In Brave New World Libertarian news: 1. Bitcoin Trader Brutally Tortured with Drill in Cryptocurrency Robbery

By artappraiser on Tue, 03/05/2019 - 9:56pm |

Tfw you buy into a stateless, decentralized financial system + then immediately go to the centralized state authorities after crypto-marauders break into your home + *torture you w/a drill in front of your daughter* https://t.co/pxdFOmy69P
— Tim Schneider (@the_gray_market) March 5, 2019

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https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/bitcoin-robbery-torture-cryptocurrency-netherlands-a8807986.html

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2.Coinbase Hacking Team allegedly sold spyware to oppressive regimes

Coinbase says it accidentally hired a group of mercenaries, who sold cyberweapons to Saudi Arabia and Sudan, and is now firing them https://t.co/EaWbOHmWS3
— Mark Milian (@markmilian) March 6, 2019

by artappraiser on Tue, 03/05/2019 - 9:58pm

3. Mystery over missing crypto-cash deepens as web wallets opened

@ theaustralian.com, March 6

It’s a mystery made for crypto-world. After the sudden death of the CEO of a cryptocurrency firm, wild conspiracy theories swept the world when it was found he had taken access to the company’s $265m fortune to the grave with him.

Gerald Cotten, 30, the founder of Quadriga CX, Canada’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, was sole gatekeeper to his company’s fortune, sharing the access codes with no one, including his wife. When he died of complications related to Crohn’s disease in December during a trip to India, he left an encrypted laptop and panicked investors.

It took a month for his widow, Jennifer Robertson, to admit (on Facebook) that she didn’t know the password or recovery key to his laptop. In documents submitted to court, she also said that most of Quadriga’s funds had been moved into “cold storage”, an offline wallet kept off the internet, to which Mr Cotten had sole access [....]

by artappraiser on Tue, 03/05/2019 - 10:05pm

4. College Kids Are Using (Free) Campus Electricity to Mine Crypto

By Michael Kan @ PCMag.com, March 5

College campuses are the second biggest miners of virtual currencies behind the energy and utilities sector, according to security researchers at Cisco.

by artappraiser on Tue, 03/05/2019 - 10:15pm

In Brave New World Libertarian news: 1. Bitcoin Trader Brutally Tortured with Drill in Cryptocurrency Robbery

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