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December 2016
Opinion

Thoughts on Governance and The Blockchain

Bitcoin Wednesday’s special workshop on Governance and The Blockchain at Pakhuis de Zwijger on 2 December, 2016 brought out a diverse crowd and many different perspectives.  Here are some random […]

November 2016
News

Governance and the Blockchain : The Final Frontier

Climate change, economy, unemployment, immigration, regulatory capture and so many other of the world’s greatest problems, consistently frustrate the efforts of national governments and politicians.  It seems they can no […]

October 2016
News

Bitcoin Wednesday is also Blockchain Wednesday

Bitcoin Wednesday has always been Blockchain Wednesday.  Since its genesis in 2013, Bitcoin Wednesday has been all about the blockchain.  What is new is that the domain name BlockchainWednesday.co now […]

July 2016
Opinion

Cryptocurrencies and Blockchains in The Gartner Hype Cycle

On February 2016 Louis de Bruin, IBM’s Blockchain Leader Benelux, mentioned that “The cryptocurrency has arrived relatively safe and sound on the Plateau of Productivity of the Gartner Hype Cycle.”  […]

October 2015
News

Regulations For Blockchains

The week leading up to the Bitcoin Wednesday conference on 4 November, 2015 will go down as a particularly memorable one: Microsoft announced that it will be offering Ethereum-based apps […]

March 2015
Preview

Prediction Markets and the Blockchain

Rounding off Bitcoin Wednesday #21‘s conference with its theme of banned marketplaces, is a look at prediction markets given by Joey Krug, lead developer for the California-based Augur prediction market solution. Augur is […]

May 2020
News

Bitcoin Halving

Bitcoin halving is an important event that occurs approximately once every four years.  When it happens, the amount of new bitcoins brought into circulation (through the process known as mining) […]

August 2018
Opinion

Strength in Numbers

Since we published this blog post on the family feud between Bitcoiners, altcoiners and blockchainers, there’s a growing movement among the majority, who are able to disagree in a collegiate […]

June 2018
Demo

Regulatory Capture and Cryptocurrency

Regulatory Capture and Cryptocurrencies Even while cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology have been fascinating for governments, banks and the media, the predicted resurgence in price and market cap in 2018 still […]

May 2018
Debate

Why Zero Knowledge Matters

What’s all the fuss about Zero Knowledge? MIT’s Technology Review named it one of the breakthrough technologies of 2018 alongside artificial embryos, quantum materials, 3-D metal printing and zero-carbon natural […]