News: IOTA cultists, Ethereum as security, exchange regulation and market manipulation, Wikipedia
IOTA’s fan base are remarkable. Also: crypto market manipulation, and good pieces on Mt. Gox and Sergei Mavrodi.
Author: David Gerard
No, Wikipedia is not in a crypto partnership with the Request Network — don’t believe the hype
The Request Network does not have a deal with Wikipedia or the Wikimedia Foundation. They are misrepresenting a deal with Wikimedia France, a local Wikimedia chapter. Also detailed: the Request ICO white paper.
Smart contracts, stupid humans: new major Ethereum ERC-20 token bugs BatchOverflow and ProxyOverflow
Smart contracts are fundamentally bad software engineering, part 666 in a never-ending series.
Bitcoin’s continuing failure to substitute for gold
Bitcoin maximalists think Bitcoin is the perfect substitute for gold. Not even gold fans listen to them. But what would it take for Bitcoin to achieve this?
News: 14,000 CryptoKitties to kill Ethereum, history of Earn.com’s PiTato, ransomware, cryptographers on cryptocurrency
Also: I need titles for the sequel to Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain!
“Welcome to the Blockchain”: my slides from Berenberg’s “Blockchain: From Hype To Reality”
I did a talk today — here’s the slides. Explaining blockchains, why Bitcoin fans are like they are, and blockchain use cases in business.
News: NY Attorney General exchange inquiry, LocalBitcoins KYC, Baidu copies KodakOne, Cambridge Analytica on the blockchain, coal-fired followup
The NY Attorney General has not yet brought the hammer down on the exchanges. So far he’s just holding it in the air suggestively.
CreateSpace error in your favour — signed copies of “Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain” available! £10ea in quantity!
So … I’m under a large pile of physical books again.
Australian coal-fired power plant to mine Bitcoin: just a penny stock pump — with “corrupt” backers
Like adding “Blockchain” to your name to pump your stock price. Everyone and everything linked to it is inept, crooked or both.
News: UK Parliament Inquiry Friday, Monero and Ethereum vs ASICs, Bitfinex and Poland, Ripple tries to buy XRP onto exchanges
Get your UK Parliamentary submission in without delay!