The mathcoins: decentralised cryptocurrency, without the blockchain?
You see a confusing page full of equations. Someone’s trying to sell you a token based on it. What do you do?
Author: David Gerard
News: Poloniex reverification, Asus 20 video card motherboard, TRON buys BitTorrent, lots of security issues
I got an Ethereum scammer, pretending to be me, at last!
Kodak pt 6: KodakCoins on sale! And the Reg A+ escape route
Handelsblatt in Germany describes KodakCoin as “highly dubious”, “a half-baked marketing gag” and “a stumbling company with a fading name looking for a capital strike.”
News: KodakCoin, FCA investigations, Ripple on TV, EU motion, Arizona blockchain veto
Plus my speaking dates in June and July.
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.
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.