On 16/2/19 10:11 pm, Roger Clarke wrote:
The blockchain ... is mystical. It is promoted by means of invocation
of ideas in good standing that have very tenuous connections with the
notion and the technology. ...
You could say the same about "Linux", "The Internet" and "The Web". But
these
On 17/02/2019 12:14 pm, JLWhitaker wrote:
> On 17/02/2019 10:20 AM, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote:
>> Beware technology vendors selling solutions. Their solutions may well
>> not solve your problem.
>
> Not only that. They may cause even more problems of worse impact than
> anything dreamt of was
On 17/02/2019 10:20 AM, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote:
Beware technology vendors selling solutions. Their solutions may well
not solve your problem.
Not only that. They may cause even more problems of worse impact than
anything dreamt of was wrong in the first place.
Word of the day: nuance.
On 17/02/2019 9:43 am, Kim Holburn wrote:
> Part of the problem with cryptocurrencies is they they show up some of the
> inherent properties of money itself and these don't necessarily look good
> from the outside. All types of "money" suffer from similar problems and
> cryptocurrencies are no
Interesting post by Bruce. The commentaries he links with in his blog are also
interesting. Part of the problem with cryptocurrencies is they they show up
some of the inherent properties of money itself and these don't necessarily
look good from the outside. All types of "money" suffer from
[I held off writing about blockchain for quite a while.
[But, in Sep 2016, I wrote this:
http://www.rogerclarke.com/EC/BCD.html
>The blockchain movement has all the hallmarks of a short bubble. It is
mystical. It is promoted by means of invocation of ideas in good
standing that have very
