Questions related to mining rewards in Bitcoin
A user, Bob, on Bitcoin Talk sent me some question in response to my article: 1) why does one assume […]
Bitcoin, Economics
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Visualizing UTXO patterns on the blockchain
I have a new piece up over at CoinDesk: What Block Chain Analysis Tells Us About Bitcoin. Note: the title
Bitcoin, China
How much energy is used to secure a $1 million bitcoin?
I have a new article over at Bitcoin Magazine called, Bitcoin: Made in China. It’s based off a paper (pdf)
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Interest rates and currency appreciation in China
My friend Mark DeWeaver, author of Animal Spirits with Chinese Characteristics (and who wrote the foreword to my book on
Bitcoin, Economics, Education
Future Opportunites and Economic Challenges for Cryptoledgers
On March 27, 2014 I gave a presentation at the Institute for the Future in Palo Alto. I covered a
Bitcoin, China
Chinese exchanges collectively say “mea culpa”
Someone should call Kenny Loggins, the Chinese exchanges are flying pretty close to the danger zone. See Update 2 &
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Max Levchin and Counterparty discuss digital currencies
Zavain Dar is an investor with Innovation Endeavors and adjunct lecturer at Stanford teaching a Symbolic Systems course which covers
Bitcoin
One clarification and one correction
Got an email over the weekend from someone that watched my presentation (video). He was asking me about the specific
Bitcoin
Will Bitcoin ever be used for its intended purpose on a widespread basis?
The original white paper mentions “peer-to-peer electronic cash system” as part of its title and further details this idea in
Bitcoin, China
Fairweather fans in bitcoinland disowning China
While I am not endorsing bitcoin as an investment (I don’t actually), a vocal minority of English-speaking Bitcoin adopters on
Bitcoin
Visualizing sidechains and tabulating the aggregate losses of UTXOs (bitcoins)
Last night I gave a presentation covering the new sidechains “blockchain 2.0” project from Austin Hill and Adam Back. I
Bitcoin, China
Quote of the day: depreciating value of exported electronic goods from China
A rail cargo line has been “relaunched” between Europe and China that is one month faster than traveling by sea
Bitcoin
Adding the first GPU farm to the Computer History Museum?
Apropos the previous post about ArtForz’s GPU farm, I exchanged some emails with Stephen Gornick who apparently tweeted about this
Bitcoin
How ArtForz changed the history of Bitcoin mining
[Update: according to Nathaniel Popper’s book, Digital Gold (as well as in The Age of Cryptocurrency), Laszlo Hanycez is the
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Decentralized storage on the horizon
In addition to existing projects such as Tor(oken) and FreeNet and future developmental projects like Bitcloud and StorJ, there is
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None of the Top 500 Bitcoin addresses uses on-chain multisig
Even though m-of-n transactions has been supported since the acceptance of BIP 11 in 2011 and BIP 16 the following
Bitcoin, Education
What is a Merkle tree?
James D’Angelo has an excellent series of tutorials on the inner workings of blockchains and cryptoledgers. One of my favorites
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Paraphrased notes from Back and Hill interview
Below are some paraphrased notes from the new “blockchain 2.0” interview conducted by Adam B. Levine (editor-in-chief of Let’s Talk
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“Blockchain 2.0” with Adam Back and Austin Hill
Some very exciting news is being made public. Adam Levine, editor-in-chief of Let’s Talk Bitcoin (LTB), interviewed Adam Back and
Bitcoin, China
Are the rumors true about China banning cryptocurrencies?
Received a few emails the last few days. Here is one response I sent this morning to some friends: This
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Not all Merkel trees are alike
Cryptonerds shake their heads at the pun. Proof-of-Merkel != a Merkle.
Bitcoin
See all OP_RETURNs in the blockchain
Gideon Greenspan recently posted on the Colored Coins dev list: We developed this to help with debugging. but it might
Bitcoin
Cryptocurrency in the news: #14
I have been pretty busy this past week on China-related activities, but below are some interesting stories, projects and companies
Bitcoin, GCON
Email use-cases for ‘colored coins’ and DACs
Earlier this week, version 0.0.5 of Chromawallet was released (here’s is Alex’s official announcement) and users have begun testing the
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Goldman Sachs: Bitcoin can create $210 billion in savings for customers and merchants
Yesterday a report from Goldman Sachs was released that identified at least 3 segments in which a cryptocurrency like Bitcoin