Decentralized Finance seems to be the emergent theme of 2019 – that and a dash of pending global chaos – you’ll find both highlighted in this week’s recap. As to the charts – the only constant seems to be uncertainty and (perhaps) more pain ahead for the Alts.
Picks of the Week
Jake Chervinsky discussing the current regulatory landscape for crypto is a treasure trove. Crypto Bobby’s tour of Decentralized Finance is also very informative as indeed, is Colin’s EOS Mega Update 24.
Understanding why BTC is important:
https://twitter.com/DrBitcoinMD/status/1163195075054227456
BTC wealth concentration – a rebuttal (recommended):
https://twitter.com/nic__carter/status/1161735348290035712
Sign a transaction using the genesis key or move on:
https://twitter.com/SatoshiLite/status/1162807235505876992
The Ripple fallacy (one of many):
https://twitter.com/jchervinsky/status/1163142307224444930
China-US trade spat – a little context (recommended):
https://twitter.com/adamscrabble/status/1126902416492855297
Articles
Miners and blockchain transactions – so how does it work anyway?
https://blog.goodaudience.com/how-a-miner-adds-transactions-to-the-blockchain-in-seven-steps-856053271476
Multichain/interoperability as the future of blockchain:
https://www.eoswriter.io/161144_the-future-is-multichain.eos
A reality check on ‘predicting’ BTC with the limited data set available (recommended):
https://trybe.one/crypto-market-cycles-part-2
Podcasting your way to crypto expertise:
https://trybe.one/crypto-the-podcast-way
Algorithmic trading dominance of global equity markets continues to rise:
https://latest.13d.com/risks-passive-algorithmic-transformation-equity-markets-crisis-6ea6f6e9e271
Podcast

An informative and wide-ranging discussion of crypto regulations (highly recommended):
YouTube
Plotting the path to BTC dominance:
A brief guide to Decentralized Finance / Defi (highly recommended):
Another excellent EOS Mega update – lots of important information here if you are interested/investing in EOS (highly recommended):
The Two Generals Problem – succinctly explained:
Infographic
That’s a whole lot of negative economic indicators:

Website / Utility
If you are interested in crypto decentralized finance this is a great website for comparing the different platforms/rates:

Hopefully, you found something of value down this week’s crypto rabbit hole. As always, looking forward to your comments and suggestions.
Note on Sources:
Twitter & Reddit (cryptos current meta-brains) / Medium / Trybe / Hackernoon / Whaleshares / TIMM and so on/ YouTube / various podcasts and whatever else I stumble upon. The aim is a useful weekly aggregator of ideas rather than news. Though I try to keep the sources current – I’ll reference these articles and podcasts etc. as I encounter them – they may have been published just a couple of days ago or in some cases quite a bit earlier.
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