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You'll love these homemade cheese puffs – they're a great Keto popcorn alternative! All you need is cheese – and a bit of patience. A super easy low carb snack idea.
This is not much of a recipe, as it only contains one ingredient – cheese. Nevertheless, it's a snack I like to make regularly, and I love to think of it as my "Keto popcorn".
Full disclosure here – I do eat a bit of "real" popcorn now and then. My daughter has a popcorn machine, which she puts to use for movie night. We like our corn well-buttered and salted.
Can you eat popcorn on a low carb diet?
In the scheme of things, maize popcorn is not the worst choice of snack. One cup of air-popped corn contains just under 5 net carbs, which is fairly low. The issue, of course, is the amount. A typical serving of popcorn is 24 grams (3 cups) and contains 18 grams of carbs and 4 grams of fibre. And we all know what happens once you get started on a bowl of popcorn… life happens.
How to make Keto popcorn
1.) You can make these cute little cheese puffs with different types of cheeses and using different methods. I used parmesan and two different types of cheddar.
On the left in the image above. I blitzed it in the food processor. I then used a sieve to separate the smaller bits and only used the larger ones. (The small bits can be used for your next Italian cooking session).
Top right in the image. Using my hands, I crumbled a block of cheddar. This way, you get rounded pieces (pop-corny even before popping!) that are more equally sized. It is a little salty, which means you're satisfied quickly. It's my personal fave.
On the grey plate. This delivers airy bubbles and does not taste of much. I normally don't buy this kind of cheese, because I find it quite bland. It's a bit of a faff slicing it into tiny squares. But it's the closest experience to eating real popcorn.
2.) Depending on the amount of space you have at home, you can either put your sliced / crumbled cheese on a plate or directly on the parchment-covered baking tray you'll eventually bake it on.
Cover it with a kitchen towel or muslin (so it does not gather dust) and leave it in a dry, warm place for 3 days so it drys out COMPLETELY. Your Keto popcorn will only pop if it's totally dry and hard. If it's not, it will just melt. Still yum, but not what we're after here.
3.) After 3 days (if your cheese was dry to begin with, you might get away with 2 days) heat your oven to 200 Celsius / 390 Fahrenheit and bake the cheese for 4-5 minutes. To prevent the pieces popping all over the place, place a second baking tray above your cheese tray.
This low carb popcorn substitute is super crunchy and crispy and I think it makes a VERY satisfying snack. Experiment with different cheeses and find your personal favourite!
Here are some other savoury low carb and Keto snacks we like:
Veggies and veggie sticks (celery, fennel, peppers, carrots, radishes, cauliflower florets) with dips
Low Carb Pizza Bites – like pizza, but without the carbs
Slices of raw sweet potato (whilst the potato is uncooked, the majority of the carbs are resistant starches and not absorbed) with cream cheese / almond butter
Slices of pepperoni or salami (you can bake these in the oven for a few minutes to crisp them up)
Genius Grain Free Pretzels – made with Fathead dough
Low Carb Corn Dog Nuggets by All Day I Dream about Food
Nuts and seeds (you can roast them with a little olive oil and spices or herbs such as cumin, paprika, garlic salt, rosemary, thyme
Salt and Vinegar Zucchini Chips by Sugar Free Mom (best if you have a dehydrator)
Kale chips – the only way my children will eat kale. They love it (and I do too). Find the recipe here.
Paleo Almond Low Carb Crackers
Ham rollups – ham filled with cucumber, cream cheese or mashed avocado. Or use nori seaweed sheets instead.
I could go on, but think this list is long enough. And I did not even get started on the sweet snacks! 🙂
Store your Keto popcorn in an airtight container in the fridge for up to a week. It's not only great as a snack – you can also sprinkle it on soups or over salads.
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Keto Popcorn - Puffed Cheese
- 3.5 oz / 100g cheddar
- If you use sliced cheddar, cut it into 0.5 inch / 1 cm squares. If you are using a cheddar block, crumble it with your hands to the same size.
- Cover the cheese with a muslin / kitchen towel to prevent it getting dusty and let it sit in a warm, dry place for up to 3 days. You want the cheese to be completely hard and dry.
- Heat your oven to 200 Celsius / 390 Fahrenheit. Scatter the cheese on a baking tray lined with parchment paper and bake for 4-5 minutes until the cheese pops. To prevent it from popping all over your oven, place a second baking tray closely above the tray.


