Debunking ‘But Bitcoin is like the early Internet!’
Of course it isn’t like the Internet. But this claim keeps coming up. Includes technologies Bitcoin and blockchains are actually comparable to.
News: Me at Intelligence Squared, MailChimp bans crypto, ICOs suing over ad bans, Reddit drops Bitcoin, Bitfinex avoids Petro, Sichuan demolishes hydro, bad blockchain laws, Wall Street not so blockchain
Crypto Fools’ Day is, of course, January 9. In cryptocurrency, every day is January 9.
Synthestech offers “cold transmutation” alchemy on the blockchain. Plus UFOs.
Did you know that bacteria can transmute copper, iron and tungsten into platinum and iridium? I certainly didn’t. In fact, I still don’t.
News: Krebs on CoinHive, Ledger hardware hack, regulators vs ICOs, Sierra Leone, RIP Mavrodi, JPMorgan, RokoCoin
And nothing about Twitter blocking crypto ads, because I posted about that last week.
Woolf University: college courses literally on the Ethereum blockchain
Courses will be purchased, and staff paid, in WOOLF tokens. And rather than a costly university administration — boo! hiss! — they’ll have … smart contracts!
Blockchain identity: Cambridge Analytica, but on the blockchain
We’ve been reminded in the past week just how dangerous vast collections of personal data can be. They won’t be less dangerous on a blockchain.
News: Petro and Russia, illegal porn on the blockchain, Tether, Mt. Gox, Twitter bans crypto ads, NSA scans Bitcoin, Kodak earnings call, Sierra Leone election not on the blockchain
Is it illegal to download a copy of the Bitcoin blockchain? Possibly.
Send in the Tether clones: TrueUSD, a “USD-backed stable cryptocurrency”
TrueUSD is a dollar-substitute cryptocurrency token that’s directly aiming itself at Tether’s user base.
News: Kleiman v. Wright, Playboy TV, SEC vs crypto hedge funds, Coinbase gets UK banking, Bitfinex’ed hires Palley, Mt. Gox the Movie, Twitter bans
Featuring the trailer from Effortless French, a.k.a. Mt. Gox the Movie.
Google bans ads for dodgy financial “products,” including cryptos
After the Facebook ban, nobody should be surprised that Google AdWords is banning crypto ads too — along with several other dodgy financial “products.”