Tag: Debate

Dr. Doom Bashes Bitcoin as Monumental “Tangle in Taipei” Debate Nears

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Bitcoin Critic Sharpens Axe Ahead of Debate As of the time of writing this, a monumental event in the history of Bitcoin (BTC) is about to take place. Dubbed “The Tangle in Taipei”, a debate slated to take place at 9:00 am on July 3rd at the Asia Blockchain Summit, Arthur Hayes of BitMEX will face off against Nouriel “Dr. Doom” Roubini. The former is expected to convince the career market cynic, the latter, that Bitcoin has value and has staying power in today’s ever-changing financial climate. Roubini, however, seems…

Dr. Doom Bashes Bitcoin as Monumental “Tangle in Taipei” Debate Nears

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Bitcoin Critic Sharpens Axe Ahead of Debate As of the time of writing this, a monumental event in the history of Bitcoin (BTC) is about to take place. Dubbed “The Tangle in Taipei”, a debate slated to take place at 9:00 am on July 3rd at the Asia Blockchain Summit, Arthur Hayes of BitMEX will face off against Nouriel “Dr. Doom” Roubini. The former is expected to convince the career market cynic, the latter, that Bitcoin has value and has staying power in today’s ever-changing financial climate. Roubini, however, seems…

This Painfully Boring CNBC Crypto Debate Is Bullish as Hell for Bitcoin

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By CCN: If you’re looking for reasons behind bitcoin’s recent price surge, this video tells the whole story. Because it’s so completely dull. Has bitcoin gone too far, too fast? Here’s how two traders are thinking about bitcoin futures. via @CNBCFuturesNow https://t.co/StSHvYGYD9 pic.twitter.com/aHKgt62GNe — CNBC (@CNBC) May 22, 2019 The two established analysts with decades of trading experience talk about bitcoin with maturity and logic. They make a strong case for allocating portfolio funds to crypto, and no-one mentioned bubbles or scams. The way people talk about bitcoin is changing,…

Crypto Regulation Experts Debate State vs. Federal Regulation in the Blockchain Era

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Three cryptocurrency experts expressed diverging views towards United States crypto regulation at a panel during the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) Business of Blockchain event on May 2. Wyoming Blockchain Coalition president Caitlin Long argued that digital assets are property and thus should be regulated at the state level, with the approach that “states control property law, states control commercial law.  Feds control securities law.” She further praised Wyoming’s diligence in legally clarifying these terms as applied to cryptocurrency. Peter Van Valkenburgh, director of research at Coin Center, disagreed.  He…

Ethereum Core Developers Debate Benefits of More Frequent Hard Forks

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How often is too often to alter consensus? A group of ethereum’s veteran open-source developers discussed the subject in a bi-weekly meeting Friday, wherein they aired the possibility that system-wide upgrades, also called hard forks, to the software could be enacted as often as every three months. Wanting to “check the temperature,” the developer asking the question explained that certain upcoming ethereum improvement proposals (EIPs) such as state rents would require multiple upgrades sequentially spaced out for full effect. Three months, however, in the eyes of Joseph Delong, senior software engineer at venture…

‘Augur Scam’ Sparks Centralized Vs. Decentralized Debate on Reddit

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According to a Reddit thread on March 19, traders on Augur, a decentralized oracle and peer-to-peer protocol for prediction markets, are being scammed. The Reddit user claims that “some people” in the Augur community are exploiting a design element of the Augur protocol by purposefully creating invalid markets through ambiguous wording. This allows them to profit by gaming the system, rendering Augur “unusable.” Augur’s co-founder, Joseph Krug, took to Twitter to explain that, admittedly there is a problem, but downplayed the extent of its effect on the network. “Some people,”…

Utah Senate to Debate Blockchain Task Force Creation and Business Incentives

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Utah became the latest United States state to consider special treatment for blockchain in a bill set to be heard today, March 4, concerning the definition of the technology. First presented by Republican senator Daniel Hemmert on Feb. 25, the “Blockchain Technology Act,” also known as Bill 0213, aims to exclude blockchain businesses from money transmitter compliance obligations. “This bill […] defines and clarifies terms related to blockchain technology [and] exempts a person who facilitates the creation, exchange, or sale of certain blockchain technology-related products from Title 7, Chapter 25,…

Drivechain Creator’s Latest Paper Sparks Debate Over Bitcoin’s Future Security

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Drivechain developer Paul Sztorc has the cryptocurrency community riled up over his latest blog “Security Budget in the Long Run.” The essay discusses the economics of BTC network fees over a long period of time and suggests rather than giving up the fees to competition, a dominant protocol should collect fees “from all networks.” Also Read: More Than 30% of BTC Traffic Stems from the Veriblock Project Unraveling Bitcoin’s Security Budget Paul Sztorc has written another thought-provoking essay that has got many of the ‘bitcoin intellectuals’ talking. “Security Budget in the…

Drivechain Creator’s Latest Paper Sparks Debate Over Bitcoin’s Future Security

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Drivechain developer Paul Sztorc has the cryptocurrency community riled up over his latest blog “Security Budget in the Long Run.” The essay discusses the economics of BTC network fees over a long period of time and suggests rather than giving up the fees to competition, a dominant protocol should collect fees “from all networks.” Also Read: More Than 30% of BTC Traffic Stems from the Veriblock Project Unraveling Bitcoin’s Security Budget Paul Sztorc has written another thought-provoking essay that has got many of the ‘bitcoin intellectuals’ talking. “Security Budget in the…

Blog: Advancing the adtech debate from a data protection perspective

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Simon McDougall, Executive Director for Technology Policy and Innovation, invites adtech industry stakeholders to a fact-finding forum. Advertising is as old as commerce itself. Companies have always innovated to access new markets, and people are often happy to learn of new products and services. But in recent years, technology has completely transformed the way advertising is bought, sold and delivered. Many advertising techniques use people’s personal information, in the form of a personal profile, to decide which advert is delivered to them. Publishers then utilise real-time advertising methods to sell the…