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Wikipedia Signpost: Crypto and bitcoins and blockchains, oh no!

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Jan 27,2020
Comments: 2
Tags: decred , ditto pr , liz bagot , wikipedia

Wikipedia despises spam. If you try to buy your way into Wikipedia, we despise you too.
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News: LocalBitcoins less local, Cryptopia, QuadrigaCX, crypto banking, Telegram, Wirecard, EOS Voice, Kik and Defund Crypto, Wright gets a copyright competitor

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Jun 03,2019
Comments: 0
Tags: amy castor , asx , australia , barclays , bundesbank , cftc , chainalysis , civil , coinbase , craig wright , cryptopia , defend crypto , deutsche boerse , eos , facebook , globalcoin , hodlcast , iota , jaguar , kik , links , localbitcoins , quadrigacx , ransomware , telegram , visa , voice , wei liu , wikipedia , wirecard

So much for the “business deals in parking lots” market.
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News: Crypto Visa issuer fined by Gibraltar, ICOpocalypse, US Congress, BitMEX, EOS, OmiseGo, Laurie Penny

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Dec 12,2018
Comments: 0
Tags: /r/buttcoin , ari paul , bitcoin magazine , bitmex , blockchain terminal , boaz manor , cas piancey , cme , coinbase , consensys , copytrack , darren soto , digital gold , eerke boiten , elaine ou , eos , etf , ethereum classic , gibraltar , ico , iota , jane hume , kodakone , lauriepenny , lenovo , links , michael casey , omisego , paul vigna , sec , shaun macdonald , singapore , ted budd , tether , the truth machine , tim swanson , united states , venezuela , visa , warren davidson , wavecrest , wikipedia

And the week’s opinion pieces — some sane and lucid … some not so much.
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News: Poloniex NDA to get your own money back, Bisq sets up a DAO, Bitcoin over Ethereum

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Oct 27,2018
Comments: 0
Tags: bisq , bitcoin , drm , ethereum , everipedia , initiative q , lightning network , links , nouriel roubini , poloniex , royal mint , sony , the dao , wbtc , wikipedia

The technical term for “immutable smart contract, immune to human interference” is “sitting duck for hackers.”
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News: The SEC swings into action, Marshall Islands SOV, Papua New Guinea, new stablecoins, Indian crypto legality, R3 and Ripple settle, Star Xu of Okex detained, KodakCoin

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Sep 11,2018
Comments: 0
Tags: 44coin , amanda gutterman , asx , australia , azure , barry eichengreen , barry honig , bitfarms , bittorrent , celsius , cethf , civil , consensys , cxbtf , diamond reserve club , digital asset , eli l. lewitt , gemini dollar , high times , ico , icox innovations , imf , india , joe lubin , john o'rourke , kodakcoin , kodakone , kraken , ledger atlas , lenny kugel , links , maksim zaslavskiy , marshall islands , microsoft , okex , papua new guinea , paul vigna , paxos standard , preston byrne , r3 , raymond dearie , recoin , riot blockchain , ripple , ryde , sean russell , sec , sov , star xu , tokenlot , tron , twitter , wenn digital , wikipedia

You know how everyone was wondering when the SEC would do something about the crypto space? Looks like they’re getting into motion.
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News: Me on launching an ICO, SEC on ICOs, CFTC subpoenas exchanges, KodakCoin and NBA/NHL, 51% attacks, Mona Lisa on the blockchain, EOS security, York retrospective

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Jun 12,2018
Comments: 2
Tags: bebo white , blockchain , cftc , cme , david golumbia , de nederlandsche bank , eos , expedia , frances coppola , geth , global blockchain technologies , ico , internet archive , kodakcoin , links , rory cellan-jones , sec , terence eden , topline comms , verisart , wikipedia

Pictures from York. And “Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain” is cheap in Canada this month!
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News: Me in York this Saturday, Bitcoin unpopular, Kik not so keen on blockchains, SEC vs Titanium, Request and Wikipedia update

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Jun 05,2018
Comments: 0
Tags: kik , links , request network , sec , titanium , wikimedia france , wikipedia , xerxes

Plus adventures in blockchain punditry.
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News: IOTA cultists, Ethereum as security, exchange regulation and market manipulation, Wikipedia

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Apr 28,2018
Comments: 1
Tags: andreesen horowitz , curtis yarvin , elizabeth sandifer , ethereum , financial times , fundstrat , india , iota , kim nilsson , kraken , lightning network , links , mark karpeles , mt gox , sergei mavrodi , ucl , urbit , whalepool , wikipedia

IOTA’s fan base are remarkable. Also: crypto market manipulation, and good pieces on Mt. Gox and Sergei Mavrodi.
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No, Wikipedia is not in a crypto partnership with the Request Network — don’t believe the hype

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Apr 27,2018
Comments: 2
Tags: ico , request network , wikimedia foundation , wikimedia france , wikipedia

The Request Network does not have a deal with Wikipedia or the Wikimedia Foundation. They are misrepresenting a deal with Wikimedia France, a local Wikimedia chapter. Also detailed: the Request ICO white paper.
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News: Buttcoin 2017, ICOs, Parity bailout, NiceHash post-mortem, cashing in bitcoins, Wikipedia, Lightning Network

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Dec 12,2017
Comments: 0
Tags: /r/buttcoin , bitcoin , coindesk , ico , lightning network , links , munchee , nicehash , parity , sec , wikipedia

The SEC’s action against Munchee is particularly noteworthy for how generic the dodgy ICO in question is.
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