Category: cryptocurrencies
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Can we fight corruption using crypto?
Here is a very interesting article on how we can fight corruption using blockchain. The author needs help to develop her ideas. What do you think? Comment on the original article or here and I will cross-post it.
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The colonisation of crypto (DAO)
Classical Greek civilisation spread by colonies and many of these adopted their own unique forms of government. It was a time when everything was tried from tyranny to democracy. Crypto is reproducing that experiment by creating Distributed Autonomous Organisations (DAO) that shun centralisation and seek to empower their citizen members. Here is a great article…
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Crypto is not about FTX
Crypto is the antithesis of everything that FTX stands for. FTX was a trusted centralised entity but the driving force of crypto is the creation of secure systems where software is law. Here is a great review by Vitalik, one of the fathers of crypto which gives an idea about the many directions that crypto…
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James enters parliament (APPG Blockchain)
James enters parliament but not as an MP; those who know me, know that politics has never been my strength. No, I was invited to attend the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Blockchain meeting on Sustainability and Climate Change. Here are some pictures. The chairman was Rt Hon. Martin Docherty-Hughes (SNP). The speakers were, Alistair Marke…
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Brilliant exposition of how co-operation evolves in a society
Those interested in economics and crypto-economics in particular may will be fascinated by this description of how trust evolves in a society. I am familiar with the content but this is the best exposition by far. https://ncase.me/trust/
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Should ‘stupid’ people be allowed access to their own money?
The World’s Biggest Blockchain Hackaton I went to a very interesting meeting of the London Ethereum Meet-up yesterday. It was a presentation by Odyssey the world’s biggest blockchain hackathon. Odyssey is remarkable because teams work alongside a commercial sponsor who may (and often does) choose to continue to fund their work after the event. The…
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Why I only need 1000 True Fans
Regular readers of this blog might know that I am interested in cryptocurrencies. I have finished a four year contract as CIO at Dulwich College and after 25 years I have my own start-up again. Cryptostar.money will be the #1 Business Directory for UK Crypto I am a huge fan of the Business Model Generation…
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A great upbeat article on the state of crypto
Yesterday when I announced Cryptostar.money and my offer of a free listing for crypto businesses I commented that the current situation is bleak in the UK. This morning I read a much more upbeat article that highlights the positive developments in crypto. The title is meant to be ironic. https://medium.com/@joshromportl/why-bitcoin-and-crypto-have-no-future-4f95980bb774 View at Medium.com
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A Free offer from my new start-up
I have just finished four years as CIO at Dulwich College and I taking the opportunity to pursue my interest in start-ups and cryptocurrencies. I strongly believe that the crypto will completely disrupt the financial services industry to the great benefit of the consumer. Crypto is still a nascent industry and is butting up against…
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Bitcoin Solves the Double Spending Problem and Creates Sound Money
This post first appeared on my other blog Cryptoindex Guru. Bitcoin is a step forwards because for the first time in the history of mankind someone has written a computer programme that solves the double spending problem in a decentralised network. This means that we can now create electronic cash that works just like the coins…
Dr James Bayley 