The cryptocurrency landscape is rife with misinformation, incompetence, and questionable roadmaps. Many projects attempt to surpass the Bitcoin standard but lack the characteristics that make it sustainable and effective. There are, however, a few projects that are worth looking into. One of those was built from the ground up and leverages a lifetime of cryptography research and real-world applications. Silvio Micali witnessed first-hand the technical limitations of early approaches, such as the “scalability trilemma.” It refers to the inherent trade-offs between scalability, security, and decentralization of ... (full story)