The financial realm has been hit by a recent phenomenon surrounding cryptocurrencies and blockchains. Whether you are a venture capitalist, an entrepreneur, a tech writer, a blockchain enthusiast, a crypto-trader or just an open-minded reader, you surely have heard about ICOs, this new fund raising method. Allow you 5 minutes to discover or re-discover ICOs […]

Candidates running for public offices in the U.S. state of California may not receive donations in cryptocurrencies, according to a new ruling from the state’s political watchdog. The Associated Press reported Thursday that the Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) for the Golden State voted 3-1 on Thursday to prohibit political donations in cryptocurrencies, citing the difficulty of […]

By Laura Desmond Major U.S.-based content delivery network (CDN) CloudFlare has introduced a new decentralizedcontent gateway via its InterPlanetary File System (IPFS), the firm announced in a blog postSeptember 17. The announcement was made during Cloudflare Crypto Week, a week devoted to the adoption of new cryptography-powered technologies. Cloudflare’s IPFS Gateway is the first product to be released as a part […]

Last January news.Bitcoin.com reported on the Brisbane Airport in Australia preparing to accept cryptocurrencies. Now today all the merchants and airport terminals accept various digital assets such as bitcoin core, dash, bitcoin cash, ethereum, nem, and steem making it one of the friendliest cryptocurrency airports in the world. Merchants at Brisbane International Airport Now Accept Various […]

By Laura Desmond Everyone asks: is the world ready for Blockchain? But more importantly, is Blockchain ready for us? 2017 was the year that blockchain made its way into the mainstream’s consciousness. To the outside world, today’s hot topics are “is Bitcoin a bubble”, and “where can I get Ripple?” But people are missing the point. They’re […]

Nike’s mastery of grammar descriptivism is what takes their creative to another level. A note from the author: I have zero problems or qualms with Colin Kaepernick, or the recent Nike ad I’m piggybacking on to get you to click on this article. I respect him doing his thing, and don’t have any particularly strong feelings, positive or […]

Or how we sacrifice our privacy and receive nothing in return We’re running out of visual metaphors to conceptualize the amount of data that technology companies hold about us. Amazon is shipping our data in 18-wheelers, Google has built 15 small villages around the worldto store our information, and Facebook just granted scholars to 52 tons of pepperoni pizzas worth […]

The mathematical theory of communication — one of science’s finest achievements — provides an objective way to simulate how deliberately inaccurate reports influence voting behavior olicymakers and opinion formers the world over are grappling to come to terms with the nature of fake news and its implications for society, democracy, and even truth itself. However, the debate is clouded by […]

It’s Time to Get Comfortable with Uncertainty. “If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail,” was the advice of Benjamin Franklin and every sanctimonious boss that ever lived. Yet what happens when our very plans set us up for failure? We’ve all heard about the importance of planning. It’s an easy thing to preach, […]

Constantinople, ethereum’s next system-wide upgrade, is coming soon to a node near you. Finalized August 31, Constantinople includes five different ethereum improvement proposals (EIPs). Once released on ethereum, the proposals will permanently alter the blockchain with a host of new backwards-incompatible upgrades. This means that nodes — the network of computers that run ethereum software — […]