Thursday 19 November 2015
Wednesday 18 November 2015
Bitcoin and The Hunger Games
My sister, an LA stylist, writes off The Hunger Games as hollywood junk. She might be right, the last movie felt like a bit of filler and did have a distinct lack of face burn. Still I'm looking forward to the final, Mockingjay Part 2.
It is the social concept in the story which I think is inspired. I wonder what Suzanne Collins, author of the original books would think of bitcoin and the prospect of some kind of crypto hyper-community culture in the future. She might find it quite scary.
Mokingjay portrays a world 'Pan America' where districts are enslaved in a communistic way by 'The Capital', a large flamboyant but morally ambivalent city of the future. Though the people of The Capital are rich, money and transactions never seem to feature in their daily lives. Something I think most of us would appreciate.
Could these directors, fluffers and 'Game Makers' be collecting their credits via dogerain? Maybe, you never know what might happen looking at the news and the terrible events in Paris, there is some risk that the world could turn into a kind of Hunger Games like hell. There's got to be a way to make a better world than this. I'll be looking for ideas at the theatre. Hopefully it has a bit more fire than part one.
It is the social concept in the story which I think is inspired. I wonder what Suzanne Collins, author of the original books would think of bitcoin and the prospect of some kind of crypto hyper-community culture in the future. She might find it quite scary.
Mokingjay portrays a world 'Pan America' where districts are enslaved in a communistic way by 'The Capital', a large flamboyant but morally ambivalent city of the future. Though the people of The Capital are rich, money and transactions never seem to feature in their daily lives. Something I think most of us would appreciate.
Could these directors, fluffers and 'Game Makers' be collecting their credits via dogerain? Maybe, you never know what might happen looking at the news and the terrible events in Paris, there is some risk that the world could turn into a kind of Hunger Games like hell. There's got to be a way to make a better world than this. I'll be looking for ideas at the theatre. Hopefully it has a bit more fire than part one.
Friday 30 October 2015
Digital Jeasus
1. All preachers shall BOINC and read code
2. Respect the genisus block and rejoice in consensus
3. Be weary of centralisation
4. Hold faith in math (BEDMAS, SOHCAHTOA and Cryptographic splurg)
5. Let there be freedom and equality for all
6. Peace one Earth, Dual via Teken
7. Yoda speak we will
8. Relax, meditate and enjoy life and non-digital stuff especially
9. There is no one #DigitalJeasus
10. Everyone can be a dogeillionare
Thursday 1 October 2015
The Great Bitcoin Road Trip!
...The van feels pretty out of place in old values Oxford. Unfortunately Wicked campers wouldnt accept bitcoin when i asked, somethjng that I think could be fixed with a little pear pressure. We did get takeaways and deliveries from almost every shop on Cowley Rd though using takeways.com, Milikas is especially good. We discovered the meaning of "spotting" in the uk and now we are off the the continent in search of warmer weather with our tails between our legs. SeeWeeYesYa next stop Fontainebleau forest.
...It turns out its pretty hard writing when you're on a bitcoin budget and living out of a van with only one power supply and no wifi. I'm resorting to pen and paper from now on. Note to others make sure you have multiple charge points, ideally one of those solar chargers and a wifi dongle with a big charge block would be a bonus. Also moble internet contracts don't work in Germany, but you can get a new sim there for 10 euros. Fontainebleau was great, I love the square chestnut trees. I collected a box of chestnuts and the camp ground we stayed at, hardly had to move out of my tripod seat there were so many. Apparently the Brits eat them. You never know when you might go hungry in this situation.
...In Bordeaux, there are not many shops accepting bitcoin to be found though there is a funny internet cafe selling food. I find it's hard to communicate with someone about bitcoin when you can barely grasp a fraction of their language. Lots of cool graph and history. If the people can drop their home currencies and adopt the euro in such a short space of time then surely crypto-currency doesn't need to be to large of a step. It does seem like France could be a key area in adoption of crypto-currency. A a cultural hub and center of protest the public can really grasp complex social issues and it shows in their history. They really love to protest too. On the way through Paris (the best city in the world) the motor way was blocked by a motor cycle and scooter protest. Could this happen with bitcoin? Fashionable guys stand on the medians and smoke cigarettes as scooters pull wheelies.
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| Actual van in Barcelona |
Zaragoza, Barcelona, Nice, Monaco, Lake Garda to Verona we swam in the waters and guzzled the wine. We stayed in Lido in "Venicia" which I think is a good choice. Our friend hooked us up with some secure parking. He also provides a bed and breakfast service in genuine Italian style. I think bitcoin could be a very safe way for punters to accept digital payment on there boats. Then Austria to Lindau to "Koln" in "Deutchland" the leaves started falling off the trees. using our Airbitz wallets to locate vendors nearby. Saw some great churches and castles. What about bitcoin donations in Cathedrals? Comes in handy when patrons run out of change. I was totally impressed by my girlfriend who had no trouble sleeping in the van after it had been slept in for too many days in a row and finding innovative ways to make due without an ensuite.
