The IMF’s central bank digital currency push is not about crypto — it’s about centralising banking
Control addiction, and the fallacy of big data.
Tag: /r/buttcoin
Do you need a Blockchain? Probably less than Wüst and Gervais think you do
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.”
News: Hardware wallet hack, IOTA review, Mone & Barrowman, 419 ICO, Roko’s Basilisk on the blockchain
And a podcast featuring me and the book.
Do your bit for democracy: vote in @ButtCoin‘s Twitter polls
Buttcoins are mined by proof of click.
BaldCoin™, the astounding new crypto asset from /r/buttcoin
I tweeted about the Lightning Network, and someone posted it to Reddit /r/btc as “Some old dude raising good questions about LN.” Of course, /r/buttcoin took its turn …
News: 1bn Tethers, NiceHash return, India, buying Bitcoin, FCA, Lightning Network, book news
One billion Tethers! Each and every one backed by a redeemable US dollar, of course, as they state. 800 million of those being loaned out on Bitfinex for margin trading.
CoinDesk 2017 Buttcoin retrospective, original version
The original version of my 2017 Buttcoin retrospective for CoinDesk, for your amusement.
News: Buttcoin 2017, ICOs, Parity bailout, NiceHash post-mortem, cashing in bitcoins, Wikipedia, Lightning Network
The SEC’s action against Munchee is particularly noteworthy for how generic the dodgy ICO in question is.
Jorge Stolfi explains Bitcoin versus Bitcoin Cash versus Segwit2x, with a train analogy
Trains as computer science analogy.
Bitcoin Gold, a new Bitcoin full-history fork on the GPU; SegWit2x; Bitcoin core claims “Bitcoin” and “BTC” names
Yet another Bitcoin fork. And Bitcoin core considers striking back, particularly against SegWit2x.