Join us for a Tokenly Q&A This Saturday + Swapbot FAQs Adam B. Levine July 20, 2015 Saturday the 25th of July, 2015 you’re invited to join us for an inside look at the Tokenly Ecosystem and some of its early inhabitants. We’ll be looking at and answering questions about Vending, Redemption and Wallet Services as well […]

What Tokens Do & Don’t Do (And Why You’d Want One!) Adam B. Levine June 29, 2015 Thinking with Tokens I’ve been fascinated with the concept of tokens for some time now. Tokens are easy to create application specific cryptocurrencies that borrow the infrastructure of a larger blockchain like Bitcoin, and give many of the same […]

Using Tokens Built on Bitcoin to Fix DRM and Morph Software into Property Adam B. Levine June 1, 2015 Digital Rights Management (DRM) hasn’t been what you would call a great success. If that sounds suprising to you, I’d strongly recommend this talk from 2009 by Cory Doctorow,  but even without knowing the details, the outcome is […]

The Writing is on the Wall; We Need Decentralized Social Networks! Adam B. Levine December 22, 2014 Facebook represents the ultimate success that can be achieved by a technology company in the current paradigm; publicly traded with a valuation in the billions and broad global use of the service. That matters because a social network is […]

Token Controlled Viewpoint (TCV) Genesis, Characteristics and Early Use Cases Adam B. Levine Edited by Mike Roncone and Denise Levine with input from Xavier Hawk, Matt deCourcelle and Andrew De Gabriele September 16, 2014 Abstract Token-Controlled Access (TCA) is a simple idea. In a given system, different levels of access to that system and abilities within […]