The below AMA (Ask Me Anything) was conducted with Medha Parlikar the CTO of CasperLabs) on 02-Aug-2021 and based around pre-submitted questions from community. The questions were grouped into the following higher level topics: Introduction General Network Marketing Enterprise Focus Introduction Would you kindly share some insight into your background and personal journey working at CasperLab?, Maybe also some insights…
One of the most well-known applications of quantum computers is breaking the mathematical difficulty underlying most of currently used cryptography. As cryptography is fundamental to blockchains, we discuss how/if this poses a risk. Before we begin, it is important to understand some of the types of encryption: Symmetric Encryption In symmetric cryptography data is encrypted and decrypted using a single…
Many often wonder what are the following types of crypto exchanges, therefore we have complied this brief article to highlight key differences: CEX (centralized exchange) DEX (decentralized exchange) CEX Centralized exchanges are marketplaces which we are all likely familiar with. A central controlling authority such as the London Stock Exchange (Equities) or Binance/Coinbase (Crypto) create infrastructure where you first are…
Past Crypto has evolved to-date in a similar fashion to how internet stocks did previously. Internet stocks during the dotcom bubble saw valuations driven by the expectation that a new technology would result in the generation of wealth. Also as with the rise of internet stocks there was (and is) value assigned to the global interconnectivity of individuals via the…
In this article we shall discuss the concepts of sharing (multi-processing) using the base cases extracted from Proof-Of-Work blockchains and then conclude with how CSPR is researching and developing their methodology for sharding. Typical POW blockchains have an issue with scalability. As the blockchain grows, so does the amount of data stored on each computer in peer to peer network….
CSPR Price Forecast (10 year): We will show how using 2 models, we can estimate a long term future CSPR token value of $105 per token. Consideration before reading Before continuing, I wanted to warn that some of the predictions using the models give truly phenomenal future values across the crypto space. The best way to digest these figures is…
In this piece we shall aim to cover some very high level basics on statistical modelling of asset prices in order to relate some analogies into our expectations of the price of CSPR. Normal Returns vs Lognormal Prices Before we begin, lets first cover a couple of common distributions used in financial modelling. For those who are not familiar with…
The CSPR token provides utility – it is used to pay for gas fees on the Casper blockchain. CSPR owners and validators can also stake their tokens on the protocol to contribute to the network’s security in exchange for inflation rewards. This demand for gas will be the primary driver of appreciation of the CSPR token. Being a utility, we can therefore assess…
Within this article, we shall collate information and opinion from our other deep dive pieces, in addition to some of our proxy pricing concepts to put forth what we believe is a strong argument for an investment in CSPR. As mentioned in some of our other articles, our investment decisions are based upon carefully assessing the following criteria: Coin specific…
Casper Accounts
The below characteristics have were highlighted in a post from the CasperLabs CTO Medha Parlikar: Accounts in Casper are more than just a key pair – they have a full data structure around them. Each account has ‘Associated Keys’ and each associated key has a weight. The default is 1. Accounts can have up to 1000 associated keys. Accounts also…