Do Not Track Is Still Tracking
Ever click the “Do Not Track’ function in your browser settings assuming that it’s stopping pages and websites from ‘tracking you and your online activity’? Any reasonable person would think this. Except it’s still...
Category: Money
Can Private Permissioned Blockchains Be Successful?
One author with experience seems to think the answer is no. I think Angus drives a lot of valid insight at a very high level with anecdotal experience from the enterprise. He essentially gives...
Oracle’s NoSQL Service a Signal For The Future
Oracle just released their NoSQL service. Is it just me or is it like Microsoft switching to a Unix based architecture? Oracle’s transactional database system has been the standard for ERP, finance and other...
Smart Contracts On A Public Blockchain
Good or Bad? Smart Contracts are all the rage lately, with Ethereum bringing them into the limelight but a lot of other currencies also support them. The problem with smart contracts is that they...
Ripple’s Escrow and Investor Concerns Unanswered
A lot of people seem to think Ripple’s escrow lockup means XRP is safe and that they are committed to it. But what most don’t realize is that it only addresses certainty in supply...
Public Blockchain Breaks IT Security Standards
The thing that makes me nervous from an IT Security Administration perspective, is that I think a lot of the population has not been through the dot-com to dot-bomb era and seen the numerous...
TRX?USD Trading Pair & Bittrex
Tron Fans rejoice! This is great news, actually this is huge news! This move has pretty much solidified TRX’s dominate entry into the cryptoscene. What does this mean? Well the more Exchanges make it...
Bittrex added XRP and ETC to their USD Markets
This is old news from August 2018 but I thought I’d mention it is significant for Ripple’s XRP because it allows direct trading and conversion between the USD. This makes it a lot easier...
PayPal demands PCI DSS Compliance with TLS 1.2 but misses the cut!
Whoops! PayPal warns that if you don’t support TLS 1.2 that you won’t be able to process payments with them but what happens if they don’t support it themselves?! PayPal has sent numerous dire...
Negative Thoughts Slow You Down
No Surprise Here It’s a well known fact that having a negative mindset will slow you down, but it can also stop you from succeeding. If you’re a business person, having some doubts can...
