Virtual currencies will explode thanks to mobile games
The European Central Bank (ECB) has just issued a report on Virtual Currency Schemes, with case studies on Second Life and Bitcoin (both previously covered in depth here). In the report, the ECB calls Bitcoin “the most successful — and probably most controversial — virtual currency scheme to date.” The ECB goes on to say that the…
You should take Bitcoin seriously
I realised that it was over ten years ago when I started banging on about mobile payments and tablet computing. It struck me particularly when I revived this video that I made back in 2000. From Chris Skinner's videos on Vimeo Some would say that video was / is visionary. I would say that it was just ahead…
US authorities start campaign against Bitcoin?
Several people pinged me yesterday to highlight the fact that Bitcoin has now become a target of the major payments processors. Not for acquisition. Not for partnership. Not for joint ventures. Not for support. No. Bitcoin is obviously becoming a threat to mainstream operations as it is now an active shut-down target. This was demonstrated…
US authorities start campaign against Bitcoin?
Several people pinged me yesterday to highlight the fact that Bitcoin has now become a target of the major payments processors. Not for acquisition. Not for partnership. Not for joint ventures. Not for support. No. Bitcoin is obviously becoming a threat to mainstream operations as it is now an active shut-down target. This was demonstrated…
Bitcoin: immersive or subversive?
I’ve written a few bits about Bitcoin but it still confuses folks, as was clear from the debate we had about it at the Financial Services Club the other night. Donald Norman, co-founder of the Bitcoin Consultancy, presented the latest state of play in the currency … … and it led to one of the liveliest…
Is Bitcoin the future of money … or are we smoking dope?
Talking with some of the Financial Services Club sponsors last week, it is clear that there is still a debate raging about the future of cash. Like the future of branches, which both Brett King and I discuss endlessly, cash is one of the other traditional bastions of the old guard of financial servicing. Yet…
Is Bitcoin the future of money … or are we smoking dope?
Talking with some of the Financial Services Club sponsors last week, it is clear that there is still a debate raging about the future of cash. Like the future of branches, which both Brett King and I discuss endlessly, cash is one of the other traditional bastions of the old guard of financial servicing. Yet…
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