Tag: Debate

Adtech and the data protection debate – where next?

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20 December 2019 A blog by Simon McDougall, ICO’s Executive Director for Tech Policy and Innovation In June we issued our Adtech Update Report with a clear message to industry that they had six months to read, internalise and act upon our report. Our view from the outset was that this is an industry problem requiring an industry solution. We have just reached the end of that six month period and are reviewing our findings. During this time we’ve increased our understanding of the adtech industry. We’ve engaged widely with…

Bitcoin Cash Double Spend Statistics Invoke 0-Confirmation Debate

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On November 28, the creator of doublespend.cash, a web portal that tracks and collects double spend attempts on the Bitcoin Cash network, explained that only 1 out of 1,105 double spends succeeds when they broadcast one second after the first transaction. The website’s creator highlighted that in most cases “only when submitted simultaneously, can a double spend succeed.” Also read: German Banks Authorized to Store and Sell Cryptocurrency in 2020 BCH Proponents Discuss Double Spends, Honoring the ‘First Seen,’ and Current Zero-Confirmation Security Bitcoin Cash (BCH) participants have always been…

Bitcoin Cash-Powered File Storage Concept Sparks Interest and Debate

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Bitcoin Cash (BCH) proponents were introduced to a new project called the Cashweb protocol on Friday. The blockchain file sharing scheme allows people to store and load arbitrary data to the BCH chain. While the new protocol still has “a long way to go,” the developer decided to share his creation with the BCH community and show off the protocol’s possibilities. Even though a few people thought the project was “awesome,” the Cashweb conversation turned into a debate about whether or not data should be stored onchain in this manner.…

US Senate to Hold Debate on Crypto, Blockchain Regulatory Frameworks

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The United States Senate Banking Committee is set to hold a broader debate on crypto and blockchain regulatory frameworks next week. An official committee announcement indicates the hearing — entitled “Examining Regulatory Frameworks for Digital Currencies and Blockchain” — will take place on July 30.  The planned witnesses will be Jeremy Allaire, co-founder and CEO of payments company Circle, who will speak on behalf of The Blockchain Association; Rebecca M. Nelson, a specialist in International Trade and Finance at “Congress’s think tank,” the Congressional Research Service; and Professor of Law…

Spain Thwarts Bitcoin ATM Scam, Prompting Regulatory Debate Worldwide

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Bitcoin ATMs are not currently governed by EU money laundering regulations, and arrests coordinated by Spanish police and Europol in May are bringing new focus to this loophole. A group of eight Spanish and Latin American individuals have been arrested, along with several of their associates, for using crypto ATMs to fund drug traffickers in Columbia. While large cryptocurrency exchanges worldwide are subject to increasing oversight and regulation, bitcoin ATMs often fall in legal gray areas, prompting debate amongst regulators and crypto users alike. Also read: Crypto Terminals Offer Venezuelans…

Cornell Professor Reopens Scaling Debate With Bitcoin Critique

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One of the known security vulnerabilities in cryptocurrency is the human being and his or her capacity for foolish acts. If a transaction hasn’t cleared at least once on any blockchain, including Bitcoin, it’s not secure. No Means No in Blockchain Confirmations On faster blockchains like Tron or EOS, you can wait even longer. The point isn’t always to be sure the transaction is legitimate. Sometimes it’s to be sure you received it on the right chain. Earlier this year, CCN reported on a string of bitcoin ATM robberies in…

Nouriel Roubini Rages at ‘Sleazy Coward’ Crypto CEO After Vicious Debate

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Economist and fierce bitcoin critic Nouriel Roubini has slammed BitMEX CEO Arthur Hayes in a series of angry tweets, calling him a “sleazy coward.”  Roubini and Hayes sparred in a heated on-stage debate at the Asia Blockchain Summit on Wednesday, but the organizers have so far refused to release footage. Roubini accused the organizers of censoring the debate and called the crypto community “mafioso gangsters.” “Shut up and release the tape of our debate. This was the only session not streamed live as you mafioso gangsters decided to censor it…

Nouriel Roubini Rages at ‘Sleazy Coward’ Crypto CEO After Vicious Debate

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Economist and fierce bitcoin critic Nouriel Roubini has slammed BitMEX CEO Arthur Hayes in a series of angry tweets, calling him a “sleazy coward.”  Roubini and Hayes sparred in a heated on-stage debate at the Asia Blockchain Summit on Wednesday, but the organizers have so far refused to release footage. Roubini accused the organizers of censoring the debate and called the crypto community “mafioso gangsters.” “Shut up and release the tape of our debate. This was the only session not streamed live as you mafioso gangsters decided to censor it…

Nouriel Roubini Rages at ‘Sleazy Coward’ Crypto CEO After Vicious Debate – CCN Markets

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‘Dr. Doom’ Roubini and BitMEX founder Hayes went head-to-head in an on-stage debate earlier today. They’re still debating. | Source: Shutterstock;Twitter/Arthur Hayes; Edited by CCN Economist and fierce bitcoin critic Nouriel Roubini has slammed BitMEX CEO Arthur Hayes in a series of angry tweets, calling him a “sleazy coward.”  Roubini and Hayes sparred in a heated on-stage debate at the Asia Blockchain Summit on Wednesday, but the organizers have so far refused to release footage. Roubini accused the organizers of censoring the debate and called the crypto community “mafioso gangsters.”…

‘Release the Tape You Coward’ — Roubini Tells BitMEX CEO After Debate

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American economist and professional crypto contrarian Nouriel Roubini has furiously demanded the release of a recording of his latest debate with BitMEX CEO and co-founder Arthur Hayes.  In one of several fulminating tweets posted on July 2, Roubini accused the organizers of the Asia Blockchain Summit in Taiwan of being part of a “mafia hush money racket” and cowing to BitMEX’s censorship by choosing to neither tape nor broadcast his debate with Hayes during the event. One tweet reads: “Another @CryptoHayes scam: he didnt allow the blockchain conference to record our…