CryptoConnecta: Crypto Social Networking for a Crypto Community
Right now, looking around the Bitcoin space, it feels a little like early morning on the day of the school fair. Everyone involved in the fair is out and about doing what they need to be doing – some are…
KLIPPT: Bitcoin/Colored Coin IPOs Get Started with a Hair Cut
There is a little bit of a feeling of ‘hurry up and wait’ about Bitcoin. On the one hand, it’s a revolutionary technology with huge potential as a currency, an asset, and as a decentralized method to do all…
Bitcoin Schism
Centralisation versus distributed anonymity The centralisers can be shut down by central bankers and subject to hacking a la Mt Gox. They are also in a better position to manipulate markets. The distributed network model has yet to be tested…
Drugs, Scams, and Terrorism: Bringing Balance to Bitcoin Reporting
In recent days there have been a slew of articles published reporting how the Combating Terrorism Technical Support Office has listed Bitcoin as one threat area that they are seeking submissions to research in preparation for future possible terrorist attacks….
BTC-ARBS.com J.A.S. (Just Another Scam)
In five or ten years, the Bitcoin landscape is going to be very different than it is right now. In the last few months, the community has been hit over and over by hacks, thefts, mind-boggling amateurishness in businesses at…
Can Local Government Crypto-Currencies Help Tackle Poverty?
LOCAL GOVERNMENT CRYPTO-CURRENCY TO PAY VOLUNTEERS – If HullCoin can spark a new inclusive economy which creates gives poor people guaranteed material benefits (e.g. rent, tax and food) from poor people doing voluntary work, then the strategy should work in…
Open Intelligence Alert: GROWING POTENTIAL SECURITY THREAT?
As the Internet continues to expand in scope with potentially billions of access points, as technology such as the Internet of Things is rolled out, problems relating to the security of the infrastructure are only going to increase. There is…
Open Intelligence Alert: Trust is Not Just an Algorithm
According to the source, the Mt Gox debacle was not just a software glitch, but was the result of a systemic error. The article explains how the “Five Parties Model” (consisting of the Issuer, the Trustee, the Manager, the Operator and the…
Open Intelligence Alert – Lloyds of London Insured Bitcoin Savings
While this is the first company to offer Bitcoin insurance, it is definitely not the first company or firm in the world to provide encrypted cold storage and the like. In fact, American users will be relieved to know that…
If Gox lost 750,000 Bitcoins, Where’d They Go?
I’m going to say it. Something doesn’t seem right with the story we’re getting. Who the hell runs a half-billion dollar business and doesn’t have accounting procedures in place good enough to notice the loss of nearly ALL ASSETS. According…