Blockchain Education

‘ASX’s Blockchain Armageddon’

This headline in the Australian Financial Review this week needs some explanation. IMHO the ASX blockchain project is a doomed experiment for two reasons : 1. The ASX are trying the capture the cost and efficiencies of blockchain technology in a private setting....

Australian Financial Review getting up-to-speed with Bitcoin

For the first time since I started this blog I have not posted a story for over a month. I have been away. But also there is so much happening that I did not find a specific topic give me focus. The macro economic and geopolitical issues the world is facing at the...

The IMF on Central Bank Digital Currency

There are so many interesting thoughts and questions around central banks issuing digital currency (fiat) that it is hard to know where to start. Luckily, we have the wonderfull Laura Shin who collects our thoughts and ask the questions we would like to ask. In this...

Ban on Cash in Australia

On 31 July 2019 I submitted to the Australian Treasury Department feedback on the proposed legislation banning Cash transactions of over AUD 10,000. My submission considers three aspects of the restrictions on Cash use in Australian society. 1. Human Rights and the...

Libra #2 – US Congress opens the batting

The week of 15 July 2019 was one of the most interesting weeks I have had thus far in my journey along the crypto path…and I have had a few interesting weeks. We had the POTUS tweet about Bitcoin and crypto, we had the Chair of the US Federal Reserve make...