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"content": "Are stable cryptocurrencies needed? How can one design an algorithmic policy for minting tokens and manage decentralized monetary policy? My most recent paper on \"First Order Design Principles for Stable Cryptocurrencies\" answers these and many other questions on stable cryptocurrencies. The core design features and their interoperative feedback effects revolve around: (1) burning coins through bonds vs. reserves, (2) transaction vs. holding taxes, (3) repegging, and (4) governance.<br /><br /><a href=\"https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3402701\" target=\"_blank\">https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3402701</a><br /><br /><a href=\"https://www.minds.com/search?f=top&t=all&q=crypto\" title=\"#crypto\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" target=\"_blank\">#crypto</a> <a href=\"https://www.minds.com/search?f=top&t=all&q=paper\" title=\"#paper\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" target=\"_blank\">#paper</a> <a href=\"https://www.minds.com/search?f=top&t=all&q=cybersecurity\" title=\"#cybersecurity\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" target=\"_blank\">#cybersecurity</a> <a href=\"https://www.minds.com/search?f=top&t=all&q=fintech\" title=\"#fintech\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" target=\"_blank\">#fintech</a> <a href=\"https://www.minds.com/search?f=top&t=all&q=cryptocurrency\" title=\"#cryptocurrency\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" target=\"_blank\">#cryptocurrency</a>",
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"content": "What is \"Decentralization\" ? How is it changing the Economy? What lessons can be learned? How can one get ready for it?<br /><br />These and several other questions are evaluated in the full version of the primer below:<br /><br />Decentralization - A Primer on the New Economy<br /><br />Abstract<br /><br />Out of necessity, humans have engaged in centralized thinking since the emergence of tribal societies and throughout urbanization and the industrial revolution. Emerging decentralized technology transcends traditional economic notions of capitalism versus socialism and inaugurates new forms of economic exchange. The author examines the evolution of decentralized solutions for commerce and society as well as associated opportunities and obstacles.<br /><br /><a href=\"https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3406323\" target=\"_blank\">https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3406323</a> <br /><br /><a href=\"https://www.minds.com/search?f=top&t=all&q=business\" title=\"#business\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" target=\"_blank\">#business</a> <a href=\"https://www.minds.com/search?f=top&t=all&q=commerce\" title=\"#commerce\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" target=\"_blank\">#commerce</a> <a href=\"https://www.minds.com/search?f=top&t=all&q=cybersecurity\" title=\"#cybersecurity\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" target=\"_blank\">#cybersecurity</a> <a href=\"https://www.minds.com/search?f=top&t=all&q=decentralized\" title=\"#decentralized\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" target=\"_blank\">#decentralized</a> <a href=\"https://www.minds.com/search?f=top&t=all&q=blockchain\" title=\"#blockchain\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" target=\"_blank\">#blockchain</a> ",
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"content": "What can blockchain technology contribute to the evolution of the trading infrastructure and securities offerings?<br /><br />We provide answers based on existing precedence of blockchain-based securities offerings in this new article (with Sam Evans - PWC):<br /><br />BLOCKCHAIN-BASED SECURITIES OFFERINGS<br /><br />Blockchain technology has the potential to supplement the existing infrastructure for securities offerings. After examining the shortcomings of historical attempts, the article analyses the redeeming features of blockchain- based securities offerings including: lower overall cost structure, substantially reduced settlement cycle, counter-party risk and systemic risk reduction, enhanced transparency, among others. The authors examine the tradeoffs between opportunities and risks of blockchain-based securities offerings.<br /><br /><a href=\"https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3411110\" target=\"_blank\">https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3411110</a><br /><br /><a href=\"https://www.minds.com/search?f=top&t=all&q=blockchain\" title=\"#blockchain\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" target=\"_blank\">#blockchain</a> <a href=\"https://www.minds.com/search?f=top&t=all&q=business\" title=\"#business\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" target=\"_blank\">#business</a> <a href=\"https://www.minds.com/search?f=top&t=all&q=crypto\" title=\"#crypto\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" target=\"_blank\">#crypto</a> <a href=\"https://www.minds.com/search?f=top&t=all&q=cryptocurrencies\" title=\"#cryptocurrencies\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" target=\"_blank\">#cryptocurrencies</a> <a href=\"https://www.minds.com/search?f=top&t=all&q=infrastructure\" title=\"#infrastructure\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" target=\"_blank\">#infrastructure</a>",
