Link list on bitcoin & blockchain, demonitization and other MoneyLab issues (part 2)

Part 1 of this link list can be found here:
https://networkcultures.org/moneylab/2017/10/11/link-list-on-bitcoin-blockchain-demonitization-and-other-moneylab-issues/
Miners are not your friends
https://blog.keep.network/miners-arent-your-friends-cde9b6e0e9ac

Decentralization in Bitcoin and Ethereum
http://hackingdistributed.com/2018/01/15/decentralization-bitcoin-ethereum/
Code Solutionism of Steve Johnson in NYT
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/01/16/magazine/beyond-the-bitcoin-bubble.html
Vincent Haupert on hacking TAN apps for Smart Phones
https://media.ccc.de/v/34c3-8805-die_fabelhafte_welt_des_mobilebankings#t=149
Karen Levy: The Social Workings of Contract
http://hackingdistributed.com/2018/01/17/what-contracts-are-and-arenot/
Is the Bitcoin Bubble the New Subprime Mortgage Bomb?
https://www.counterpunch.org/2017/12/14/is-the-bitcoin-bubble-the-new-subprime-mortgage-bomb/
Bitcoin to crash in 2018 to USD 1,800, with crypto market cap falling 70%
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/bitcoin-crash-2018-usd-1800-crypto-market-cap-falling-quinlan/
Meaningful Interaction and Time Well Spent
https://medium.com/what-to-build/dear-zuck-fd25ecb1aa5a
How to Design Social Systems (Without Causing Depression and War)
https://medium.com/what-to-build/how-to-design-social-systems-without-causing-depression-and-war-3c3f8e0226d1
#MyFacebookInvoice generator
https://goo.gl/EEDDcv
Cryptocurrencies: greater fool gold
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jan/07/the-guardian-view-on-cryptocurrencies-a-greater-fools-gold
India Clings to Cash, Even as Tech Firms Push Digital Money
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/07/technology/india-digital-money.html
CEO Of Porn-Focused Cryptocurrency Disappears With Investors’ Money
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-01-08/latest-ico-scam-ceo-porn-focused-token-disappears-investors-money
Open Banking ‘revolution’ to challenge banks’ dominance
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-42655716 (via Nate)

Report of the world’s first bitcoin conference (August 2011)
https://spectrum.ieee.org/computing/networks/the-worlds-first-bitcoin-conference
Is one reason why the status qua disdains bitcoin that “the wrong people are getting rich”?
https://charleshughsmith.blogspot.com.au/2017/12/is-one-reason-why-status-quo-disdains.html
Ten years in, nobody has come up with a use for blockchain
https://hackernoon.com/ten-years-in-nobody-has-come-up-with-a-use-case-for-blockchain-ee98c180100
Nettime debate about the above article
https://nettime.org/Lists-Archives/nettime-l-1712/threads.html
Bitcoin & alt.right
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/bitcoins-boom-is-a-boon-for-extremist-groups/2017/12/26/
Avoiding Digital Feudalism Built on Blockchains
https://www.coindesk.com/avoiding-digital-feudalism-built-blockchains/
A Stunning Look Inside The World Of South Korea’s “Bitcoin Zombies”
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-12-29/stunning-look-inside-world-south-koreas-bitcoin-zombies

Second-tier crypto coins starting to catch up
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-03/bitcoin-loses-some-dazzle-as-second-tier-crypto-coins-catch-up
Univeral Basic Income debate I
https://medium.com/@dmytri/that-time-davidgraeber-called-me-an-asshole-fictitious-politics-socialism-in-reverse-and-ubi-on-a91fca63a1d1

