I picked up Blockchain Revolution by Don Tapscott and Alex Tapscott because I was interested in learning more about the applications of blockchain technology. I know plenty about Bitcoin from first-hand experience with it and previous readings, so I was interested to see where the the technology behind it was heading. The first half of the book satisfied some of that curiosity … [Read more...]
Bitcoin community parodies PayPal ‘New Money’ Super Bowl 50 commercial
During the Super Bowl 50, PayPal aired a commercial claiming to be 'new money'. This is a pretty weak claim if you recall any of PayPal's customer unfriendly moves like blocking donations to WikiLeaks and preventing payments to VPN and DNS providers. Charging a commission for each transaction seems pretty 'old money' to me. The Bitcoin community also targeted this commercial … [Read more...]