Patreon payment changes and what they mean for you
Patreon have put in a new payment structure. Every transaction now attracts a fee of 2.9% plus 35 cents, paid by the patron. Many creators are very unhappy.
News: NiceHash hack, Bitfinex makes the news, Steam drops Bitcoin, SEC vs ICO, Venezuela, book news, I have to mention CryptoKitties
All the stuff I didn’t have time to post in the past few days, plus the fallout from the stuff I did have time to post.
Bitfinex rattles legal sabres at critics, Tether fails to redeem USDT 1m for dollars
I was reluctant to compare Bitfinex’s public relations moves to Scientology in my Friday post, but today they are threatening to sue critics to shut them up. Rather than release material facts that would assuage concerns. Also, you can’t actually redeem Tethers.
Me on a Russia-1 TV segment about bitcoins and crypto investing
I get fifteen seconds on prime time Russian news TV!
Smart contracts, Heise Technology Review, Oktober 2017: full interview in English
I did an interview for Heise Technology Review, Oktober 2017. It’s been a few months since it was published, so here are my original unedited answers in English.
News: Coinbase payout trouble, CFTC vs CME and CBOE Bitcoin futures, Bitfinex and Bitfinexed
Plus book news. There should be a cheap deal on Kindle India this month, but I can’t find it …
Bitfinex/Tether and 5W PR mount the worst public relations campaign I’ve seen in a while
When you can’t pound on the facts, pound on the table. A PR initiative that will convince nobody who they need to convince.
News: Tether from cryptos, $10,000, Tesla charging station mining, CME Bitcoin futures, Ethereum dinner, book news
Plus: the worst bootleg version I’ve ever seen of any book, and it was of mine.
News: Hong Kong, SEC and ICOs, Ethereum roadmap, the Bitcoin bank run, CryoGen recommend my article
The best bit is where CryoGen recommend the article where I detail why what they’re selling doesn’t work. I suppose I did call them sincere.
The World Food Programme’s much-publicised “blockchain” has one participant — i.e., it’s a database
A case study in applied business “blockchain.” The cost savings came entirely from the fact of pulling it all in-house.