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The last one and a half months have seen great progress for Ethereum research, and we are excited that the protocol is moving closer and closer to the point where it is ready for mainstream adoption. Progress on consensus algorithms, privacy, zero know…
Why was the fearless girl facing down the bull, the symbol of a strong stock market? Shouldn’t investors be on the same side of the bull?
It’s been a fairly busy for the last couple of months for the Ethereum javascripters. To start with, there was a really great hackathon with IPFS. You can read Dan Finlay’s excellent write up here. Also, during this time Aaron Davis (Kumavis) made s…
In 2022 EV sales will not only hit roughly 17 million units globally, but they will begin to outpace the demand for gasoline powered cars.
ARK’s innovation research suggestions that EV batteries value will be substantially higher at the end of their vehicle lives, compared to combustion engines
Next generation genetic tests aim to provide early cancer diagnostics, saving millions of lives per year and generating hundreds of billions in revenue.
During the last month and a half, the Ethereum core development and research teams have been building upon the progress made in the last year, and with the specter of last year’s security issues now well behind us, work has begun in full force on imple…
Based on the Snap Inc. IPO filing, Snap seems to have a unique worldview, rapid growth, staggering costs, and no pretense of public shareholder governance.
ARK expects that before 2020 self-driving cars will become commercially available, enabling the rise and rapid growth of autonomous taxi networks.
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Members of the Ethereum R&D team and the Zcash Company are collaborating on a research project addressing the combination of programmability and privacy in blockchains. This joint post is being concurrently posted on the Zcash blog, and is coauthor…
If a few marketplace characteristics are investigated, we think the difference in bitcoin’s price behavior between 2013 and now becomes clear.
The discovery and commercialization of CRISPR gene editing could herald the age of personalized medicine, making genetic information actionable.
ARK’s take on the market last year and our thoughts about the next few years, especially as they relate to our disruptive innovation investment themes.
The first version of the Light Ethereum Subprotocol (LES/1) and its implementation in Geth are still in an experimental stage, but they are expected to reach a more mature state in a few months where the basic functions will perform reliably. The light…
ARK recently participated in a panel to discuss the future of financial blockchains within financial services. The main points are outlined here.
December marks a month of continued progress in the Ethereum ecosystem. Research on proof of stake and sharding continues after the research team’s workshop in Singapore in November, the light client slowly keeps getting better, Whisper and Swarm keep …
The Autonomous taxi market will create a tremendous amount of value for consumers and expand the mobility-as-a-service (MaaS) market dramatically.
ARK suggests that even if solar panels cost nothing, residential solar wouldn’t make economic sense given the high costs, logistics, and panel installation.
ARK estimates that the total global addressable market for deep learning based diagnostics could be a $16B market and make radiology much more accurate.