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Zcash & the founder incentive trilemma (https://medium.com/@arjunblj/zcash-the-founder-incentive-trilemma-fe7689fc8293?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1551443776415-digest.reader------0-59------------------2a399f19_ee08_4bf4_a448_81acfb142207-1§ionName=top)

Reorganizing the firm presents new principal-agent problems
Arjun Balaji (https://medium.com/@arjunblj?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1551443776415-digest.reader-------------------------2a399f19_ee08_4bf4_a448_81acfb142207)
7 min read


Rewriting History: A Brief Introduction to Long Range Attacks (https://medium.com/@edeirme/rewriting-history-a-brief-introduction-to-long-range-attacks-54e473acdba9?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1551443776415-digest.reader------1-59------------------2a399f19_ee08_4bf4_a448_81acfb142207-1§ionName=top)

Proof of Stake protocols are in the spotlight as more and more high-profile blockchains attempt to switch…
Evangelos Deirmentzoglou (https://medium.com/@edeirme?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1551443776415-digest.reader-------------------------2a399f19_ee08_4bf4_a448_81acfb142207)
in ICO Security (https://medium.com/positive-ico?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1551443776415-digest.reader-------------------------2a399f19_ee08_4bf4_a448_81acfb142207)
15 min read


A Libertarian Response to Vlad Zamfir's "New Crypto Legal System" (https://medium.com/@elliotolds/a-libertarian-response-to-vlad-zamfirs-new-crypto-legal-system-f37ba8a6e76c?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1551443776415-digest.reader------2-59------------------2a399f19_ee08_4bf4_a448_81acfb142207-1§ionName=top)

Two days ago Vlad Zamfir published an essay arguing that existing governance mechanisms in crypto are…
Elliot Olds (https://medium.com/@elliotolds?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1551443776415-digest.reader-------------------------2a399f19_ee08_4bf4_a448_81acfb142207)
7 min read


Privacy in Cryptocurrencies: Mixing-based Approaches (https://medium.com/@yi.sun/privacy-in-cryptocurrencies-mixing-based-approaches-ce08d0040c88?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1551443776415-digest.reader------3-59------------------2a399f19_ee08_4bf4_a448_81acfb142207-1§ionName=top)

Yi Sun and Yan Zhang
Yi Sun (https://medium.com/@yi.sun?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1551443776415-digest.reader-------------------------2a399f19_ee08_4bf4_a448_81acfb142207)
16 min read

Best in Visual Design

This Physics Pioneer Walked Away From It All (https://medium.com/@NautilusMag/this-physics-pioneer-walked-away-from-it-all-7d59e62a1e37?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1551443776415-digest.reader------0-49------------------2a399f19_ee08_4bf4_a448_81acfb142207-11§ionName=topic)

Why Fotini Markopoulou traded quantum gravity for industrial design
Nautilus (https://medium.com/@NautilusMag?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1551443776415-digest.reader-------------------------2a399f19_ee08_4bf4_a448_81acfb142207)
25 min read


5 Things Apple Got Right - and 5 It Got Wrong - in 2018 (https://medium.com/@FastCompany/5-things-apple-got-right-and-5-it-got-wrong-in-2018-f273727c1141?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1551443776415-digest.reader------1-49------------------2a399f19_ee08_4bf4_a448_81acfb142207-11§ionName=topic)

Apple truly had its moments in 2018. And then there were those other moments…
Fast Company (https://medium.com/@FastCompany?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1551443776415-digest.reader-------------------------2a399f19_ee08_4bf4_a448_81acfb142207)
9 min read

Best in Addiction

'Heroin Was My Life Preserver' (https://medium.com/@zacharyasiegel/americans-are-taught-to-hate-drugs-but-we-must-love-the-people-using-them-c6a9bb9d3011?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1551443776415-digest.reader------0-49------------------2a399f19_ee08_4bf4_a448_81acfb142207-11§ionName=topic)

Why teenagers across the country are finding love in heroin
Zachary A Siegel (https://medium.com/@zacharyasiegel?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1551443776415-digest.reader-------------------------2a399f19_ee08_4bf4_a448_81acfb142207)
10 min read


Please Like and Share My Recovery (https://medium.com/@iamchrisscott/please-like-and-share-my-recovery-7f3dc91dc927?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1551443776415-digest.reader------1-49------------------2a399f19_ee08_4bf4_a448_81acfb142207-11§ionName=topic)

How sharing my rehab journey on social media helped me stay sober
Chris Scott (https://medium.com/@iamchrisscott?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1551443776415-digest.reader-------------------------2a399f19_ee08_4bf4_a448_81acfb142207)
7 min read


The Fraught Relationship Between Alcohol and Eating Disorders (https://medium.com/@katewillsky/the-fraught-relationship-between-alcohol-and-eating-disorders-4cc40d2801a4?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1551443776415-digest.reader------2-49------------------2a399f19_ee08_4bf4_a448_81acfb142207-11§ionName=topic)

