A mysterious, anonymous entity known as “Satoshi Nakamoto” posted a white paper on October 31 2008 entitled “Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System”. It was
<img src=”https://counter.theconversation.com/content/91413/count.gif?distributor=republish-lightbox-advanced” alt=”The Conversation” width=”1″ height=”1″ /> Right now, it’s Bitcoin. But in the past we’ve had dotcom stocks, the 1929 crash, 19th-century railways and the South
The recent upsurge in the price of Bitcoin seems to have finally awakened the world to the massively destructive environmental consequences of this bubble. These
A personal view from Ian Stewart, Deloitte’s Chief Economist in the UK. Subscribe to & view previous editions at: http://blogs.deloitte.co.uk/mondaybriefing/ Spending money just keeps getting
When malicious software takes over computers around the world, encrypts their data and demands a ransom to decode the information, regular activities of governments, companies and hospitals slam to a halt. Sometimes security
Since nothing is more unfair than a privilege, nothing is more unequal, when everything is for sale, than a privilege over money. In recent decades,
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