Reflections on Bitcoin
The value of Bitcoin has been volatile and recently declining. The purpose of this post is to reflect on the possible reasons and an opinion on where things are headed. My friend and former IBM colleague, Irving Wladawsky-Berger posted his reflection on Bitcoin last week. As usual, Irving did not shoot from the hip; he […]
Mint and Quicken for Bitcoin
The Coinbase Blog announced that the company formed a partnership with Mint, the 10-million user personal financial management service. This is a good move, and it caused me to think about the key factors that will determine the success of Bitcoin. There are many technical, trust-related, adoption, regulatory, and other factors that will determine the ultimate fate of […]
Genesys XX
The 20th Annual Genesys Partners Venture Dinner — Genesys XX– Tuesday night at the Union League Club in New York included nearly 100 invited venture capitalists, investors, journalists, entrepreneurs, and industry executives. As always, Jim Kollegger — CEO of Genesys Partners and one of the pioneers of the information industry — was an elegant master […]
My First Purchase Using Bitcoin
Bitpay is an Atlanta startup that says their mission is to make Bitcoin every merchant’s favorite form of payment. They claim that more than 20,000 businesses use their services. The official merchant count on Bitcoin Pulse is approximately 2,800 merchants. Whichever number you believe, adoption is clearly rising. Perhaps like others, I was curious about how […]
ENUM and Bitcoin on CircleID
CircleID is a collaborative news and opinion website which publishes articles written by various industry professionals that write about new developments that may influence the infrastructure of the Internet. I wrote a piece about ENUM back in October 2003. Fast forward ten years and CircleID asked to publish a short piece I wrote about Bitcoin. Both […]
