By @edent · blockchain Certified Blockchain Professional MSc · 450 words
As previously discussed, I'm doing the Certified Blockchain Professional course. It is self-directed learning, so I'm going through it at my own pace. In order to consolidate my learning, and help organise my thoughts, I'm blogging about my reflections on each module. These are mostly notes to myself - but I hope if you find […]
Continue reading →By @edent · bank blockchain crypto money · 14 comments · 700 words · read ~8,723 times.
When I was young, I had a piggy bank. A piggy bank is incredibly secure. It's fairly big - so it is hard to lose. It is brightly coloured - so you can find it easily. No one else can see how much money there is in there. The only way to get money out […]
Continue reading →By @edent · art blockchain nft · 3 comments · 1,200 words
NB: The bit about NFT and smart contracts is at the end. As I discussed yesterday, being able to resell digital art via an NFT means that the price of art falls to zero. Let's assume that I'm correct and, through a combination of technology and changing social attitudes, no one wants to pay for […]
Continue reading →By @edent · art blockchain nft · 1 comment · 600 words · read ~644 times.
At the moment, it is not possible to sell a 2nd hand eBook or MP3. This seems fairly reasonable because a re-seller might keep copies of their original files after selling them. This would allow the re-seller to undercut the original publisher and sell the file multiple times. We tend to label this "Piracy". Someone […]
Continue reading →By @edent · blockchain Certified Blockchain Professional MSc · 900 words
As previously discussed, I'm doing the Certified Blockchain Professional course. It is self-directed learning, so I'm going through it at my own pace. In order to consolidate my learning, and help organise my thoughts, I'm blogging about my reflections on each module. These are mostly notes to myself - but I hope if you find […]
Continue reading →By @edent · blockchain MSc · 650 words · read ~220 times.
Sometimes - only sometimes - slowness is a feature, not a bug. A few weeks ago, I was reading about a purported use for "smart contracts". If your plane is cancelled, a smart-contract could automatically pay out your travel insurance, the millisecond the cancellation was reported. Nifty, right‽ Slowness for crap reasons There are plenty […]
Continue reading →By @edent · bitcoin blockchain MSc · 5 comments · 400 words
Here's a (possibly) daft idea. What if you could pay for goods using a transferable bank account? Say you want to pay a friend some money. But you're not physically close enough to hand over cash. You create a new bank account with a unique username and password. As quickly and easily as getting a […]
Continue reading →By @edent · blockchain Certified Blockchain Professional MSc · 4 comments · 2,050 words · read ~214 times.
As previously discussed, I'm doing the Certified Blockchain Professional course. It is self-directed learning, so I'm going through it at my own pace. In order to consolidate my learning, and help organise my thoughts, I'm blogging about my reflections on each module. These are mostly notes to myself - but I hope if you find […]
Continue reading →By @edent · blockchain Certified Blockchain Professional MSc · 3 comments · 350 words · read ~444 times.
Why do I do this to myself? Why? As part of my ongoing MSc, I have to take 3 professional training courses. I've completed my cybersecurity course, and I have a Machine Learning course booked for January. So what to do next? There's a lot of discussion in government0 circles about Blockchain. As with any […]
Continue reading →By @edent · blockchain crypto NaBloPoMo scam · 700 words · read ~296 times.
You've heard of the AI Winter, right? The period where funding for AI dried up due to products failing to meet their hype. I think we're now in Springtime For Crypto0 - named after the musical "Springtime for Hitler" from movie The Producers - where scams abound. You should take a couple of hours to […]
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