YouGov Direct’s “GDPR-compliant” blockchain — GDPR-laundering as a service
Polling company YouGov think that, with YouGov Direct, they can sell demographic data to advertisers in a suitably GDPR-laundered manner. Using … the blockchain!
How to record Skype audio on a PC — Open Broadcaster Software (obs-studio)
A surprisingly common technical problem — elegantly solved!
West Virginia’s Voatz blockchain voting pilot … is another single-user blockchain as a database
The West Virginia blockchain voting pilot just records the votes in a private blockchain, used as a database. Apparently, this is a big win for voting on the blockchain.
News: Me in York this Saturday, Bitcoin unpopular, Kik not so keen on blockchains, SEC vs Titanium, Request and Wikipedia update
Plus adventures in blockchain punditry.
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?
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.