And there goes the ACH settlement process and the cut that central banks take from currency swaps. Welcome to a new era.
On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 9:31 AM, Dan Brown <danold...@gmail.com> wrote: > Four major world banks ( UBS, Deutsche Bank, Santander, and BNY Mellon > ) are set to announce the creation of a new blockchain-based digital > currency, and are hoping to make it the global standard for > settlements. > > https://news.bitcoin.com/four-banks-create-new-digital-currency/ > > > > On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 8:31 PM, David Bovill <david@viral.academy> wrote: > > Thanks for the link! > > > > On 23 August 2016 at 20:00, Jerry Jensen <je...@jhjensen.com> wrote: > > > >> IEEE is getting interested in blockchain technology. Here’s a basic > >> article: > >> > >> http://theinstitute.ieee.org/technology-topics/computing/ > >> getting-linked-to-the-blockchain > >> > >> .Jerry J > >> > >> > On Aug 20, 2016, at 2:17 AM, David Bovill <david@viral.academy> > wrote: > >> > > >> > Mike that would be great. I'd like to get together a small group to > >> > research together the integration of Livecode with blockchain - > starting > >> in > >> > November. The format would be asynchronous work with some live > >> > get-togethers. > >> > > >> > Involvement does not need to be super-geeky. It will be a research > group, > >> > so I'll collect links, podcasts and videos and present these within a > >> > Livecode environment - so there is a need for media, writing and > research > >> > skills and we will be working together on a publication within > Livecode. > >> > This publication will also be online and on the decentralised web. > >> > Super-geeks with a knowledge of Javascript and Livecode are also more > >> than > >> > welcome. > >> > > >> > If anyone else is interested just email me here or off-list, and I'll > >> send > >> > out information when the dates are confirmed. > >> > > >> > On 18 August 2016 at 13:44, Mike Kerner <mikeker...@roadrunner.com> > >> wrote: > >> > > >> >> James, I'm always interested in what other folks are doing, and I'd > >> like to > >> >> hear more about the setup. David, I'd definitely be interested. > >> >> > >> >> On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 6:20 AM, David Bovill <david@viral.academy> > >> wrote: > >> >> > >> >>> Yes - I've been interested in Livecode and blockchain for a couple > of > >> >> years > >> >>> now. I've been following Ethereum since the beginning - we tried to > >> make > >> >> a > >> >>> documentary about the project and I went to DevCon 1 in Berlin as > the > >> >> team > >> >>> started it's development. > >> >>> > >> >>> There is an interesting online Hackathon in November if any > Livecoders > >> >> are > >> >>> interested in taking part / forming a team? > >> >>> > >> >>> On 18 August 2016 at 01:27, Richard Gaskin < > ambassa...@fourthworld.com > >> > > >> >>> wrote: > >> >>> > >> >>>> Jerry Daniels wrote: > >> >>>> > >> >>>>> On Aug 17, 2016, 5:12 PM -0500, Richard Gaskin wrote: > >> >>>>>> > >> >>>>>> What is the business benefit for this application to go P2P > rather > >> >>>>>> than client-server? > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> Richard, cost savings, security, privacy. Costs are drastically > >> >>>>> reduced without hosting and its (hidden) labor/maintenance. Just > >> >>>>> think about the long record of exploitation of hosted SQL data. > >> >>>>> Not in the models were discussing here. > >> >>>> > >> >>>> I like the idea* of P2P for some applications, but with the > explosion > >> >> of > >> >>>> cloud services the client-server model seems to have merit as well. > >> >>>> > >> >>>> On the one hand, there are the risks of managing (hopefully > redundant) > >> >>>> server farms. On the other hand there are the risks of having > every > >> >>> client > >> >>>> also be a server, but without a team of professionals hardening and > >> >>>> monitoring it. > >> >>>> > >> >>>> All systems are hackable. Ideally prevention, monitoring, and > >> recovery > >> >>>> are budgeted for in the business plan with any architecture. > >> >>>> > >> >>>> I believe there's a role for both client-server and P2P, and > federated > >> >>>> models as well. Each has its own benefits and tradeoffs; like > >> >>> programming > >> >>>> languages, there'll always be more because use cases where they can > >> add > >> >>>> value only grow and diversify. > >> >>>> > >> >>>> Back to blockchains, from my reading it's becoming clear that the > >> >>>> distributed trust is a compelling feature, along with the increased > >> >> speed > >> >>>> with which transaction ledgers can be conveyed faithfully. Like > the > >> >>> early > >> >>>> days of railroads, networks outside of Bitcoin employ different > >> >>> standards, > >> >>>> each with its own kinks to work out but worth the effort. Over > time it > >> >>>> seems likely they'll impact global quality of life as > significantly as > >> >>> the > >> >>>> invention of compound interest. > >> >>>> > >> >>>> Lots to learn.... > >> >>>> > >> >>>> > >> >>>>> Richard, Mike...sorry for my butting in here. Feel free to ignore > my > >> >>>>> interruption. > >> >>>> > >> >>>> Au contraire, mon ami. Always good to have you around. > >> >>>> > >> >>>> > >> >>>> > >> >>>> * I've been paranoid for years, and enjoying Mr. Robot has only > made > >> >> that > >> >>>> worse. :) For the last several years I've run my main laptop and > >> >>>> workstation with no open ports (easy to do with Ubuntu since it > ships > >> >>> that > >> >>>> way; took some work to harden my Mac). This has meant that as > eagerly > >> >> as > >> >>> I > >> >>>> used to visit openp2p.com and read the other things, these days > P2P > >> is > >> >>> an > >> >>>> interesting set of ideas but not something I focus on; all > >> >> collaboration > >> >>>> systems here use only outbound connections. > >> >>>> > >> >>>> > >> >>>> -- > >> >>>> Richard Gaskin > >> >>>> Fourth World Systems > >> >>>> Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the > Web > >> >>>> ____________________________________________________________ > ________ > >> >>>> ambassa...@fourthworld.com > http://www.FourthWorld.com > >> >>>> > >> >>>> _______________________________________________ > >> >>>> use-livecode mailing list > >> >>>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > >> >>>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > >> >>>> subscription preferences: > >> >>>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > >> >>>> > >> >>> _______________________________________________ > >> >>> use-livecode mailing list > >> >>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > >> >>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > >> >>> subscription preferences: > >> >>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > >> >>> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> -- > >> >> On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth > >> >> On the second day, God created the oceans. > >> >> On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours, > >> >> and did a little diving. > >> >> And God said, "This is good." > >> >> _______________________________________________ > >> >> use-livecode mailing list > >> >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > >> >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > >> >> subscription preferences: > >> >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > >> >> > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > use-livecode mailing list > >> > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > >> > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > >> subscription preferences: > >> > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> use-livecode mailing list > >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > >> subscription preferences: > >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > use-livecode mailing list > > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > -- On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth On the second day, God created the oceans. 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