Information Security & Occasional Forays Into Adjacent Realms
Easily the most rationale piece on Cryptocurrency yet, in what may become the de riguer Ridiculous Mantra of Cryptocurrency, Paul Ford, holds forth on the reality of coinage, as it were. Today's Must Read.
"That all of this adds up to money is ridiculous, and we should probably mock it more than we do" via the inimitable Paul Ford, scrivening at the illustrious Bloomberg Businessweek
via Richard Chirgwin, writing at El Reg, comes the story of cryptominer warfare taking place in server racks around the world. Pay attention, as we believe this is bound to get quite interesting, indeed.
via the inimitable Iain Thomson, writing at El Reg, comes a tale of Stench and Coin. Today's Cryptocurrency Must Read.
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. has noted (via the comapny's well traveled blog) a new milestone for malicious wares/scripts et cetera; this time Coinhive takes the blue ribbon award for the most pernicious installations on our beloved interwebs, according to the Check Point's research.
Well crafted reportage/speculative piece on the negatives of cryptocurrency via Matthew Leising and Rob Urban - writing at Bloomberg; in which the details of human psychology (as that psychology relates to both markets and cryptocurrency) are laid bare. Today's MustRead.
With regularity, and without warning, the truth makes it's often-times painful appearance in two discrete parts (as is the case with today's Must Read {less the painful bits}): The Truth of Cryptomining (and Part 2), via Checkpoint. Enjoy.