Tag: cryptocurrency
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Nighthawk Wallet
Long-time readers of the blog might be aware of my fondness for Zcash. And so, it’ll be no surprise to find out that I’ve been helping Zcash app Nighthawk Wallet team make some updates and improvements. Nighthawk Wallet is a way to store Zcash cryptocurrency on your mobile phone, allowing you to make private payments…
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“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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.