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- Gnosis raised $12.5m USD in Ether in 11 minutes.
- For months I’ve said we’d view token sales as Pre-Gnosis and Post-Gnosis. Needless to say, I expect more reverse Dutch auctions. I bet ivvv7777777 it wouldn’t sell out in the first 24 hours, but it didn’t even last 24 minutes!
- High profile sales and attractive valuations should result in more entrepreneurs who are interested in raising capital by selling tokens.
- For months I’ve said we’d view token sales as Pre-Gnosis and Post-Gnosis. Needless to say, I expect more reverse Dutch auctions. I bet ivvv7777777 it wouldn’t sell out in the first 24 hours, but it didn’t even last 24 minutes!
- Coinbase released Token beta, a mobile Ethereum messenger/wallet/browser similar to Status, somewhat more centralized (eg uses Signal instead of Whisper)
- This fits perfectly with the Coinbase Master Plan that Brian Armstrong announced last year
- This fits perfectly with the Coinbase Master Plan that Brian Armstrong announced last year
- Rice Blockchain conference was a huge success. Fantastic job by Tyler Smith organizing the conference. Lots of standout talks, but as a Houstonian, Tyler’s talk on “beyond supply chains” in oil and gas was fascinating.
- Also impressive to see how many massive energy companies have people excited about using blockchains to solve problems.
- RELATED: ConsenSys hires BHP Billiton blockchain and energy expert Dr Tyler Smith
Protocol and Geth release
- Video of April 21 core dev meeting
- Metropolis still targeted at end of June
- Metropolis still targeted at end of June
- Example code for quantum-resistant hash-based signatures
Stuff for developers
- EthRaspbian and EthArmbian images update
- Geth light client on Onion Omega2 MIPS(le)
- Geth light client on Onion Omega2 MIPS(le)
- Make sure you’re doing math right. “If you math wrong in Ethereum, you can lose money“
- Dapphub introduces DS-Math
- Ethereum.RB 2.1 released
- Want to help CodeWars support Solidity?
- Zeppelin now does key management and escrow services
- Not surprisingly, Zeppelin is also hiring
Ecosystem
- Wall Street Journal discusses ConsenSys/Hyperledger work in Dubai
- Asia’s Rising Scientists profile of Loi Luu. I’m thinking we’ll have a pickup soccer game at DevCon3?
- Streamr and Ethereum: How a data feed platform saw the light
- Short video clip of Vitalik speaking Mandarin on Chinese TV
- Melonport: Difference Between Protocol Tokens and Traditional Asset Tokens
- Weipoint: an Ethereum search engine
Interviews
- BlockChannel interviews John Lilic of ConsenSys
Project Updates
- Legendary game developer Jez San unveils real-time gaming platform. Watch.
- Ethereum makes possible game ideas he had 35 years ago.
- Ethereum makes possible game ideas he had 35 years ago.
- Status 0.9.6 (Alpha) Release – UI Refresh. Now using Whisper v5
- Encoding the Status ‘Genesis Block’
- Latest issue of The Etherian: Updates on All Your Favorite Dapps
- Spotify buys Mediachain
Token Sales
- Brave’s Basic Attention Token will raise 15 million USD in the first half of May.
- Video of Jordan Leigh breaking down the white paper
- Video of Jordan Leigh breaking down the white paper
- Storj announces token sale
- An introduction to TokenCard
- Aragon development plan
- Technical overview of their token sale
General
- If you watch HBO’s Silicon Valley, the season opener rotundly confirmed that season 4 is about Ethereum
- Maybe that’s why Ethereum is even cracking Hacker News, a place with a reputation for Bitcoin maximalism
- Maybe that’s why Ethereum is even cracking Hacker News, a place with a reputation for Bitcoin maximalism
- Former hedge funder Mike Novogratz has 10% of his net worth in btc and ether.
- Good story aside, this is the real reason Vitalik was late to meet him.
- Vice profiles Vitalik. Plus a profile of Dmitry Buterin
- Good story aside, this is the real reason Vitalik was late to meet him.
- Mougayar: Regulators should view crypto as a new asset class
- My friend Cory is putting together a Devcon3 house in Cancun from Oct 15 – Nov 15. [Disclosure: I think he’s paying me a referral fee]
Dates of note
[For ongoing sales, check previous week]
- April 25 – Sikoba public pre-sale begins.However, a pre-allocation is already open
- May 2 – TokenCard sale begins
- May 2 – E4ROW sale begins
- May 10 – Boscoin sale begins
- May 17 – Aragon sale begins
- May 19 – Storj sale begins
- May 19 – ConsenSys Ethereal Summit in Brooklyn – I’ll be there
- May 25 – William Mougayar’s Token Summit at NYU
- May 30 – Bancor Network sale begins
- June 1 – Mysterium sale begins
Bias transparency: if you host a blockchain conference and don’t use Ticketleap, I’m much less likely to include your conference, unless you have a good reason as to why we’re not a good fit. But I doubt there is one, because we’re likely a great fit. /shamelessplug
[I aim for a relatively comprehensive list of Ethereum sales, but make no warranty as to even whether they are legit; as such, I thus likewise warrant nothing about whether any will produce a satisfactory return. I have passed the CFA exams, but this is not investment advice. If you’re interested in what I do, you can find my investing thesis and token sale appreciation strategies in previous newsletters.]
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