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How to Install Xenon HID Headlights in your Volvo
HID systems do not require a filament to make light, as 85,000 volt igniters take care of creating an electric arc between two ends where a filament would be in a normal bulb. so there are less components to stress. It does take 80-85 volts to keep the arc lit, which is not readily available in a normal 12V system of a Volvo. That is why there are other components to the system. It is not a mere bulb upgrade.

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Anne with an E cancellation sparks social media backlash
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A darker, contemporary twist on a classic helped this CBC/Netflix series, and Playback's TV show of the year, resonate globally during turbulent times.
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Amybeth McNulty (pictured) nabs the Anne Shirley role, Apartment 11 and CBBC's Rank the Prank gets Nickelodeon premiere date, and more.
Netflix joins CBC for Anne series
The eight-part series is created by Breaking Bad writer Moira Walley-Beckett and produced by Northwood Entertainment.
Miranda de Pencier set to direct The Grizzlies
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Our discovery of California continued as we made our first journey to Palm Springs and environs.
The area continues to grow in the Coachella Valley, surrounded by mountains.
Our route in via the 111 took us past a growing wind turbine range. Good to see this.
Part of the allure is the visual connection of palms and the San Jacinto Mountains including snow caps.
The mountains reach 8-10 Thousand and they are a constant companion.
That mix of sun saturated light, shadows on the mountains, clouds, green and dry mild air drew a Hollywood crowd in the 40's and 50's.
Palm Springs began it's growth in the mid 50's. Now it has expanded to Palm Desert,
Rancho Mirage, Indian Wells and beyond. Still it is a play ground and
center of Modern Architecture.
The pool was designed by a fraternity brother who has created an impressive career as an artist.
Another fraternity brother has recently moved to the peaceful beauty of Palm Springs.
I told Bill, his new place reminds me of a tranquil resort.
The area is still a magnet for the famous and wealthy. But many others are now able to enjoy what was once an exclusive playground.
The demographics tend toward boomers and up.
The Living Desert Park, though, was full of baby strollers and young ones.
And a few wild ones.
They too seem to enjoy the magnificent views.
I'd love to show you some of the spectacular Modern Architecture,
but most of it is behind walls, gates and tucked in private enclaves-though most of the
public structures reveal the influence.
In a future post-some incredible Palm Springs Botanical scenes.
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Vanderbilt Cup Races
Then & Now: The Westbury Old Country Road Turn at the 1909 & 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Races
Mystery Friday Foto #21: Do You Have Information on this 1906 B.L.M. Racer?
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The Motor Parkway Toll Collection Structures: #9 Meadow Brook Lodge in Westbury
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Smile and Thumbs Ups from the Glen Cove Waterfront Car Show
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Advice from a college senior: how to build and maintain your confidence as a young designer
Today, our Kutztown University Communication Design Illustration Showcase opens in our farmhouse, featuring the work of more than 30 students in the program. We're highlighting their work in honor of Kutztown alumna Kathy Davis, founder of the Scatter Joy Center for the Arts.
Our guest blogger this week is Upper Moreland High School graduate Deanna Black, a senior graphic designer and illustrator in the school of Communication Design, who will have several pieces on display during the exhibit.
I have always been passionate about art and knew that I wanted to pursue a career in the arts long before the thought of college. I studied drawing and painting at Upper Moreland High School and chose Kutztown University to continue my arts education. The Communications Design program here offers intense design classes that push conceptual thinking — all of which I have greatly enjoyed taking.
Now that I'm a senior, I often think about my time here at Kutztown. I have had my fair share of ups and downs through the years in this program. The most important thing I have learned from my professors and classmates is to work hard and be confident about the work you show. It's not always easy to do this, especially when there are harsh critiques and rather negative feedback. To combat this, I've learned a few techniques for staying positive about my work that I'd like to share.
1. Ask your peers for feedback often — Sometimes we can get too caught up in our heads about how a design looks to our own eyes. Take a step back and ask your classmates, including upperclassmen, about your design. They can offer a lot of advice on how to make your design even better and point out any mistakes. More ideas are always better than none.
2. Post your work on social media — Putting your work online opens up your potential audience to the whole world. Many designers upload their work to creative sites such as Behance, DeviantArt and Flickr, but even Instagram can put your art in front of people. More viewers leads to more feedback, which I have found to be very positive. This is a way to connect to other creative people and to affirm your design style.
3. Go to a Portfolio Review — Many schools have Portfolio Reviews each semester for students to get professional feedback on a breadth of work. I have found going to a review to be very helpful in building my confidence. The mentors will view your portfolio as a prospective employer would and give you honest advice on how to improve your projects for better success. Their advice is invaluable for making a confident portfolio presentation to a potential employer.
