Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Nearly 30 years of experience in the Korean/Asian equity research. Major sectors coverage include the following:
- Technology 
- Consumer 
- Special Situations/Deep Value Plays
- Tender Offers/M&As
- Holdcos/Stubs
- Asian Unicorns/Private Companies

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MimbleWimble is a powerful, positive technological development in the crypto space. There is an increasing possibility that MimbleWimble protocol may become a sidechain to Bitcoin in the future. The launch of Beam and Grin cryptocurrencies in January 2019 is likely to be just the start of many more MimbleWimble protocol based cryptos that may gain greater market acceptance. From a fundamental perspective, as an increasing number of people realize the benefits of using MimbleWimble alongside Bitcoin, this could be one of the reasons helping to drive Bitcoin price higher this year. </li>
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MimbleWimble is a privacy-oriented blockchain protocol which attempts to make transactions very anonymous, while still allowing for external verification on a highly scalable basis and maintaining quick verification.  
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<li>MimbleWimble has its share of weaknesses including potential government crackdown, slow adoption of MimbleWimble based cryptos by major exchanges, and lack of scripting language.</li>
<li>However, the clear superiority in anonymity, scalability, and fungibility of MimbleWimble may outweigh its negatives. All in all, MimbleWimble is one the key technological trends that will impact the cryptocurrencies/blockchain sector this year and it is worthwhile paying close attention on this technology. </li>
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MimbleWimble is a powerful, positive technological development in the crypto space. There is an increasing possibility that MimbleWimble protocol may become a sidechain to Bitcoin in the future. The launch of Beam and Grin cryptocurrencies in January 2019 is likely to be just the start of many more MimbleWimble protocol based cryptos that may gain greater market acceptance. From a fundamental perspective, as an increasing number of people realize the benefits of using MimbleWimble alongside Bitcoin, this could be one of the reasons helping to drive Bitcoin price higher this year. 

MimbleWimble is a privacy-oriented blockchain protocol which attempts to make transactions very anonymous, while still allowing for external verification on a highly scalable basis and maintaining quick verification.  

MimbleWimble has its share of weaknesses including potential government crackdown, slow adoption of MimbleWimble based cryptos by major exchanges, and lack of scripting language.
However, the clear superiority in anonymity, scalability, and fungibility of MimbleWimble may outweigh its negatives. All in all, MimbleWimble is one the key technological trends that will impact the cryptocurrencies/blockchain sector this year and it is worthwhile paying close attention on this technology. 


This Week in Blockchain & Cryptos: MimbleWimble - A Friend or Foe to Bitcoin?