Amsterdam is one of my favourite cities. I love the "let it be" attitude. We had a great night out on the town and stumbled upon there halloween parade, which unknowing of the date was especially freaky. i was to shy to ask the window girls if they would accept bitcoin. The next day we moved on to Brussels with its guided cafe square, and misty Luxemburge with its ancient viaduct. We finished our trip in beautiful Milly and Barbizon in the French countryside where a little hotel room at the quaint Budget Inn was thoroughly appreciated and the service was decidedly unbudget in Uk terms, you could say "bushay". The food at La Boheme didn't fail to impress as did the laughing and good times with my pigeon French.
It's such a great cultural experience of exploring the which us pioneers once lived. We used our euro denominated ANX card at the petrol stations and digital self service terminals in McDonalds when we just can't face our "sivous plays" and "danke shurns". Many transactions were done in plain old euros and we did drop a few old fashion coins into the toll road funnel. But who's a purest anyway. Watch out for the Apple GPS though as it is particularly keen on tolls and those roads do tend to be less of an adventure. Digital currency operation for gates and tole roads would be great. Big ticket items like accommodation and return airfares to New Zealand which we could purchase online using sites like cheapair.com.
By the end of the four weeks I'm all out of my budgeted bitcoins and the price is on the rise again. Go figure! Though I probably haven't preached bitcoin and crypto-currency as much as I originally intended I have seen so many new opportunities along the way. Europe is just so beautiful, how many newbies you recruit, I think is beside the point. It's been the best trip ever. I'm so stoked I got to represent the good life in an crazy van with a "B" on the bumper, leaving a trail of QR codes in our wake.
Wednesday 30 September 2015
The Press said QE Infinity, and the People said MARSCOIN
Scenes from Neal Stephensens Snow Crash seem to be less far fetched given the breaking news this week. Vindications for people radicals on both the far left and right, crypto junkies and environmentalists a like.
We had rumours that rogue CIA are still chasing a 300,000 BTC stash from the original Silk road. A post published by none other than "Variety Jones" a key figure and on-going fugitive named in the Ross Ubrich case shows this in detail, adding to the two CIA and DEA officers already convicted of fraud and blackmail, basically shifty law enforcement.
The gulf stream has stopped! Scientists can confirm that cold water from the north pole is no longer citculating as it has fir thousands of years. Its called the cold spot and it brings up plots from popular apocalypse movies, trigering a domino effect on the worlds climate. It could be a cold long winter for Britain this year. Al the whilst VW is busted for manipulating the co2 ratings of their cars. After failing to raise interest rates for 7 years the US fed said they want the government to start spending and that there could be QE infinity and zero interest rates forever. Something many people had been predicting and a case for crypto currency.
This may all seem like poetic justice for counterculture this week with but I'm not sure what the cereal shop raid in London is about. Anarchists raid hipsters, what's going on? I feel like I need a poon and a hyper board to get out of here.
The one thing in this weeks storm that is remotely holcim is finding water on Mars! On that note as cryptocultureologist im going to look away from the tabloids buy a bit of marscoin and see what happens next.
We had rumours that rogue CIA are still chasing a 300,000 BTC stash from the original Silk road. A post published by none other than "Variety Jones" a key figure and on-going fugitive named in the Ross Ubrich case shows this in detail, adding to the two CIA and DEA officers already convicted of fraud and blackmail, basically shifty law enforcement.
The gulf stream has stopped! Scientists can confirm that cold water from the north pole is no longer citculating as it has fir thousands of years. Its called the cold spot and it brings up plots from popular apocalypse movies, trigering a domino effect on the worlds climate. It could be a cold long winter for Britain this year. Al the whilst VW is busted for manipulating the co2 ratings of their cars. After failing to raise interest rates for 7 years the US fed said they want the government to start spending and that there could be QE infinity and zero interest rates forever. Something many people had been predicting and a case for crypto currency.
This may all seem like poetic justice for counterculture this week with but I'm not sure what the cereal shop raid in London is about. Anarchists raid hipsters, what's going on? I feel like I need a poon and a hyper board to get out of here.
The one thing in this weeks storm that is remotely holcim is finding water on Mars! On that note as cryptocultureologist im going to look away from the tabloids buy a bit of marscoin and see what happens next.
Monday 21 September 2015
Saturday 19 September 2015
China, and Bitcoin as a Hedge Against Volatility
Prime Interest news said bitcoin needs to be boring before people will start to believe its money in 2013. At the time that was hard to see happening with all the anti establishment techno utopian ideas and skyrocketing prices. But now, after a crash, banks are all jumping on board, see the list of supporters at chain.com, it's become a crypto anarchists twist of fate. It's beginning to seem like almost all major banks are getting involved in something they once dismissed, taking the "if you can't beat em join em" approach. With the recent so called Chinese crash investors have almost nowhere else left to turn.
