decred is Money Evolved. By combining battle tested Proof-of-Work with an innovative take on Proof-of-Stake that places coin holders in charge of shaping the future, Decred is able to adapt to challenges and innovate at a rapid pace. You acquire influence in Decred by putting “skin in the game”. Decred’s security, privacy, scalability, and decentralized treasury empower stakeholders and provides t...

If you’ve ever used a multi-chain SPV (Simplified Payment Verification) wallet like DCRDEX, a few questions might pop to mind when comparing Decred against Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash and Litecoin. Firstly, how does Decred’s SPV mode synchronise, so quickly when compared to the others? And secondly, why does Decred seem to have more available nodes to synchronise to? Let’s focus on the second point, “wh...

We went LIVE – Sunday, January 7th 2024 – 3pm UK TIME Decred and the State of the market is brought to you by Exitus and PhoenixGreen. In this episode, we’ll look at the development surrounding crypto privacy restrictions, the CEX monitor tag and the inevitable delistings of non-compliant projects. And could DEXs offer a better solution for a decentralised crypto market? For more visit - decred.or...

People need mobile wallets that are fast to set up, easy to use and very secure. All too often, mobile wallets make extreme security sacrifices in order to slightly improve ease of use. One example of a bad security practice is when a wallet has to trust a centralised node. This is a trust model that processes all wallet information, sent and received, through a single point of failure. A wallet u...

0:00 - Start 1:09 - Development Updates 6:05 - Politeia Proposals 7:11 - Network stats 7:35 - Community Updates 10:03 - End Decred is Money Evolved. By combining battle tested Proof-of-Work with an innovative take on Proof-of-Stake that places coin holders in charge of shaping the future, Decred is able to adapt to challenges and innovate at a rapid pace. You acquire influence in Decred by putting...

Twitter Space hosted by Tivra @WasPraxis and included members from the crypto space. * Decred * Digibyte * ZCash * Dash

When it comes to passive income, why should the miners have all the fun and rewards!? If you offer something valuable to a project, you should be incentivised. Holding and hoping the coin will go up in value shouldn’t be the only incentive. I consider long-term holdings like a traditional saver account, if you’re holding you should be earning interest. **Rewards & Income:** + Mining rewards +...

One of the questions that I’m constantly asking myself is, what’s the point of working in crypto if you are not earning crypto? From my perspective, if a project is paying its contractors in fiat currencies, it shows low confidence in the projects' native coin or token. “If it works, you should want to be paid in it!” Decred solved this problem from day one. And only pays its contractors in DC...

Decred and the State of the market is brought to you by Exitus and PhoenixGreen. In this episode, we’ll have a look back at what’s happened in 2023, the events that are bringing this year to a close and all the exciting developments in progress for 2024. This year has been dominated by US and European regulators aiming to close down on and off ramps to the crypto world “Choke Point 2.0”. Interesti...

Money Evolved: Development and Community Updates 0:00 - Start 0:28 - Development/Infrastructure Updates 5:56 - Community Updates 9:12 - Network Stats Decred is Money Evolved. By combining battle tested Proof-of-Work with an innovative take on Proof-of-Stake that places coin holders in charge of shaping the future, Decred is able to adapt to challenges and innovate at a rapid pace. You acquire infl...

The process of building a Decred block is actually pretty interesting and is the area that gives the project its security and efficiency. It’s important to note that Decred’s block construction is based on a hybrid mechanism of proof of work and proof of stake. A lot of the earlier blockchains rely on one mechanism or the other, but Decred takes advantage of the best bits of both of these mechanis...

In the crypto space, you’ll hear a lot about “not your keys, not your coins”. But what does this mean? And what is the safest way to store your Decred to prevent losing funds? To self custody your crypto assets, means you are in complete control, and are no longer reliant on others. There are no rules that prevent you from spending, swapping or moving your assets as you see fit. The responsibility...

Decred and the State of the market is brought to you by Exitus and PhoenixGreen. In this episode, we’ll be discussing the Decred Developer AMA and their thoughts on the questions asked by the community. Q&A: https://www.reddit.com/r/decred/comments/1700xyi/decred_developer_ask_me_anything_ama_feat_dev/?utm_source=embedv2&utm_medium=post_embed&utm_content=post_title&embed_host_url=h...

Crypto as an industry is over 14 years old. And as we know, one of its original premises was to be money. One aspect of being decentralised money is being able to earn it, preferably in a permissionless way. This is an area that Decred excels in, and is one of the few cryptocurrencies to build a DAO structure as part of its core design. Decred is a layer 1 “Decentralised Autonomous Organisation”,...

The scaling debate is an interesting topic that has got extremely heated over the last few months. With advocates for both sides putting forward valid points. Personally, I don’t think it’s a binary decision, “one way is not always better than the other”. In each example, there are trade-offs, and depending on your position, you will likely decide in favour of one or the other. In this podcast, we...

Decred is Money Evolved. By combining battle tested Proof-of-Work with an innovative take on Proof-of-Stake that places coin holders in charge of shaping the future, Decred is able to adapt to challenges and innovate at a rapid pace. You acquire influence in Decred by putting “skin in the game”. Decred’s security, privacy, scalability, and decentralized treasury empower stakeholders and provides t...

Digital Wallet technology is so much bigger than most realise. Digital wallets, are becoming a complete and standalone web experience and will be a replacement for the web browser in the very near future. When you consider a peer to peer, permissionless, financial system as the foundation for a new web browser infrastructure, you start to realise the massive security and privacy benefits for the e...

I’ve heard debate about Decred not offering anything new to the cryptocurrency space or not having a specific utility. Although to the outsider this may seem like the case, in fact, Decred offers so much utility that it’s often hard to describe in a punchy one-liner. So let’s have a look at some of the utility that Decred has to offer.

This is an interesting question which is currently evolving. But the short answer is Bitcoin BTC. At the time of writing, pretty much every alternative coin has a BTC pair. This has typically been the coin that generates the highest liquidity in and out of a project like Decred. But let's investigate some of our options and future prospects. Join us @ cypherpunktimes.com

Decred and the State of the market is brought to you by Exitus and PhoenixGreen. In this episode, we’ll be talking to  @dreacot  about the new cryptopower wallet, its exciting features, and what to expect going forward. In previous episodes, we’ve discussed extensively about Decred needing to be available for mobile users, missed opportunities and the impact mobile products could have on the Decre...

Crypto is over 14 years old and has seen its fair share of game theory and manipulation play out. Throughout this process, a few obvious centralising entities have fully established, organised and been allowed to thrive. Although early development could never have preemptively solved for each of these entities, it remains important to course correct at every opportunity. Let’s dive into three of t...

Cryptocurrencies and digital internet money are extremely young and, as such, the ability to adapt to the changing environment will be critical. Principles, ideals, and theory that were once valid and seen as the immovable cornerstones of the space have mostly all been proven fragile when put to the test. The idea that a piece of software or hardware will be as strong in the long term as it is tod...