4. Remember why you chose to study art — Sometimes it's really hard to remember why you got into art in the first place, especially if you aren't getting any positive feedback. It may help to just sketch and do a personal project to connect to what got you excited about design in the first place. I find it is also helpful to look at past projects and sketches to see how you've improved. A mental break is often the best tactic when you're in a slump. However, at the end of the day, always remember you are a good artist and that your decision to pursue a creative career will require a lot of hard work but still be rewarding overall.
5. Be authentic — Designing with your core inspirations in mind will always make you feel better about your work. You will reveal more of yourself in your overall design if you do something authentic to your style. When you agree with the original concept, it's easier to defend and feel strongly about the product. If you copy other styles or don't feel passionate about what you're doing, it will definitely show in your final design. The process will not come as naturally and will have less of a connection to your work. Always be authentically you, and work hard so you can be proud of your creations.
To see more of Deanna's work, check out her online portfolio.
The Kutztown University Communication Design Illustration Showcase runs Sept. 23 through Oct. 19 at the Scatter Joy Center for the Arts, 305 Horsham Road, Horsham, Pa. 19044. The opening night reception takes place from 5 to 8 p.m. on the 23rd. The show features a mix of digital illustration and traditional drawing with digital painting or editing from both undergraduate and graduate students.
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|Kildysart Players were formed in 1998. Their first production was staged in March of '99."Sive" by John B. Keane, was a huge success, and saw full houses for four nights, one of which was staged as a benefit night. They then set about the task of upgrading the community hall. New chairs were bought, as were curtains, materials for the stage sets and a basic lighting system.
"The Year of the Hiker" another John B. Keane play was the second production, and was staged in Spring of 2000. This was again a huge success, and as before, one of the performences was given as a benifit night. From the takings of this play professional lighting was purchased and fitted in the hall, and further improvements were made to the stage.
John B. Keanes "Big Maggie" was the third play to be performed in March 2001. The play ran for four nights, two of which were benifit nights.
Kildysart Players are starting again in October and it is hoped it will be another successful year.
The Cast of Big Maggie. 2001.
Kildysart Players had another successful season with their production of Ken Ludwigs "Lend me a Tenor". Minister for the Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands, Síle DeValera, was guest at the opening night, and praised for the performance, cast and crew and all the work that made it possible. The Minister had given a grant to the Community Centre to carry out improvement work in the hall during the year. A new suspended ceiling meant that there was a huge improvement in sound quality and heat, a new lighting system was also fitted. The play ran for four nights and was very well supported. Kildysart players would like to thank all their supporters and everybody that helped out during the production.
Cast of "Lend me a Tenor" 2002.
Kildysart Players had a very successful season with their production of John B. Keane's "The Chastitute". The Play was staged to full houses on the 7th. and 8th. of March in Kildysart Community Centre. On Tuesday 11th. Kildysart Players took part in Doonbeg Drama Festival for the first time since their formation.
Kildysart Players PRO, Grace Kelly said that the group would like to thank everyone who supported them, the Doonbeg Festival Committee for their hospitality and help, and the audience for the warm reception they received on the night.
In the company of highly experienced groups from many counties, and with great support from the home crowd, they overcame any first night nerves to achieve the following awards.
Best Play.
(Confined Section.) Runner up.
Other Category Nominations.
Best Supporting Actor. Frankie O'Shea.
John Bosco McLaine.----- John Convey.
Cast and crew of "The Chastitute."
This year Kildysart Players produced "Kevin's Bed", a play by Dublin Playwright Bernard Farrell. "Kevin's Bed" is a play of nostalgia, expectations and broken dreams. The setting is the celebration of the Silver and Golden wedding anniversaries of Dan and Doris and the story jumps in time from one to the other.
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IMPORTANT DATES IN CAJUN HISTORY Throughout history, the people known as "Acadians" have faced many trials. While in Canada, the British demanded they swear allegiance to the British flag, then expelled them when they refused. Almost 200 years later, the Acadians thought they found a safe home in Louisiana- then were shamed and punished for […]
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The banks and the oil stocks look great, but Fannie Mae (FNMA) and Freddie Mac (FMCC) are stealing the show. Both Fannie and Freddie are jumping over 40% on rumors the new Treasury secretary, Steven Mnuchin in the Trump administration will look to return the government conservatorship companies to private ownership in a timely fashion. Good news for hedge funds and private equity firms that bought up the stocks over the last number of years.


