Cryptographic Anarchy: (Mis)Adventures in Crypto
Cryptographic Anarchy: (Mis)Adventures in Crypto

Cryptographic Anarchy: (Mis)Adventures in Crypto

The content of this blog is exclusively to do with online privacy/security, cryptography and cryptocurrency: Understanding it, investing in it, mining it (in groups/crowds), developing/programming it, the social problems it aims to solve and the various ways to make more of it (or not, as various losses and failures happen). Let's get away from banksters, Capitalists and fiat, to an unbanked anarcho-syndicalist commune. || Banner image: Blogger's own.


CLARITY Act stalls over stablecoin yield debate and other unresolved issues

17 Jan 2026 1 minute read 0 comments Great White Snark

As some of you may know, I get the Gemini weekly newsletter. Yesterday, I received one that started with this post's title. Here's what the blog post on Gemini's site had to report: CLARITY Act stalls over stablecoin yield debate, other unresolved i...

Is there anybody out there? Is Pub0x dying?

29 Sep 2025 1 minute read 8 comments Great White Snark

Am I the only one who has noticed that Pub0x seems to be quiet these last few months? I used to follow so many prolific writers that I'd run out of tip points before I'd had the chance to read all the interesting posts. Now, I have to go to the home...

Crypto News: US House of Representatives Passes GENIUS Act and CLARITY Act

18 Jul 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Great White Snark

This morning, I got a newsletter email from Gemini, stating this: "After a delay on Wednesday, the House of Representatives on Thursday passed the stablecoin-focused [Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins] (GENIUS) Act an...

TIL: MetaMask is Offering a Debit Card in Selected Countries

31 Mar 2025 1 minute read 2 comments Great White Snark

Today, I happened to log in to MetaMask (MM) to check my funds in various ERC20s. While I was doing that, a banner advertised the possibility of a MetaMask debit card coming soon. Spend crypto like cash with a MetaMask Card: Securely and instantly s...

This Week in the Cryptosphere (2025-03-21)

21 Mar 2025 4 minute read 0 comments Great White Snark

It looks like it's been a busy week (even a busy fortnight) for the cryptosphere, what with Trump declaring US crypto dominance and the lawsuit against Ripple being dropped. Not only that, but the market continues to bleed as investors and traders wi...

What is FartCoin and Should You Care?

24 Feb 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Great White Snark

Today, I read Cryptonator's Meme Coins are the Cancer of Crypto post. Personally, I think that judgement's a little harsh, but I'm not going to go into that here. In that article, he mentions a number of meme coins, FartCoin among them. Now, being on...

Blockchain Basics: A Non-Technical Introduction in 25 Steps (Part 3)

10 Feb 2025 6 minute read 0 comments Great White Snark

This post is intended to serve as a summary of Step 3 in the book titled Blockchain Basics: A Non-Technical Introduction in 25 Steps, by Daniel Drescher. Part 3: Recognizing the Potential of Peer-to-Peer Systems This step builds/elaborates on our com...

Blockchain Basics: A Non-Technical Introduction in 25 Steps (Part 2: Distributed vs Centralised Systems)

9 Feb 2025 5 minute read 0 comments Great White Snark

This article is intended to serve as a summary of Step 2 in the book titled Blockchain Basics: A Non-Technical Introduction in 25 Steps, by Daniel Drescher. Step 2: Seeing the Big Picture So that you may see the big picture (and the role of blockchai...

Notes on Blockchain Basics: A Non-Technical Introduction in 25 Steps (Part 1: Introduction)

8 Feb 2025 4 minute read 4 comments Great White Snark

This document is intended to serve as a summary of the book titled Blockchain Basics: A Non-Technical Introduction in 25 Steps, by Daniel Drescher. Introduction The introduction answers the most important question that every author has to answer: Wh...

What is Blockchain? (Part 2)

5 Feb 2025 3 minute read 0 comments Great White Snark

Yesterday I wrote "What is Blockchain (And Why Should You Care)?". Today, I write part 2, based on what I've gleaned from the rather brief Blockchain for Beginners by the Blockchain Council. Why do I do this? Simple: So that you get the facts and per...