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       tite: Managing the ownership and transfer of Security Tokens with Finhaven

     

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       <h3 name="911a" id="911a" class="graf graf--h3 graf--leading graf--title">Managing the ownership and transfer of Security Tokens with Finhaven</h3>

     

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       <h4 name="bf96" id="bf96" class="graf graf--h4 graf-after--h3 graf--subtitle">Towards technical standards and interoperability of securities on the Ethereum blockchain</h4>

     

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       <figure name="8fd9" id="8fd9" class="graf graf--figure graf-after--h4"><div class="aspectRatioPlaceholder is-locked" style="max-width: 700px; max-height: 466px;"><img class="graf-image" data-image-id="1*eck3pubD2bY7XzVLfJ5CQg.jpeg" data-width="1900" data-height="1266" src="https://microblog.bmannconsulting.com/uploads/2020/7266131d53.jpg"></div></figure><p name="841e" id="841e" class="graf graf--p graf-after--figure">Blockchain technology provides the potential to fulfill many of the functions of traditional securities management. It has a built in identification system (each account has a unique address), every transaction is publicly logged (an immutable audit trail), and a smart contract layer (transfer restrictions or other business logic can be automated).</p>

     

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       <p name="f48a" id="f48a" class="graf graf--p graf-after--p">Finhaven believes that security tokens are part of the next wave. We think we can take some of the regulatory nature of existing securities and upgrade them with the digital first, automation first nature that goes beyond the concept of paper agreements, and sets a framework for global governance.</p>

     

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       <p name="8716" id="8716" class="graf graf--p graf-after--p">The most infamous pre-standard is the <a href="https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs/issues/20" data-href="https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs/issues/20" class="markup--anchor markup--p-anchor" rel="noopener" target="_blank">ERC 20 “token standard”</a>. It is what has powered Ethereum to host roughly 40 of the top 100 crypto assets globally. This has led to technical standardization among websites, apps, wallets, and exchanges. It has also led to large amounts of unregulated activity, at least some of which is more correctly classified as a security.</p>

     

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       <p name="add2" id="add2" class="graf graf--p graf-after--li">It is Finhaven’s intent to propose an ERC (internally we call this 999 since the final number is unknown) that begins the process of technical standard setting around what features Security Tokens support.</p>

     

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       <p name="19bd" id="19bd" class="graf graf--p graf-after--h3">We believe that having a record of token ownership on the public blockchain is valuable for many use cases.</p>

     

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       <p name="e1fe" id="e1fe" class="graf graf--p graf-after--p">While most people think of tokens or coins as “in” an owners account, they are actually recorded as a balance in a token smart contract. The token contract lists each owner’s addresses and the balance of tokens that that address controls.</p>

     

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       <figcaption class="imageCaption">Standard ERC-20 Transfer</figcaption></figure><p name="9155" id="9155" class="graf graf--p graf-after--figure">A transfer of tokens between two addresses actually calls the “transfer” function of the token contract. The source address (the address “from” which the funds are being transferred) calls the smart contract transfer function. In its base form, this function has a destination address, plus an amount to transfer. If the source contains enough to satisfy the transfer amount, the tokens are debited from one address and credited to the destination.</p>

     

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       It's archives all the way down! The long(er) form content from the (original) `blog.bmannconsulting.com` has all been imported here. I swapped the domain to [[Micro.blog]], and that's where I post photos and short content. The [[Colophon]] page covers "this" site.

     

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       > We are  open sourcing our OSS roadmap so other can see exactly how we evaluate OSS companies and why we are so excited about this space: https://www.bvp.com/atlas/roadmap-open-source [[@BessemerVP::https://twitter.com/bessemervp]] #opensource

     

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_posts/2011-04-11-how-to-play-instagram.md _posts/blog/2011-04-11-how-to-play-instagram.md

_posts/2011-08-06-on-coworking-you-cannot-make-a-profit-selling.md _posts/blog/2011-08-06-on-coworking-you-cannot-make-a-profit-selling.md

_posts/2011-10-11-turning-the-corner-on-ebook-buying.md _posts/blog/2011-10-11-turning-the-corner-on-ebook-buying.md

_posts/2011-11-26-we-do-need-another-rss-hero.md _posts/blog/2011-11-26-we-do-need-another-rss-hero.md

_posts/2011-12-02-struggles-of-an-infovore-that-likes-to-share.md _posts/blog/2011-12-02-struggles-of-an-infovore-that-likes-to-share.md

_posts/2011-12-04-focus-on-the-extras-on-your-site-rather-than.md _posts/blog/2011-12-04-focus-on-the-extras-on-your-site-rather-than.md

_posts/2011-12-04-help-startups-by-getting-sht-done-or-get-out.md _posts/blog/2011-12-04-help-startups-by-getting-sht-done-or-get-out.md

_posts/2011-12-14-what-support-feedback-service-should-you-use.md _posts/blog/2011-12-14-what-support-feedback-service-should-you-use.md

_posts/2012-02-02-reinventing-the-wheel-one-directory-at-a-time.md _posts/blog/2012-02-02-reinventing-the-wheel-one-directory-at-a-time.md

