Virgil Griffith arrested over North Korea visit — engineer arrogance, but on the blockchain
There’s engineer arrogance, and then there’s whatever heady brew Griffith was huffing.
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A year of “good” news for Bitcoin — HODLers try to talk up a fresh crypto bubble
When a narrative fails, the bitcoiners just … never mention that one again!
Economist podcast — Futurewatch: The crypto craze — featuring me
The Economist’s latest episode of Futurewatch — concerning our favourite topic. It’s about 24 minutes.
News: Libra and stablecoins and FinCEN, China still hates crypto trading, Tether
And I’m doing another Intelligence Squared on Thursday 5 December — and this one’s free!
Canada’s Einstein Exchange shuts down — and all the money’s gone
HOW DOES THIS KEEP HAPPENING? Oh yeah, I forgot — it’s crypto.
Meme of the day
This could have saved me so much time over the past couple of years.
Facebook Pay does 100% of the useful bit of Libra. Why do a cryptocurrency as well? I still don’t know the answer
Yes, Facebook Pay does international remittances precisely as effectively as Libra will.
Telegram responds to the SEC complaint about the Grams ICO
The Howey test is so vague, and cryptos are so new! Who could know anything, really? See you in court.
Of course I’m spending hours fiddling with writing tools instead of writing, what else would I be doing. I fail to get along with Scrivener
With bonus taster from forthcoming Libra thing.
News: Libra stumbles on, Bitmex leaks customer list, Crypto Capital Corp arrest and indictment, Tether appeal, Blockchain for China, Kleiman v. Wright settlement fails, Telegram tokens delayed, UK tax for cryptos
“BITCONNECT SAID TO EXIT LIBRA CONSORTIUM FOR FEAR OF BAD PRESS”