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The Meter Testnet is Now Completely Run by Community Validator Nodes
As of January 10, 2020, the Meter testnet is being completely run by community validator nodes! Meter’s Warring Stakes incentivized testnet launched on December 10th, 2019. 56 validators submitted applications to participate. And even though the holiday...
Why did Pantera Capital invest in Meter?
Pantera Capital is the first institutional fund in the US to invest in Bitcoin, holds one of the largest cryptocurrency portfolios, and is an investor of Meter. Since 2013, Pantera has focused on investment in the blockchain field, and has continued to invest in...
The Case for a Decentralized Financial (DeFi) Infrastructure Built on Sound Money
A decade ago, the founder(s) of the Bitcoin protocol envisioned the establishment of a financial infrastructure more suited to our modern times. It needed to be decentralized, secure, and tamper/fraud-proof. And, of course, the now-iconic ‘Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash...
What is Proof of Value Consensus?
In our previous article, we explained the need for separating the currency creation and record keeping consensuses to correctly align the incentives of all the players and create a unit of account for the crypto world. Division of power is one of the key concepts for...
Meter’s New Study Shows Volatility is the Biggest Barrier to Mainstream Crypto Adoption
As the world becomes more connected through the Internet, we see new avenues for the exchange of goods, services and ideas across disparate and distant borders. Today, evolving socio-economic structures and financial systems fostered through online require a new...
Meter's Monthly Newsletter - September 2019
Hey Meter Community! Don’t ever miss a single second of all the exciting Meter action! Stay up to date 24/7 with news and updates in Meter’s Discord chat room. Also follow us on Twitter. Important Reminder! The Meter development team is right on track for the...
Creating the First TRUE Cryptocurrency by Re-Designing the Consensus
Currency solves the mismatch in time and demand between value creation and value consumption by providing a token to present the values. The ideal currency functions as a temporary store of value, a unit of account to measure value, and a medium of exchange. A public...
Meter hosts MeterUp: The State of Decentralized Finance (DeFi) Meetup
Meter hosted our very first DeFi event called “The State of Decentralized Finance” on August 22, and it was a roaring success! Bringing together more than 200 of the keenest minds in blockchain, the DeFi mini-conference comprised of keynote speakers, panelists,...
Meter's Monthly Newsletter - August 2019
Hello Meter Community! Don’t ever miss a single second of all the exciting Meter action! Stay up to date 24/7 with news and updates in Meter’s Discord chat room. Also follow us on Twitter. It’s been a beehive of activity on the development side! Testnet v2.0: We are...
Meter's Monthly Newsletter - July 2019
Hello Meter community! It's been a while since our last update. No lack of effort or enthusiasm on our part; we've been heads-down creating the base layer money to power the future decentralized financial system beyond fiat! This is the first edition of our new and...
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