Meditations at the summit Occam had scaled the very tallest peak of the mountains in his search for DeFi enlightenment, and smiled wistfully at the sight before him… Ancient mountains topped with snow, soaring from the bedrock of the earth like jagged teeth, and splitting the very clouds with their immensity. In his…

Fundraising on PoS chains ISPOs — otherwise known as Initial Stake Pool Offerings — are a truly innovative method of fundraising, made possible by the rise of the delegated Proof of Stake consensus mechanism, which was popularized by the Cardano blockchain, and in use by the majority of successful blockchains today. Under normal circumstances…

The Occam DAO is moving forward rapidly, and as we described in the ‘Temple Path’ series of OIPs back in July of 2022 — the subject of governance is one of the most important to the future success of the DAO. Our vision of governance is simple in theory, but…

Occam DAO x Velas Blockchain Velas Network launched its Mainnet in July of 2019, and it is the first and fastest EVM/eBPF Hybrid blockchain that allows decentralized applications and smart contracts to be built on its mainnet. Velas is highly scalable and capable of validating over 50,000 transactions per second. The network offers ideal foundations…

In pursuit of (zero) knowledge The eagle-eyed among you may have noticed that in previous months, zero knowledge cryptography has become a key part of our on-going research efforts. …

The Value Chain of ZK-everything Zero Knowledge Cryptography (ZKC) is among the most vital innovations in computer science over the last half century. Recent advances in ZKC research and technological stack have been instrumental in making the foundation of the future industry forming around the demand for computational integrity loom in bold outlines to any…

Occam DAO x Humanode Humanode is an ambitious layer one chain that has been in development for over two years, whose primary mantra and tech stack revolves around the unique concept of ‘One human, One vote, One node’. The Humanode team are taking advantage of some of the most advanced biometric authentication available to…

The time has come The much awaited launch and distribution of OCX tokens has arrived! We’d like to start off this announcement with a big thank you for your patience during this time, and for the support and understanding you have given us. As promised, the launch of $OCX will be accompanied by the…

This article is the third in the series of articles exploring Zero-Knowledge Proofs (ZKPs) (first and second here) we’re publishing here at the Occam DAO. In this third article, we’re going to discuss all of the many different ZKP protocols that were outlined in the previous articles. In the case…