Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain
Blockchain and cryptocurrency news and analysis by David Gerard
Markets are completely screwed, nobody knows what anything is worth, and the hard problem is keeping everyone in basic food and shelter. Nobody cares about your novelty crypto collectibles.
“It has been [0] days since the last inexplicably rare loss of customer funds from a Bitcoin exchange”
I asked some crypto contacts what questions normal people have been asking them about Facebook’s whacky crypto-Bitcoiny thing — and any questions they had themselves.
How to get through Bitfinex’s bulletproof Know Your Customer process — click the “Not a US Resident” button.
And the FUDCon 2019 exploratory committee. With T-shirts for PTK:SV and PTK Classic.
So much for the “business deals in parking lots” market.
“The more experienced a respondent is, the more likely they are to say blockchain technology is an irresponsible use of resources.”
And the week’s opinion pieces — some sane and lucid … some not so much.
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.
“Fire and Fury” seems to be a title that shifts copies, so let’s see how it goes.