MachWire: Government Enters Crypto @Blockchain_3.0

in #blockchain5 years ago

Positive and negative impacts of government in crypto 3.0. There is a bit more going on in this post than reporting on current events.


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The Government Enters Crypto


The world seems to be at the precipice of a new digital age. Out of it will come a more technologically advanced world, but at what cost and where are the opportunities right now?


The Good News: Vested Interest


Recently, Ohio became the first state in the U.S. to accept tax payments in crypto.

...said Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel. “We’re doing this to provide Ohioans more options and ease in paying their taxes and also to project Ohio’s leadership in embracing blockchain technology.”
- from Forbes
This is quite the big step. If more states adopt cryptocurrency payments for taxes, it will likely entice business to do the same. They will certainly more readily listen to such propositions.

The Bad News: Looming Regulations


All is not sunny on the crypto horizon.

In Bulgaria, three people were found with numerous passwords and private keys connected to exchanges and wallets. Police estimate the theft at more than $3 million. They did not divulge how the theft occurred. The police report says:

...the criminals were using “innovative mechanisms, specialist software, and advanced knowledge in the area of cryptocurrency.”

Here is some insight into how law enforcement might be taking action.

According to Kyrylo Chykhradze, head of Bitfury’s Crystal, a software solution designed to track activity ... collects information about all the transactions recorded to the blockchain to determine which addresses belong to the same entity to identify criminal activities.
- from Forbes

Governments are very likely to put tighter reigns on cryptocurrencies. Consider the increasing amount of reported complaints:

Responding to a Freedom of Information ... the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said it was currently eyeing 50 entities which it “suspected”... is more than twice ...May this year... the U.K. is seeking to adopt a more orderly approach to its domestic cryptocurrency industry.

Blockchain 3.0


So with the government finally getting on board with crypto, what does the future hold for, what some are terming, Blockchain 3.0?

Coinsutra lists 5 forces driving the development of Blockchain 3.0:

  • High Scalability
  • Interoperability
  • Sustainability
  • Privacy
  • Governance

Both Coinsultra's Sudhir Khatwani, and Parul Gujral of Snowball, examine Cardano, EOS, Zilliqua, ArcBlock, and Aion. Gujral also adds ICON, Neblio, and Wanchain. Below is brief summary about each innovative platform:

  • Cardano (ADA) is a fully open-source, “research-first” blockchain with advanced smart-contract features.
  • Zilliqua brings speed and scalability by using sharding (database partitioning) techniques to mitigate large blockchain data flow. Numerous servers complete a transaction rather than the isolated practices of conventional blockchains. It is not a final solution, but many expect that existing issues will eventually be solved.
  • ICON wants to create the world's largest decentralized network. It is uses a "loopchain" of "connective bridges" aiming at interconnecting all blockchains, now and in the future.
  • ArcBlock is another blockchain seeking to increase compatibility among bolockchains. Its innovation includes openchain access, cloud notes, and bocklets.
  • Aion uses a multi-tier approach toward blockchain privacy, interoperabiluty and privace. It works with Ethereum to facilitate cross-platform transactions for both public and private blockchains.
  • Neblio brings innovative open-source and APIs for developers of dApps. Some of the better known programming languages that its supports are Javascript, Ruby, C#, and .NET.
  • Wanchain is about mixing speed with smart contracts that can transcend blockchain isolation.
  • EOS is probably the most exciting and supported project. It promotes decentralized autonomous communities (DACs) but should be considered much more than that. EOS has the ability to move incredible amounts of data and has a wide range of applications.

Iota and Swirls are two other projects that could profoundly innovate blockchain development. Crypto Research takes a look at Iota's Tangle and Swirl's Hedera Hashgraph:

.. Hedera Hashgraph is publicly available ... a governance model similar to that of Visa. This means that there will be 39 organizations that will form a kind of leadership council.
...the DAG concept has neither blocks nor miners ...and therefore no “blockchain”...more like a “mazy” network of numerous transactions. This is why it is often referred to as a Tangle ...has the same properties as a blockchain: it is still a distributed database based on a peer-to-peer network....

There is some concern over double spending attacks and this why Bitcoin remains so popular. Some also question if Tangle and Hashgraph will grow so large as to encourage centralized nodes that run the network. Their solution is to periodically shorten their networks.


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hi @machnbirdsparo

Definetyl post worth reading. Thx for sharing that link with me.

Why would you consider reguations as something wrong? ("The Bad News: Looming Regulations")

ps.
You've mentioned those few cryptos with solid utility. Perhaps you could include projects like waves/bitshares/polymath etc? Those are definetly few worth mentioning as well.

Yours,
Piotr

:) Most people consider regulations as a cause for lower market prices (short-term anyway). Kind of from the perspective of increasing blockchain usage. So good news a government sees it worthwhile, but bad that regulations can scare people away. Section titles were more meant for descriptive/effect than anything else, also a skimming the post.

Certainly many other projects, these just seem to promote themselves as "different" blockchains. Kind of raising awareness that people are starting to talk about a 3rd generation blockchain (smart contracts being the 2nd).

Still highly debatable, especially the security issue.

Thx for your prompt reply @machnbirdsparo

Most people consider regulations as a cause for lower market prices

I trully cannot understand people with such a twisted mindset. crypto space will be better off without those people.

How can we really expect institutional money and serious investors to be involved in a market so highly unregulated. In my opinion regulations are necessary. Alsol investors need to know how to pay taxes.

Lack of regulations is main reason for current market conditions.

bad that regulations can scare people away

What scares people away (mostly) is knowing that goverments want to introduce regulations, but half year down the line hardly any regulations has been introduced. Being in "limbo" is the worst thing for this market.

Yours,
Piotr

Absolutely, limbo is the worst. It is what a lot of of professionals who either, are in, or want in, on crypto.

Remember though, that crypto was built in an unregulated Wild West so the industry will be overly touchy about this topic.

Wild west? not wild east? :)

Sure. Even though the east is plagued by communism, there is so much going on there that maybe it is wild.

Good morning @machnbirdsparo

Security in crypto space hardly exist at the moment. In theory datas recorded on blockchain are safe and hacking the network isn't really possible.

But hacking into personal computers and stealing private keys seem to be a real issue.

Cheers

Absolutely. I was presenting the material from the perspective of the projects' viewpoint.
Good to see you @creativeblue. BTW are you on Whaleshares?

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