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Σελίδα 339 - The fig-tree, not that kind for fruit renown'd, But such as, at this day, to Indians known; In Malabar or Decan spreads her arms, Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillar'd shade, High overarch'd, and echoing walks between...
Σελίδα 466 - Lord, thou hast searched me out, and known me : thou knowest my down-sitting, and mine up-rising; thou understandest my thoughts long before. Thou art about my path, and about my bed : and spiest out all my ways. For lo, there is not a word in my tongue : but thou, O Lord, knowest it altogether.
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Σελίδα 339 - He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image that shall not be moved.
Σελίδα 246 - Distinctions of colours are of his ordination. It is he who gives existence* In your temples, to his name, the voice is raised in prayer; in a house of images where the bell is shaken, still he is the object of adoration.
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Markets got crushed on Thursday with the Nasdaq logging the largest percentage losses. Stocks gave up all of their gains, and then some, from Wednesday.
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- Dow: 16,945.8, -264.2, (-1.5%)
- Nasdaq: 4,466.7, -88.4, (-1.9%)
And now, the top stories on Thursday:
1. Stocks had an awful day. The market opened lower and quickly fell towards its worst levels as the market gave up all of its gains from Wednesday. In a note near noon, Dave Lutz of JonesTrading wrapped up some of the reasons traders were citing for the sell-off, including rumours of a hedge fund in trouble, a technical breakdown in the S&P 500, and hawkish comments from Dallas Fed president Richard Fisher, among other things. As the NYSE's Rich Barry said, "They are throwing everything at this market today, and we're not very happy about it."
2. On Thursday morning, we got several pieces of economic data, including the weekly report on initial jobless claims. The report showed that claims rose to 293,000 from last week's revised 281,000, which was better than the 296,000 expected by economists. Ian Shepherdson at Pantheon Macro called the report, "a modest rebound," and added that, "claims have dropped dramatically over the past couple of years, and might even still be declining. The key point, though, is that claims are already low enough to signal big payroll increases, other things equal."
3. Durable goods orders in August fell a record 18.2%, but this followed the record increase of 22.6% seen in July, and Shepherdson said to ignore the headline number, as the core durable goods number which strips out transportation spending — responsible for both the huge rise and sharp fall in the last two months — rose 0.7%.
4. Markit's flash service sector PMI reading for September came in at 58.5, below expectations for 59.2 but indicating that strength in the sector remains strong. In a release, Markit said, "A further strong increase in business activity reflected steep and accelerated growth of incoming new work in September. The latest rise in new business volumes was the sharpest since June and one of the fastest seen over the five-year survey history."
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One of the great debates in blockchain centers around what it means to be decentralized, whether it's a necessary trait for the application you're developing, and how a blockchain's centralization should affect the regulatory status of the cryptoasset(s) running on top of it. While many followers of the blockchain space would identify as decentralization 'maximalists,' touting the utopian anarchic virtues of their favorite project, others would argue that centralization is a sliding scale, and that none of the major blockchains in production today are truly as decentralized as they claim to be. Take Bitcoin, for example, where the world's longest-running and most valuable blockchain has one-third of its hashpower consolidated under one mining pool operator, Bitmain, nearly putting one multi-billion dollar entity in control of the protocol.
Or take two of the other top 10 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization, XRP and Stellar, which have been criticized relentlessly since their inception, for adopting federated Byzantine fault-tolerant models of consensus, as opposed to the more popular 'trustless' Proof-of-Work (PoW) or Proof-of-Stake (PoS) models. Where PoW grants power and incentives to the users that run the most powerful machines supporting the network, and PoS grants power and incentives to the wealthiest users supporting the network, federated models optimize for network efficiency by employing ideas like flexible trust and quorum slices. While I'm not savvy enough to go much deeper into consensus theory, the short story is that decentralization maximalists typically aren't fans of consensus models that require 'trust' in any specific node on the network, regardless of the blockchain's application.
Consensus and Kin
So when the development team behind the Kin cryptocurrency, the Kin Foundation, announced several months ago that it would 'fork' the Stellar blockchain to use in parallel with the existing ERC20 token, and that the ONLY node operator at the outset of the new blockchain's production network would be Kik, the chat app that launched the cryptocurrency, the crypto community's negative reaction didn't come as much of a surprise. While Foundation (and Kik) CEO and Founder Ted Livingston later clarified that this wouldn't be a problem for the blockchain's end-users because they already trust the app's developers, and that the network would grow to be more decentralized as additional apps and partners joined the ecosystem, the maximalists didn't want to hear any of it.
