Category Archives: Crypto

Bootleggers, Bootstraps & Bitcoin

by CantillonCH

Once upon a time, way, way back in early October [2017] when bitcoin was being exchanged for proper money at less than a third of the price it is today, I had my first opportunity to peek behind the curtain into the magical work of Cryptocurrency – and what a revelation it was!

Nestled behind a very professional looking website and housed in a cool incu-pod, shared office-space, the faultlessly polite, fresh-faced young men behind the venture took time out of reshaping the future of finance to explain some of the basics of the New Era to us two slow, old dinosaurs who had called upon them in search of enlightenment. [First published Dec 2017] Continue reading …

M4 Compendium (updated)

by CantillonCH

As a way of providing easy access to most of the regular work we have published over the past two years – and hence to getting a feel for what we do and how we do it – please see here for a collection in PDF form, offered in reverse chronological order. Continue reading …

Cryptomania

by CantillonCH

As the phenomenon which is Bitcoin continues its transition from the geek press, past the financial columns and onto the front-pages of the newspapers, a little sober reflection may be in order. Are its proponents’ claims justified when they tell us that, far from being yet another instance of the Madness of Crowds, it will soon replace all our existing monies and supplant our present ways of doing business? And, if they are right, will that redound either to their benefit or to ours, or to a different set of actors entirely?

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