BitShares Whitepaper(s)

xeroc · November 12, 2015, 09:00:30 PM

Pull request are fine .. and the prefered way to contribute. Thank you very much. I'll look through it tomorrow

roadscape · November 12, 2015, 08:13:35 PM

Well done.. these are coming along nicely!

I cloned & made a pull request.. is that the right way?

xeroc · November 12, 2015, 04:10:34 PM

I just uploaded a new version of the financial smart contract whitepaper ..
Thanks @CryptoPrometheus for his valueable input .. he fixed alot of my wording issues :)

xeroc · November 12, 2015, 01:47:45 PM

I decided to publish the LaTeX source just now: https://github.com/BitSharesEurope/bitshares-whitepapers
Anyone of for some contributions?

Someone brave to draft reading the General Overview whitepaper?
https://github.com/BitSharesEurope/bitshares-whitepapers/raw/master/pdfs/bitshares-general.pdf
I expect alot of work still to be done before "officially" publishing this paper, but I felt the need to include the community in the progress.

Note that the other papers in the pipline are also in that repository but there is a long way to go .. still

mint chocolate chip · October 30, 2015, 03:11:41 PM

The new Bitshares Whitepaper is very well done, great work xeroc.

Small edit, 3 times you use a dash (user-issued) and 3 times you do not include the dash (user issued).

cass · October 30, 2015, 03:08:23 PM

what do you think xeroc .. we should display the WP prominent on frontpage of bithares.org as well

wmbutler · October 30, 2015, 03:01:15 PM

Solid read. Good work.

xeroc · October 29, 2015, 09:16:58 PM

I publish a new version with most of the comments in this thread considered ..
It now also holds a version number and git revision tag .. (git repo will be published soon)
At the moment there are some more edits incoming that will hoefully make the paper easier to read .. Then I consider moving from RC-1 to RC-2 and later to a (more or less) stable release ..

rnglab · October 29, 2015, 07:58:18 PM

Quote from: xeroc on October 27, 2015, 08:09:16 AM
I finally got the first release candidate for the first whitepaper approved by Daniel.
Smore more are in the pipeline and this is how I imagine the set of papers for BitShares 2.0

Financial Smart Contract Platform: Description of the core products UIA, MPA and the DEX.
Market Engine: Borrowing rules and margin calls. #mpa #borrow #short #margincall #collateral
General: The general concept of BitShares. #wallet #network #bts #accounts
Structure: BitShares as a business (DAC). #income #cost #profit #feeschedule
Growth: Incentives to grow the BitShares ecosystem are described and scalability is address. #referral #approval #lmax
Consensus: Addresses the consensus mechanism of the BitShares blockchain. #dpos #tapos #forks
History: The history of BitShares #pts #ags #bts0.9 #sharedrops

Any input or assistance is welcome.
Sources will be release when I get the time to clean up the repository.

Cheers

Excellent work as always, cheers!!!

Thom · October 29, 2015, 07:24:05 PM

Yep, both WITH and IN are correct grammar, though WITH is best IMO. And yes, I am a native english speaker and writer, but have been known to make mistakes too :)

jakub · October 29, 2015, 06:49:28 PM

Quote from: delulo on October 29, 2015, 05:14:11 PM
lies WITH
...if I am not mistaken.
lol three non english natives :)

Yea, I'm trying to use google to compensate for my not being native but I wouldn't trust myself.
A native speaker's advice would be appreciated.

liondani · October 29, 2015, 05:58:07 PM

+5% +5% +5%

I am expecting some brownies to get transferred on this account: https://bitshares.openledger.info/#/account/xeroc

santaclause102 · October 29, 2015, 05:14:11 PM

Quote from: jakub on October 29, 2015, 04:37:50 PM
Page 6
QuoteThe primary risk is individuals are responsible for protecting the cryptographic private keys that sign transactions proving ownership of assets.
The primary risk lies in individuals being responsible for protecting the cryptographic private keys that sign transactions proving ownership of assets.

lies WITH
...if I am not mistaken.
lol three non english natives :)

jakub · October 29, 2015, 04:37:50 PM

Page 6

QuoteThe primary risk is individuals are responsible for protecting the cryptographic private keys that sign transactions proving ownership of assets.

The primary risk lies in individuals being responsible for protecting the cryptographic private keys that sign transactions proving ownership of assets.

Page 10

QuoteFurthermore, since KYC/AML verification can be outsourced via whitelists, a gateway that holds costumers funds in terms of IOU backing fiat does not necessarily have direct access to your identity as was the case with Mt.Gox where thousands of identities have been stolen.

.. customers ...

Page 10

QuoteIn the Bitcoin ecosystem, we demand at least 100% reserve.

Shouldn't be BitShares?

Page 11

QuoteIn contrast to central exchanges, the IOUs are sent directly to the wallet of the customer directly and are under his full control.

Page 12

QuoteIn this paper, we have laid out the foundations of the BitShares network to shift the paradigm of classical banking towards peer-to-peer financing at large scale.

In this paper, we have laid out the foundations of the BitShares network aimed to shift the paradigm of classical banking towards a large-scale peer-to-peer financial infrastructure.
(to finance = to provide funding for a person or enterprise)

GaltReport · October 29, 2015, 01:27:34 PM

Very nice. Professional looking.