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Blog entries from the Tokenly Team
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Let's Talk Bitcoin! #289 - Putting the Pieces Together with Tokenly
Published on April 9th, 2016 by Adam B. Levine
On Episode 289...
First, we'll hear about the basics of Tokenly for Crowdfunding. Then, we'll be joined by Stephanie for a conversation about Minimum Viable Data or MVD and the prototype Tokenly Music project. Later, we'll check in with Devon and Nick, Tokenly's two technical co-founders about Ethereum support and APIs. Then finally we'll rejoin Stephanie to talk about the two biggest problems in the way of any mainstream cryptocurrency use, and how Tokenly has solved them.
Next week we'll be announcing a Tokenly integration contest - Although full details won't be announced until then, you can take a look at our various APIs in the shownotes.
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Tokens and the Family Car
Published on February 16th, 2016 by Adam B. Levine
We live in a world powered by tokens. Your car probably still uses the old style—a metal key that completes an electrical circuit when inserted into the ignition. The key identifies you as the user and grants complete control to do as you want. Newer cars use electronic keys. Sometimes these keys simply need to be in your pocket, able to communicate their presence with a small radio and receiver. More generally the key is a type of token. And from your perspective, it doesn’t matter what it is about the token that empowers it to empower you. It only matters that it does.
Imagine instead of a physical key, the car is controlled by a one-of-a-kind-unique token that controls the door, locks, and ignition of your car.
That might sound complex, but your phone and your car handle almost all of it without you even knowing. You just have t... Read More
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Tutorial Video - Sell Anything, Accept Everything with your Tend Catalog
Published on February 9th, 2016 by Adam B. Levine
Use a Tend Catalog to sell anything from software and songs to cars and cauliflower while accepting dozens of kinds of value from Credit Cards to Bitcoin, Tokens to Altcoins
This comprehensive tutorial explains all features and goes over everything you need to know to get up and selling.
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Tokens and Open Source Hardware Manufacturing, Distribution and Sales
Published on January 26th, 2016 by Adam B. Levine
Open Source Hardware is a popular and growing movement. An organization (sometimes charity, usually a non-profit) develops hardware designs and specifications and publishes them to the open source without the desire or potentially the ability to produce the physical products exclusively themselves.
The Raspberry Pi project is a perfect example of this with two official stocking manufacturers who share back some of their revenue in compensation for their official status. This money supports further development. By adding three types of tokens to the ecosystem, what is a game for only the biggest of players can become a vibrant environment of efficient, decentralized and distributed reselling. Now distribution can start to take place.
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The New Token Economy: An Introduction (Video & Transcript)
Published on January 20th, 2016 by Adam B. LevineRead More for Slides & Transcript
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Tokens, Trains and Right-of-Way
Published on January 20th, 2016 by Adam B. Levine
This week instead of talking about a current Tokenly project, I wanted to get a little hypothetical and talk about one of the non-monetary uses of Tokens that I sometimes think about.
Tokens, Trains and Right-of-Way
Some time ago I was spoke with Birdie Jaworski, editor of Very Much Wow magazine about tokens and train intersections. Right now train systems have lots of dumb infrastructure (Tracks, switches, etc) carrying smart (automated) trains from smart station to smart station.
So trains and stations need to talk to each other in order to keep an accurate picture of where the various moving parts are. When those moving parts find themselves in the same place at the same time you get a news-worthy catastrophe.
Imagine for a moment we have unlimited funds and manpower to fix this problem. The simplest way would be to station a traffic controller at every single junction with a powerful two way radio, a brain and the ability to communicate with nearby trains.
The...
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Tokenly Update #1 - 2016, Swapbot, Giveaways and a Sneak Peak at Enhanced Tokens
Published on January 12th, 2016 by Adam B. Levine
This year we're excited to share what we've built in weekly updates, of which this is the first.
This weeks update contains
- an exclusive video preview of Enhanced Tokens and how simple they are to create within your wallet
- Comprehensive Manuals and Guides for Users and Operators of Swapbot Vending Machines
- Our first Token Giveaway, where each week you can win valuable redeemable tokens. This
Tokenly Video Update #1
Early Look at Enhanced Tokens
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Tokenly Pockets Updated to V0.1.11 - New Permissions, Pay-with-Pockets buttons and Export/Import Address Labels
Published on September 3rd, 2015 by Adam B. Levine
This morning @loon3 rolled out the latest version of the Tokenly Pockets Multi-Token Wallet to the Chrome store which contains some changes that are both helpful now but will be even more helpful as the Tokenly ecosystem grows over the next year.
Within about an hour of that update going live, I received an email from a user of Pockets who had noticed the new version asks for more permissions than the old one, which is totally true.
Here's the email a...
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Let's Talk Bitcoin! #239 Solving Problems
Published on August 18th, 2015 by Adam B. Levine
On Todays Show
Contact Adam@Tokenly.com with questions or comments
Relevant Links:
- Get Tokenly Pockets Multi-Token Wallet
- [Get Your Own Swapbot](https://tokenly.letstalkbitcoin.co...
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Join us for a Tokenly Q&A This Saturday + Swapbot FAQs
Published on July 20th, 2015 by Adam B. Levine
The first Swapbot FAQ has been released! Please ask additional questions in the comments.
Saturday the 25th of July, 2015 you're invited to join us for an inside look at the Tokenly Ecosystem and some of its early inhabitants.
