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What CCIP General Access Means for the Defi
The expansion of CCIP into general access marks a pivotal moment in Defi history. What it could mean for the future: Expansion of DeFi and Unforeseen Innovations CCIP facilitates asset movement from one chain to another, further enabling the space for liquidity in the DeFi and movement of assets between the different blockchains to give…
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Chainlink Themed NFTs: Link Toads
The Link Toads NFT, a Chainlink themed project, was launched in May 2023 on Ethereum. Associated with the influential Chainlink community, is known for its commitment to decentralized technology and blockchain innovation. Launch and NFT Stats: Link Toads NFTs were introduced with a distinct mission, part of a broader strategy that includes a variety of…
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Stopping out the Stop-Hunters
Stop hunting is a trading technique by which a dominant market player aims to clear out small players’ positions. They use other traders as liquidity in select price ranges, usually at key technical levels. An example of this can be seen below with the long wick to the bottom of the chart. The stop hunter…
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What is Likely Causing the Strange Lights in New York
Today some time around 8 P.M. EST bright lights appeared over New York, suddenly illuminating the night sky. Many on twitter exclaimed that aliens have finally descended upon us. Though there might be some better explanations. We currently don’t have many clues as to what the lights may be, only that heavy presence of emergency…
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Fundraiser Petition for Rick Falkvinge, Andreas Antonopoulos Debate
Enclave Research is proud to announce we are organizing a petition fundraiser for a Rick Falkvinge and Andreas Antonopoulos debate/talk on Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash. All funds raised go directly to the Electronic Frontier Foundation, but are only charged if the debate is agreed upon by February 28th 2019. The higher the amount raised, the…
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NEO Devs Implement Bold Change, Adjust Final Scaling Tweaks
Neo devs have been active the past few months. Via the bug bounty program, the team learned of a Denial of Service bug allowing congestion of the network, the team has taken swift action in confirming the bug and releasing a patch. Additionally, in the latest upgrade(2.9.0), the block size was increased and the block…
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Ebay, Amazon Cut Corners Amid Increased Competition
When competition gets tough, it seems e-commerce giants are not above unscrupulous business practices. Ebay has had a tough business model, having slow growth and struggling to post a profit each year. Amazon in contrast has done well, posting consecutive earnings beats just in the last 4 quarters. Both however have taken on recent policy…
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Valuing Tesla as an early, major tech company
The most entertaining and dramatic stock to follow these days of course is Tesla. Its sky high market cap has drawn fanatic proponents as well as adamant critics into the public discourse. One of the main arguments made by bulls is the idea that Tesla should not be valued as a car manufacturer, but rather…
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Part II Life Principles, Ray Dalio
Part II Life Principles is Ray Dalio’s take on attaining the pure and enlightened business mind. Ray explains two undercurrents of evolution: 1) processing the pain that will lead one to solutions to a problem and 2) one should make the best of struggles which if handled correctly can produce creativity and character. By developing…
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First Impressions of Ray Dalio’s ‘Principles’
He was a child who didn’t do well in school because of all the memory work demanded. Ray was a C average student until he went to college. Once there he was thrilled he could learn what he was actually interested in. It did not take him long to earn A’s and get into Harvard…
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Storj Town Hall Concludes
With the most recent Storj town hall event complete, it looks like the Storj team is making good progress on many fronts. At the start of the session, there was a lengthy disclaimer, it’s clear Storj is fully staffed complete with serious legal counsel. They also hired on a full fledged managment team. Rare to…
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#Cryptotwitter Fake Followers Quantified
Using an online twitter audit tool, I took a look at how many fake twitter followers these prominent crypto enthusiasts have. Of course, only followers of the official Enclave Research twitter account are included. Or, handles that we follow. Though I must disclaim this a fairly unscientific test. The sample sizes are small and the…
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Testing Free Will: A Theoretical Framework
Dating back all the way to ancient greek stoic Epictetus, the free will vs determinism debate still rages on. The strict determinist view in philosophy is that we are only acting out complex but predictable chemical reactions in our brain, even though it feels like we are making choices. On the opposite side, people who…
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Theoretical Demons
Descarte’s malicious demon, then Laplace’s demon, now Roko’s basilisk. Humans have a history of giving monstrous names to theoretical technology. The first monster here was dreamt up by Rene Descartes, famous French enlightenment philosopher, came up with the theory of an illusion that takes over all senses. This demon-created mirage, would be indistinguishable from reality…
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Part III Ray Dalio’s Principles Book Summary
Part III There are times when reading Work Principles sounds like a diary and other times sounds like a Bible. Ray Dalio’s ultimate tenant is that ‘an idea meritocracy is the best’ because it allows the highest level of success and sustenance in business. His culture of meritocracy is built on radical truth and radical…
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Chinese Shandong Private Refineries attract top majors and trading houses
In the modern business world, how hard can a business trip be? To take a flight across half the globe to a capital city in one country, and then take EMU train(Electric Multiple Unit) for roughly 2.5 hours, and then by car—or if there’s no such fine arrangement, by bus it takes you about almost…
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Ethereum EIP 858 vote
Check the Ethereum network lately and you can find a vote titled “What should be done regarding proof-of-work issuance until Casper is ready”. Link The votes deal with whether or not the difficulty bomb should be delayed again, and whether there should be a static reduction in block reward. The hodlrs clearly showed up, as…