{"id":6670,"date":"2018-04-28T18:08:52","date_gmt":"2018-04-28T18:08:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/?p=6670"},"modified":"2018-05-08T11:10:13","modified_gmt":"2018-05-08T11:10:13","slug":"news-iota-cultists-ethereum-as-security-exchange-regulation-and-market-manipulation-wikipedia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/2018\/04\/28\/news-iota-cultists-ethereum-as-security-exchange-regulation-and-market-manipulation-wikipedia\/","title":{"rendered":"News: IOTA cultists, Ethereum as security, exchange regulation and market manipulation, Wikipedia"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Is Ethereum a security? This is the sort of question the Ethereum Foundation and developers don&#8217;t really want people asking too much. A group of venture capitalists, led by\u00a0Andreessen Horowitz, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/04\/19\/technology\/virtual-currency-securities.html\">asked the SEC in late March<\/a> to give it a pass \u2014 much as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/news\/press-release\/2017-131\">they did The DAO.<\/a> Preston Byrne <a href=\"https:\/\/prestonbyrne.com\/2018\/04\/23\/on-ethereum-security\/\">is not certain Ethereum isn&#8217;t a security,<\/a> and goes into the question in some detail. Hasufly <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/hasufl\/ethereum-presale-dynamics-revisited-c1b70ac38448\">explores the 2015 ether presale,<\/a> the dynamics of how fast people bought the initial token offering of ether &#8230; and whether Ethereum insiders manipulated the price of ether.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>By the way, Andreessen Horowitz is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.recode.net\/2018\/4\/23\/17273766\/andreessen-horowitz-separate-crypto-fund\">launching a fund for crypto investments.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The Kraken crypto exchange posts its position on the <a href=\"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/2018\/04\/17\/news-ny-attorney-general-inquiry-localbitcoins-kyc-baidu-copies-kodakone-cambridge-analytics-on-the-blockchain-coal-fired-followup\/\">New York Attorney General&#8217;s letter to exchanges<\/a> \u2014 they&#8217;re convinced <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.kraken.com\/post\/1561\/krakens-position-on-regulation\/\">crypto doesn&#8217;t need or want regulation!<\/a> They think this will convince anyone else there isn&#8217;t a huge problem in need of action here.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Crypto traders may not care about market manipulation &#8230; but <a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/1262694\/crypto-traders-may-not-care-about-market-manipulation-but-governments-do\/\">governments do.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The Reserve Bank of India <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/c1bcfcae-42fe-11e8-803a-295c97e6fd0b\">cracks down on crypto exchanges<\/a> in a correct, thorough and effective manner. &#8220;India could be left behind in a crucial area of innovation.&#8221; Not in this one it won&#8217;t.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fundstrat.com\/\">Fundstrat<\/a> has started <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fundstrat\/status\/989543513401516035\">an index fund of stable coins<\/a> &#8230; things that are specifically constructed to hold a particular price. A fund of funds of US dollars. The point is not clear.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>There&#8217;s also something odd going on with the Twitter accounts of Whalepool members. See also <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ExkrementKoin\/status\/989676524377952256\">this<\/a> link-laden Twitter thread.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">bitfinex&#39;s whalepool soldiers sure are deleting a lot of tweets<\/p>\n<p>\ud83e\udd14 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CcSofSwIq4\">pic.twitter.com\/CcSofSwIq4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Buttcoin (@ButtCoin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ButtCoin\/status\/990093284247662597?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 28, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Apparently IamNomad locked his account for awhile to do some house-cleaning himself.  This tweet in particular is unpinned and GONE&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qHPROWBHbE\">pic.twitter.com\/qHPROWBHbE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ardoino&#39;ed (@ExkrementKoin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ExkrementKoin\/status\/990110214664933377?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 28, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>IOTA got a <a href=\"https:\/\/ftalphaville.ft.com\/2018\/04\/25\/1524628801000\/FUD--inglorious-FUD\/\">long-form writeup in the Financial Times!<\/a> Mostly about their fan base behaving like belligerent cultists, and documenting the long-running pattern of making threats against people saying anything negative about IOTA. Nicholas Weaver has been having lots of fun with them on his <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ncweaver\">Twitter.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The mainstream coverage of IOTA&#8217;s abusive behaviour causes fallout \u2014 &#8220;UCL Centre for Blockchain Technologies <a href=\"http:\/\/blockchain.cs.ucl.ac.uk\/\">is no longer associated with the IOTA Foundation.<\/a> In relation to recent news report, we reaffirm our support for open security research, as a prerequisite for understanding the assurances provided by any blockchain technology. It is inappropriate for security researchers to be subject to threats of legal action for disclosing their results.