People who pay no attention to economics will know that everything is volatile at the moment. Commodities are behaving strangely. Remember when oil was over $100 a barrel. Gold, a traditional hedge against stocks, has dropped. Stocks around the world have collapsed, not just in China. Most investments they are down on the year and fiat currencies are all over the place. Its far from plain sailing and soon someone's going to fall off the ship.
Bitcoin and the value of other major crypto currencies have conversely settled into an even rhythm. The value of a bit is the same as it was a year ago. bitcoin has found an new base at $230. like the $105 floor of 2013 and the $5 of 2012. Crypto investors are beginning to find peace. Volatility ounce touted as a downfall of the currency, is clearly reducing. We can hear the birds singing in the trees.
Now the Yuan drops, now the Yen, Japans credit rating is was downgraded! The US fail to raise their zero interest rate for the 7th year in a row and the world stock market continues to decline. Seriously where the hell would you put your money if you had any? And the pressure is on if you're one of those mega one percent'ers driving a Maserati in China.
Commodity prices are finally starting to show signs of recovery. However they rely on the Chinese economy for demand and victim to the claws of the short sell, becoming the global default. These cycles and this market psychology seem far from over. What will the bots do? If you're doing business internationally and if you're actually making stuff then these are trying times. Irregularities in commodity prices seem less severe when compared to bitcoin. However charts on useful things like gold and silver start to make more sense when measured against bitcoin. This combined with easy international transfers make for an ideal tool for factories in China selling widgets direct to the world. Maybe the mathematical ether of crypto is the only way to escape.
We are seeing that bitcoin as money become plain and much less socially loaded. Banks getting hold of it will exaggerate this phenomenon That's a win win for holders and early adopters, exciting news for people who are interested in fintech. Its and it does feel like a moral compromise for the "currency of the people". The opportunity for social change and to change the way value impacts our lives with bitcoin is at risk, but the price of the currency is not, it's a Catch 22. There is a circular logic to adoption and mainstreaming, but hopefully it is something cured with time. Crypto currency seems less crazy to our friends against this backdrop.
What the media may have drummed into us is changing. At the moment bitcoin is providing order and direction. Ironically, its computer nerds and crypto anarchists now hold the keys one of the most constant parts of the world economy. Whilst the market crashes in an illogical heap, the bitcoin is unphased. You can feel relaxed with a bitcoin in your pocket. It's a nice little hedge against the global finance complex.
People who pay no attention to economics will know that everything is volatile at the moment. Commodities are behaving strangely. Remember when oil was over $100 a barrel. Gold, a traditional hedge against stocks, has dropped. Stocks around the world have collapsed, not just in China. Most investments they are down on the year and fiat currencies are all over the place. Its far from plain sailing and soon someone's going to fall off the ship.
Bitcoin and the value of other major crypto currencies have conversely settled into an even rhythm. The value of a bit is the same as it was a year ago. bitcoin has found an new base at $230. like the $105 floor of 2013 and the $5 of 2012. Crypto investors are beginning to find peace. Volatility ounce touted as a downfall of the currency, is clearly reducing. We can hear the birds singing in the trees.
Commodity prices are finally starting to show signs of recovery. However they rely on the Chinese economy for demand and victim to the claws of the short sell, becoming the global default. These cycles and this market psychology seem far from over. What will the bots do? If you're doing business internationally and if you're actually making stuff then these are trying times. Irregularities in commodity prices seem less severe when compared to bitcoin. However charts on useful things like gold and silver start to make more sense when measured against bitcoin. This combined with easy international transfers make for an ideal tool for factories in China selling widgets direct to the world. Maybe the mathematical ether of crypto is the only way to escape.
We are seeing that bitcoin as money become plain and much less socially loaded. Banks getting hold of it will exaggerate this phenomenon That's a win win for holders and early adopters, exciting news for people who are interested in fintech. Its and it does feel like a moral compromise for the "currency of the people". The opportunity for social change and to change the way value impacts our lives with bitcoin is at risk, but the price of the currency is not, it's a Catch 22. There is a circular logic to adoption and mainstreaming, but hopefully it is something cured with time. Crypto currency seems less crazy to our friends against this backdrop.
What the media may have drummed into us is changing. At the moment bitcoin is providing order and direction. Ironically, its computer nerds and crypto anarchists now hold the keys one of the most constant parts of the world economy. Whilst the market crashes in an illogical heap, the bitcoin is unphased. You can feel relaxed with a bitcoin in your pocket. It's a nice little hedge against the global finance complex.
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