Converging on Cryptocurrencies #6

Altcoins:

The Winklevoss twins' cryptocurrency exchange has gotten the NY regulators go ahead to trade ethereum.

Bitcoin:

Coinkite, a web based bitcoin wallet, has been forced to shut down due to repeated DDOS attacks.

The bitcoin network could consume as much electricity as Denmark by 2020.

One of the cofounders of Mozilla is offering to pay ad viewers in bitcoin.

You can now use bitcoin to buy games on Steam.

The Swiss city of Zug will accept bitcoin for public services.

Craig Wright presents some evidence he is the creator of bitcoin. This stirred some controversy to say the least.  Doubts.  Serious doubts.

It seems he chickened out or was only ever a scam.

The quest to find Satoshi Nakamoto continues then.

Blockchain:

Ruminating on blockchains and distributed ledgers.

Using the blockchain for medical trials.