Today on Reddit we saw a demo video of product called Sigsafe ― a small NFC tag containing a private key that can be used to sign transactions. As a developer in the wallet security space I figured I’d take a chance to talk about my first impressions and maybe compare it to the project […]
Author: Chris Pacia
Chris Pacia has been studying (and has continued to study) economics and political philosophy in his spare time for about 10 years. Formally, he has studied finance and marketing at Rutgers University (MBA). Chris is a Bitcoin Enthusiast and privacy Advocate. His writings and insight have been published on Liberty.me, FreedomsPhoenix eZine and AntiWar.com. You can find more of his writing at Escape Velocity. Tips Welcome at Onename.io/ChrisPacia
Using OneName for Bitcoin Addresses
If you’ve been paying attention to the Bitcoin space recently you’ve noticed the start of trend to swap out Bitcoin Addresses in the user interface with human readable identities using a decentralized key store (such as Namecoin). The first wallet to implement this (at least that I’m aware of) was RushWallet. I recently put out […]
Cloud Mining and Network Centralization Explained
This post is a follow up to my Bitcoin Mining 101 post where I covered mining basics. Here I’m going to talk about a few more topics related to mining, most of which have an impact on network centralization and scalability. Those of you who have no plans to start mining should still find this […]
Bitcoin Mining 101
Whenever I introduce new people to Bitcoin I tend to get asked quite a few questions about mining. What is it? Can anyone mine Bitcoin? What do I have to do to get started mining? Etc. In the next couple blog posts I’m going to answer these questions and hopefully give a fairly comprehensive intro […]
Beginners’ Guide To Off-the-Record Messaging
This is a sequel to my earlier post Beginners’ Guide to PGP which was the first in a series of posts aimed at introducing new bitcoiners to various encryption technologies. In this post we’re going to teach you how to use Off-the-Record messaging (OTR). So what is OTR? Like PGP, it’s a cryptographic protocol designed […]