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 Don’t expecte 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…
Tierion “Increases Capacity” On The Blockchain
Tierion offers a platform where its customers can anchor (time-stamp) digital representations of assets, data or other types of info in bulk, making each single time-stamp…
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…
Watch The World’s Currencies Flow Into Bitcoin In Realtime
How will the world transition from fiat (regular ‘old’ money) into Bitcoin? Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly. Check Fiatleak to watch realtime progress.
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…