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Debunking ‘But Bitcoin is like the early Internet!’

5th April 201823rd March 2021 - by David Gerard - 18 Comments.

Of course it isn’t like the Internet. But this claim keeps coming up. Includes technologies Bitcoin and blockchains are actually comparable to.

News: Me at Intelligence Squared, MailChimp bans crypto, ICOs suing over ad bans, Reddit drops Bitcoin, Bitfinex avoids Petro, Sichuan demolishes hydro, bad blockchain laws, Wall Street not so blockchain

2nd April 201812th April 2018 - by David Gerard - 1 Comment

Crypto Fools’ Day is, of course, January 9. In cryptocurrency, every day is January 9.

Blockchain identity: Cambridge Analytica, but on the blockchain

22nd March 201813th February 2021 - by David Gerard - 4 Comments.

We’ve been reminded in the past week just how dangerous vast collections of personal data can be. They won’t be less dangerous on a blockchain.

Leaked: A bad EU motion promoting blockchains coming up for vote — contact your MEPs

16th February 201821st February 2018 - by David Gerard - 4 Comments.

The EU Parliament Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) is voting on a motion that’s a compendium of every spurious hypothetical blockchain use case they could find — so it’s worth answering in full. Contact your MEPs as well.

Do you need a Blockchain? Probably less than Wüst and Gervais think you do

10th February 20186th June 2018 - by David Gerard - 9 Comments.

Wüst and Gervais’ paper “Do you need a Blockchain?” is pretty good, but goes a bit far in claiming use cases for blockchains. You’ll basically never need a so-called “permissioned blockchain.”