In light of all the attacks on smart contracts this year you can't help but wonder how many of them could have been avoided. Despite the heavy weight cryptography at the centre of this technological revolution

I like the tech but what worries me, as I said before, is that Bitcoin has no yield. Nor does any cryptocurrency (yet! AFAIK). In order to make a gain someone else has to buy from you for a higher price

Could it be possible to find a blockchain company from 1987? In theory it is certainly possible but in practise it just seems so unlikely. That's why you will be as surprised as I am to find that there

2017 has been an exciting year for Ethereum, as ICOs have proven to be an incredibly successful way to raise capital. Markets-both centralized and decentralized-have grown as tokens for platforms demonstrate

The following post is an excerpt from my MSc thesis that I finished in August 2015 (the topic was: "Investigating the security of anonymous messaging over the Internet"). In this post I describe

Misspellings can be either one of two things: An honest misspelling. An unfamiliarity with the underlying topics. This post is an effort to tidy up possible misunderstandings. Blockchain or block chain?

Test post. :-)

This is the final article of a series aimed at helping those new to crypto. These come from many of the mistakes I've seen over the past two years. Know some people new to crypto? This should be helpful.

Ethereum London (the original and largest Ethereum meetup in the world and has operated since January 2014) hosted an event at Imperial College London where two talks were given. In this post I provide

Finally, we have a launch date for the Polkadot "ICO": Launch date Sunday 15th October 2017 For more details check the official website: Overview of Polkadot FAQ I also noticed that there was

I just came across a concise and possibly a useful security guide for small businesses to asses the overall security posture of their business. This advice equally applies to organisations of all sizes;

Blockchains and smart contracts create new peer to peer transactions. This simple statement is the foundation of incredible economic growth in this new asset class. Bitcoin was the first implementation

Humble Bundle hast just announced a new cryptocurrency book bundle. The prices are low but all of the versions are digital (often a mix of .mobi, pub, and .pdf). A good number of the books are about Bitcoin,

Some more news has been released from the Polkadot camp. General ICO information From the project's website Firstly: US and Chinese residents CANNOT participate. There will be a 3-day countdown timer,

Incentives are everything. In 2008, a man discovered he could use peanuts to create incentives for crows to bring him coins. The blockchain has created new opportunities to incentivize human behavior.

FunFair, the Ethereum gaming project, released their August update. It's notable not only because it lays out that they will will be burning many of their unsold tokens, listing on more major exchanges

This post will hopefully give you a brief overview of the major blockchain privacy mechanisms that are implemented in cryptocurrencies today and in particular how the Zerocoin protocol used in Zcoin stacks

With the latest burst of cryptocurrency mania it is hard to keep one's feet on the ground and head out of the clouds. There are a lot of exciting projects with fanciful claims of changing the world and

In this article I will review the book "Mastering Bitcoin (Second Edition): Programming the Open Blockchain" by Andreas Antonopoulos. This book provides a good introduction to Bitcoin with a

The Ethereum London group on meetup.com was one of the first meetup groups for Ethereum in the world and at the time of writing it is the largest with almost 4,600 members. The recent events have taken