
Max Parasol
Freelance Features Writer at Cointelegraph
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Jul 4, 2024 |
cointelegraph.com | Max Parasol
Governance in decentralized autonomous organizations is hard. Especially so with decentralized onchain token voting. Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin famously rejects it due to the difficulties of what is essentially an unbridled democracy. Politics, money and misaligned incentives mean tokenholders are often out for their own benefit rather than the good of the DAO.
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Mar 27, 2024 |
cointelegraph.com | Max Parasol |Elias Ahonen |Andrew Fenton |Ciaran Lyons
It started with the chaotic $190 million Nomad hack in August 2022. An exploit, or flaw in the code, was found for the bridge, and a colossal crowd of criminals rushed in to loot the funds. In its analysis of the exploit, Immunifi said one problem was: “Staying true to DeFi Principles, this hack was permissionless — anyone could join in.”Plenty of white hat hackers wanted to help but were forced to watch from the sidelines due to the legal risks of pitching in.
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Jan 18, 2024 |
cointelegraph.com | Greg Oakford |Monty Munford |Andrew Fenton |Max Parasol
If you were to take Nate Alex’s shitposting on X and his DIY hexagon rainbow cat Doodle on the surface, you might get him wrong. But underneath that flippant exterior lies a burning curiosity for NFTs as both a creator and collector and a passion for programmable art. After originally minting his first NFT in 2017, Nate was captivated by CryptoKitties and the ability to breed crypto-cats.
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Jan 11, 2024 |
cointelegraph.com | Zhiyuan Sun |Monty Munford |Andrew Fenton |Max Parasol
Our weekly roundup of news from East Asia curates the industry’s most important developments. Hong Kong Legislative Council Member Johnny Ng wants the Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China to accelerate the approval of local Bitcoin Spot ETFs following in the footsteps of the U.S. this week.
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Jan 11, 2024 |
cointelegraph.com | Ciaran Lyons |Monty Munford |Andrew Fenton |Max Parasol
Sebastien Borget, co-founder of The Sandbox, says that interest in blockchain gaming is ramping up and 2024 is set to be a big year for the industry with Web2 studios joining the fray. “I do believe the attractivity of the Web3 gaming space for its next growth phase is more linked to the upcoming launch of promising game titles developed by large Web2 companies,” he tells Web3 Gamer.
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