We'll be looking at and answering questions about Vending, Redemption and Wallet Services as well as the bigger picture of what this all means and why it matters.
See you there!
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Product Videos and Walkthroughs June-July 2015
Published on July 15th, 2015 by Adam B. Levine
After all the work that's gone into Tokenly it's really great to be able to show and tell you about how easy to use our tools are even at this early stage in the development of cryptographic token service products.
Today we're pleased to share with you three videos ranging in length from 90 seconds to nearly 10 minutes demoing different aspects of our open source alpha release.
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What Tokens Do & Don't Do (And Why You'd Want One!)
Published on June 29th, 2015 by Adam B. Levine
Thinking with Tokens
I’ve been fascinated with the concept of tokens for some time now. Tokens are easy to create application specific cryptocurrencies that borrow the infrastructure of a larger blockchain like Bitcoin, and give many of the same broad, powerful and inexpensive features to purposes that might not warrant its own blockchain, miners, etc.
In order to send a token, you not only need that token but a very small amount of bitcoins. You can think of the bitcoins as a...
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Using Tokens Built on Bitcoin to Fix DRM and Morph Software into Property
Published on June 1st, 2015 by Adam B. Levine
One of the biggest pain points in software exists at the intersection of sales and the replicability of data. Digital Rights Management (DRM) hasn't been what you would call a great success. Too many others have already said it well for me to waste your time rehashing why DRM is a problem, but the outcome is relevant. DRM doesn’t work. At Tokenly, we're creating other options.
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Let's Talk Bitcoin! #187 - Thinking with Tokens
Published on February 14th, 2015 by Adam B. Levine
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On Todays Show
Andreas and Stephanie interview Adam about his recent focus on tokens built on top of the Bitcoin Blockchain and his open source startup Tokenly.
Email Adam about Tokenly at adam@tokenly.co
Links
- [Tokenly Open Source Code on Github](https:...
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LTB E184 - Epicenter Bitcoin with Adam B. Levine
Published on February 3rd, 2015 by Adam B. Levine
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On Todays Show
Read MoreAdam B. Levine, the “Spiritual Grandfather” of Epicenter Bitcoin and Editor-in-Chief of Let’s Talk Bitcoin, joins us to share his “crazy” passion for information and cryptocurrency. Never shy when it comes to talking about compli...
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The Writing is on the Wall; We Need Decentralized Social Networks!
Published on December 22nd, 2014 by Adam B. Levine
Facebook represents the ultimate success that can be achieved by a technology company in the current paradigm; publicly traded with a valuation in the billions and broad global use of the service. That matters because a social network is just like any network, it becomes exponentially more valuable the more active users it has, so as the defacto solution for the interested market, theyre pretty ...
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Let's Talk Bitcoin! #147 CryptoVR
Published on September 23rd, 2014 by Adam B. Levine
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On Todays Show
Wendell Davis [Humint/Hive] and Adam are featured on the pilot episode of the CryptoVr Podcast. They talk about the intersection of Cryptocurrency and virtual worlds.
If you're interested in learning more about Token Controlled Access, this topic is covered extensively and some of its uses i...
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Let's Talk Bitcoin #146 Because We Can
Published on September 20th, 2014 by Adam B. Levine
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On Todays Show
Adam talks about Token Controlled Access, Private Viewpoints and the new LTB Token Societies program that lets you easily create and operate your own private corner of the LTB universe.
Stephanie speaks with Aaron of [the Bitfilm Distributed Film Festiva...
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Token Controlled Viewpoint (TCV) Genesis, Characteristics and Early Use Cases
Published on September 17th, 2014 by Adam B. Levine
Edited by Mike Roncone and Denise Levine
with input from Xavier Hawk, Matt deCourcelle and Andrew De Gabriele
Abstract
Token-Controlled Access (TCA) is a simple idea. In a given system, different levels of access to that system and abilities within it are granted according to the combination of tokens in a particular users wallet.
What is TCV? Token Controlled Viewpoint (TCV) is an application of TCA to information content ([forums](http://letstalkbitcoin.com/token-s...
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Introducing Magic Words! the new Listener Rewards Program on the LTB Network
Published on July 17th, 2014 by Adam B. Levine
On todays special announcement, Adam B. Levine explains Magic Words, the new listener rewards program on the LTB network. Read More -
Introducing LTBCOIN, our new crypto-rewards program for LTB Creators and Community
Published on June 27th, 2014 by Adam B. LevineUpdate: LTBCOIN Asset Drop Incoming later tonight! 6/27/2014 Hey Reader, Adam B. Levine here and happy to finally share the LTBCOIN project with you. If you’d like to dig into the more technical papers, you’ll find them here. LTBCOIN is a brand new kind of thing - a crypto-rewards system where people who help LTB to be useful are rewarded for their efforts, and it’s built on Bitcoin! Why is LTBCOIN Valuable? Effective July 1st, 2014 LetsTa... Read More
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PoliTIK - An Accountable Representative Decision Making & Leadership System
Published on May 14th, 2014 by Adam B. LevineOriginally published at Humint Labs When we talk about Bitcoin or cryptocurrency, it is usually in the context of money. Sometimes it is in the form of stake, but this stake is usually acquired through some work or for funds donated. Politik is a system which recasts the metaphor of token from Coin to Voice - the ability to influence an outcome by making your “voice” heard. This contrasts with the systems of the world today, voting is a process of the very slightly larger group... Read More
