On August 24, INX launched a tokenized initial public offering or IPO which was cleared by the SEC. The company describes its mission as bringing "regulated digital asset opportunities to institutions and retail investors". The following day, several crypto influencers tweeted what appeared to be promotional statements about the company and its token. Stefan Jespers, known as WhalePanda on Twitter, compared the INX token to Binance's BNB: Source: Twitter. A similar sentiment was voiced by Jameson Lopp, the CTO of Casa and a self-proclaimed cypherpunk: Both Jespers and Lopp are considered Bitcoin maximalists — a group that some categorize as …

Crypto custody firm Casa released results from its test to find a new way to connect to the Bitcoin network and found ElectrumX had the best bang for the buck. Casa founder and cypherpunk Jameson Lopp noted the custody firm recently rewrote its backend infrastructure to support Electrum based on the tests. The company chose three different server implementations for the test: ElectrumX, Electra and Esplora Electrs. It discounted three other servers, Electrum-Server, Electrum Personal Server and Bitcoin Wallet Tracker as they felt these were not designed for high performance. For the testing, Lopp said Casa wanted to understand the …

Jameson Lopp — a crypto industry figure and self-proclaimed professional cypherpunk — described Bitcoin (BTC) as the first step in a broader transition to an anarcho-capitalist society. Lopp’s comments were made in an interview on the Stephan Livera Podcast, published Dec. 29. According to Lopp, Bitcoin is an experiment that — if successful — could make the transition to an anarcho-capitalist society possible: “I believe that Bitcoin is a very interesting experiment that if is successful in the long run could not only revolutionize money, but revolutionize how we think about governance.” Lopp explains further that a “more self-sovereign, anarcho-capitalist …

Based on the mega-successful initial coin offerings (ICO) from companies including Iconomy, Singular DTV, First Blood and Decent, it is fairly evident that the cryptocurrency community supports the crowdsale of tokens from private Blockchain-based startups. However, the entire mechanism of cryptocurrency presale has received criticisms from experts, who present convincing arguments against the legitimacy of ICOs. Any Blockchain startup can engage in an ICO, even with several snippets of code or superficial descriptions of their service. The simplistic idea behind crowdfunding a non-existent software or system has become a trend in the cryptocurrency industry, with private companies raising millions of …