Thursday, November 30, 2017

From Stones to Bitcoins: Hype turns into Hysteria

Hundreds of thousands of Americans are having their identities stolen and used to interfere in government decisions about whether internet service providers should be allowed to block apps, slow websites and charge fees for what people do online. 
 — Graham Lanktree, Bots are influencing the debate over net neutrality, says New York’s attorney general


Is Bitcoin A Speculative Bubble?

Do Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have fundamental value?


Bitcoin 'Ought to Be Outlawed,' Nobel Prize Winner Stiglitz Says

Election Hackers Altered Voter Rolls, Stole Private Data, Officials Say



Bitcoin -> Energy Use -> Pollution



Bitcoin uses a computation system to prevent fraud, but computation takes energy, which damages the environment, all at an increasing rate


Federal student aid site offers one-stop shopping for ID thieves ArsTechnica Consequences of hoovering up data


ALEX could have been a millionaire...
In late 2009, when the digital cryptocurrency bitcoin was still in its infancy and a single PC could “mine” a few coins in a day, the self-described technology enthusiast “got into it just for fun”
“In the tech community we didn’t think bitcoin would be that big,” said the Melbourne game developer, who asked not to use his real name because “ If my wife knows I’m dead


Tech News - Exclusive: snapchat founder evan spiegel blasts social media dragons ...



How exactly did we arrive at this bitcoin phenomenon?

From stones to bitcoins: society's monetary yardsticks
Australia a country of cyber arrack choice a it is among top three countries suffering web application attacks