Welcome to "Decred and the State of the Market," brought to you by Exitus and PhoenixGreen. In this episode, we’ll dive into Decred's strategic positioning and long-term vision, exploring the innovative thinking and development philosophy that has shaped this unique cryptocurrency project.

## Livestream Agenda:

* Stablecoin summer

* Biggest leak ever: 16B logins & passwords exposed - https://x.com/VivvekShukla/status/1935762735813283999

* Dave C on why Decred - https://x.com/realdavecgh/status/1930497471613940185

## Discussion Q&A:

* a fair launch, community-driven development and innovation, treasury for development (10% of miners rewards)

* A Fair launch vs Tail emission

* Low PoW miner rewards risk reducing network security...

* PoS ticket voting and Politeia governance favours wealthier and more active stakeholders

* Limited mobile functionality

* Privacy features are limited compared to dedicated privacy coins ( Considerations: inflation prevention, ease in changing the cryptographic primitives, and long-term pruning)

* Contributors and community face barriers due to the complexity of the protocol

* the hybrid consensus POW / POS just makes everything super complicated and potentially vulnerable to hacks and bugs

Decred and the State of the market is brought to you by Exitus and PhoenixGreen.

We're excited to have Aron Beierschmitt (@abearschmitt) joining us for a deep dive into cryptocurrency governance and emerging technologies.

We'll be exploring Aron's thought-provoking article "The Sovereign Protocol Hiding in Plain Sight" (https://mirror.xyz/0xcodexvc.eth/Ylrhh3NRbTIEzk1ZmQfTkTNmoSysSE7RRU\_BJuWEvO8), where they examine the hidden potential within existing blockchain protocols and what true sovereignty means in the decentralised world.

Additionally, we'll discuss the fascinating intersection of artificial intelligence and blockchain infrastructure, specifically how AI integration could enhance and evolve Decred's ecosystem. From governance optimisation to network security, we'll explore the possibilities and challenges of bringing AI into decentralised autonomous systems.

Get ready for an engaging conversation about the future of decentralised governance, protocol sovereignty, and the role of AI in shaping tomorrow's blockchain landscape!

Decred and the State of the market is brought to you by Exitus and PhoenixGreen.The next big leap for Bison Relay is changing the way we use and engage with microservices. The new Bot Tool Kit for developing AI agents makes it smarter, faster, and more powerful decentralized technology.

Decred and the State of the market is brought to you by Exitus and PhoenixGreen.

In this discussion, we’ll look at the state of the crypto market and why the trajectory we’re currently on doesn’t fulfil the original cypherpunk expectations.

* Bybit exploited for $1.4Bn

* The meme coin super cycle is the ultimate Ponzi scheme

* Why non-cypherpunks are calling for crypto regulation

* Bison wallet $1 million volume per month miles stone

* New release of Bison Relay

* Proposals

Decred and the State of the market is brought to you by Exitus and PhoenixGreen and joined by @matheusd_tech.

In this discussion, we'll be diving into a new proposal created by Matheus and Victor (VCTT). That looks at how Decred could build additional functionality whilst aligning with the core values of the project. Non-Fungible Data Chains.

Decred and the State of the market is brought to you by Exitus and PhoenixGreen and joined by The Crypto Oracle / Ger313.X @ger313.

Bison Wallet’s first 90 days have been nothing short of incredible! In this episode, we’ll unpack the highlights, complete some trades and look at what comes next for the world's first P2P atomic swap exchange.

Decred and the State of the market is brought to you by Exitus and PhoenixGreen. The outcome of the US 2024 election has been confirmed, Donald Trump is the clear winner. But what does this mean for crypto and the wider global economy?

As of today, the election has already made a positive impact on the space and is likely to continue into 2025 - 2026. Also, with a US Bitcoin Strategic Reserve looming it's hard not to be incredibly bullish for the future.

Privacy matters. Privacy should be unstoppable. Privacy is an individuals prerogative.

If you’re interested in coming on the show in future weeks and trying out crypto products like Decrediton, Bison Wallet (aka DCRDEX) or Bison Relay, join us and we’ll get you started.

Livestream Agenda:

Generally, there are three options for privacy:

1. Privacy by default

2. Optional privacy

3. No privacy

Each has its own unique benefits and drawbacks but generally I sit in the camp that says privacy should be optional. This is for a few reasons...

* Default privacy: is good for when you require complete anonymity. But this does come with two possible drawbacks Pruning - the inability to reduce the size of a blockchain by consolidating account and transaction history. And undiscoverable Inflation attacks.

* Optional Privacy: means that you get a good level of privacy without taking on the undesirable drawbacks. It also means you have choices for when to use privacy and when not to. One example of this are mixing protocols like stakeshuffle++ which allow for efficiency and incredibly high levels of privacy.

* No privacy is useful for organisational transparency for things like treasury spending, charity donations, and verifiability. One benefit of no privacy is the reduction of complexity.

## Links News and other community insights:

* DGB Wallet setup for BisonWallet - https://x.com/A\_Jason\_Henson/status/1833965628991971402

* Digibyte and friends, BisonWallet mention - https://x.com/AmoreLoveAmor/status/1833880946057117975

* The Free Market - https://x.com/DecredSociety/status/1834882703356772579

* BisonWallet liquidity providers - https://x.com/decredproject/status/1833487752496624105

* BisonWallet new proposal - https://x.com/BisonWallet/status/1833904124154572812

* Does your crypto let you vote - https://x.com/exitusdcr/status/1835354515614081108

* New Polygon chain - https://x.com/DecredSociety/status/1833761921754968348

## Discovering Decred

* DCRDATA - Blockchain Data

* Politeia - Governance, Proposals, Voting & Ticket action

* Bison Relay insights

* DCRDEX insights

* Timestamply insights

* Social Media & Community discussion

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Decred News July 2024

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