PDF of Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain now available on Google Play Books
PDF now available at Google Play, and the ePub is still cheap at Smashwords for one more day!
Eric Geissinger: Virtual Billions — looking at Bitcoin through a libertarian lens
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.
News: Bitcoin as Ponzi, Australian bank blocks, schadenfreude, Hypebot, books
A quiet day, but with some good bits. Get yourself a good free ebook too.
Self-published paperbacks: make your line art PNGs non-transparent!
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 bitcoin joke
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 …
News: IBM Blockchain, Sergei Mavrodi, carders hate Bitcoin, blockchain use cases, market manipulations
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.
NiceHash returns, sort of! No payouts until 0.1 BTC, but I’m sure it’ll be fine
NiceHash say they’ll pay back hacked users some time or another, and will announce just when by 31 January 2018 — note that this is the announcement date, not the reimbursement date.
News: Christmas meme roundup
What a fun week it’s been in the land of Bitcoin!
Why you can’t cash out pt 2: Bitcoin and Know Your Customer/Anti-Money Laundering laws (KYC/AML)
KYC/AML regulations are an endless source of woe for the Bitcoin trader. Why don’t banks want to go near Bitcoin? It’s not fear of competition.
BBC Bitcoin feature: My 400 coin bet paid off, but is it too late for others?
A slightly longer version of me being interviewed by the BBC for Wednesday’s News at Ten. This time the book title’s on the screen!