Outside funding of cryptocurrency and Bitcoin startups
According to CB Insights, VCs spent $74 million across 40 BTC-related deals in 2013, the two largest rounds were Coinbase […]
Bitcoin, Market research, Science & Technology
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Bitcoin
What is an atomic transaction?
I received an email earlier today asking clarification of the term “atomic transaction.” Occasionally you may see this used in
Bitcoin, Science & Technology
Interview with Amos Meiri and Alex Mizrahi of the Colored Coins project
[Note: below are several questions and answers from core developers with the Colored Coins team. I previously posted answers from
Bitcoin, China, Economics, Ethereum, Science & Technology
Interview covering China, smart contracts and trustless asset management
Earlier today I was interviewed by Donald McIntyre at Newfination. We discussed a number of topics related to cryptocurrencies and
China, Economics
No, there is no (coming) collapse of China’s interbank system
Last week I spoke with Mark DeWeaver (video) and we touched on a number of issues related to China’s financial
Bitcoin, Ethereum
Ethereum and vunerabilities of Turing-complete progamming languages
There have been several Reddit threads and bitcointalk forum posts the past couple days regarding integrating a Turing-complete programming language
Bitcoin
Charlie Lee on Litecoin: “People like choices”
This past weekend there was a large Bitcoin conference held in Miami that attracted many of the major crypto developers,
Economics, Ethereum, Science & Technology
Mike Hearn discusses autonomous agents at Turing Festival 2013
Decentralized autonomous organizations (DAO), sometimes called decentralized autonomous corporations or autonomous agents have become a hot new topic both in
Bitcoin, China, Economics, Market research, Science & Technology
Interview with Mark DeWeaver, co-founder of Quantrarian Capital Management
Earlier today I had the opportunity to interview a friend, Mark DeWeaver. Mark is the author of Animal Spirits with
Bitcoin, Economics
Can Robert Wenzel Defeat the Encryption Used by Cryptocurrencies?
Short answer, no. 1 Back to that in a moment. I am not sure who is doing the vetting process
Bitcoin
Q&A with Meni Rosefeld of Colored Coins
I had an email exchange with Meni Rosefeld who is on the core dev team for Colored Coins. Below are
Bitcoin, Ethereum
Ethereum’s potential: a cursory look
If you haven’t done so yet, I highly recommend reading Vitalik Buterin’s overview of Ethereum published earlier today. It is
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Ethereum: An all-in-one cryptoledger smart property turnkey solution
CoinDesk published a new story about a start-up called Ethereum which is launching in a week. This project will include
Bitcoin, Economics, Science & Technology
What are smart property and smart contracts?
I have received a number of calls and emails regarding the concept behind smart property and smart contracts which have
Bitcoin, Economics, Science & Technology
12 Step Guide: Easiest and fastest way to start mining Scrypt-based tokens for Litecoin and Dogecoin
This past year I have received a lot of emails asking me about how to mine a cryptocurrency. There are
Bitcoin, Economics, Science & Technology
Interview with David Johnston, co-founder of BitAngels
On Monday I sat down and had a casual interview with David Johnston. He is a co-founder and managing director
Bitcoin
Building Smart Property Applications: Colored Coins and Mastercoin
[Note: below is my recent article published on CoinDesk.] Cryptoledgers such as those utilized in cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Litecoin
Bitcoin, China
SilverFish, a Chinese Scrypt-based ASIC mining company, has vapor-like attributes
[Note: This is a slightly updated version of a post I made on reddit yesterday] A new ASIC service/product just hit
Bitcoin, Economics
Smart Property in the news: Counterparty.co
A new project that utilizes a cryptoledger to create decentralized, distributed trustless asset management has been making the rounds: Counterparty.co
Science & Technology
Evolution of the cloud
Spent several days earlier this week with some brilliant software engineers who not only were domain experts but were very
Science & Technology
OpenStack: Reflecting on the FOSS paradigm in a post-Snowden world
This past week I attended a business meeting in Houston involving several leading Perl developers. During one segment of the
Bitcoin, China
Cautious odds and ends for the weekend
A friend pointed out that The Guardian relinked to my story on Huobi and the CEOs personal bank account. Last
Bitcoin
Colored Coins and other ‘smart property’ extensions
I am not necessarily endorsing the use of this specific project but Colored Coins (Chrome Wallet) illustrates some of the
Bitcoin, China
New Taobao rule banning the buying and selling of crypto currencies
Taobao is one of the largest ecommerce platforms in China (it is part of the Alibaba group that also own
Bitcoin, China
Why are exchanges in China still allowed to operate?
I am asked this question frequently and currently I cannot give you a non-speculative answer. My guesses are thusly: 1)