Explaining the Justice Department/CFTC criminal investigation into Bitcoin trading — and likely Bitfinex/Tether
A rundown of what market manipulations warrant a criminal investigation — and why Bitfinex/Tether are a likely focus.
Year: 2018
My evidence to the UK Treasury’s Digital Currencies Inquiry
My written evidence to the UK Treasury’s Digital Currencies Inquiry is finally up, as is everyone else’s.
Bitcoin’s stupendous power waste is green, apparently — bad excuses for Proof-of-Work
Did you know that Bitcoin using 0.1% of all the electricity on earth, and 0.5% by the end of the year, is actually good? Huge if true.
News: Bitcoin’s power consumption, Bing bans crypto ads, HoweyCoins, HTC’s blockchain phone, Whalepool vs Bitfinex
And how to research the Panama Papers yourself at home.
News: Zimbabwe crypto ban, crypto Lambos, Quinn DuPont, Bitmain and Circle with USD Coin, anime girls on the blockchain
Quinn DuPont’s book is going to be a good one, and you should get it when it’s out.
From Sia: an incendiary post on the state of cryptocurrency mining in 2018
If you first assume every detail of cryptocurrency is ridiculously corrupt, you’ll be more correct than not.
Ethereum Casper proof-of-stake only has to work well enough: Worse is Better in action
Casper is the new “proof-of-stake” system for Ethereum. It doesn’t have to work well enough for the ideologues — it just has to work well enough for the market.
News: Facebook crypto coin, Electrum Pro theft, Upbit raided, Australia, Spanish taxes, Excel coin miners, Ben Shapiro’s Bitcoin IRA
What is bitcoin, anyway? A miserable little pile of nonces.
Works in progress: the next blockchain book, and Roko’s Basilisk
Bitcoin remains a dumpster fire — but it’s just been quietly burning away of late. So I’ve been getting on with the next books. Why fill your brain with one project, when you can start two and fill all your brains.
News: suit against Ripple, Ronn Torossian, fake KodakCoins, sports blockchain
Come and see me in York in June! Tickets available from Tuesday morning!