diff -r 84ed8d6143ea -r a118052cf1d4 handouts/ho08.tex --- a/handouts/ho08.tex Wed Apr 19 11:41:39 2017 +0100 +++ b/handouts/ho08.tex Wed May 31 09:26:47 2017 +0100 @@ -23,6 +23,21 @@ % bit-coin papers % https://crypto.stanford.edu/cs251/syllabus.html +% bit coin talk --- at 20:00 mins +%https://www.usenix.org/conference/lisa16/conference-program/presentation/perlman + +% In fact, far from freeing people from the oppression of the state, +% blockchains perversely promise the perfect tool for a fully +% auditable, tax compliant, cashless society. Similarly, the belief it +% is an anonymous digital cash has quickly vanished and we are now +% seeing a large number of analytics companies, set-up specifically to +% work with law enforcement agencies, to police this new parallel +% financial system. +% +% But today blockchain is riddled with +% contradictions and misunderstandings. Most of its problems are very +% fixable, if you want to fix them + \begin{document} \fnote{\copyright{} Christian Urban, 2014, 2015}