News: Nvidia blockchain, new US crypto tax rules, the cryptoruble returns, Bitcoin vs Islamic law, advertising on the blockchain, the Ripple pump
Ripple: “who, us? Anything to do with the XRP pump? Ahahaha nonono!”
Author: David Gerard
AMD abandons remaining dignity, markets Radeon Vega Frontier to “Blockchain Pioneers”
Because running a hash calculation over and over so you can make a few dollars from a minor altcoin is just like being a scientific pioneer.
New York Review of Books: Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain is ‘a sober riposte to all the upbeat forecasts about cryptocurrency’
The first review in a prominent literary context. I’m enormously pleased.
PDF of Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain now available on Google Play Books
PDF now available at Google Play, and the ePub is still cheap at Smashwords for one more day!
Eric Geissinger: Virtual Billions — looking at Bitcoin through a libertarian lens
A book given to historical rambling, but the Ross Ulbricht/Silk Road chapter is particularly good and insightful on what happens when you overextend an ideology to the point of monstrosity.
News: Bitcoin as Ponzi, Australian bank blocks, schadenfreude, Hypebot, books
A quiet day, but with some good bits. Get yourself a good free ebook too.
Self-published paperbacks: make your line art PNGs non-transparent!
Adventures in self-publishing — the little details that go into a professional-quality final product. Following the rule of “just write,” let’s start deep in the details …
A bitcoin joke
A bunch of anarchocapitalists walk into a venture capitalist’s office wanting to perform their act. The venture capitalist asks what the act is and they reply …
News: IBM Blockchain, Sergei Mavrodi, carders hate Bitcoin, blockchain use cases, market manipulations
A bit of news, a few good opinion pieces, some nice book photos and the Christmas tweet selection. Also, you should sign up for the Patreon.
NiceHash returns, sort of! No payouts until 0.1 BTC, but I’m sure it’ll be fine
NiceHash say they’ll pay back hacked users some time or another, and will announce just when by 31 January 2018 — note that this is the announcement date, not the reimbursement date.