On Crypto-currency
- Major institutions like hedge funds and banks are trying to figure out how to increase exposure to this currency type while mitigating against volatility
- Governments are exploring into how this new form of currency can be regulated
- Companies in this space are increasingly gearing towards providing missing infrastructure like secure wallet as opposed to creating new Token
- Transaction throughput
Visa gateway allows for 50,000 transactions per second
- Lightning networks as well as off chain transaction provide ability to temporarily by-pass bottleneck
- Promising candidates
EOS (Chinese currency) supports up to 1,200 transactions per second
- TRON (Chinese currency)
- Ethereum
On Data API
- New travel portals need to be able to prove traction before existing providers like Viator is willing to become partners
- Normal affiliates get 7% commission while partners get 18% commission
- This is a missing step in this eco-system that startups will need to gap before they can reach partner status.
On AR/VR
- Much of efforts is done on AR right now as opposed to VR. Where there is actual industrial application
On Reality
- Accurate interpretation of signals provided by reality requires the ability to set aside predisposed lens
- Morality is one of the hardest lens to set aside when interpreting signals
- Morality derived construct like the Good and Evil dichotomy is inherently subjective, while useful for marketing, branding and messaging purposes, is not useful for analytical purposes.