australia | Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain

The Australian National Blockchain: centralised IBM “smart contracts” for lawyers — with no code yet, only concept

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Nov 20,2018
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Tags: australia , australian national blockchain , blockchain , csiro , data61 , herbert smith freehills , ibm , king & wood mallesons , smart contract

“A giant shared but segmented database, with the word ‘blockchain’ stuck on it.” All on the IBM Cloud.
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Transcript: Digital Transformation Agency on blockchain to Australian Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee, Tuesday 23 October 2018

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Oct 24,2018
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Tags: australia , dean smith , digital transformation authority , peter alexander , randall brugeaud , zed seselja

The widely-reported quote was: “For every use of blockchain that you would consider today there is a better technology.” The full transcript goes into more nuance.
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News: Australia “nah mate” to blockchains, Bitfinex/Tether push Rothschild conspiracy theories, JPEG blockchain DRM, miners as locusts, Initiative Q

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Oct 23,2018
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Tags: asic , australia , barclays , bitfinex , bitfinexed , bitmain , cftc , china , france , initiative q , jpeg , kodakone , links , malta , prediction markets , ryan okrant , sec , setl , tether , touradj ebrahimi , zambia

“The market can stay irrational longer than you can retain hope for humanity.”
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News: The SEC swings into action, Marshall Islands SOV, Papua New Guinea, new stablecoins, Indian crypto legality, R3 and Ripple settle, Star Xu of Okex detained, KodakCoin

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Sep 11,2018
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Tags: 44coin , amanda gutterman , asx , australia , azure , barry eichengreen , barry honig , bitfarms , bittorrent , celsius , cethf , civil , consensys , cxbtf , diamond reserve club , digital asset , eli l. lewitt , gemini dollar , high times , ico , icox innovations , imf , india , joe lubin , john o'rourke , kodakcoin , kodakone , kraken , ledger atlas , lenny kugel , links , maksim zaslavskiy , marshall islands , microsoft , okex , papua new guinea , paul vigna , paxos standard , preston byrne , r3 , raymond dearie , recoin , riot blockchain , ripple , ryde , sean russell , sec , sov , star xu , tokenlot , tron , twitter , wenn digital , wikipedia

You know how everyone was wondering when the SEC would do something about the crypto space? Looks like they’re getting into motion.
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News: CBOE Ether futures, the invisible Petro, Civil and Associated Press, BitFi hacked worse

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Sep 01,2018
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Tags: associated press , australia , bitfi , bitfinex , cboe , chieftin , china , civil , coinbase , csiro , de nederlandsche bank , ethereum , ibm , john mcafee , links , nicole jonker , north korea , petro , qriously , quinn dupont , sec , theranos , tim draper , university college oxford

Plus good papers, opinion pieces and followups. And why surveys claiming amazing mainstream crypto uptake!! are made-up rubbish. Also, go hear Edmund Schuster and Angela Walch on Tuesday afternoon.
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