Blockchain and cryptocurrency news and analysis by David Gerard
“A fish bowl with no food in it that fish keep jumping into because they heard it’s an all-you-can-eat buffet. And for the meanest fish, it is.” Why most Bitcoin on-paper “wealth” can never be realised.
Ripple: “who, us? Anything to do with the XRP pump? Ahahaha nonono!”
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.
The first review in a prominent literary context. I’m enormously pleased.
PDF now available at Google Play, and the ePub is still cheap at Smashwords for one more day!
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.
A quiet day, but with some good bits. Get yourself a good free ebook too.
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 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 …
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.