News: blockchain MEP Eva Kaili corruption arrest, Nigerian CBDC rewrite, BBC blockchain misadventures
RMS Titanic NFTs: You wouldn’t download a corpse.
Tag: web3
News: Failed football sponsorships, Hetzner v. Ethereum, Saylor’s DC tax, Crypto.com forgets AUD$10m
Come and see me in Nashville!
Tortoise Media: Making sense of Web3 with Luke Gbedemah — with Stephen Diehl, Geoffrey Huntley and David Gerard
The levels are all over the place, so get ready to adjust the volume on the fly. But our content was excellent, and it’s worth the effort. It runs a bit over an hour.
The prehistory of NFTs
This is a draft of part one of the history chapter for our planned NFT book. Corrections and nitpicking are most welcomed!
News: Facebook’s Zuck Bucks; Worldcoin wants your eyeballs; Bitcoin miners still can’t sell their coins; NFT gaming fails
“please note how they’ve taken the actual melbourne course design and just … pasted it onto the sydney image. so half the track is underwater.”
News: Crypto crime statistics, Axie Infinity hack, Kevin Roose debunked, Lightning Network speed, NFT lawsuits
I shall henceforth be calling Bitcoin mining “extreme bingo.”
News: BBC pulls crypto documentary, sports NFT failures, mining in Siberia
“Does Anyone else working in a crypto company feel this is all a scam?”
News: El Salvador phone tapping, Bitcoin in Tonga, Associated Press NFTs, books
President Bukele’s office denies everything, and doubtless won’t rest until they find the real hacker.
News: El Salvador volcano bonds to sell for tethers, Bitcoin didn’t cause Kazakhstan riots, lawsuits on the blockchain, MobileCoin live on Signal, Craig Wright sued again
Bitfinex Securities will not charge a fee for this. They’re just being nice, see.
News: David Marcus quits Facebook, WhatsApp uses Novi, corporate NFT disasters
NFT promoters need to be forced to walk the streets ringing a bell, yelling “UNCLEAN,” and wearing a scarlet ฿.