BitShares Whitepaper(s)

[xeroc]

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

[roadscape]

Well done.. these are coming along nicely!

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

[xeroc]

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]

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]

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]

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

[wmbutler]

Solid read. Good work.

[xeroc]

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]

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]

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]

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]

    

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

[santaclause102]

Page 6

The 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]

Page 6

The 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

Furthermore, 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

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

Shouldn't be BitShares?

Page 11

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

Page 12

In 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]

Very nice.  Professional looking.