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The technical term for “immutable smart contract, immune to human interference” is “sitting duck for hackers.”
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Vincent Chen and Wallok: 99 Bitcoins and an Elephant — warn your children about the grim cyberpunk future
A fully-worked example of Silicon Valley tunnel vision, where bitcoiners’ dreams of the grim meathook post-apocalyptic Mad Max petrolpunk future have come true.
DPW restores hydroelectric plant in upstate NY for crypto mining. That’s good, right? And promotes the AntEater mining rig!
DPW would do far better just selling the electricity locally. This plan doesn’t make sense as a business.
News: Bitmain IPO, Bitcoin and Tether, Terpin v. AT&T, NVidia hates crypto, Vietman blocks mining rigs, Playboy v. GBT, Ethereum Ponzis, Bitcoin bail, Maersk v. shipping industry
Bitcoin explained: “imagine if keeping your car idling 24/7 produced solved Sudokus you could trade for heroin.”
News: BitFi hack, Court of the Blockchain, BitForex fake volume, .luxe for Ethereum domain names, crypto mining still environmentally awful, Bitcoin still useless, Tether
You can definitely trust John McAfee on all crypto-related matters. Maybe.
News: Bitcoin $9000, Tether $1.08, US cross-agency task force, Bancor hack, DIRT, Augur, LSE, Ethereum Classic
CRYPTO STANDS FOR CRYPTOSPORIDIUM.
News: Mt. Gox recovers, Bitcoin crashes, Bitfinex/Tether, Kaminska to Parliament, Hydro-Québec, TRON, EOS, Nano insecure keys
“I hate these extremely rare occurrences of crypto exchanges getting hacked once a week.”
Bitcoin’s stupendous power waste is green, apparently — bad excuses for Proof-of-Work
Did you know that Bitcoin using 0.1% of all the electricity on earth, and 0.5% by the end of the year, is actually good? Huge if true.
News: Bitcoin’s power consumption, Bing bans crypto ads, HoweyCoins, HTC’s blockchain phone, Whalepool vs Bitfinex
And how to research the Panama Papers yourself at home.