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Disrupting ransom payments

Originally published on CoinDesk

Social Proof of Work

On why many intellectual jobs are pretend jobs, why pretend work is actually a valid way of assessing real work, ponzi schemes and imposed structure

Ugocsa Non Coronat - the Visegradation of the European Union

Is Eastern Europe becoming more like Western Europe, or is Western Europe becoming more like the East?

DeFi needs a Silk Road moment

Originally published on CoinDesk, I argue that if decentralised finance (DeFi) is going to be both useful and uncensorable, we will see it adopted by organised crime.

Why Cuba is primed for bitcoin adoption

Originally published on CoinDesk.

My thoughts on Cambridge Analytica

On my role in unearthing the Cambridge Analytica scandal and why psychographic advertising does not work.

A day using money in Cuba

Cuba is a puzzling country, especially when it comes to money. It is the only country in the world with a dual currency system.

Restarting your sales after a coronavirus lockdown

Using a MCMC BTYD model to estimate which of your clients would have purchased had the lockdown not happened.

Automating my business

Using scripts to automate menial tasks.

Where I was in 2018

Visualising my location in 2018.