&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20180427223912\/http:\/\/blockchain.cs.ucl.ac.uk\">archive<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The IOTA article in Wikipedia got <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Special:Log&amp;page=IOTA_(technology)&amp;type=delete\">recreated<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Special:Log&amp;page=IOTA_(cryptocurrency)&amp;type=delete\">deleted<\/a> repeatedly on Monday, to the point where it was <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Special:Log&amp;page=IOTA_(technology)&amp;type=protect\">salted<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Special:Log&amp;page=IOTA_(cryptocurrency)&amp;type=protect\">against<\/a> recreation \u2014 because IOTA cultists just couldn&#8217;t hold off from being themselves. &#8220;If you don&#8217;t know, IOTA is an underdog that has its knife lined up the the Kaisers heart; we have enemies.&#8221;\u00a0um, OK. A draft version <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Draft_talk:IOTA_(cryptocurrency)\">has been started,<\/a> to be based on third-party <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:Identifying_reliable_sources\">Reliable Sources,<\/a> and not entirely on IOTA blog entries.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">IOTA is the blockchain currency for body thetans, with decentralized auditing when you get to the Operating Tangle level<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jemimajoanna?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@jemimajoanna<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alexandrascaggs?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@alexandrascaggs<\/a> are clearly (geddit) Xenu here, <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fr55WE68eT\">https:\/\/t.co\/fr55WE68eT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Buttcoin (@ButtCoin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ButtCoin\/status\/989460638979252227?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 26, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The IOTA cultists \u2014 who make the <a href=\"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/2018\/04\/07\/saifedean-ammous-the-bitcoin-standard-the-austrian-case-for-bitcoin\/\">Bitcoin maximalists<\/a> seem mild \u2014 are not so good at this astroturfing thing:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Top troll tip: if you go to the trouble of using multiple user names to comment, maybe don&#39;t just copy and paste the same thing as before. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rakK7Is1xG\">pic.twitter.com\/rakK7Is1xG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jemima Kelly (@jemimajoanna) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jemimajoanna\/status\/989458030273196032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 26, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>By the way, it only hit the Bitcoin blogs this week because I <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davidgerard\/status\/988137147269107713\">tweeted about it<\/a> \u2014 but the Conflict of Interest guideline on Wikipedia has <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest#External_relationships\">explicitly listed holding cryptocurrencies<\/a> since <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest&amp;diff=807533541&amp;oldid=805667137\">October last year.<\/a> This does not bar you from editing articles on cryptos &#8230; but you are <i>required<\/i> to <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest#howtodisclose\">disclose conflicts of interest,<\/a> per part 4 of the <a href=\"https:\/\/wikimediafoundation.org\/wiki\/Terms_of_Use\/en#4._Refraining_from_Certain_Activities\">Wikimedia Foundation terms and conditions.<\/a> And no, using fiat dollars isn&#8217;t a COI, you idiots.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Former PayPal CEO Bill Harris, who is now an investment fund manager, finally recognizes the unique qualities of bitcoin: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.recode.net\/2018\/4\/24\/17275202\/bitcoin-scam-cryptocurrency-mining-pump-dump-fraud-ico-value\">&#8220;Bitcoin is the greatest scam in history: It\u2019s a colossal pump-and-dump scheme, the likes of which the world has never seen.&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Russia\u2019s greatest Ponzi mastermind is dead, but his legacy lives on in the crypto world \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/1259524\/mmm-and-bitcoin-russian-ponzi-mastermind-sergei-mavrodi-is-dead-but-his-legacy-lives-on-in-crypto\/\">the story of Sergei Mavrodi.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/2018\/01\/19\/news-450m-tethers-this-week-bitconnect-shuts-down-gpu-miner-viruses-us-treasury-unbanking-the-banked-altcoin-fraud\/rollercoaster-explosion\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4280\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/rollercoaster-explosion.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"324\" height=\"214\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4280\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Neocash Radio <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/posts\/marcus-interview-18385761\">interviews the guy who drew the Bitcoin rollercoaster cartoon.<\/a> Someone got a tattoo of this thing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Fortune has an <a href=\"http:\/\/fortune.com\/longform\/bitcoin-mt-gox-hack-karpeles\/\">excellent article<\/a> on Mark Karpeles, Mt. Gox and Kim Nilsson.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Coffee buyer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Buttcoin\/comments\/8e8u04\/lightning_network_unexpectedly_makes_its_first\/\">attempts to use the Lightning Network,<\/a> waits to be atomically swapped from the coffee shop network to the police network.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>New York Times cryptocurrency reporter Nathaniel Popper gets an ICO promoter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nathanielpopper\/status\/988929916434399232\">asking him to be an advisor.