I just spent a couple of days talking about cryptocurrencies and the bitcoin thing again. This time in Oslo at our fourth meeting of the Financial Services Club Nordic Region. It still amazes me how many misperceptions and distorted views there are out there about this area. One guy came up to me and said,…
So I made a slightly provocative comment, as it turned out, during my keynote at PaymentsNZ. It was picked up and referenced by Richard Meadows in yesterday’s article: “[Skinner] said the coding behind virtual currency Bitcoin could also prove to be enormously transformational, potentially even replacing the SWIFTnetwork for inter-bank payments”. This created a lot…
Blimey!!! When you start debating nuances of things with the Bitcoin community, it doesn’t ‘arf get into a pedants dream. In this case, we clarified some of the dialogue about the blockchain and bitcoin yesterday. The net:net of that discussion is that you have to a have a native currency to use the blockchain. It…
Blimey!!! When you start debating nuances of things with the Bitcoin community, it doesn’t ‘arf get into a pedants dream. In this case, we clarified some of the dialogue about the blockchain and bitcoin yesterday. The net:net of that discussion is that you have to a have a native currency to use the blockchain. It…
The Bitcoin community have been educating me lately in how their currency can not be regulated. This stems from my assertion that money was created to control people and therefore you cannot have money without government. The Bitcoin guys tell me that once you’ve converted your currency into bitcoins, then you can trade that currency anywhere…
The Bitcoin community have been educating me lately in how their currency can not be regulated. This stems from my assertion that money was created to control people and therefore you cannot have money without government. The Bitcoin guys tell me that once you’ve converted your currency into bitcoins, then you can trade that currency anywhere…
So I just chaired a panel discussion at Eurofinance 2014. There were six statements made during the panel which I wanted to discuss on stage but, being the moderator, I couldn’t really say: “what you just said is complete balderdash my friend” (I could, but it wouldn't have been appropriate). So luckily I blog and therefore I…
So I just chaired a panel discussion at Eurofinance 2014. There were six statements made during the panel which I wanted to discuss on stage but, being the moderator, I couldn’t really say: “what you just said is complete balderdash my friend” (I could, but it wouldn't have been appropriate). So luckily I blog and therefore I…
I got into a great discussion yesterday about the wild, Wild West of cryptocurrencies and bitcoin. The dialogue was with a new bright-eyed MBA graduate, who believes this is the future. I felt pretty bad to be the old Gandalfian cynic, who saw opportunities here but poo-poohed the notion that you could have a currency…
