IOU price vs trust - a look at Tether joni April 30, 2017 Add Comment Bitfinex, BitUSD, Fiat, IOU, Proof of Solvency, Ripple, Tether Edit Fiat-denominated IOUs have a long history in the crypto space. Ripple launched in 2012 with its host of fiat gateways . BitUSD and TetherU... Read More
A path to riches and rags - crypto trading and investing joni April 09, 2017 Add Comment Altcoins, Bitcoin, investing Edit Cryptocurrencies are a fascinating development in technology. At the same time being an ingenious application of cryptography, the software ... Read More
C-day and military money joni April 09, 2017 Add Comment cash, coins, demonetization, dollarization/euroization, scrip Edit Did Indian PM Narendra Modi get the idea for the recently-executed demonetization by watching old episodes of M*A*S*H, a 1970s hit TV show ... Read More
Do you need a blockchain? A simple overview. joni April 02, 2017 Add Comment adoption, Blockchain, money, Projects, software Edit Recently, I had a conversation with an entrepreneur that wanted to integrate blockchain into his business. After a lengthy conversation, we ... Read More
Hard fork contingency plans and SegWit readiness - a challenge to solution evangelists joni Maret 29, 2017 Add Comment Attacks, Bitcoin, Bitcoin Unlimited, fork Edit Currently, the biggest discussion in the Bitcoin community concerns the possible forks we might see this year - Bitcoin Unlimited and SegWit... Read More
Bringing back the Somali shilling joni Maret 26, 2017 Add Comment coins, dollarization/euroization, fiat money, hysteresis Edit Somalia has long played host to one of the world's strangest monetary phenomenon, a paper currency without a central bank. I explored th... Read More
Fourth year of /r/Bitcoin moderation joni Maret 19, 2017 Add Comment /r/Bitcoin, Bitcoin, moderation Edit 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 f... Read More