Lie Low Laxing in a Radical February

Whilst world news has been off the crazy charts, Banks have been advertising with dancing transsexuals. Go the pride parade! We have shooting in the USA, and silicon valley ad odds with Washington. Bitcoin and Crypto currency have been remarkably sensible and subdued. Something odd for a juvenile rebel currency, but hey, It's relaxing!

The price has been stable at around $420 USD per Bitcoin (you could say 42 cents per millibit). I'm looking out the window to another sunny day back in Auckland New Zealand and finally starting to eat again. I can even buy fries at the local bitcoin meet up. Its great, I may even pump up the lie low and some rum cocktails, but first I want to take the opportunity to list a few cool things about crypto currency that I have stumbled into.

MyBitcoinSaver - set up an automatic payment and save bitcoin in New Zealand.

Keepkey - a cool looking device to keep bitcoins super secure.

BTproof - Lets you put any data you want into the block chain, so you can prove the truth with a forge proof time stamp. Make predictions or cement your vows.

Abra - a network of people who act like uber human ATM machines.

So on those four notes I'm going to continue chilling, finding new apps, trying to learn to code and to create a bitcoin friendly tourist paradise in Auckland. I have JS just about down. I also have a VR kit in the mail courtesy of Overstock. I guess that makes NZ the on the fore front of tech? Maybe Apple should move it's head office here?

We have radical corporate noodle banks, maybe they'll let you pay your staff in bitcoin. A one cent satoshi doesn't seem so out of place.

Martin Shkreli - Preparing to Steal Your Bitcoins

The Exit Signs

I like the EU but it looks like the exit signs are popping up everywhere. The unified currency is definitely something that is needed in the area.  It's proving hard to get it to work. The difficulty is the cross over with money and politics. Crypto currency can be highly political, but it can also be politically agnostic.

It is a relief that the UK have come to a deal today, however the union is now more politicised and this may be difficult to manage. despite the tweet the drama is far from over, the UK still need to vote on it. All this when the Greeks still stand precariously next to the emergence exit asking for money. How many more exit signs will be turned on? Italian banks may soon need EU bailouts. It feels like the theater might be getting ready for a fire drill. This has got to be a good thing for the bitcoin price.

Martin Shkreli - Super Villains Exist!

Just getting started on this one. Should he be The Joker or Two Face? I'm thinking rubber gloves would suit him.

Ethereum Boom

In the last 24 hours Ethereum market cap has risen over 30%. the price is now over $5 

USD. this make it the second largest crypto currency (alternative to bitcoin). Over taking Ripple and Litecoin, it's a serious currency worth $480mil. It's not the name of a computer game, but as in the sci-fi game, it is not clear whether Ethereum is as innocent as it may seem.

If you thought bitcoin was complicated, Ethereum is a googleplex. It is nerd central and although there are some slick products coming out of it, you really need programming knowledge to be involved. The currencies ambition is huge and its image is good. It's not really even a currency, its like an energy for everything. however in order to attempt this the source code is hugely more complex than that of other crypto currencies. Its an exciting and positive goal, and its more trendy than bitcoin, but is it to ambitious? 

Considering that the public are still struggling to grasp the potential of more simple crypto currencies like Bitcoin and Litecoin, it may unintentionally become a divisive and elitist force. This complexity could put outsiders off crypto currencies as a whole or it could act to divide the crypto community. Anti-bank factions have traditionally been able to rally against Ripple but now Ethereum may be used by R3. This would make Ethereum both good and bad from that point of view. I think Ethereum is a good thing but certainly, what was once a clear is now very cerebral. Much more discussion is needed and it won't sound like a presidential debate.

Nerds and hipsters are angry and it looks like the Ethereum boom is far from over. In line with yesterdays Star Wars theme, the crypto currency dark side could indeed be getting darker. Ethereum enthusiast Woods says “The idea of making certain things impossible to legislate against is really interesting”. It is scary interesting, Ethereum could be a programmatic king hit.

Crypto Star Wars

It seems like there are to many similarities in the crypto story lately, to that of our favorite popular sci-fi film. To many to be ignored. Lets just draw X Wings and post them on the web! It's the force!

#Blockchain

Last week I went to the Auckland bitcoin meet up. The people were pretty cool! Its a great excuse to drink beer and eat chips bought with bitcoins and talk smack! Go the doggy! Here's my latest odes to the blockchain.

#Blockchain "straight out of Compton"

#Blockchain the catch 22 for banks

Bitcoin is gold. everything that it isn't is #Blockchain

#Blockchain, don't even worry about it