_posts/2012-02-05-i-want-to-vote-with-my-dollars-that-the-vanco.md _posts/blog/2012-02-05-i-want-to-vote-with-my-dollars-that-the-vanco.md

_posts/2012-02-06-build-more-startups-in-vancouver.md _posts/blog/2012-02-06-build-more-startups-in-vancouver.md

_posts/2012-02-12-what-is-an-unconference.md _posts/blog/2012-02-12-what-is-an-unconference.md

_posts/2012-03-15-cataloging-city-neighbourhood-assets-love-my.md _posts/blog/2012-03-15-cataloging-city-neighbourhood-assets-love-my.md

_posts/2012-03-30-octopress-all-the-things.md _posts/blog/2012-03-30-octopress-all-the-things.md

_posts/2012-04-20-vancouver-tech-needs-to-wake-up.md _posts/blog/2012-04-20-vancouver-tech-needs-to-wake-up.md

_posts/2012-04-25-what-im-obsessed-about.md _posts/blog/2012-04-25-what-im-obsessed-about.md

_posts/2012-05-07-services-to-product.md _posts/blog/2012-05-07-services-to-product.md

_posts/2012-05-27-new-hack-stack.md _posts/blog/2012-05-27-new-hack-stack.md

_posts/2012-06-02-node-static-site-generators.md _posts/blog/2012-06-02-node-static-site-generators.md

_posts/2012-06-19-reactions-microsoft-surface.md _posts/blog/2012-06-19-reactions-microsoft-surface.md

_posts/2012-06-29-posts-you-dont-write.md _posts/blog/2012-06-29-posts-you-dont-write.md

_posts/2012-07-01-setting-up-macbook-air-osx-lion.md _posts/blog/2012-07-01-setting-up-macbook-air-osx-lion.md

_posts/2012-07-02-nv12-web-literacy.md _posts/blog/2012-07-02-nv12-web-literacy.md

_posts/2012-07-08-ssg-lightning-talk.md _posts/blog/2012-07-08-ssg-lightning-talk.md

_posts/2012-07-27-tracking-qr-codes.md _posts/blog/2012-07-27-tracking-qr-codes.md

_posts/2012-08-10-calendaring-tools.md _posts/blog/2012-08-10-calendaring-tools.md

_posts/2012-08-11-startupriot-seattle-2012.md _posts/blog/2012-08-11-startupriot-seattle-2012.md

_posts/2012-09-04-working-contractually.md _posts/blog/2012-09-04-working-contractually.md

_posts/2012-11-09-ship-your-first-version.md _posts/blog/2012-11-09-ship-your-first-version.md

_posts/2012-11-24-flickr-question.md _posts/blog/2012-11-24-flickr-question.md

_posts/2013-03-17-raw-resources.md _posts/blog/2013-03-17-raw-resources.md

_posts/2014-01-01-you-cant-outsource-product.md _posts/blog/2014-01-01-you-cant-outsource-product.md

_posts/2014-06-04-early-stage-tech-startup-investing.md _posts/blog/2014-06-04-early-stage-tech-startup-investing.md

_posts/2014-08-05-mavericks-brew-cask.md _posts/blog/2014-08-05-mavericks-brew-cask.md

_posts/2014-08-06-30-more-years.md _posts/blog/2014-08-06-30-more-years.md

_posts/2014-08-07-taking-equity-startups-consulting.md _posts/blog/2014-08-07-taking-equity-startups-consulting.md

_posts/2014-08-15-harvesting-knowledge.md _posts/blog/2014-08-15-harvesting-knowledge.md

_posts/2014-11-09-vancouver-tech-civic-election.md _posts/blog/2014-11-09-vancouver-tech-civic-election.md

_posts/2016-06-13-personal-crm.md _posts/blog/2016-06-13-personal-crm.md

_posts/2016-06-14-flickr-to-self-hosted.md _posts/blog/2016-06-14-flickr-to-self-hosted.md

_posts/2017-02-19-archiving-photos-ios-amazon-s3.md _posts/blog/2017-02-19-archiving-photos-ios-amazon-s3.md

_posts/2017-08-19-blockchain-open-source-definitions.md _posts/blog/2017-08-19-blockchain-open-source-definitions.md

_posts/2018-07-01-berlin-observations.md _posts/blog/2018-07-01-berlin-observations.md

_posts/2018-07-02-conferences-as-community-gathering.md _posts/blog/2018-07-02-conferences-as-community-gathering.md

_posts/2018-09-03-hello-spade.md _posts/blog/2018-09-03-hello-spade.md

_posts/2018-09-16-time-crm-tool-update.md _posts/blog/2018-09-16-time-crm-tool-update.md

_posts/2018-09-29-micro-blog-jekyll-micro-pub-and-indie-web.md _posts/blog/2018-09-29-micro-blog-jekyll-micro-pub-and-indie-web.md

_posts/2018-09-30-blockchain-governance-101-vlad.md _posts/blog/2018-09-30-blockchain-governance-101-vlad.md

