London Scene Roundup: Has Joe Lubin Gone Too Far?
Our London Correspondent Nick Ayton, aka the ‘Sage of Shoreditch’, reports on the altcoins that replace ski passes and redeem sins, recent ICOs, Joe Lubin’s creating a multi-billion Blockchain empire and Satoshi spotted at a rugby game. Redeem your sins. Parishioner Fred Unwin always has a large smile on his face. He attends church when he can but this time I met him on his way to the pub. Cointelegraph: You seem very happy with life Fred. What’s going on? Fred Unwin: Yes indeed. I have just purchased another £5000 of GodCoins that moves me closer to heaven. Even though this year I was on....
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Insurance markets embrace Blockchain, a team of Blockchain experts offers consultation - this is one side of the CT London Scene Roundup, the last one this year. There’s also a funny side, as Nick Ayton spots Satoshi again and speaks with an old lady trapped in a Bitcoin mine. Insurance sector gets hot. The insurance sector has begun to realize that Blockchain is a great match for reinsurance and that smart contracts lend itself to the complexities of offsetting risk and managing multiple parties, each with a role to play and financial interest in getting it right the first time. ChainThat....
Our London Correspondent Nick Ayton’s London Roundup: Blockchain major must-see events, today’s most sexy ICOs and Irishman discovering consensus. TankCoin launched by MoD and Satoshi spotted again. Last week alone London hosted both Blockchain Week and Blockchain Expo that filled conference halls across the fintech capital of Europe. London as the beating heart of fintech and Blockchain continues to surprise us as the fintech gods bless our stage and that was just Chris Skinner whose rockstar status is a big draw... Blockchain Week, time to loosen up! At Blockchain Week there was Bobby....
“With $13 billion worth of Ether locked up in Ethereum 2.0 and $70 billion locked up in decentralized finance, we have enormous demand for the Ether token,” said ConsenSys founder Joe Lubin. ConsenSys founder and Ethereum (ETH) co-founder Joseph Lubin has implied that Ethereum is transitioning to “ultrasound money” status ahead of the London hard fork slated to activate around 12:30 pm UTC Aug. 5. During an interview with Bloomberg TV, Lubin was questioned on the imminent EIP-1559 upgrade, which will see Ethereum transition away from a bidding-based fee market to a fixed price and burn....
Our London columnist Nick Ayton reports on an Ethereum-related accident in Shoreditch, discovers the Blockchain Book of Mormon and crypto Bite-Coin in the Tower. Mans passes out counting his Ether. A man was found unconscious at a flat in Shoreditch. Ambulance services arrived at 12 o’clock and it took several hours for the man to regain consciousness. An ambulance worker states: “There was an odd gas like smell and we immediately thought about the possibility of an explosion…but it wasn’t like anything we had experienced before.” He goes on, and on: “Finally the man woke up and explained....
Our London Correspondent Nick Ayton, aka the Sage of Shoreditch, reviews another exciting few weeks: the Japanese buying more Blockchain, ICO snapshots, MotherCoin for your mom and Satoshi spotted at Tate Modern. It’s a busy week for Bitcoin fans as the digital currency spiked passing gold and then Bitcoin price fell even before the SEC rejection of the Bitcoin ETF proposal by the Winklevoss twins. Overall, it prompted a lot of Bitcoin activity which is 30 percent up from the start of 2017. A speculation continues suggesting Bitcoin price will reach $3000 by the end of the year as more....