Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain
Blockchain and cryptocurrency news and analysis by David Gerard
Wright: “I was shot twice, and evidence of it is likely to still exist on the Internet for all my efforts to have destroyed it.” Which is why he posted it to Medium, where nobody will ever see it.
“craig wright is not satoshi, in the exact same way that you or i are not satoshi” — Boxturret.
Canada has a sudden interest in regulating cryptocurrency.
Just call me Tom Marvolo Ripple — Lorp Volpemort.
“A giant shared but segmented database, with the word ‘blockchain’ stuck on it.” All on the IBM Cloud.
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.
“The market can stay irrational longer than you can retain hope for humanity.”
You know how everyone was wondering when the SEC would do something about the crypto space? Looks like they’re getting into motion.
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.
The FOIA request denial from the CFTC over Bitfinex and Tether is particularly interesting.