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Intent, Complexity and the Governance Paradox - Bittorrent Lessons for Crypto… (https://medium.com/@simonhmorris/intent-complexity-and-the-governance-paradox-bittorrent-lessons-for-crypto-3-of-4-1d14ac390f3f?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548336872921-digest.reader------0-59------------------acc2e077_c7eb_4c4f_b35a_bace786f2f24-1§ionName=top)

I want to discuss three themes related to…
Simon Morris (https://medium.com/@simonhmorris?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548336872921-digest.reader-------------------------acc2e077_c7eb_4c4f_b35a_bace786f2f24)
7 min read


Them Lightning Network Nodes Sure Do Look Centralized To Me! What Gives? (https://medium.com/@StopAndDecrypt/them-lightning-network-nodes-sure-do-look-centralized-to-me-what-gives-ee39c9b12ac0?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548336872921-digest.reader------1-59------------------acc2e077_c7eb_4c4f_b35a_bace786f2f24-1§ionName=top)

(It's just your eyes playing tricks on you)
StopAndDecrypt (https://medium.com/@StopAndDecrypt?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548336872921-digest.reader-------------------------acc2e077_c7eb_4c4f_b35a_bace786f2f24)
in Hacker Noon (https://medium.com/hacker-daily?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548336872921-digest.reader-------------------------acc2e077_c7eb_4c4f_b35a_bace786f2f24)
11 min read


The Verge Hack, Explained (https://medium.com/@dzack23/the-verge-hack-explained-7942f63a3017?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548336872921-digest.reader------2-59------------------acc2e077_c7eb_4c4f_b35a_bace786f2f24-1§ionName=top)

Time Warps, Mining Exploits, Denial of Service, and More!
Daniel Goldman (https://medium.com/@dzack23?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548336872921-digest.reader-------------------------acc2e077_c7eb_4c4f_b35a_bace786f2f24)
in The Abacus Crypto Journal (https://medium.com/abacus-crypto-watch?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548336872921-digest.reader-------------------------acc2e077_c7eb_4c4f_b35a_bace786f2f24)
12 min read


BLS signatures: better than Schnorr (https://medium.com/@snigirev.stepan/bls-signatures-better-than-schnorr-5a7fe30ea716?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548336872921-digest.reader------3-59------------------acc2e077_c7eb_4c4f_b35a_bace786f2f24-1§ionName=top)

In the previous post I wrote about Schnorr signatures and how awesome they are. This one is about…
Stepan (https://medium.com/@snigirev.stepan?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548336872921-digest.reader-------------------------acc2e077_c7eb_4c4f_b35a_bace786f2f24)
in Crypto Advance (https://medium.com/cryptoadvance?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548336872921-digest.reader-------------------------acc2e077_c7eb_4c4f_b35a_bace786f2f24)
11 min read

Based on your reading history

Behind MimbleWimble (https://medium.com/@jcliff/behind-mimblewimble-cd9da78a00e9?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548336872921-digest.reader------0-59------------------acc2e077_c7eb_4c4f_b35a_bace786f2f24-16§ionName=recommended)

The head scratching tech that has the crypto industry abuzz
Jordan Clifford (https://medium.com/@jcliff?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548336872921-digest.reader-------------------------acc2e077_c7eb_4c4f_b35a_bace786f2f24)
12 min read


Maker Dai: Stable, but not scalable (https://medium.com/@hasufly/maker-dai-stable-but-not-scalable-3107ba730484?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548336872921-digest.reader------1-59------------------acc2e077_c7eb_4c4f_b35a_bace786f2f24-16§ionName=recommended)

A lesson in stablecoin arbitrage
Hasu (https://medium.com/@hasufly?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548336872921-digest.reader-------------------------acc2e077_c7eb_4c4f_b35a_bace786f2f24)
8 min read


"Fake Stake" attacks on chain-based Proof-of-Stake cryptocurrencies (https://medium.com/@dsl_uiuc/fake-stake-attacks-on-chain-based-proof-of-stake-cryptocurrencies-b8b05723f806?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548336872921-digest.reader------2-59------------------acc2e077_c7eb_4c4f_b35a_bace786f2f24-16§ionName=recommended)

This article is the public disclosure of a series of resource exhaustion vulnerabilities investigated by a…
Decentralized Systems Lab (https://medium.com/@dsl_uiuc?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548336872921-digest.reader-------------------------acc2e077_c7eb_4c4f_b35a_bace786f2f24)
14 min read

Best in Politics

The Secret to Getting Top-Secret Secrets (https://medium.com/@jfagone/the-secret-to-getting-top-secret-secrets-1f693eaf609a?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548336872921-digest.reader------0-49------------------acc2e077_c7eb_4c4f_b35a_bace786f2f24-11§ionName=topic)