Fast forward five months, after the maximalists and some pre-sale investors have exited a large portion of their Kin position, bringing down the value of the Kin token in conjunction with an extended bear market, and the topic of nodes has surfaced once again. After the release of the atomic swap between ERC20 Kin and the token on the new blockchain was indefinitely delayed, despite already having the technical procedure developed and audited, the project's followers wondered why. And in recent updates posted by Livingston and community manager Yoel Rivelis, it was revealed that the atomic swap won't be cleared for release by the Foundation's legal team until the Kin blockchain federation has assembled at least seven full nodes (operated by independent entities) to run the network. In other words, the Foundation has come to the conclusion that based on their blockchain's consensus model, they can't reasonably claim that the blockchain is decentralized enough to link to the ERC20 token until they have seven nodes. I'll say more on why that probably is, in a moment.
This revelation, which comes at the tail end of a Q3 which saw several major announcements from the Kin Foundation, including the launch of the Kinit survey rewards app, the launch of Kin inside of beauty app Perfect365, and the hiring of former Twitch exec Matt DiPietro as CMO, may also explain other undelivered promises from the project.
The Liquidity
For example, a recurring problem for early adopters and followers has been the available market liquidity of the Kin token. During the token's "distribution event," community staff assured prospective investors that they had received indication from multiple exchanges that planned to list the token shortly after launch. The Jaxx wallet even formally announced they would support Kin (and presumably, would offer it on their built in Shapeshift exchange as well). And in the year following those statements, the largest exchange overall that has listed the token, HitBTC, only offers one trading pair, and they aren't even Kin's largest exchange by volume.
While Livingston claimed that the Foundation had de-prioritized listing the token on exchanges until there was a call to action for developers and advertisers to buy and sell the asset, according to the community staff, it had become a priority as early as late July. And yet, two months later, the token remains unlisted on any additional major exchanges, despite the project's high profile and connections to various exchanges at the board of directors level.
While many high-volume cryptocurrency exchanges, both in the United States and around the world do not have very strict criteria for asset listing, other than substantial application fees (to the tune of millions of USD), others hold themselves to a high standard of eligibility based on the project's fundamentals. Perhaps the most sought-after exchange, for its retail customer base and direct pairs to fiat currency, Coinbase publishes strict eligibility criteria (which they call the Digital Asset Framework), which include concepts such as decentralization and token utility. While the ERC20 version of the Kin asset is fully decentralized (at least, as far as the industry at large is concerned), without at least seven nodes, the Kin blockchain is not. And without the aforementioned atomic swap, the ERC20 Kin asset has arguably zero utility, as it isn't connected to the app ecosystem where Kin is earned and spent.
The Regulators
Coinbase isn't the only organization involved in crypto that has a problem with tokens that lack the combination of decentralization and utility. The Securities and Exchange Commission of the United States (SEC) regulates the sale of securities assets to and from citizens of the US. The SEC has recently developed a greater interest in enforcing securities laws in the cryptocurrency space, particularly with respect to tokens sold in an initial coin offering event (ICO), which is how the Kin Foundation raised their development funds. After issuing guidance on non-compliant token sales such as The DAO, and taking enforcement action against sales in-progress like Munchee, and completed token sales like Centra, the SEC has been intensely deliberating amongst themselves and other US regulatory bodies to develop a better framework for how the laws should apply to crypto assets.
In June, the head of the SEC's Division of Corporation Finance issued an unofficial statement that Bitcoin and Ethereum are not securities, and that the decentralized status of their blockchains was a key determining factor in reaching his conclusion. The SEC, which has had an open investigation into Kin's token sale since shortly after the conclusion of the sale (alongside investigations into dozens of other tokens), is keeping a close eye on how the Kin Foundation conducts itself, and may be watching how it proceeds towards decentralizing its blockchain, and whether it succeeds in providing meaningful utility to the Kin token. Exchanges based in the US, such as Coinbase, Gemini, Bittrex and others, are likely to be wary of listing assets that may fit the SEC's fuzzy criteria for a security token. And even if the atomic swap were achieved with only one node running the Kin blockchain, the utility of the token would remain limited to that centralized chain, therein not qualifying the ERC20 asset for real utility.
