lightning network | Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain

News: Intelligence Squared podcast, SEC rejects Bitcoin ETF, eMusic are broke, Ethereum ponzis incompetent as well as bad, Brock Pierce on Australian TV

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Jul 27,2018
Comments: 0
Tags: andreas brekken , australia , bittorrent , brock pierce , emusic , gdpr , lightning network , links , sec , tether , tron , winklevoss twins

Brock Pierce getting yelled at is quality television.
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News: BBC on Kodak KashMiner, Indian crypto ponzi, China crypto gambling, Vinnik to France, Ethereum clog, institutional investors don’t want cryptos

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Jul 16,2018
Comments: 0
Tags: alexander vinnik , andreas brekken , blackrock , btc-e , china , david birch , ethereum , fujitsu , halston mikail , ico , ifishyunyu , india , kashminer , kodak , lightning network , links , massena , new york , satis group , spotlite

I posted about the KashMiner that never was, five days before the BBC.
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News: International crypto tax crimes force, Coinbase Custody and ETC, ERC-20 vulnerability database, UBI Blockchain, Li Xiaolai tells the truth, Lightning Network

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Jul 07,2018
Comments: 4
Tags: coinbase , diar , electronic transaction clearing , ethereum , irs , li xiaolai , lightning labs , lightning network , links , matt levine , ubi blockchain

Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain is CDN$1.99 in Canada, July only!
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News: Me at Intelligence Squared on Monday, darknet busts, Ross Ulbricht appeal rejected, Bitfinex/Tether, Expedia drops Bitcoin, GiveCrypto

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Jun 29,2018
Comments: 0
Tags: battbump , bitfinex , expedia , givecrypto , hdac , lightning network , links , ross ulbricht , tether

No, there wasn’t a double-spend on Tether — just an exchange error. And the Lightning Network still doesn’t work. And don’t forget Intelligence Squared on Monday!
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News: me at Intelligence Squared next Monday, Lightning Network 99% failure rate, Nvidia video card glut, Microsoft/EY blockchain, Reserve Bank of Australia, US Secret Service, art on the blockchain

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Jun 26,2018
Comments: 0
Tags: artnet , australia , ey , intelligence squared , lightning network , links , microsoft , nvidia , secret service

The Lightning Network must be the future of Bitcoin scaling! ‘Cos it’s a stupendous failure in the present.
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Bitcoin’s stupendous power waste is green, apparently — bad excuses for Proof-of-Work

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On May 22,2018
Comments: 11
Tags: andreas antonopoulos , ari paul , bitcoin , bnp paribas , capgemini , casper , chelan , china , coincenter , ethereum , lightning network , nick szabo , peter van valkenbergh , plattsburgh , saifedean ammous , the bitcoin standard , the internet of money , visa

Did you know that Bitcoin using 0.1% of all the electricity on earth, and 0.5% by the end of the year, is actually good? Huge if true.
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