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"content": "Decentralization – Past, Present, and Future<br /><br />This introduction to decentralization examines decentralization’s past, present, and future. By tracing the history of past and existing decentralized systems and by examining emerging decentralized technology solutions, the author highlights the trends that lead to higher levels of decentralization in commerce and society.<br /><br />Part 1 – The Past: Examines how we got to where we currently are with decentralization. The author provides an overview and concrete examples of existing decentralization trends. The author examines the different types of decentralization and shows how they are interdependent. The author shows that the movement of decentralization creates many unknowns. Yet, technology has already decentralized many parts of society and empowered society at an unprecedented scale. Take for instance the emergence of smartphones and how they changed and enabled consumer behavior around the globe, putting an unprecedented amount of information and possible choices in the hands of individuals. Through smartphones, information is increasingly available real-time and comes unfiltered from the edge. This is just one example of a remarkable transformations that one technology has spawned by enabling consumers, and especially the unbanked. The open source movement in combination with the fintech boom, powered by artificial intelligence (AI), big data, and machine learning provide other examples. For instance, AI enabled location-based marketing, among many other innovations that are seemingly overnight enabling tiny companies to compete with the leading worldwide financial and other institutions.<br /><br />Part 2 – The Present: Examines the current state of decentralization and identifies the opportunities, disruption, and challenges that are associated with the increasing trend towards decentralization. To contrast existing decentralization attempts, to explain the associated opportunities and limitations, and to outline what is needed for truly decentralized commerce solutions, the author examines Bitcoin and its features as one existing example of an unevolved decentralized culture. The underlying foundational infrastructure technology that enabled Bitcoin is blockchain technology. Given the complexity of the topics, the author uses analogies, storytelling and real-life examples to elucidate the core limitations and associated infrastructure needs for the evolving decentralized commerce. For example, the way in which in the 1880s electricity was invented and implemented as a foundational technology, including by way of creating standards to instantiate, transfer, and sell electricity etc., gives many opportunities to draw analogies. Similarly, the invention of the internet in the 1990s, the cyberpunk movement, the debate over who the president of the internet may be, among other stories, allow for the examination of real-life examples that underscore the complexities and opportunities of decentralization attempts and solutions. The author also examines the factors that allow people to feel safe in a transaction at, for example, Starbucks in 2019 and connect the identified factors back to what would work in decentralized systems.<br /><br />Part 3 – The Future: Addresses the future of decentralized systems and examines the impact of increased levels of decentralization on commerce and society. The author discusses some of the core infrastructure elements that are needed before the first genuinely decentralized transaction can materialize, including: 1. The legal environment, 2. Underwriting in insurance, 3. A truly decentralized blockchain that can overcome the blockchain trilemma (decentralization, scaling, security), 4. Governance of blockchains, e.g. evolutionary protocol upgrades that address the economic cost of hardforks. After outlining the opportunities for commerce and society that are associated with a truly decentralized technology solution, the author examines the associated risks and ethical challenges. The author provides an outlook on what seems possible in the future of decentralization, based on existing models.<br /><br />Keywords: Decentralization, Disruptive Innovation, Emerging Technology, Stable Cryptocurrencies, Illiquidity, Cost, Speculation, Inflation, Price Stability, Transparency, Feedback Effects, Market Stability, Stability Mechanisms, Monetary Policy, Crypto Economics, Token Models, Incentive Design, Tokens, Initia<br /><br />JEL Classification: K20, K23, K32, L43, L5, O31, O32<br /><br />Suggested Citation:<br /><a href=\"https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3411897\" target=\"_blank\">https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3411897</a><br />Kaal, Wulf A., Decentralization – Past, Presence, and Future (June 28, 2019). Available at SSRN: <a href=\"https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3411897\" target=\"_blank\">https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3411897</a> <br /><br /><a href=\"https://www.minds.com/search?f=top&t=all&q=blockchain\" title=\"#blockchain\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" target=\"_blank\">#blockchain</a> <a href=\"https://www.minds.com/search?f=top&t=all&q=crypto\" title=\"#crypto\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" target=\"_blank\">#crypto</a> <a href=\"https://www.minds.com/search?f=top&t=all&q=opensource\" title=\"#opensource\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" target=\"_blank\">#opensource</a> <a href=\"https://www.minds.com/search?f=top&t=all&q=technology\" title=\"#technology\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" target=\"_blank\">#technology</a>",
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