How drinking helped me starve myself - and learn to eat again
Kate Willsky (https://medium.com/@katewillsky?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1551443776415-digest.reader-------------------------2a399f19_ee08_4bf4_a448_81acfb142207)
6 min read

Best in Privacy

Your Speech, Their Rules: Meet the People Who Guard the Internet (https://medium.com/@feerst/your-speech-their-rules-meet-the-people-who-guard-the-internet-ab58fe6b9231?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1551443776415-digest.reader------0-49------------------2a399f19_ee08_4bf4_a448_81acfb142207-11§ionName=topic)

Tech platform trust and safety employees are charged with policing the impossible. They open up to Medium's…
Alex Feerst (https://medium.com/@feerst?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1551443776415-digest.reader-------------------------2a399f19_ee08_4bf4_a448_81acfb142207)
in OneZero (https://medium.com/one-zero?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1551443776415-digest.reader-------------------------2a399f19_ee08_4bf4_a448_81acfb142207)
24 min read


We Can Learn to See Through 'Deepfake' Video Hoaxes (https://medium.com/@luxnightmare/we-can-learn-to-see-through-deepfake-video-hoaxes-2b022bf4c50b?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1551443776415-digest.reader------1-49------------------2a399f19_ee08_4bf4_a448_81acfb142207-11§ionName=topic)

The latest in hoaxing technology is powerful, but it's not unbeatable
Lux Alptraum (https://medium.com/@luxnightmare?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1551443776415-digest.reader-------------------------2a399f19_ee08_4bf4_a448_81acfb142207)
in OneZero (https://medium.com/one-zero?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1551443776415-digest.reader-------------------------2a399f19_ee08_4bf4_a448_81acfb142207)
10 min read


How Facebook Borrows From the NSA Playbook (https://medium.com/@trevor.timm/how-facebook-borrows-from-the-nsa-playbook-444f7d62f26e?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1551443776415-digest.reader------2-49------------------2a399f19_ee08_4bf4_a448_81acfb142207-11§ionName=topic)

The social media giant misleads the American people using tactics ripped straight from the surveillance…
Trevor Timm (https://medium.com/@trevor.timm?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1551443776415-digest.reader-------------------------2a399f19_ee08_4bf4_a448_81acfb142207)
6 min read

Best in Photography

There's Less to Portraits Than Meets the Eye, and More (https://medium.com/@nytmag/theres-less-to-portraits-than-meets-the-eye-and-more-565e5c95c3cc?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1551443776415-digest.reader------0-49------------------2a399f19_ee08_4bf4_a448_81acfb142207-11§ionName=topic)

Every portrait works in triplicate: depicting the sitter, revealing the photographer and reminding the viewer…
New York Times Magazine (https://medium.com/@nytmag?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1551443776415-digest.reader-------------------------2a399f19_ee08_4bf4_a448_81acfb142207)
8 min read

Editors' picks

Algorithms Can Now Identify Cancerous Cells Better Than Humans (https://medium.com/@bnpowers8/algorithms-can-now-identify-cancerous-cells-better-than-humans-78e6518f65e8?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1551443776415-digest.reader------0-13------------------2a399f19_ee08_4bf4_a448_81acfb142207-6§ionName=suggested)

Vast banks of medical data are slowly being digitized, allowing AI to address the growing demand for…
Benjamin Powers (https://medium.com/@bnpowers8?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1551443776415-digest.reader-------------------------2a399f19_ee08_4bf4_a448_81acfb142207)
6 min read


A Weak President Can Still Be a Dangerous One (https://medium.com/@brendan.nyhan/a-weak-president-can-still-be-a-dangerous-one-aaf0ec469ca9?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1551443776415-digest.reader------1-13------------------2a399f19_ee08_4bf4_a448_81acfb142207-6§ionName=suggested)

Trump's failures in office shouldn't obscure the threat he poses
Brendan Nyhan (https://medium.com/@brendan.nyhan?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1551443776415-digest.reader-------------------------2a399f19_ee08_4bf4_a448_81acfb142207)
5 min read


Is the Universe Real? (https://medium.com/@bbergstein/is-the-universe-real-61ff508d32aa?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1551443776415-digest.reader------2-13------------------2a399f19_ee08_4bf4_a448_81acfb142207-6§ionName=suggested)

Rethinking the idea that makes you rethink reality
Brian Bergstein (https://medium.com/@bbergstein?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1551443776415-digest.reader-------------------------2a399f19_ee08_4bf4_a448_81acfb142207)
in OneZero (https://medium.com/one-zero?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1551443776415-digest.reader-------------------------2a399f19_ee08_4bf4_a448_81acfb142207)
10 min read

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