UBI debate II
https://medium.com/@dmytri/minsky-shaikh-and-standing-deciphering-evgeny-morozovs-ubi-inflation-denial-9f10444fd4eb
Cryptocurrency Buble is Strangling Innovation
https://techcrunch.com/2018/01/07/the-cryptocurrency-bubble-is-strangling-innovation/
Why and how the Cryptobubble will burst
https://medium.com/@dennyk/why-and-how-the-cryptobubble-will-burst-de9bc7fc5332
Ethereum Slides After Coding Bug Freezes Wallets Containing $280 Million
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-11-07/ethereum-slides-after-coding-bug-freezes-wallets-containing-280-million
Edward LiPuma: The Social Life of Financial Derivatives: Markets, Risk, and Time
https://www.dukeupress.edu/the-social-life-of-financial-derivatives
ERC project @UvA: Blockchain & Society
https://blockchain-society.science/
A Bitcoin ATM comes to a New York Deli (via Patricia de Vries)
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/09/18/a-bitcoin-atm-comes-to-a-new-york-deli
Blockchain and Global Governance
https://www.routledge.com/Bitcoin-and-Beyond-Cryptocurrencies-Blockchains-and-Global-Governance/Campbell-Verduyn/p/book/9780415792141
I was wrong about Bicoin. Here’s Why
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/12/technology/bitcoin-predictions.html
5000 strangers just bought a French castle together
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/12/05/568594889/7-500-strangers-just-bought-a-crumbling-french-chateau-together
https://dartagnans.fr/fr/projects/et-si-on-adoptait-un-chateau/campaign
Don’t Get Caught in the Blockchain Hype
https://blog.apnic.net/2017/12/14/dont-get-caught-blockchain-hype/
Patreon: We’re sorry. We’re not rolling out these fees
https://blog.patreon.com/not-rolling-out-fees-change/
Steam is no longer supporting Bitcoin
https://steamcommunity.com/games/593110/announcements/detail/1464096684955433613
The End of Bitcoin
https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2017/12/the-end-of-bitcoin/
Steve Wilson: Critical Analysis of Blockchain Use in Healthcare
http://lockstep.com.au/library/ehealth/how-healthy-is-blockchain
Banks Can Wipe Out Your Money (via Patrice Riemens)
https://thelogicalindian.com/awareness/bail-in-clause/
Bitcoin is not a Currency Debate on Hacker News
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15884698
Universal Basic Bullshit
https://thenewinquiry.com/universal-basic-bullshit/
Here Are The 3 Questions We Hear Most About Bitcoin Right Now
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-11-30/here-are-three-questions-we-hear-most-about-bitcoin-moment
Financial campaigners from around Europe meet in Brussels for @ForFinanceWatch’s 1st #ChangeFinance Forum
http://www.finance-watch.org/our-work/events/1478-first-finance-watch-forum
“It’s all a question of how RICH YOU WANT TO BECOME”
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-12-04/which-16-year-old-math-genius-and-semi-naked-women-sell-first-ever-ico-tranche
Blockchain User Experience
https://www.invisionapp.com/blog/user-experience-blockchain/
Why Bitcoin will go the way of the tulips
http://www.afr.com/opinion/columnists/why-bitcoin-will-go-the-way-of-the-tulips-20171115-gzmf4d
Warning Signs About Another Giant Bitcoin Exchange
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/21/technology/bitcoin-bitfinex-tether.html
Stop Using Excel, Finance Chiefs Tell Staff
https://www.wsj.com/articles/stop-using-excel-finance-chiefs-tell-staffs-1511346601

Demonetization: Critical Responses to India’s Cash(/less) Experiment
https://culanth.org/fieldsights/1222-demonetization-critical-responses-to-india-s-cash-less-experiment
Ethereum Proposes ‘Guidelines’ To Stop ICO-Related Fraud
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-11-10/ethereum-proposes-guidelines-stop-ico-related-fraud
It is not “When will it burst?” Nobody can answer that. The question is “What is it called?” (via Janos Sugar)
http://uk.businessinsider.com/what-do-we-call-this-bubble-2017-10
Mysterious Bitcoin Dip-Byer Identified
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-11-13/mysterious-bitcoin-dip-buyer-identified
10,000 unique collectible characters with proof of ownership stored on the Ethereum blockchain (via Inte)
https://www.larvalabs.com/cryptopunks
Why and how the Cryptobubble will burst
https://medium.com/@dennyk/why-and-how-the-cryptobubble-will-burst-de9bc7fc5332
Ethereum Slides After Coding Bug Freezes Wallets Containing $280 Million
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-11-07/ethereum-slides-after-coding-bug-freezes-wallets-containing-280-million
Edward LiPuma: The Social Life of Financial Derivatives: Markets, Risk, and Time
https://www.dukeupress.edu/the-social-life-of-financial-derivatives
ERC project @UvA: Blockchain & Society
https://blockchain-society.science/

Is your country ready to go cashless?
http://blog.mondato.com/cashless-readiness/
Resilience — decentralized basic income through paying it forward
https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/resilience-decentralized-basic-income-through-paying-it-forward/2016/05/19
Celebrity endorsements are helping start-ups raise big money in initial coin offerings.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/27/technology/how-floyd-mayweather-helped-two-young-guys-from-miami-get-rich.html
CIBC Walks From Tapscott’s NextBlock Global After Falsehoods Revealed; More Misrepresentations Found
https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurashin/2017/11/03/cibc-walks-from-tapscotts-nextblock-global-after-falsehoods-revealed-more-misrepresentations-found/
Web Creator Tim Berners-Lee: Blockchain Builders Should Beware Misuse
https://www.coindesk.com/web-creator-tim-berners-lee-blockchain-builders-beware-misuse/
ERC grant on Blockchain-based Decentralized Autonomous Organizations
http://samer.hassan.name/
Right-wing neo-liberals wake up and see state vs. private crypto wars ahead
https://mises.org/blog/next-generation-currency-wars-private-vs-state-backed-crypto
Mobile Money and the Curse of Dormant Money
http://blog.mondato.com/curse-dormant-accounts/

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