APWG, the Anti-Phishing Working Group, is the worldwide coalition unifying the global response to cybercrime across industry, government and law-enforcement sectors. Originally begun in the US, its European Foundation was recently established, and will receive a special focus this month when the organisation holds the eCrime 2015 Symposium on Electronic Crime Research, in Barcelona. Foy Shiver is Deputy Secretary-General of APWG, […]
When Limerickman David Hunt announced his latest DIY project on his blog in the last week of April he was hardly expecting the response that followed. His YouTube video racked up nearly half a million views and he was subsequently interviewed by Sky News. The project is PiPhone, a smartphone based on a Raspberry Pi, […]
Antonie Geerts is one of the founders of Gaelcoin, a new cryptocurrency with an Irish flavour, and he is our guest on today’s podcast (19:48, 11MB, MP3). Gaelcoin is based on Bitcoin, and limited to a total of 650 million coins. 1% have been ‘pre-mined’ and are being distributed free of charge to “Irish people”. […]
As expected, Newsweek’s claim to have identified the founder of Bitcoin, turned into a media frenzy yesterday, with an OJ-style paparazzi car chase and a storm of online criticism of the actions of the professional media, in particular Newsweek, and the story’s author Leah McGrath Goodman. Bitcoin Foundation Chief Scientist Gavin Andresen posted an open comment […]
Update: Since this was published, Dorian S Nakamoto has given an interview denying his involvement in Bitcoin, and it appears that the real founder of Bitcoin has posted on a a long-dormant account to say: “I am not Dorian Nakamoto“. Satoshi Nakamoto, the inventor of Bitcoin, has reportedly been discovered living in California by an […]
Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory Commision says it will not allow the installation of Bitcoin ATMs. FSC chairman Tseng Ming-chung is quoted by Techcrunch as saying that Bitcoin is not a currency and should not be used for payment. On Thursday, Techcrunch had reported that Bitcoin ATM supplier Robocoin was planning to target Taiwan and Hong Kong this […]
Here’s a chart from Mt Gox, a Bitcoin exchange, showing Bitcoin’s value for the past month. Following a spike which saw Bitcoins trade for over $1200, the price would appears to have stabilised at around $500 – $600 the value it has had for most of the past month. But throughout 2012, the crpytocurrency […]
Here’s a bonus podcast for this week featuring Gabriela Avram, lecturer in Digital Media at the University of Limerick and one of the organisers of 3DCamp, which will be held on 25 May. In the spirit of BarCamp, 3Dcamp is open, inclusive and free to attend – it’s also very cool, with a focus on […]
