James McGirk

James McGirk is a senior writer at Spectral Finance and the co-founder of Lonely ROCKS.

Latest from James McGirk

Using Proof-of-Stake for a Decentralized Credit Bureau

Cryptoeconomics, when it works, creates a hothouse environment to improve legacy financial tools like credit assessments, leading to real consumer and economic gains.

28 set 2023

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The Death of a Discord Server

Large parts of the crypto ecoystem are ditching the popular social media platform in favor of Web3-native communications tools.

14 lug 2023

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Anyone Can Start a Hedge Fund: How On-Chain Credit Changes the Crypto Economy

Undercollateralized loans open crypto into new forms of financing, and could spur a wave of trading activity and capital formation.

25 ott 2022

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Bull Run Democracy, Revisited

In 2017, high-flying bitcoiners attempted to foment democracy in Venezuela by airdropping crypto and paper wallets. What did we learn from these experiments?

7 gen 2021

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