Summer reading for the cryptocurrency skeptic: part 1
Phew, what a scorcher! Why not sit back with a book or ten on the most fascinating subject in the world: financial shenanigans.
Tag: david golumbia
Podcast: I Don’t Speak German #85: Crypto Fascists, with David Gerard
This podcast is not about Bitcoin — it’s about Nazis. But neo-Nazis like Bitcoin, ‘cos they keep getting kicked off the actual-money payment processors.
News: Quadriga, the merchant case for cryptos, Ripple, Malta, Coinbase buys Neutrino, CoinHive shuts down, EOS hack, Tether on TRON
“It shows how an accused fraudster might sell himself and his fantastical story using the modern tools of the internet age.”
News: SEC subpoena storm, KodakCoin, QuadrigaCX funds frozen, exchange shenanigans
I have Internet at home again! Here’s news from the past few weeks.
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!
News: don’t pay ransomware, China, Japan, ICO plagiarism, fake exchange volume, cryptid-currency
Plus some good recent opinion pieces, and book news.
Fire and Fury: merchant de-adoption, Visa, Bitcoin futures, porn ICO, Ripple, market cap collapse, book pics
“Fire and Fury” seems to be a title that shifts copies, so let’s see how it goes.
News: BTC price versus Tethers, Tapscotts, Joi Ito, Ello, Wikipedia, Sirer, Osborne on Golumbia
Expect more Bitcoin price rises soon, because SO MANY Tethers are being pumped into the system.
Commentary: TokenSpread, Nelson Rosario, David Golumbia, Quinn DuPont on The DAO
And Ian Bogost on protecting the plums in your icebox.
Hello, blockchain! IRS, Enigma hack, music, Brexit, boiler rooms
Let’s get a proper crypto blog going — the blog of the book — because yet another blog to run is just what I need …
(My commiserations to the cryptographers and cryptologists who read that fifth word and died a little inside. I’m afraid it’s becoming proper finance jargon. And even chlorine won’t clear it up.)
And Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain is now a college text.