Gummy creates the opportunity to represent physical objects through NFTs in web3. Thus giving artists, collectors, and many others in the meatspace access to this brave new world we are building. The opportunities are endless. NFTs have taken the world by storm. They create the opportunity for true ownership…

Today, after two years at Blockchains, Inc., I will be transitioning from my position as SVP of Technology into a technical advisor role. The last few years have been an incredible journey. Together with my brother Simon, as well as Stephan Tual, we launched slock.it in 2015. At Devcon 1…

When slock.it was first founded, the goal was to enable smart locks to be controlled through Ethereum-based smart contracts, hence the name slock.it. Slock stood for a secure, safe, or smart lock (your pick); “slock.it” was the call to action to use a smart contract-enabled lock (“slock”) to lock something…

A new era is starting for slock.it. Looking back at the history of slock.it, we have had a lot of ups and some downs. In spring 2015, my brother Simon and I began working on prototypes for smart locks connected to the Ethereum blockchain that would use smart contracts to…

Enabling the economy of things Exploring the field of technical devices means exploring new technologies and understanding the world around us. In recent years, we’ve learned that interaction with software is first and foremost screen-based. But that is changing now. As the machine to machine interaction as well as the machine to human interaction…

Motivation When speaking to enterprise clients about building blockchain applications, the discussion often turns towards what the current problems are, namely scalability and privacy. More often than not, the solution to these issues is: “let’s build a private blockchain”. This article discusses the benefits and disadvantages of private blockchains in…

$373.25 billion was given to charitable organizations in 2015 (2.1% of the world’s GDP). What if we could make charitable giving more efficient? Or better yet, what if we could increase the amount donated even a fraction of a percent? Trust in charities is at all time low. According to…

$373.25 billion was given to charitable organizations in 2015 (2.1% of the world’s GDP). What if we could make charitable giving more efficient? Or better yet, what if we could increase the amount donated even a fraction of a percent? Trust in charities is at all time low. According to…

There are some things which one can only learn through experience, either one’s own, or that of others. In this post, We would like to offer a better understanding of what we have learned during the last 9 months. Various people have attempted to tell the story of the DAO…