Craig is not Satoshi…
Much ado about the latest Satoshi…. Emin Gün Sirer tries to clear the fog here: “How to Spot Bitcoin Inventor Satoshi Nakamoto“. I agree with most…
Re: “Bitcoin giant BTCC launches priority blockchain transactions”
IB Times: “Chinese bitcoin conglomerate BTCC has announced a new blockchain service that prioritises bitcoin transaction confirmations for BTCC customers called BlockPriority.” – URL. Onwatchers of…
Re: “Bitcoin’s Proof-of-Work Will Win…”
Chris Odom: “Bitcoin’s Proof-of-Work Will Win Over All Other Consensus Systems and Altcoins” – URL Another one getting it. As usual the comments are focused on…
R3CEV Is Really Just Another Altcoin
R3CEV’s David Rutter in American Banker: “We are engineering a fabric layer — to build out a shared ledger architecture that is fit for global financial…
Uh, no, Devcon1 Did Not Live Up To Expectations Set By Vitalik
Bravenewcoin: “One of the most anticipated blockchain related events of the year, ÐΞVCON1 has lived up to expectations.” – URL I expected a solution to the…
Bitcoin Purchasing Power Measured In Big Macs
The Economist has for a long time measured the world economy (or its citizens purchasing power) using the Big Mac index (how many Big Macs does…
Re: “Bitcoin’s legacy may be teaching the world how to use the technology that killed Bitcoin”
“Some of the most high-profile and well-funded startups looking at bitcoin are now pivoting their businesses and distancing themselves from the digital currency, less than two…
Re: “Are banks really joining the blockchain bandwagon?”
Shane Leonard, CFA: “[…] Banks see the potential of a shared database to massively cut their overheads, not as a way to eliminate their role in…
Sorry, R3 – But You Still Don’t Get It
Professors in Economics as well as journalists and technologists have a hard time getting to grips with Bitcoin. That’s because you need to be very well-versed…
Don’t Trust Anyone Alone
Technologists often rave about new mechanisms just because they are possible – remember for example how 3G video telephony was going to “revolutionize mobile communication”? Mobile…