Blockchain

Notes on Ethereum, Account Abstraction & Bitcoin — plus the recovered archive of بلاک فارسی (BlockFarsi), the Farsi blockchain outlet I ran in 2018, translated to English.

Writing

Demystifying Account Abstraction
Jun 5, 2024
A brief covering of the approaches to Account Abstraction on Ethereum — why AA at all, its history since 2016, and the notable proposals from EIP-2938 & ERC-4337 to EIP-7702 & ERC-7579.
- Ethereum
- Account Abstraction
- Web3
Bitcoin Mining
Dec 6, 2018
What mining actually is, how blocks & hashes verify transactions, why ASICs won, and how to pick mining hardware. Translated from my Farsi outlet, بلاک فارسی (BlockFarsi).
- Bitcoin
- Mining
- BlockFarsi
What is Bitcoin?
Nov 17, 2018
bitcoin-the-currency vs Bitcoin-the-protocol, and how a bankless money differs from fiat. Translated from my Farsi outlet, بلاک فارسی (BlockFarsi).
- Bitcoin
- Tutorial
- BlockFarsi
What is Web3?
Nov 12, 2018
The decentralized web as the next generation of the internet — killing the server, data democracy, and the Web3 stack. Translated from my Farsi outlet, بلاک فارسی (BlockFarsi).
- Web3
- Tutorial
- BlockFarsi
Did Bitcoin Sanction Iran?!
Nov 10, 2018
Separating fact from headline around US sanctions, seized bitcoins and exchange geo-blocks — why 'Bitcoin sanctioned Iran' is a category error. Translated from BlockFarsi.
- Bitcoin
- Regulation
- BlockFarsi
Blockchain & Cryptocurrency Glossary
Nov 10, 2018
The blockchain & crypto glossary I maintained on BlockFarsi — the entries that survived in the Wayback Machine, translated to English.
- Glossary
- BlockFarsi
Bitcoin Adoption Could Push Global Warming Past the 2°C Threshold
Oct 31, 2018
Covering the Nature Climate Change study on Bitcoin's carbon footprint — projections, mining economics, and proposed fixes. Translated from BlockFarsi.
- Bitcoin
- Energy
- BlockFarsi
We're Not as Rich as You Think!
Oct 28, 2018
Why Bitcoin early birds mostly aren't the millionaires people imagine — my Farsi translation of Gavin Andresen's piece, rendered back into English.
- Bitcoin
- Translation
- BlockFarsi
IBM Study: Central Banks Should Issue Digital Currencies
Oct 28, 2018
The IBM/OMFIF study: most surveyed financial institutions think central banks should develop CBDCs — plus the skeptics at HSBC & the BOJ. Translated from BlockFarsi.
- CBDC
- News
- BlockFarsi
Oracle Releases Its Blockchain SaaS Suite
Oct 27, 2018
Oracle ships its Blockchain Applications Cloud — enterprise blockchain SaaS for supply chains, built on Hyperledger Fabric. Translated from BlockFarsi.
- Enterprise
- News
- BlockFarsi