Continuing the tradition, I would like to once again look at how the last year of /r/Bitcoin moderation played out. Related topics: On /r/Bitcoin moderation - three years in review Fourth y...
http://tpbit.blogspot.com/2018/03/fifth-year-of-rbitcoin-moderation-in.html
Recently, I went down to Dallas for The Bitcoin, Ethereum & Blockchain SuperConference to represent iComplyICO , along with our CEO Matthew and Product Manager Qayyum. While I didn't manage to...
http://tpbit.blogspot.com/2018/02/rising-trends-in-ico-space-in-2018.html
Every now and then, an interesting service will appear in the Bitcoin space, then get shut down at some point and we won't see the idea behind it come back. Often that might be because the idea i...
http://tpbit.blogspot.com/2018/01/bitinstant-look-at-old-idea-from.html
A few weeks ago, there were some articles making the rounds claiming that "in 2020 Bitcoin will consume more power than the world does today ", that it creates a lot of pollution , etc . It seems...
http://tpbit.blogspot.com/2018/01/on-bitcoin-power-consumption.html
2017 has been an important day for both Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies in general . While hopefully not as tumultuous, 2018 is looking like it will bring us a lot of interesting innovation in the ...
http://tpbit.blogspot.com/2018/01/what-crypto-projects-im-looking-looking.html
2017 has been one of the most turbulent year in crypto history to date. We have seen important changes in technology and the political climate, divides in the community, as well as wild jumps in ...
http://tpbit.blogspot.com/2017/12/bitcoins-second-near-death-experience.html
About half a year ago, SEC released an investigative report concluding that DAO Tokens were securities. Since then there have been a number of high profile cases reinforcing this classification...
http://tpbit.blogspot.com/2017/12/the-next-wave-of-icos.html
SegWit2x got cancelled , and with it probably the most heated "battle" in the Bitcoin space thus far draws to a close. There are many lessons to be learned from this ordeal as well as some other ...
http://tpbit.blogspot.com/2017/11/the-need-for-universal-opt-in-replay.html
This year has been one of the more controversial years for Bitcoin thus far. We have already seen a number of important forks happen - SegWit , Bitcoin Cash and Bitcoin Gold , and we're schedule...
http://tpbit.blogspot.com/2017/11/what-is-bitcoin-in-light-of-hard-forks.html
The past few months in the Bitcoin community have been filled with discussion of an upcoming hardfork - SegWit2x . There have been a lot of people voicing their opinion on the matter of whether t...
http://tpbit.blogspot.com/2017/10/blockstream-vs-miners-looking-at.html
Part of being a human is wanting to leave a mark on the world. Within us lies the deep need to be remembered, in some form, after we die. We see it in the Cueva de las Manos - Cave of the Hands ,...
http://tpbit.blogspot.com/2017/07/a-mark-of-ones-existence-records-in.html
While last week I criticised Ripple's XRPs , we can't equate the whole system to its currency . There are many fundamental features of the Ripple system that other cryptos can learn from. A lot o...
http://tpbit.blogspot.com/2017/05/what-other-cryptos-can-learn-from-ripple.html
As some of you might know, I really like the idea behind the Ripple system. Creating a settlement layer based on trust and IOUs , being able to issue any asset easily, working quite well as a mi...
http://tpbit.blogspot.com/2017/05/counterarguments-to-xrp-value.html
The crypto markets seem to be in another bubble, orders of magnitude bigger than the last. However, this time a lot of the money is flowing into altcoins interestingly enough. How this situation ...
http://tpbit.blogspot.com/2017/05/another-crypto-bubble-and-rise-of.html
The crypto space is a strange place to be in over a long period of time. Once the coins you bought for a few dollars start becoming a noticeable portion of your net worth, you may start thinking ...
http://tpbit.blogspot.com/2017/05/direct-and-indirect-earnings-in-crypto.html
Fiat-denominated IOUs have a long history in the crypto space. Ripple launched in 2012 with its host of fiat gateways . BitUSD and TetherUS began circulating in 2014. PayCoin launched and di...
http://tpbit.blogspot.com/2017/04/iou-price-vs-trust-look-at-tether.html
Cryptocurrencies are a fascinating development in technology. At the same time being an ingenious application of cryptography, the software designed to run it, and the currency that flows through...
http://tpbit.blogspot.com/2017/04/a-path-to-riches-and-rags-crypto.html
Recently, I had a conversation with an entrepreneur that wanted to integrate blockchain into his business. After a lengthy conversation, we reached a conclusion that his project wouldn't really b...
http://tpbit.blogspot.com/2017/04/do-you-need-blockchain-simple-overview.html
Currently, the biggest discussion in the Bitcoin community concerns the possible forks we might see this year - Bitcoin Unlimited and SegWit. Whether those forks should or should not be activated...
http://tpbit.blogspot.com/2017/03/hard-fork-contingency-plans-and-segwit.html
Over the last few weeks we had a lot of people discussing Bitcoin forks . Every member of the Bitcoin community is voicing their opinions on the matter, so I figured I'd write down my thoughts as...
http://tpbit.blogspot.com/2017/03/bitcoin-hard-fork-if-you-want-peace.html
Last week marked my fourth year of moderating /r/Bitcoin . A lot has changed in the last year, but also, a lot has stayed the same . So I figured I'd make some post to collect my thoughts on our...
http://tpbit.blogspot.com/2017/03/fourth-year-of-rbitcoin-moderation.html
One of the discussions I had with SCC 's committee on "Blockchain and electronic distributed ledger technologies " was about the various terminologies used by the Bitcoin / blockchain community. ...
http://tpbit.blogspot.com/2017/02/blockchain-terminology-developer.html
Recently I became involved with SCC 's committee on "Blockchain and electronic distributed ledger technologies ". During one of the discussions, I've learned about a new term that seems to have b...
http://tpbit.blogspot.com/2017/01/corda-and-distributed-ledger-technology.html
Awhile back the /r/Bitcoin community got upset over Coinbase CEO talking with Reddit CEO about /r/Bitcoin's moderation and the possibility of removing the moderators of the subreddit . It has b...
http://tpbit.blogspot.com/2017/01/ideas-for-reddit-moderation-improvements.html
The saga of OneCoin continues. We've talked about the issues they might be running into with using big numbers for their currency , how market cap or coin supply is essentially meaningless , and...
http://tpbit.blogspot.com/2016/11/onecoin-round-2-its-all-about-family.html