Stablecoins: A Beautiful Simplicity
BARELY one per cent of people in America use cryptocurrencies to settle transactions. Stablecoins, on the other hand, have already overtaken PayPal’s $1.7 trillion annual settlements. In fact they are fast catching up on Mastercard which settles some $9 trillion. People are embracing the simplicity of stablecoins as a medium of exchange, and this very […]
Video guides for the new Scotcoin V3 token
Scotcoin is moving to a new blockchain system. We’ve recently published a series of video setup guides to get ready for the new Scotcoin V3 token > https://www.youtube.com/c/scotcoinproject
Star Trek, Cowboys and Blockchain: Ferengi Rules!
For reasons somewhat beyond me, a friend recently hailed me as “Hello Ferengi!” You may have forgotten but the Ferengi of Star Trek fame, apart from having misshapen heads, were, shall we say, a little tricky as far as business goes. They had a whole host of rules, promulgated throughout the entire innumerable episodes and […]
IS THE TRUTH THAT OUR ECONOMY IS SIMPLY TOO BIG TO FAIL?
Robert McDowell is a long time supporter both personally and through Summerhall of Scotcoin. He is currently chairman of that renowned venue in Edinburgh, and a long time top level financier and economist. He has written a couple of pieces for us, this first one on the macro position we find ourselves in and the […]
Using Crypto in disaster areas
CoinTelegraph had a very interesting article on this very thing – see here: https://cointelegraph.com/news/unicef-fund-manager-cryptocurrency-could-revolutionize-humanitarian-aid You probably won’t remember but this is something I spoke about and highlighted some considerable time ago as being a perfect use for crypto in disaster situations. UNICEF has now embraced the idea. In the interview their Program Funding Manager Sunita […]
Ethereum users
There has been a tweet doing the rounds by a chap called Adam Cochran @adamScochran which starts off: “You may have heard a crazy claim that “no one really builds on Ethereum” and that “all the products being built on Ethereum are paid for by the Ethereum Foundation or ConSensys” It goes on to list […]
Blockchain Will Force Us To Put Our Big Boy / Big Girl Pants On
Author: Danette Wallace When we transition to digital currencies and blockchain applications we will need to collectively grow up. In western culture, we are accustomed to depending on external organizations to take care of our assets. Banks take care of our money, trusts take care of our properties, stock brokers take care of our investments. […]
Blockchain has moved on…
Blockchain has moved on since we started this journey. If Bitcoin was first generation Blockchain, Hyperledger was second generation. We are now into THIRD generation, which is described as permissioned decentralized blockchain. Libra, Facebook’s offering in the digital currency space is exactly that, and Microsoft is clearly committed to blockchain technology. That being the case, […]
Chocolate Bitcoins
If you are a chocoholic like me, you just might know that Belgium has been involved with the manufacture and sale of chocolate for nearly 400 years. Yes, 400 years. It has more than 2000 chocolate shops selling just – chocolate. They manufacture over 170,000 tons a year. It’s a big business. And it’s been […]
Rigging The Crypto Currency Markets
The news that US regulators are investigating crypto currency exchanges for illegal rigging activities should come as no surprise to anyone. When you are in the Wild West, anything goes, and can go on for as long as no one pulls the plug on it. But this particular move is all part of the worldwide […]