<\/a> He demurs. It turns out the ICO, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.urbit.io\/\">urbit.io,<\/a> has hijacked the name of <em>another<\/em> blockchain-ish project, <a href=\"https:\/\/urbit.org\/\">urbit.org<\/a> &#8230; which is most famous for being run by the founder of the Alt-Right strain known as <a href=\"https:\/\/rationalwiki.org\/wiki\/Neoreactionary_movement\">neoreaction,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Curtis_Yarvin\">Curtis Yarvin.<\/a> Cryptocurrency as an overcooked lasagna of crooks, scammers and the occasional neo-Nazi.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Yarvin was one of the subjects of Elizabeth Sandifer&#8217;s <em>Neoreaction a Basilisk<\/em> (<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2HVHk2o\">US<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2I4QhEb\">UK<\/a>), the book immediately ancestral to <a href=\"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/book\/\">mine!<\/a> (Yes, the author is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eruditorumpress.com\/blog\/a-rather-large-announcement\/\">called Elizabeth now.<\/a> You may congratulate her, and also buy her book. My name is in the first sentence.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Amusing detail in the Silk Road takedown from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davidgerard?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@davidgerard<\/a>&#39;s book &quot;Attack of the 50ft Blockchain&quot;. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2aj9ETtcOi\">pic.twitter.com\/2aj9ETtcOi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Stilgherrian (@stilgherrian) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stilgherrian\/status\/988720186097262593?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 24, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>And now, the weather.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\">Oof. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XeBopNV0pm\">pic.twitter.com\/XeBopNV0pm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; grubles (@notgrubles) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/notgrubles\/status\/989560707564933121?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 26, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">and the sequel, <i>Blockchains of Dune<\/i> by Don Tapscott and Kevin J. Anderson<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cDG3s1pTg5\">pic.twitter.com\/cDG3s1pTg5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; RaUL AMDERLAINE (@RaUL_AMDERLAINE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RaUL_AMDERLAINE\/status\/988814844014092288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 24, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I saw this first hand. Interviewing candidate who said he was excited about a certain coin. I ask &quot;Isn&#39;t that the one with really shady founders?&quot; Him: &quot;&#8230; I actually haven&#39;t read the whitepaper or anything.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chris Lizama (@chrismlizama) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chrismlizama\/status\/989132109003612161?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 25, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WQZcWNUpqI\">pic.twitter.com\/WQZcWNUpqI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dustin Land (@DustinHLand) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DustinHLand\/status\/987764998041669633?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 21, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This multiplayer online crypto investing game is super realistic. You&#39;ve got everything: &quot;news&quot;, &quot;charts&quot;, &quot;IPOs&quot;, &quot;companies&quot; &amp; &quot;profits&quot;.<br \/>But to play you WILL need to spend a lot on in-app purchases of coins, because the ones you get for free are pretty useless.<br \/>My rating: 3\/5.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Trolly McTrollface (@Tr0llyTr0llFace) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Tr0llyTr0llFace\/status\/988670144510644226?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 24, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"da\" dir=\"ltr\">SFYR <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JcSCMZlTnI\">pic.twitter.com\/JcSCMZlTnI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Buttcoin (@ButtCoin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ButtCoin\/status\/988799467209019392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 24, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If all the blockchains got together and protested&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ButtCoin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ButtCoin<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/juRnHvZwAZ\">pic.twitter.com\/juRnHvZwAZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Alex \ud83d\ude37tsu (@Brotsu) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Brotsu\/status\/989737143185502211?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 27, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bring this to your next Satoshi&#39;s Vision conference. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/llJczdZzGA\">pic.twitter.com\/llJczdZzGA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \ud83c\udf38\ud835\udce2\ud835\udcd0\ud835\udcd3.hodl\ud83c\udf38{#FreeKyle} (@StopAndDecrypt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StopAndDecrypt\/status\/989581148052508673?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 26, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<br><br><div align=\"center\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/bePatron?u=8420236\"><img src=\"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/become_a_patron_button.svg\" alt=\"Become a Patron!\" title=\"Become a Patron!\" width=217 height=51><\/a><br><p style=\"align:center;\" class=\"patreon-badge\"><i>Your subscriptions keep this site going. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/bePatron?u=8420236\">Sign up today!<\/a><\/i><\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IOTA&#8217;s fan base are <i>remarkable.<\/i> Also: crypto market manipulation, and good pieces on Mt. 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