Foreign Policy: Facebook’s New Currency Has Big Claims and Bad Ideas — by me
My latest for Foreign Policy is up at last. Here’s audio of the Carlos Maslatón quote.
Tag: facebook
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I think we can definitely speak in terms of Gerald Cotten’s “alleged” death.
FacebookCoin is being announced on Tuesday — and we still don’t know why it’s a crypto
Facebook are stressing that everyone should call their coin Libra, and not Facebook-anything. And definitely not ZuckerBucks.
News: LocalBitcoins less local, Cryptopia, QuadrigaCX, crypto banking, Telegram, Wirecard, EOS Voice, Kik and Defund Crypto, Wright gets a copyright competitor
So much for the “business deals in parking lots” market.
Facebook’s GlobalCoin — why are they doing it as a cryptocurrency?
No answer to the biggest question — why on earth would you do this on a blockchain in the first place?
Facebook’s planned “cryptocurrency” — which almost certainly isn’t one
You can say “crypto” all you like — but if you’re dealing in actual money, you have to work to the rules of actual money.
News: Facebook crypto coin, Electrum Pro theft, Upbit raided, Australia, Spanish taxes, Excel coin miners, Ben Shapiro’s Bitcoin IRA
What is bitcoin, anyway? A miserable little pile of nonces.
News: Bitfinex/Tether subpoena, AriseBank vs SEC, Facebook bans crypto ads
And the cheapest way to get a good video card now? Buy a high-end pre-built PC and rip it out.