Hi investors and welcome to the second installment of the Crypto Digest where I share a weekly list my favorite articles and videos on technology, blockchain, futurism and beyond.
Enjoy your weekend!
# [**1. A Concise Overview of the Challenges and Solutions to Scaling the Ethereum Network.**](https://media.consensys.net/the-state-of-scaling-ethereum-b4d095dbafae)
*by [**Everett Muzzy**](https://medium.com/@everett.muzzy*), Content Marketer at ConsenSys* (10 minutes)
> "Ethereum developers have long known that scaling the network is a subject worth discussion and investment. The matter did not quite spill out from the developer community, however, until late 2017, when a decentralized application (dApp) named CryptoKitties attracted so much traffic it began slowing down the network. On top of network latency, the price of gas — the fee required to run each operation within a contract on the Ethereum blockchain — soared as users competed for their transactions to be validated.
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> Though the story is now over-reported and exhausted, the CryptoKitties situation revealed that Ethereum in its current state may not be prepared for the amount of traffic that would accompany the launch of a successful dApp. Slow speeds and volatile usage-costs drive people away from platforms and applications. DApp developers are charging ahead to release the first widely-adopted application, so Ethereum developers must continue working to scale the blockchain".
# [**2. Why Blockchain is Hard.**](https://medium.com/@jimmysong/why-blockchain-is-hard-60416ea4c5c)
*by [**Jimmy Song**](https://medium.com/@jimmysong), Bitcoin Educator, Developer and Entrepreneur* (10 minutes)
>"The hype around blockchain is massive. To hear the blockchain hype train tell it, blockchain will now:
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> 1. Solve income inequality
> 2. Make all data secure forever
> 3. Make everything much more efficient and trustless
> 4. Save dying babies
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> What the heck is a blockchain, anyway? And can it really do all these things? Can blockchain bring something amazing to industries as diverse as health care, finance, supply chain management and music rights?
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> And doesn’t being for Bitcoin mean that you’re pro-blockchain? How can you be for Bitcoin but say anything bad about the technology behind it?
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> In this article, I seek to answer a lot of these questions by looking at what a blockchain is and more importantly, what it’s not.
# [**3. How to Survive a Cyberattack | Bruce Schneier on Cyberwar in the 21st Century.**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Oja9nngwRg&t=3409s)
*a podcast by [**Demetri Kofinas**](https://twitter.com/CoveringDelta?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor)* (1 hour)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Oja9nngwRg&t=3409s
> "In Episode 60 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Bruce Schneier, about cyberattacks, cyberwar, and survival in a hyperconnected world. ".
# [**4. How You'll Earn Interest on Your Crypto With Compound.**](http://unchainedpodcast.co/how-youll-earn-interest-on-your-crypto-with-compound-ep82)
*a podcast by [**Laura Shin**](https://twitter.com/laurashin?lang=en)* (1 hour)
> Robert Leshner, founder of Compound, describes how its protocol will enable people to earn interest on crypto assets, and why he thinks this will be crucial to crypto becoming mainstream. He also describes how the company is currently building an interest rate model -- a task so difficult that an early version "blew up" the Ethereum virtual machine -- and why using one of its smart contract-based money markets is both riskier and less risky than using an exchange. We talk about who will use Compound and how, which coins they're going to launch with, and how Compound plans to make money.
# [**5. How We Could Build a Moon Base TODAY – Space Colonization 1.**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtQkz0aRDe8)
*a video by [**Kurzgesagt**](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsXVk37bltHxD1rDPwtNM8Q)*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtQkz0aRDe8
> Did you know that we could start building a Lunar Base today?
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