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     Understanding Cryptocurrencies
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    By Andrew Grill
    In cryptocurrency
    Posted 29/04/2019

    Understanding Cryptocurrencies

    Do you know what the global transaction speed for Bitcoin is globally? Seven transactions per second – yes SEVEN. In comparison Visa and MasterCard process around 24,000 per second all day [...]

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     Initial Coin Offerings – is history repeating?
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    By Andrew Grill
    In bitcoin, blockchain, cryptocurrency, disruption, ico
    Posted 26/01/2018

    Initial Coin Offerings – is history repeating?

    Recently I attened an ICO Conference in London, and had a real sense of déjà vu from my .com days. With each pitch I listened to, I felt myself asking the question “Which business problem is this [...]

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     So I bought some Bitcoin – and you should too
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    By Andrew Grill
    In bitcoin, cryptocurrency
    Posted 01/01/2018

    So I bought some Bitcoin – and you should too

    In late 2017, I bought £20 worth of Bitcoin and £20 worth of Etherum via coinbase, the day that the price of many cryptocurrencies “crashed” from a high of around $19,000 the pervious week. I [...]

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     Firms are stockpiling Bitcoin to pay ransoms
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    By Andrew Grill
    In disruption
    Posted 20/12/2017

    Firms are stockpiling Bitcoin to pay ransoms

    In another bizarre Bitcoin story, according to the Daily Telegraph, firms are "stockpiling Bitcoin" in order to be able to pay cyber-ransoms, should they be hit with another WanaCry type ransom [...]

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     Bitcoin may be worth $19K but what can you actually buy with it?
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    By Andrew Grill
    In bitcoin, blockchain
    Posted 19/12/2017

    Bitcoin may be worth $19K but what can you actually buy with it?

    Bitcoin has no natural intrinsic value. Can you buy a house with it? Can you use it for daily interactions? It may be valued at $US18,000 ($23,477) right now but what I want to know is how you [...]

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     Mining bitcoin could cost us the earth
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    By Andrew Grill
    In 4G, bitcoin, blockchain, disruption
    Posted 18/12/2017

    Mining bitcoin could cost us the earth

    The stories around Bitcoin keep coming. Not just that there is a bubble around the price of it, instead how there are environmental impacts around the energy required to “mine” the coins and keep [...]

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     The Australian Stock Exchange is betting on blockchain for their new clearing house platform
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    By Andrew Grill
    In blockchain
    Posted 11/12/2017

    The Australian Stock Exchange is betting on blockchain for their new clearing house platform

    In the middle of what can only be called a Bitcoin bubble, news that the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) is replacing their Clearing House Electronic Subregister System (CHESS) with distributed [...]

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     Don’t get caught in the Bitcoin bubble. Blockchain will drive business transformation into 2018
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    By Andrew Grill
    In bitcoin, blockchain, digital disruption
    Posted 04/12/2017

    Don’t get caught in the Bitcoin bubble. Blockchain will drive business transformation into 2018

    News today that the UK Government is set to regulate the use of bitcoin to reduce the impact of money laundering means that this new technology is firmly in the news, along with the rapid rise to [...]

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