Technology Quarterly
Chasing the rainbow
Cryptocurrencies and blockchains
Technology Quarterly -
- The pot of gold at the end of the rainbow: What to make of cryptocurrencies and blockchains
- Riding the rollercoaster: How to put bitcoin into perspective
- Brain scan: Satoshi Nakamoto, bitcoin’s enigmatic creator
- Chips off the block: From one cryptocurrency to thousands
- A voracious appetite: Mining cryptocurrencies is using up eye-watering amounts of power
- Token efforts: Initial coin offerings have become big business
- Nailing it: The promise of the blockchain technology
- Beyond the hype: Dividing the cryptocurrency sheep from the blockchain goats
The pot of gold at the end of the rainbow
What to make of cryptocurrencies and blockchains
Cryptocurrencies and their underlying technology, blockchains, have been hyped to the skies. Tim Cross offers a realist’s guide
Riding the rollercoaster
How to put bitcoin into perspective
The best-known cryptocurrency has been a failure as a means of payment, but thrilling for speculators
Brain scan
Satoshi Nakamoto, bitcoin’s enigmatic creator
The pseudonymous inventor may never be identified
A voracious appetite
Mining cryptocurrencies is using up eye-watering amounts of power
An unwelcome side-effect of the way cryptocurrencies work
Token efforts
Initial coin offerings have become big business
Fundraising with cryptocurrencies is booming, but is that a good thing?
Nailing it
The promise of the blockchain technology
What blockchains may be able to do for your business, and what they can’t
Beyond the hype
Dividing the cryptocurrency sheep from the blockchain goats
Cryptocurrencies look like a solution in search of a problem. Blockchains could be more interesting
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Data detectives
Justice
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- I know what you’ll do next summer: Increased amounts of data and surveillance are transforming justice systems
- Walls have eyes: It is hard now to avoid street-level surveillance
- Read my phone: Police can bypass encryption and monitor anything
- Home, home within range: Electronic monitoring is a different approach to jail
- Algorithm blues: The promise and peril of big-data justice
- Watching the detectives: Rigorous oversight is essential to check police activity