acoravos
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Comment · 5 years ago
@alixanderwang - big thank you for posting this.
CEO/Co-founder of HumanFirst here. I'm both bummed to read this and surprised. Would you be open to sharing my email with the two people andy - at - gohumanfirst - dot - com.
I'd love to learn more about what happened and make amends. It's important to me that we get back to folks promptly and kindly and it sounds like we have a break somewhere in our process.
Comment · 9 years ago
Here's a piece demystifying what a blockchain can be used for (vs. not) with intro references: https://blog.andreacoravos.com/myth-busting-can-a-blockchain.... It's written using healthcare use-cases as frame of reference, but applies to most industry implementations.
Comment · 9 years ago
If blockchain concepts are new for you, here are my favorite starting places to learn:
Why Bitcoin Matters (2011, NYT) - https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/01/21/why-bitcoin-matters/...
What is blockchain, really? An intro for regular people. (2017, Medium) - https://medium.com/@wen_xs/what-is-blockchain-really-an-intr...
Re: “Smart contracts” - here’s a few 101 pieces on ethereum:
A Beginner’s Guide to Ethereum (2017, Coinbase blog) - https://blog.coinbase.com/a-beginners-guide-to-ethereum-46dd...
Ethereum is the Forefront of Digital Currency (2017, Coinbase blog) - https://blog.coinbase.com/ethereum-is-the-forefront-of-digit...
Dan Romero has compiled an excellent "reading list" for digital currencies: https://medium.com/@dwr/digital-currency-reading-list-6219f1...
And here's a 101 for developing a decentralized app (dApp): https://medium.com/@AndreaCoravos/dapps-101-how-do-i-start-d...
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