Developing proper mental models for understanding the intersection of blockchain technologies and the economic activity they support can be challenging, given the diverse operational and governance structures of the thousands…
[Podcast] Analyzing Digital Assets with Matthew Sigel (VanEck)
Matthew Sigel (Head of Digital Assets Research at VanEck) joins The TIE’s Fundamental Value podcast to discuss the transition from tradfi to defi, analyzing digital assets, the upcoming ETH merge,…
Danksharding: Ethereum’s Scalability Killer
Following up my last piece (where I discussed the role sharding is playing in solving decentralized scaling), it’s time to discuss a novel model that could be the savior of…
True Network Value: A Novel Throughput Metric
At their heart, blockchains are trust machines. Evaluating trust, let alone a chain’s performance, is not a routine task. Amongst the many tools used to quickly evaluate a chain’s performance,…
Centralization Risks for Post-Merge Ethereum
The merge will bring new centralization concerns to Ethereum’s forefront, with three obstacles posing potential problems. While solvable, if left unchecked, runaway centralization in the following areas has the potential…