Ujo’s second attempt at music on the blockchain: EGO by RAC
Anyone can posit an easier version of something if they don’t bother with the hard bits.
News: Securing plutonium, unsecuring Trezor, Twitter, NHS WannaCry, LSE review of the book
I’ve also sold a surprising and pleasing number of books.
The Dilbert ICO: analysing Scott Adams’ crypto offering, WhenHub SAFT
Scott Adams, author of Dilbert, has started something very like an ICO. What’s he offering, and how is it claimed to work?
News: Bitcoin Gold craters, CoinHive DNS hijack, crypto vs credit, regulatory sandboxing, Australia.
Interesting to see the “free money fork” model fail on literally the second attempt.
Commentary: TokenSpread, Nelson Rosario, David Golumbia, Quinn DuPont on The DAO
And Ian Bogost on protecting the plums in your icebox.
Bitcoin in popular culture: Andrew Hickey, “The Basilisk Murders,” ch 1: the sort of person who runs Singularity conferences
An excerpt from The Basilisk Murders by Andrew Hickey, a murder mystery set in a conference about the Singularity.
News: Google vs web miners, who runs a blockchain, market manipulation, ineffable Bitcoin, Tezos
That face when Tim Draper doesn’t buy the line that he spent $1.5 million on “tote bags.”
News: pegged cryptos, Bittrex, Bitcoin uses 5/6 of an Ireland, mattress journalism, suing Satoshi
And Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain is still $3.20 on Kindle Canada!
News: Regulatory warnings, ICO shenanigans, Bitcoin forks, Bitcoin and the yuan
Some ICOs are even dodgier than others; Bitcoin’s fork family; regulators sending more warning shots.
The Russian “cryptoruble” story: what’s actually happening here
The latest “крипторубль” proposal. This time, it’s supported by Putin.