How a journalist with a dark past learned to pry info from the government-and redeemed himself in the process
Jason Fagone (https://medium.com/@jfagone?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548336872921-digest.reader-------------------------acc2e077_c7eb_4c4f_b35a_bace786f2f24)
in Matter (https://medium.com/matter?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548336872921-digest.reader-------------------------acc2e077_c7eb_4c4f_b35a_bace786f2f24)
25 min read


"I'll Vote for a Woman, Just Not That Woman" (https://medium.com/@jessicavalenti/ill-vote-for-a-woman-just-not-that-woman-9ed2db07321?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548336872921-digest.reader------1-49------------------acc2e077_c7eb_4c4f_b35a_bace786f2f24-11§ionName=topic)

Most male voters still have a sexism problem
Jessica Valenti (https://medium.com/@jessicavalenti?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548336872921-digest.reader-------------------------acc2e077_c7eb_4c4f_b35a_bace786f2f24)
3 min read


How I Accidentally Wound Up Running an Outlaw Biker Gang (https://medium.com/@mikeskessler/how-i-accidentally-wound-up-running-a-outlaw-biker-gang-in-ohio-47a44ac3b95a?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548336872921-digest.reader------2-49------------------acc2e077_c7eb_4c4f_b35a_bace786f2f24-11§ionName=topic)

An undercover federal agent behind a massive sting operation that took down dozens of gun-runners and…
Mike Kessler (https://medium.com/@mikeskessler?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548336872921-digest.reader-------------------------acc2e077_c7eb_4c4f_b35a_bace786f2f24)
23 min read

Best in Podcasts

9 things I learned from my first year of podcasting (https://medium.com/@taylorshaahr/9-things-i-learned-from-my-first-year-of-podcasting-47b08d84157e?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548336872921-digest.reader------0-49------------------acc2e077_c7eb_4c4f_b35a_bace786f2f24-11§ionName=topic)

About a year ago, I started building my current podcast. This is a reflection on the 9 really important…
Tae Haahr (https://medium.com/@taylorshaahr?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548336872921-digest.reader-------------------------acc2e077_c7eb_4c4f_b35a_bace786f2f24)
8 min read


Should True Crime Be Tasteful? (https://medium.com/@snowdonsmith/should-true-crime-be-tasteful-f534c1263a69?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548336872921-digest.reader------1-49------------------acc2e077_c7eb_4c4f_b35a_bace786f2f24-11§ionName=topic)

As crime podcasts grow more mainstream, we ask: just how bloody should true crime be?
Zachary Snowdon Smith (https://medium.com/@snowdonsmith?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548336872921-digest.reader-------------------------acc2e077_c7eb_4c4f_b35a_bace786f2f24)
11 min read


To Make Real Money, The Podcast Industry Needs to Stop Calling Them Podcasts (https://medium.com/@hunterwalk/to-make-real-money-the-podcast-industry-needs-to-stop-calling-them-podcasts-4811c10e96c0?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548336872921-digest.reader------2-49------------------acc2e077_c7eb_4c4f_b35a_bace786f2f24-11§ionName=topic)

Podcasts are big business. At least that's what the articles keep telling me.
Hunter Walk (https://medium.com/@hunterwalk?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548336872921-digest.reader-------------------------acc2e077_c7eb_4c4f_b35a_bace786f2f24)
2 min read

Best in Psychedelics

I Got Off Adderall and Xanax Using Psilocybin (https://medium.com/@taolin_5749/i-got-off-adderall-and-xanax-using-psilocybin-86fa1ca8d7e0?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548336872921-digest.reader------0-49------------------acc2e077_c7eb_4c4f_b35a_bace786f2f24-11§ionName=topic)

The trip that beat back addiction and unleashed a cascade of better choices
Tao Lin (https://medium.com/@taolin_5749?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548336872921-digest.reader-------------------------acc2e077_c7eb_4c4f_b35a_bace786f2f24)
6 min read


Getting My Club Drugs Tested Transformed My Partying Habits (https://medium.com/@simonchristopher_60981/getting-my-club-drugs-tested-transformed-my-partying-habits-4494a947d086?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548336872921-digest.reader------1-49------------------acc2e077_c7eb_4c4f_b35a_bace786f2f24-11§ionName=topic)

Around 8,000 people had their illegal drugs tested at British festivals this year
Simon Doherty (https://medium.com/@simonchristopher_60981?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548336872921-digest.reader-------------------------acc2e077_c7eb_4c4f_b35a_bace786f2f24)
6 min read


Ayahuasca Let Me Walk Again (https://medium.com/@meeok/ayahuasca-let-me-walk-again-43e429fcf522?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548336872921-digest.reader------2-49------------------acc2e077_c7eb_4c4f_b35a_bace786f2f24-11§ionName=topic)

I'm not cured, but I'm healing in mind, body and spirit
Mee-ok (https://medium.com/@meeok?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548336872921-digest.reader-------------------------acc2e077_c7eb_4c4f_b35a_bace786f2f24)
7 min read

