https://prberg-2019.netlify.app/tags/ethereum/Recent content in ethereum on @PaulRBergHugo -- gohugo.ioen-USThu, 14 May 2020 01:27:05 +0300https://prberg-2019.netlify.app/post/2020/05/14/dyi-crypto-taxes/Thu, 14 May 2020 01:27:05 +0300https://prberg-2019.netlify.app/post/2020/05/14/dyi-crypto-taxes/Context My goal with this post is to distill the complicated topic of crypto taxes into an actionable tutorial I wish I had myself. It will hopefully make things easy for you and set you on the right track. At the very least, there are many practical tips and tricks that I’m sure you’ll find useful. I’ll be using and shilling Google Sheets, which I can’t recommend enough. I began to appreciate the power of spreadsheet programs only after haplessly attempting to track my crypto portfolio with scripts written in Rust.https://prberg-2019.netlify.app/post/2019/06/16/pay-as-you-earn-tax-system/Sun, 16 Jun 2019 19:53:38 +0100https://prberg-2019.netlify.app/post/2019/06/16/pay-as-you-earn-tax-system/Context Pay As You Earn, henceforth referenced as PAYE, is a tax withholding mechanism currently implemented in the UK, the US and Australia (also called Pay As You Go). Employers are responsible to deduct tax and national insurance contributions before paying their employees. It is not a bad system. Economies of scale enabled a few payroll providers to become very efficient in dealing with the ultra-boring paperwork. Most employers don’t understand what’s happening under the hood, which is brilliant.https://prberg-2019.netlify.app/post/2019/02/15/confidential-tokens/Fri, 15 Feb 2019 19:30:41 +0000https://prberg-2019.netlify.app/post/2019/02/15/confidential-tokens/Context Ethereum is not private. Every time you transfer an ERC20 token or any other digital asset, information is leaked to third parties. They could find out your full financial history simply by heading to Etherscan, Blockscout or any other blockchain explorer out there. Fear not, there are ways to prevent this. For one, you could use multiple accounts, but you’d have to constantly remember not to cross-link these accounts. This would be a life admin nightmare.https://prberg-2019.netlify.app/post/2018/12/30/upgradeable-smart-contracts/Sun, 30 Dec 2018 17:50:44 +0200https://prberg-2019.netlify.app/post/2018/12/30/upgradeable-smart-contracts/Context In this post, we’ll learn how to write upgradeable smart contracts with the latest versions of Truffle and ZeppelinOS. In particular, version ^5.0 of Truffle introduces a lot of updates, with the most prominent one being the integration with web3 ^1.0. Let’s unpack these updates and introduce upgradeable smart contracts with the state-of-the-art ZeppelinOS. This is not an introductory article to Ethereum development, if you want that, take a look at the following resources:https://prberg-2019.netlify.app/post/2018/12/10/figuring-out-ethereum/Mon, 10 Dec 2018 00:22:10 +0200https://prberg-2019.netlify.app/post/2018/12/10/figuring-out-ethereum/Context This is going to be a boring article describing my journey of becoming an Ethereum developer and, as a bonus, my thoughts on the abstract parts of the blockchain movement. In mid-2017, I coded my first ever smart contract, but it took me a while to put an end to my other endeavors and fully jump on the blockchain bandwagon, with a prominent focus on Ethereum. After more than a year, I thought it’d be a good moment to log my progress.