_posts/2018-10-06-further-thoughts-on-the-fair.md _posts/blog/2018-10-06-further-thoughts-on-the-fair.md

_posts/2018-10-11-commons-based-peer-production.md _posts/blog/2018-10-11-commons-based-peer-production.md

_posts/2019-01-01-flickr-exports-jekyll.md _posts/blog/2019-01-01-flickr-exports-jekyll.md

_posts/2019-01-06-ethnews-interview-security-token-standards.md _posts/blog/2019-01-06-ethnews-interview-security-token-standards.md

_posts/2019-01-06-more-flickr-file-experiments.md _posts/blog/2019-01-06-more-flickr-file-experiments.md

_posts/2019-03-31-ethereum-governance.md _posts/blog/2019-03-31-ethereum-governance.md

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_posts/2019-05-19-run-your-own-web-mentions.md _posts/blog/2019-05-19-run-your-own-web-mentions.md

_posts/2019-05-21-model-t-indieweb.md _posts/blog/2019-05-21-model-t-indieweb.md

_posts/2019-05-22-drupal-past-predictions.md _posts/blog/2019-05-22-drupal-past-predictions.md

_posts/2019-06-11-ipad-tools.md _posts/blog/2019-06-11-ipad-tools.md

_posts/2020-01-03-cyberboats.md _posts/blog/2020-01-03-cyberboats.md

_posts/2020-01-05-mennonites.md _posts/blog/2020-01-05-mennonites.md

_posts/2020-01-10-founder-notes-tam-kbeili-at.md _posts/blog/2020-01-10-founder-notes-tam-kbeili-at.md

_posts/2020-01-13-the-midlife-crisis-of-the.md _posts/blog/2020-01-13-the-midlife-crisis-of-the.md

_posts/2020-01-22-founder-notes-ehlist-jan-2020-vancouver.md _posts/blog/2020-01-22-founder-notes-ehlist-jan-2020-vancouver.md

_posts/2020-01-23-german-startup-ecosystem-challenges-canadian.md _posts/blog/2020-01-23-german-startup-ecosystem-challenges-canadian.md

_posts/2020-01-27-photo-backup-for-geeks-i-os.md _posts/blog/2020-01-27-photo-backup-for-geeks-i-os.md

_posts/2020-02-21-tools-for-home-cooking.md _posts/blog/2020-02-21-tools-for-home-cooking.md

_posts/2020-02-25-laptop-choices.md _posts/blog/2020-02-25-laptop-choices.md

_posts/2020-03-14-on-instagram-off-facebook.md _posts/blog/2020-03-14-on-instagram-off-facebook.md

_posts/2020-03-15-covid19-personal.md _posts/blog/2020-03-15-covid19-personal.md

_posts/2020-03-21-renting-in-pandemics.md _posts/blog/2020-03-21-renting-in-pandemics.md

_posts/2020-03-22-oscms-sunnyvale-drupal.md _posts/blog/2020-03-22-oscms-sunnyvale-drupal.md

_posts/2020-03-31-onthisday-wa-state-roadtrip.md _posts/blog/2020-03-31-onthisday-wa-state-roadtrip.md

_posts/2020-04-20-readwriteweb-wayback.md _posts/blog/2020-04-20-readwriteweb-wayback.md

_posts/2020-05-10-upgraded-to-indiekit-micropub-server.md _posts/blog/2020-05-10-upgraded-to-indiekit-micropub-server.md

_posts/2020-05-14-so-if-all-goes-well.md _posts/blog/2020-05-14-so-if-all-goes-well.md

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       <p name="9254" id="9254" class="graf graf--p graf-after--p">You can pledge equity of your startup to a charity of your choice when you have an exit? Go <a href="http://upsidefoundation.ca/" data-href="http://upsidefoundation.ca/" class="markup--anchor markup--p-anchor" rel="noopener" target="_blank">sign up for the Upside Foundation</a>. In Vancouver, let’s get together to talk Upside during Startup Week.</p>

     

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       > A mini PC combines the performance of a good laptop with the upgradability of a full-size desktop computer together in a package the size of a paperback book. Mini PCs are fast enough for anything other than high-end gaming, and unlike some laptops, they include all the ports you need to connect multiple monitors and your favorite keyboard and mouse. You can find lots of good mini PCs, but [HP’s ProDesk 600 G5](https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/out/link/39345/163246/4/116590/?merchant=HP) offers the best combination of performance, ports, and price.

     

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       <blockquote class="quoteback" data-title="" data-author="Manton Reece" data-avatar="https://micro.blog/manton/avatar.jpg" cite="https://www.manton.org/2020/09/22/im-trying-to.html"><p>I’m trying to mostly stop using YouTube until November, so I’ve created a new Vimeo account to host videos about Micro.blog. <a href="https://vimeo.com/460615873">Here’s a 3-minute screencast tour</a> of the Micro.blog 2.0 bookmarks and highlighting interface, launching next week.</p>

     

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       > twitter is garbage follow me on neocities https://neocities.org/site/substack

     

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