The slides for my presentation on “Bitcoin and Other Cryptocurrencies: Illegal Money or a New Global Payment Option?” are now online. Download them here. Further information: Bitcoin Part 1 – Byzantine generals and pseudonyms,or: What is Bitcoin? Bitcoin Part 2 – Bitcoin mining Bitcoin Part 3 – Hashes, public key cryptography “for dummies,” and the…
Read MoreMost translators and interpreters, as well as everybody doing international business, know them well: high bank charges, sometimes coupled with exorbitant exchange fees, endless, complicated forms, long clearance times etc. Then there is the archaic way of paying via check. Given that this is the 21st century, one might think that there should be better,…
Read MoreI just submitted a proposal for a presentation for the 56th conference of the American Translators Association, to be held in Miami in November. The proposal is for a presentation in the Science and Technology track with the title “Bitcoin and Other Cryptocurrencies – Illegal Money or a New Global Payment Option?” Admittedly, the topic…
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