Tag:blockchain

City A.M.: “Approach Blockchain with Caution” — as text

The text of of my article “Approach Blockchain with Caution,” from last week’s City A.M.
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City A.M.: “Approach Blockchain with Caution” by me

Today’s post is in this morning’s City A.M. — with Scared Business Guy versus BlockBot.
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Eddie Hughes MP on why the UK needs a Chief Blockchain Officer … whatever a “blockchain” is

Hughes’ report is full of exciting ideas — but only the excitement, and not the necessary substance.
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IBM, the GDPR and “blockchain” — whatever that word specifically means

The problem with special rules for “blockchains” is that there’s no definition of “blockchain” other than “whatever I’m trying to sell you right now.”
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News: Me on launching an ICO, SEC on ICOs, CFTC subpoenas exchanges, KodakCoin and NBA/NHL, 51% attacks, Mona Lisa on the blockchain, EOS security, York retrospective

Pictures from York. And “Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain” is cheap in Canada this month!
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YouGov Direct’s “GDPR-compliant” blockchain — GDPR-laundering as a service

Polling company YouGov think that, with YouGov Direct, they can sell demographic data to advertisers in a suitably GDPR-laundered manner. Using … the blockchain!
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West Virginia’s Voatz blockchain voting pilot … is another single-user blockchain as a database

The West Virginia blockchain voting pilot just records the votes in a private blockchain, used as a database. Apparently, this is a big win for voting on the blockchain.
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News: Zimbabwe crypto ban, crypto Lambos, Quinn DuPont, Bitmain and Circle with USD Coin, anime girls on the blockchain

Quinn DuPont’s book is going to be a good one, and you should get it when it’s out.
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“Welcome to the Blockchain”: my slides from Berenberg’s “Blockchain: From Hype To Reality”

I did a talk today — here’s the slides. Explaining blockchains, why Bitcoin fans are like they are, and blockchain use cases in business.
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Oh, eMusic, no — don’t go blockchain! Another Kodak moment

Today’s blockchain post is over on Rocknerd — it’s early dot-com era downloaded music company eMusic taking the final resort of an utterly buggered company.
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