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Finance's Battle of the Somme

Finance's Battle of the Somme

joni Rabu, 30 Maret 2016 Add Comment efficient markets hypothesis, personal finance, stock market and equities Edit

When I think of senseless waste, I think of the Battle of the Somme. Whole generations lost in order to move a trench line forward by a metr...

How not to do Proof of Reserves - a look at Uphold / BitReserve

How not to do Proof of Reserves - a look at Uphold / BitReserve

joni Senin, 28 Maret 2016 Add Comment BitReserve, Proof of Solvency, Uphold, Voxels Edit

Uphold, formerly known as BitReserve, recently came into some people's attention thanks to a Reddit user by the handle of askwhy10 , wh...

Slow money

joni Kamis, 24 Maret 2016 Add Comment ETF, liquidity premium, personal finance, stock market and equities Edit

Would it make sense for firms to try to slow down their equity structure? Equity markets are made of two classes of participants. The minori...

It's all about trust, context and timeliness - reinventing social media with blockchain

It's all about trust, context and timeliness - reinventing social media with blockchain

joni Rabu, 23 Maret 2016 Add Comment /r/Bitcoin, Reddit, Spam, Web of Trust Edit

In the recent week after posting about my experience as /r/Bitcoin moderator , doing an AMA on the subreddit , and the subsequent discussion...

Shadow banks want in from the cold

Shadow banks want in from the cold

joni Senin, 14 Maret 2016 Add Comment Bank of Japan, ECB, money market mutual funds, required reserves Edit

Remember when shadow banks regularly outcompeted stodgy banks because they could evade onerous regulatory requirements? Not any more. In neg...

On /r/Bitcoin moderation - three years in review

On /r/Bitcoin moderation - three years in review

joni Add Comment /r/Bitcoin, BitcoinXT, censorship, moderation, Reddit Edit

In the past few months the moderation of /r/Bitcoin has become a contentious issue. Ever since the ban on discussion of alt-clients like Bi...

Big blocks, small blocks, side-blocks, off-blocks...

Big blocks, small blocks, side-blocks, off-blocks...

joni Senin, 07 Maret 2016 Add Comment 21, Crypto 2.0, Gateways, Liquid, Payment Channels, Ripple, SegWit, Sidechains, Spam, Wallets Edit

In the recent week Bitcoin has experienced another "stress test" in form of a lot of transaction spam (see below for a chart of t...

Are the Swiss fleeing deposits and hoarding cash?

Are the Swiss fleeing deposits and hoarding cash?

joni Selasa, 01 Maret 2016 Add Comment cash, SNB, Target2, zero lower bound Edit

Have Swiss interest rates fallen so low that the public is finally bolting into cash? The Wall Street Journal and Zero Hedge think so. The...

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