Korean Bank Partners with Bitcoin Service for Remittances
For a change, it seems like a bank investigating blockchain tech might be getting it right. CoinDesk is reporting that Kookmin Bank in South Korea is linking up with Coinplug, a services company that has regularly been raising investment funds…
Apple Puts Its Money Where Its Mouth Is on Encryption
I sure that I’m no different than most of the readers of this blog in having a love-hate relationship with some of the big companies that have a huge impact on our lives: Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and Apple but to name…
Bitcoin and the New Fourth Estate: An Interview with Cop Block
Since the founding of the nation, a free press has been seen as essential to keeping the people informed and the government honest. The Fourth Estate, although not an official branch of the government, has always been considered to have…
How Bitcoin is Enabling the Mainstream Press to Attack It
This morning another hit-piece on Bitcoin was published by Jason Bloomberg on Forbes. His argument essentially boils down to the current debate about how to scale Bitcoin up and the possibility of a hard fork to Bitcoin Classic, raising the…
A Talk with Jonathan Azeroual of BSave
BSave is a Bitcoin savings platform that offers security and interest for those HODLers who deposit with them. An unfortunate feature of Bitcoin is that it really does bring out the scammers, people who offer much and then abscond with…
Scam Alert: BitClub
One of chief appeals of Bitcoin is that it takes what should be a public good out of the hands of politicians and plutocrats who print and manipulate it and puts it back in the hands of the people. In…
Scam Alert: Bitcoin-Double.biz
One of chief appeals of Bitcoin is that it takes what should be a public good out of the hands of politicians and plutocrats who print and manipulate it and puts it back in the hands of the people. In…
On Bitcoin’s 89th Death and the Silver Lining
In the last couple of days, I’ve been through the whole seven stages of grief after learning of the (89th) death of Bitcoin. Mike Hearn, ex-Google developer and one of the earliest developers of Bitcoin, but not one of the…
Bitcoin: The Better Option to the Lottery
A Powerball prize of a staggering 1.5 billion has just been claimed. It’s actually kind of hard to get your head around that number – to think that one person, in a stroke, could gain such incredible wealth! (Actually, it…
Thoughts on the Past and Future of Bitcoin
It’s been nearly three years since I first got involved in Bitcoin and became an active advocate for it’s adoption and growth. As we close out 2015, I find myself thinking both back on the disappointments Bitcoin has offered up…