Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain

News: Bitcoin trading near-dead, MooCowMoo does a Dash, Lightning Network, CBDCs are a bluff, Keybase alienates users

I must say, I was sorely disappointed to hear such disconcerting news about esteemed senior financial adviser … (checks notes) … ah, “Moo Cow Moo.”
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VeriPart: 3-D printed aircraft parts, but on the blockchain — for no good reason

It’s nearly the end of 2019, and the Wall Street Journal is still running puff-pieces on stupid blockchain tricks.
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News: IDAX and Upbit hacks, Binance threatens The Block, Tether sued again, Libra Association, Craig Wright attorney fees, EOS centralises,

Come see me on the Intelligence Squared panel in London on Thursday afternoon — free!
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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!
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Economist podcast — Futurewatch: The crypto craze — featuring me

The Economist’s latest episode of Futurewatch — concerning our favourite topic. It’s about 24 minutes.
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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!
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Canada’s Einstein Exchange shuts down — and all the money’s gone

HOW DOES THIS KEEP HAPPENING? Oh yeah, I forgot — it’s crypto.
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Meme of the day

This could have saved me so much time over the past couple of years.
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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.
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