Re: [LINK] Bitcoin and global warming

There's a fantastic overview of Bitcoin and BlockChain in a recent episode of the After On podcast. An interview with the co-founder of Coinbase, Fred Ehrsam - http://pca.st/episode/427e60d6-8f20-4231-8a6a-fe6f24077280 On Sun, 17 Dec 2017 at 17:56, David Lochrin wrote: > On

Re: [LINK] Moxie Marlinspike, The Creator of Signal Has a Plan to Fix Cryptocurrency

> On 2017/Dec/17, at 6:42 PM, Stephen Loosley > wrote: > > Kim notes, >> https://www.wired.com/story/mobilecoin-cryptocurrency/ Cryptocurrency >> remains confusing >> and challenging for the average person to acquire and manage, much less >> sell. And the

Re: [LINK] Moxie Marlinspike, The Creator of Signal Has a Plan to Fix Cryptocurrency

Kim writes, >> Maybe… but a week ago it took us 15 minutes to sign up to CoinJar >> >> and thus, buy bitcoin. In the previous 12 hours it has gone up $99 5… and >> fully available in minutes. > > Yeah but it's like a $10 fee for each transaction. Haha .. yes ..

Re: [LINK] Bitcoin and global warming

Joshua Gans: In summary, we are going to look at the Bitcoin era as an important innovation running off the back of a big design mistake. It all could have been avoided had Bitcoin minted its 21 million coins right from the start or with a much shorter expansion.

Re: [LINK] Moxie Marlinspike, The Creator of Signal Has a Plan to Fix Cryptocurrency

You can also go to the local casino and plonk anything you care to on an unpredictable process. You might be even clearer on what you are doing. Jim ___ Link mailing list Link@mailman.anu.edu.au http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link

Re: [LINK] Bitcoin and global warming

When will etherium switch to "proof of stake": https://stackoverflow.com/questions/33802343/when-will-ethereum-switch-to-proof-of-stake Ethereum's Big Switch: The New Roadmap to Proof-of-Stake: https://www.coindesk.com/ethereums-big-switch-the-new-roadmap-to-proof-of-stake/ This would solve the