Tag: cryptocurrency

  • “You can’t add privacy”

    “You can’t add privacy”

    Long-time readers of my blog might remember that I’ve posted before about cryptocurrency and, more specifically, the privacy-focused coin Zcash. Zooko, one of the founding members of Zcash, gave an interview recently at Orchard VPN’s Priv8 – a virtual conference on digital privacy. The complete 20 min talk titled ‘Is financial privacy possible on the…

  • Links of the week: don’t touch your face, online card games, coronavirus painting

    Links of the week: don’t touch your face, online card games, coronavirus painting

    In a week where half the world is taking the advice of their respective governments and staying home a lot more, I have been sat at home coughing, fending off heavy headaches and wheezing my way around the apartment. I’ve not been tested, but can’t help but wonder if I have had the newly-famed COVID-19…

  • Links of the week: Evil tech, hot stuff, good posture

    Links of the week: Evil tech, hot stuff, good posture

    A while ago I bought a health tech device; Upright Go. It’s meant to correct your posture by giving you a little nudge when you’ve been hunched over too long. Last time I used it, all was going well until I messed up my back playing football and then I put the device in the…

  • Zcash – it’s like Bitcoin, but private

    Zcash – it’s like Bitcoin, but private

    When I was younger I remember an old friend of my dad’s came to the house. It was back when you accessed the internet via a dial-up connection and spending time on the internet meant that you couldn’t make phone calls. The man in question was holding a pink pig. Not a real one. A…

  • Links of the week

    Links of the week

    People like pictures, right? I’m going to try and make future links posts a bit more colourful than previous ones by throwing some pictures in there – maybe some alternative styling along the way. The meat of the post will still be links, but the pretty pictures will make it more digestible. Speaking of digestible…

  • Links of the week

    Links of the week

    Imagine walking along the street then a drone comes up and sets you on fire! That’s just one hot take in this week’s list of hot takes.