News: TRON paying BitTorrent seeders, crypto miners in games, SIM hijacking, blockchain is useless, Bitcoin is useless, James Mickens
I particularly commend the James Mickens video.
Tag: blockchain
eMusic releases its blockchain ICO plan! … it’s not very good
eMusic’s plan: 1. Collect a large pile of money. 2. Write an all-new music platform that does everything! 3. Pay people in eMusic magic beans. This has a number of flaws.
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.
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.
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.
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.”
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!
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!
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.
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.