Best in Music

John Green Is Ready To Love Everything He Loves (https://medium.com/@bsidechats/john-green-is-ready-to-love-everything-he-loves-da753a380d55?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548336872921-digest.reader------0-49------------------acc2e077_c7eb_4c4f_b35a_bace786f2f24-11§ionName=topic)

The formative sounds of a best-selling American novelist
Kelly Stacy & Ashley Ford (https://medium.com/@bsidechats?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548336872921-digest.reader-------------------------acc2e077_c7eb_4c4f_b35a_bace786f2f24)
10 min read


Applause from Medium Staff
Liz Phair On Writing After Midnight (https://medium.com/@stevenbjohnson/liz-phair-writing-after-midnight-a8d7b6348c8d?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548336872921-digest.reader------1-49------------------acc2e077_c7eb_4c4f_b35a_bace786f2f24-11§ionName=topic)

The indie rock icon talks about her creative workflow, the emotional challenges of collaboration, and why…
Steven Johnson (https://medium.com/@stevenbjohnson?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548336872921-digest.reader-------------------------acc2e077_c7eb_4c4f_b35a_bace786f2f24)
7 min read


Wish You Were Here (https://medium.com/@grantreynolds_30109/wish-you-were-here-51b693f13be7?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548336872921-digest.reader------2-49------------------acc2e077_c7eb_4c4f_b35a_bace786f2f24-11§ionName=topic)

Memories of my step-brother and Pink Floyd
Grant Reynolds (https://medium.com/@grantreynolds_30109?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548336872921-digest.reader-------------------------acc2e077_c7eb_4c4f_b35a_bace786f2f24)
in Spiralbound (https://medium.com/spiralbound?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548336872921-digest.reader-------------------------acc2e077_c7eb_4c4f_b35a_bace786f2f24)
1 min read

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I Got Rejected by Apple Music… So I Redesigned It (https://medium.com/@jasonyuan/i-got-rejected-by-apple-music-so-i-redesigned-it-b7e2e4dc64bf?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548336872921-digest.reader------0-62------------------acc2e077_c7eb_4c4f_b35a_bace786f2f24-21§ionName=evergreen)

I'd like to preface this case study by stating that my intentions behind redesigning Apple Music were in no…
Jason Yuan (https://medium.com/@jasonyuan?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548336872921-digest.reader-------------------------acc2e077_c7eb_4c4f_b35a_bace786f2f24)
in Startup Grind (https://medium.com/startup-grind?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548336872921-digest.reader-------------------------acc2e077_c7eb_4c4f_b35a_bace786f2f24)
12 min read


Applause from Medium Staff
How Netflix works: the (hugely simplified) complex stuff that happens every… (https://medium.com/@nairmayukh/how-netflix-works-the-hugely-simplified-complex-stuff-that-happens-every-time-you-hit-play-3a40c9be254b?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548336872921-digest.reader------1-62------------------acc2e077_c7eb_4c4f_b35a_bace786f2f24-21§ionName=evergreen)

Not long ago, House of Cards came back for the fifth season, finally ending a long wait for binge watchers…
Mayukh Nair (https://medium.com/@nairmayukh?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548336872921-digest.reader-------------------------acc2e077_c7eb_4c4f_b35a_bace786f2f24)
in Refraction: tech + everything (https://medium.com/refraction-tech-everything?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548336872921-digest.reader-------------------------acc2e077_c7eb_4c4f_b35a_bace786f2f24)
11 min read


What Do 90-Somethings Regret Most? (https://medium.com/@lydia.sohn/what-its-like-to-be-90-something-368780082573?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548336872921-digest.reader------2-62------------------acc2e077_c7eb_4c4f_b35a_bace786f2f24-21§ionName=evergreen)

I interviewed the oldest people I know. Their responses contradict popular research about aging and…
Lydia Sohn (https://medium.com/@lydia.sohn?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548336872921-digest.reader-------------------------acc2e077_c7eb_4c4f_b35a_bace786f2f24)
7 min read

Editors' picks

If You Only Read a Few Books in 2019, Read These (https://medium.com/@RyanHoliday/if-you-only-read-a-few-books-in-2019-read-these-4533f41fe1d4?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548336872921-digest.reader------0-13------------------acc2e077_c7eb_4c4f_b35a_bace786f2f24-6§ionName=suggested)

A reading list for becoming a better citizen and person
Ryan Holiday (https://medium.com/@RyanHoliday?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548336872921-digest.reader-------------------------acc2e077_c7eb_4c4f_b35a_bace786f2f24)
12 min read


How a Business Leader Can Think Like a Futurist (https://medium.com/@carinecarmy/how-a-business-leader-can-think-like-a-futurist-aa131c030589?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548336872921-digest.reader------1-13------------------acc2e077_c7eb_4c4f_b35a_bace786f2f24-6§ionName=suggested)

Advice from futurism consultants on how businesses can brace for the future
Carine Carmy (https://medium.com/@carinecarmy?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548336872921-digest.reader-------------------------acc2e077_c7eb_4c4f_b35a_bace786f2f24)
8 min read

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