Martin Banov

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martin@bitrates.com
martin@bitrates.com

Martin is a nerd of various stripes with an affinity for paradox and interests in systems design and trans-disciplinary intersections. Martin is a child of the world having lived in Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Israel and currently Taiwan.

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Decentralized Finance

Decentralized Finance (#DeFi): A Quick Walkthrough of the Ethereum DeFi Stack

Here we present a comprehensive overview of the Ethereum DeFi ("decentralized finance") ecosystem of applications and protocols.
Ethereum Jun 26, 2019 - 19 min, 37 sec read
Flux and Helena Prediction Markets

Upcoming Prediction Market dApps: Flux and Helena. Interest and Niche-specific PMs.

Advances in the domain of decentralized prediction markets and Ethereum-powered event derivatives as protocol overlays and composable services.
Ethereum May 29, 2019 - 18 min, 32 sec read
Ethereum wrapped tokens

Wrapped Tokens, Crypto-Derivatives and Candidate Ethereum Standards (ERCs).

Introducing Ethereum wrapped tokens, managing DAO institutional/regulatory bodies, Ethereum standards and their specifications.
Ethereum Feb 20, 2019 - 29 min, 26 sec read
Ethereum Vyper

Vyper: Ethereum's Contract-Oriented Python-Like Scripting Language for the EVM

A general outline of Ethereum's upcoming contracts language, Vyper. Purpose, design philosophy, features, adoption, research and development.
Ethereum Jan 23, 2019 - 11 min, 56 sec read
Ethereum

IOHK: Virtual Machines and Contract Code Correctness

Taking a mission-critical approach to blockchain: bringing formal methods and functional programming to the decentralized world.

Ethereum Jun 07, 2018 - 6 min, 21 sec read
Ethereum and Cardano logos overlaying a coding script.

Smart Contracts and Means of Expressing Them: Ethereum's Vyper and Cardano's Plutus

A brief summary of smart contract languages and their code-executing virtual environments including EVM, Solidity, Vyper, and Plutus.
Ethereum May 08, 2018 - 7 min, 36 sec read
illustration of ERFC-20 Vulnerability displayed on a laptop

Exchanges Made Misleading Claim MyEtherWallet Attack Was ERC-20 Vulnerability

After the $150000 MyEtherWallet phishing attack, some exchanges declared misleadingly that there was a general ERC-20 vulnerability.
Ethereum May 01, 2018 - 3 min, 53 sec read
Ethereum Casper Hybrid illsutration showing the Ethereum logo and two Casper ghost animations

Ethereum Announces Strategy for Hybrid Casper FFG Mainnet Implementation

Ethereum has outlined a strategy for the first steps towards migrating Casper, its hybrid PoS (FFG) implementation, onto mainnet.
Ethereum Apr 23, 2018 - 2 min, 31 sec read
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