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You should save the "Gavin is trying to impress evil institutional investors" mud-slinging for when I get around to laying out the argument for increasing the block size, because that would be closer to the truth.
Gavin Andresen, October 09, 2013, from Bitcointalk
Today Mircea Popescu filed a declaration on the matter of Bitcoin sovereignty. Full text appears below: Continue reading
A smaller note in yesterday's busy day for Preet Bharara, criminal fraud charges were announced against Trendon Shavers, also known as pirateat40, for running a Ponzi scheme. In Preet's own words: Continue reading
Product: Price of BTC under control. Life for USG. (Examples: Bitstamp and Coinbase)
After the arrest of Blake Benthall for allegedly operating Silk Road 2.o a PDF began circulating which purports to be a copy of the complaint against Benthall. Qntra presents the text of the alleged complaint liberated from its PDF turd: Continue reading
Today the FBI announced the closure of the Silk Road 2.0 and the arrest yesterday of Blake Benthall the alleged operator of Silk Road 2.0 who operated under the moniker "Defcon." The charges leveled at Benthall include: Continue reading
The month of October featured some action, but on the whole activity in the Bitcoin securities space was mostly unremarkable with the exception of Qntra's opening. And now to the the numbers: Continue reading
Vessenes's Bitcoin Foundation maintains a notoriety for many questionable actions and behaviors. There is even a candidate running for the foundation's board on the platform of dissolution. Due to the oversights of Vessenes's Bitcoin Foundation, #bitcoin-assets recently formed its own foundation for the preservation of the Bitcoin reference implementation. Continue reading
In a busy day for Cody R Wilson he has now announced his candidacy for the board of Vessenes' Bitcoin Foundation. His platform consists simply of disbanding the organization from within. While others have different plans for taking on the organization, Cody clarified his plan in tweets:
Cody R. Wilson @Radomysisky · 16m 16 minutes ago
My platform is simple. The Foundation should be shuttered, the coins sold on the open market. I will name names.Cody R. Wilson @Radomysisky · 15m 15 minutes ago
No quarter. No gentleman's agreements with legitimists.
Given the simplicity of the plan one has to wonder, why does it include topping up Buterin's Waterfall?
Parimutuel wagering game War of Life operating as S.WOL published their closing statement today. War of Life offered wagering based on the outcome of cellular automaton simulations. A distinguishing feature of War of Life was that it offered a more nuanced system of bet weighting than simple time weighting could offer. Shareholders will be issued a one time payment of 2978 satoshis per share which reflects the present book value of the venture. The clean closure of War of Life follows the example set last year when Satoshi Dice ended their public security and went private.