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Bringing decentralized identity to traditional apps

TL;DR: In this technical post for developers, I walk through how we added Blockstack ID support to the Discourse forum software. At Blockstack, we're building a new internet for

crypto

Product/Market Fit in Crypto Token Projects

Product/Market fit is the degree to which a product satisfies a strong market demand. Before product/market fit is like playing the game of business on hard mode, acquiring

identity

A Guide to Slack Identity Theft

TL;DR: Slack removed usernames enabling easy theft of other users' identities. Read on to learn how... {% include toc.html %} Around the world teams everywhere spend their days (and too

blockstack

How I built an Ethereum wallet on Bitcoin with 3 lines of code

This post is a companion to a talk I did at the Ethereum Classic Summit in Hong Kong on November 13, 2017. Cryptocurrency and token wallets are pretty simple. You

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Proof of Humanity: a Deep Dive into the Blockstack Token Sale Registration App

TL;DR: The Blockstack Token Sale Voucher Registration App uses decentralized Blockstack IDs and social media account proofs to make sure registrants are real humans. Read on for a behind-the-scenes

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Swimming with a System

"goals are for losers." -Scott Adams I became familiar with Dilbert cartoonist Scott Adams during the past year's Presidential election - familiar with him outside of his signature

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Blockstack in Asia Meetup Marathon Recap

From July 8th to 10th, I co-hosted Asia’s first three Blockstack meetups with Blockstack Labs co-founder Ryan Shea in Hong Kong, Shenzhen and Taipei. At each meetup, Ryan presented

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Blockstack meetups come to Asia!

The great Bitcoin halvening is upon us in less than 2 short days. To celebrate, Blockstack meetups are coming to Asia! I’m delighted to be organizing three meetups in

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Live Photos on the Web

TL;DR: I made Live Photos work on the web and it brought my computer to a grinding halt. Just here for the demos? Skip ahead! {% include toc.html %} What

china

2015: The Year the Great Firewall went Global

TL;DR: 2015 marked a changing point in China’s relationship with the global Internet. This post takes a look back at 2015 and 16 events in which the effects

bitcoin

The Genesis Block

While cleaning up after the Scaling Bitcoin workshops in Hong Kong on Monday, Bitcoin Association of Hong Kong co-founder Leonhard Weese had the forethought to save the podium’s logo

china

Tantan Responds - Promises Encryption

Wow! I am shocked and humbled by the positive reaction to my post last Friday about how Tantan doesn't use encryption. The overwhelming interest on reddit and across Facebook and

china

How Chinese Tinder clone screws you

Update: Tantan CEO and Co-founder Yu Wang reached out to me via email to acknowledge these issues. Read his email and my response. TL;DR: Chinese Tinder clone Tantan is

china

How Apple Censors News in China

The release of iOS 9 saw the launch of Apple’s attempt to revolutionize the news industry, Apple News. While Apple has been pretty clear that News is launching first

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Can Apple Notes replace Evernote?

figcaption { font-size: large; } Update: iCloud Notes's CloudKit got corrupted after moving a few hundred notes from Evernote - I contacted Apple on September 29th & have been promised that I

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How to move notes from Evernote to iCloud Notes

Update #2: You should use the built in import feature in macOS to move your notes from Evernotes to Apple Notes. This script is no longer supported. Update: I was

china

Hop over the Great Firewall with Government Help

Ask someone to make a list of #ChinaProblems and the Great Firewall is going to be close to the top. The Great Firewall, usually referred to online as GFW, is

pay4bugs

#StartupThisSunday: Part 5 - The Final Stretch

This is Part 5 of my 5 part series sharing my 24 hour #StartupThisSunday cross Asia adventure building the human powered website monitoring service wpFlight. In Part 1, Part 2,

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#StartupThisSunday: Part 4 - Hong Kong-bound

This is Part 4 of my 5 part series sharing my 24 hour #StartupThisSunday cross Asia adventure building the human powered website monitoring service wpFlight. In Part 1, Part 2

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#StartupThisSunday: Part 3 - Singapore

This is Part 3 of my 5 part series sharing my 24 hour #StartupThisSunday cross Asia adventure building the human powered website monitoring service wpFlight. In Part 1 and Part

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#StartupThisSunday: Part 2 - Singapore Bound

This is Part 2 of my 5 part series sharing my 24 hour #StartupThisSunday cross Asia adventure building the human powered website monitoring service wpFlight. In Part 1, we talked

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#StartupThisSunday: Part 1 - Pre-flight

This is Part 1 of my 5 part series sharing my 24 hour #StartupThisSunday cross Asia adventure building the human powered website monitoring service wpFlight. My #StartupThisSunday trip of building

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Security Researchers Claim Internet Standards are Apple Security Flaws

There is a research paper entitled Unauthorized Cross-App Resource Access on MAC OS X and iOS announced by The Register and picked up by Macrumors claiming that security researchers have totally pwn'd Apple's sandbox security. They are quoted as saying: "We completely cracked the

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#StartupThisSunday

TL;DR: I'm building a new product today I built a new product, wpFlight.com, in 24 hours from start to launch, and doing did it all while on the

nametiles

Nametiles: Beautiful Blockchain-powered Profiles

I’m very excited to tell you about Nametiles, a way to add beautiful embedded profiles and tagging to blogs and websites. Nametiles lets you embed profile information from Passcard, a digital passport secured by Bitcoin, and tag people using their Passcard +passname on