XRP SEC charges blockchain payments firm Ripple with conducting unregistered securities offering Xeni Jardin
chatbots A Wechat-based "mobile court" presided over by a chatbot has handled 3m legal procedures since March Cory Doctorow
hexayurts How to reengineer our systems to address climate change's refugee crisis and create new, high-density cities on demand Cory Doctorow
intergenerational space opera Luna: Moon Rising, in which Ian McDonald brings the trilogy to an astounding, intricate, exciting and satisfying climax Cory Doctorow
potemkin currencies Study finds 95% of all Bitcoin trading volume is fake, designed to lure in ICOs Cory Doctorow
peak of inflated expectations Incoherence, multiplied: Sony announces nebulous "blockchain for DRM" Cory Doctorow
btc A hard look at the wastefulness of "proof of work," the idea at the core of the blockchain Cory Doctorow
monero Attacks that unmask anonymous blockchain transactions can be used against everyone who ever relied on the defective technique Cory Doctorow
going galt Seasteading meets the shock doctrine in Puerto Rico, where ethnic cleansing precedes Going Galt Cory Doctorow
distributed ledgers People are stashing irrevocable child porn links, dox, copyright infringement, and leaked state secrets in the blockchain Cory Doctorow
excel Browser plugin replaces the word "blockchain" with "multiple copies of a giant Excel spreadsheet" Rob Beschizza