The Partners
Kin has also had a hard time onboarding major partners, as well as smaller developers in the absence of any programmatic incentives for integrating their cryptocurrency. It is plausible that some app companies, who likely follow the crypto space to some degree, aren't sold on the idea of implementing a currency over which so much power is held by one or two entities, or which is still lacking so many of the fundamental infrastructural features necessary to make it all 'work.' This presents something of a 'chicken and egg' scenario, in which exchanges, regulators, apps and investors are hesitant to partner with a blockchain so centralized and feature-incomplete today, which means they won't run nodes for Kin, which means the blockchain won't become decentralized enough to unblock those missing features.
Naturally, the 'seven nodes' requirement raises several key questions, the first of which we (at NuFi) feel we already know the answer to.
So, why does Kin need at least seven nodes?
I'll defer to Adam to comment on this:
"While it's important that Kin not be recognized as a security, it is also important that the network not be recognized as a Money Services Business (MSB) by FINCEN.
As we noted within "How Does the Kin Consensus Protocol (KCP) Work?" the Kin network will need a series of federated validator nodes within the network to create balanced quorum slices who can ultimately ensure >66% accepting votes in a network consensus.
So why seven?
Having 7 nodes ensures that no entity controls more than 20% of the vote. Which seems to be the magic number the Kin Foundation believes results in the network not being considered a money services business.
What is so special about 7 nodes and the 20% number?
For the Kin Consensus Protocol to successfully validate a transaction, the network must reach a consensus of >66% of votes. These votes are voted on by overlapping quorum slices, where within each one of those quorum slices a >66% or greater vote must take place.
Since members who follow a quorum slice can have their vote changed by the quorum slice they follow, it actually takes significantly less than 66% of voting power to influence the network.
In fact, if a single actor (entity or user) were to control 20% of the votes in a Federated Byzantine Agreement network (like Kin or Stellar), and all quorum slices within that network overlapped, that it is almost mathematically impossible for the network to vote the same way as the actor who controls 20%. In order to defeat the vote of the 20% actor, every other tangential quorum slice would have to cast their primary vote against the vote of that actor. If any single node within the network that is in a tangential quorum slice were instead to vote in favor of that vote, or vote to accept that vote, or to fail to vote, it would create a domino effect of quorum slices changing their votes due to the level of influence this node has.
The only other way around this would be to isolate that node (or those nodes) in a specific quorum slice, which runs the risk in turn of leaving us with disjointed quorums which result in a broken network.
Given this, anyone who controlled more than 20% of the federated nodes that were default to a Federated Byzantine Agreement network would have the power to:
- Always get their vote approved even if it was the initial minority vote.
- Hold the network hostage with fractured quorum slices.
In any scenario in which a minority entity (or entities), or a minority of the voting nodes can exercise control over the majority, the network is no longer decentralized and therefore can not be considered exempt as a money services business.
At 7 federated nodes, we are able to create interdependent quorum slices, where no one node has excessive voting power and the majority favor always plays out within these votes."
Who is running a node today?
As mentioned above, the only confirmed node operator to date is Kik Interactive, developers of the Kik chat app (and current parent company of the not-for-profit Kin Foundation). It's possible that the two other apps that have partnered with the project, IMVU and Perfect365, are also running (or planning to run) nodes, but we aren't clear on that.
Who will run nodes in the future, and when?
It's possible that the Foundation has stipulated in its terms of partnership with apps like IMVU and Perfect365 that they are to run full nodes for the network as soon as they're ready for integration, but this has never been stated. As for smaller developers and followers of the project, the Foundation hasn't yet made it clear what the operating costs to run a node will be, and they also haven't published all of the code necessary to get a full node running on the new blockchain. A preliminary documentation FAQ uncovered on Github a month ago estimated a cost of upwards of $2000/month for Kin blockchain nodes. So, in the meantime, Kin may need four additional major app partners to run nodes in order to achieve their goal of seven.
Other blockchains have thousands of nodes. How does the Kin blockchain have fewer than seven nodes after a whole year since raising $100 million and beginning development?
While Kin started raising funds over a year ago, they didn't shift blockchain strategy to forking Stellar, thus needing to build their own network of nodes, until May. And because these nodes need to be sufficiently independent of each other in order to truly decentralize the network, they can't just buy Amazon AWS instances around the world and claim decentralization. They also may be bound by what incentives or funding they can offer node operators, as the Foundation paying for others to run nodes could easily raise eyebrows over the threat of collusion. Still, with nearly five months behind them, and a major fundraise completed, it is concerning that the Foundation hasn't yet been able to onboard more than just two apps to participate in the ecosystem, and presumably, in consensus as well.
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