Crypto is for Activists: Why We Need More Cypherpunks, Not Cypherposers Zach Harvey is the CEO of Lamassu, an early and active provider of cryptocurrency vending machines.  The following is an exclusive contribution to CoinDesk’s 2018 Year in Review.  Emotions were high during bitcoin’s block size debate (each side believing bitcoin would …

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Canada’s winters inspired a startup to warm homes with cryptomining heat waste Cryptomining may be the key to untold riches and the future of currency, but it’s also an environmental nightmare. Heatmine, thinks it has the answer, but it could mean bolting a mining rig onto every home and business …

Bizarre ‘dark fluid’ with negative mass could dominate the universe It’s embarrassing, but astrophysicists are the first to admit it. Our best theoretical model can only explain 5 percent of the universe. The remaining 95 percent is famously made up almost entirely of invisible, unknown material dubbed dark energy, and …

The Fnatic miniSTREAK is a solid gaming keyboard for under $100 Gamers and writers are alike in one important respect: they’re both extremely discerning about the keyboards they use. As someone who sits in the middle of that particular venn diagram, I was thrilled when Fnatic offered me the chance …

When There’s Blood in the Street (Why It’s Not Quite Time to Be Long Crypto) Timothy Enneking is the founder and the primary principal of Digital Capital Management, LLC (DCM). ——————- Two members of the Rothschild family are credited, perhaps incorrectly, with the (in)famous quote regarding investing: “When there is …

The Echo Wall Clock can help you keep track of multiple Alexa timers Amazon just launched the Echo Wall Clock announced at its September new hardware device event in Seattle. The Echo Wall Clock is an analog clock that also indicates the minutes remaining on one or more Alexa timers. …

Cable news viewers more likely to believe political falsehoods than print, public radio consumers It should surprise no one that where we gets our news plays a significant part in determining what we believe to be true. But lying isn’t partisan. Democrat or Conservative, both parties lie with astonishing frequency. …

Discord announces a 90/10 revenue split for their upcoming games store – TechCrunch After gaming chat app startup Discord announced in August that they were building out a games store, today, they’ve detailed that they’ll be pursuing a very competitive 90/10 revenue split in 2019. In addition, the company revealed …

Apple is producing new content about Snoopy and other Peanuts characters – TechCrunch Apple has signed a deal with DHX Media that will see the Canadian broadcaster producing new shows, specials and short films about Snoopy, Charlie Brown and the rest of the Peanuts gang. That includes exclusive short-form content …