News: Australia “nah mate” to blockchains, Bitfinex/Tether push Rothschild conspiracy theories, JPEG blockchain DRM, miners as locusts, Initiative Q
“The market can stay irrational longer than you can retain hope for humanity.”
Year: 2018
Vincent Chen and Wallok: 99 Bitcoins and an Elephant — warn your children about the grim cyberpunk future
A fully-worked example of Silicon Valley tunnel vision, where bitcoiners’ dreams of the grim meathook post-apocalyptic Mad Max petrolpunk future have come true.
Bitfinex’s banking problems solved: SNITCHES GET STITCHES
The Bitfinex crypto exchange has discovered a truly remarkable solution to its banking problems — but don’t tell anyone. ‘Cos snitches get stitches.
Is Bitcoin going TO THE MOON? No, it’s Tether going down the plughole
If a dollar costs 85 cents … you have to wonder what’s up with that dollar.
News: What’s wrong with Civil, Bitfinex deposits suspended, Liquid is live, Proof of Work must die
“Cryptos Drop Day After Summer Solstice = Occult Manipulation?” um, ok
Everipedia: The Wikipedia for being wrong … but on the blockchain
Everipedia is not going to revolutionise the world of knowledge production.
News: SEC subpoena storm, KodakCoin, QuadrigaCX funds frozen, exchange shenanigans
I have Internet at home again! Here’s news from the past few weeks.
Blockchain: Magic (Probably) Doesn’t Happen — How to sell a hash tree as a tech revolution — Royal Holloway, Thursday 4 October 2018
A talk for the Information Security Group at Royal Holloway. A basic overview of the engineering and computer science problems of blockchain and smart contract promises. On video!
Answers from the author for Winifred Poster’s “Virtual Money” course
A video in which I answer student questions for a class that features Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain as a course text.
Royal Institution, Monday 24 September 2018, 7pm: Blockchain: hope or hype?
The Royal Institution is running a blockchain panel, Blockchain: Hope Or Hype? with me as last-second drop-in moderator. Speakers are John Domingue of the Knowledge Media Institute at the Open University, and Sajida Zouarhi from Consensys. Come along and ask pointed questions!