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Web3 won’t scale until wallets grow up | Opinion

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By JP Thor
| cryptocompass.com
Disclosure: The views and opinions expressed here belong solely to the author and do not represent the views and opinions of crypto.news’ editorial. In just the past few months, several high-profile wallet exploits have shaken the crypto world, from sophisticated phishing campaigns to browser vulnerabilities that exposed users’ private keys. Crypto wallets are supposed to be the bedrock of democratized finance—tools that give users direct, sovereign control over their assets.
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How Blockchain Technology Helps to Fund Startup Businesses

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By Patrick Tan, JP Thor, Alex Walker, James Gan
| Medium
By AsianMarketCap Official on The Capital Blockchain Technology disrupts many industries without a lot of fanfare just like the internet in the earlier days. It is now gathering momentum, creating new and interesting opportunities for people around the world. Prior to the advent of blockchain, crowdfunding became one of the most innovative fundraising concepts which have grown steadily as an extreme option to venture capital funding.
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1ConfValue - a simple PoW confirmation rule-of-thumb

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By JP Thor
| Medium
We present a concise method to determining reasonably safe confirmation thresholds for any proof-of-work chain for any amount of value transacted. We do this by assuming a double-spend attacker is a purely profit-seeking entity and will seek to invest the minimum amount of capital in an attack with sufficient risk thresholds and return on investment.
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Bitcoin as a store of energy

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By JP Thor
| Medium
Global Electricity Prices There is a massive disparity in global electricity prices, ranging from less than 10c kwh in some countries, to over 40c kwh in others. This can all be attributed to the differences in regional electricity production costs, exacerbated by the cost of transmission.
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