Not Even Wikipedia is Safe from Bitcoin & Blockchain Censorship
Wikipedia is often used as the primary source for Bitcoin information, where contents can be edited by volunteers. However, last month, it seems that someone attempted to remove terms such as “Bitcoin” and “permissionless” from the Blockchain entry on Wikipedia to the criticism of the Bitcoin community. All of the information stored on the Wikipedia....
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The beginning of this week saw heated debates which have already been labelled a Wikipedia Edit war over the attempts to remove the terms ‘permissionless’ and ‘bitcoin’ from the blockchain entry on Wikipedia. The revision history on the website shows two particular terms standing out - ‘bitcoin’ and ‘permissionless’. Wikipedia is often the first site for getting quick information on various topics. As the interest in the term ‘blockchain’ has been quite vivid lately, it is of the highest importance to provide a clear explanation of the concept to all interested out there. Wikipedia....
IOHK CEO Charles Hoskinson vents his disappointment over Wikipedia’s refusal to list a Cardano page. In a Periscope video, Hoskinson hits out following his discovery that the online encyclopedia sees Cardano as lacking credibility. What’s more, considering Cardano’s scientific credentials, Hoskinson believes there is more at play than merely inadequate source data on the project. […]
All digital currency community members and companies are invited to submit their articles and contributions to Coiners. Finding out more information about the Bitcoin ecosystem is as easy as looking up the term on Wikipedia. At the same time, not all of this information is up-to-date anymore, although the various contributors try to keep things orderly. But in the end, decentralization is all about steering away from existing platforms such as Wikipedia. Coiners is a new platform acting as an open wiki focusing solely on blockchain and digital currency. As amazing as it is to look up....
Politics should have no place in the Bitcoin ecosystem, yet things like these rear their ugly head every now and then. A new censorship debate is taking place on the Bitcoin GitHub page, and hardly anyone will be surprised Cobra-Bitcoin is involved in the mix once again. This latest issue revolves around whether or not Coinbase should be removed from the Bitcoin.org website. Apparently, their leadership keeps making ‘bad decisions” and they “try to undermine Bitcoin in some way”. It is not surprising to see more censorship coming out of the /r/Bitcoin camp by any means these days. Over the....
The Panama Papers will have political and social fallout for months and years to come, much like the Libor scandal or the Edward Snowden leaks. A vote of no confidence for Iceland’s prime minister and Internet censorship in China are likely but the beginning. With top Chinese leaders cited in the leaks, the nation is reportedly turning to Internet censorship to censor the topic. Süddeutsche Zeitung, in collaboration with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, reported that family members had connections . Censors were compromising the integrity of searches containing....