One of the most interesting story this week is commentary from Robert Sams, “Some Crypto Quibbles with Threadneedle Street,” who discusses the marginal costs of mining and addresses some of the statements from last weeks Bank of England papers.
Also, a couple of interesting emails/thread from the past from Gavin Andresen and Mike “Hearn: My first message to Satoshi…”
Below are stories and posts from over the past week that are related to digital currencies. Linking does not constitute endorsement of service, coin or project.
[Note: creating a “Better Business Bureau” or Consumer Reports of Bitcoin is in its nascent stage via Proof-of-Developer and Coinist and Coin Source Trust Index.]
- University of Nicosia Issues Block-Chain Verified Certificates from CoinDesk
- Sound Smart at #BitcoinConf by Two Bit Idiot
- Bitcoin as Money? from Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
- Bitcoin still a risky proposition for Chinese regulators from China Economic Review (note: both Russia and Bangladesh policy makers are looking to restrict BTC and some other digital currencies)
- Thirsty For Profit, Chinese Bitcoin Exchanges Venture Beyond Familiar Waters from Forbes
- How Consensus Algorithms Solve Issues with Bitcoin’s Proof of Work from CoinDesk
- FrozenCoin (a concept) by Alex Mizrahi (“frozen” bitcoins with uses such as a recommendation system)
- API Developer Gem Aims to Streamline Bitcoin App Development from CoinDesk
- What are Inputs and Outputs? from CoinTelegraph
- All Things Alt: Anon Reviews, Backslash’s Beta and a Pink Partnership from CoinDesk
- This $50,000 Sub-Zero Lab Dominated Cryptocurrencies To Expose Their Fatal Flaws from Forbes
- Lighthouse alpha now open source by Mike Hearn
- Bitcoin gets boost as U.S. watchdog approves first swap from Reuters
- CEX.io Joins Bitcoin API Race With Launch of PlugChain from CoinDesk
- What happens if Bitcoin mining companies vertically integrate? by Richard Brown
- United States of America vs Rosario, Ricardo, et al.
- Mt. Gox Seizures Linked to Silk Road in Fed Testimonies from Trade Block (older but some interesting nuggets towards the end related to DHS/FBI documents)
- Why Bitcoins and Apple Pay Can’t Kill Off Cash from Bloomberg
- BTCChina Announced The Completion of Its Acquisition of A Mining Pool Team from Bitell
- Understanding Chargebacks
- Electronic Authentication Act from Washington State in 1997
- 2011 FDIC National Survey of Unbanked and Underbanked Households from FDIC
- digitalBTC Partners With Cryptsy for Mining Platform Launch from CoinDesk