I went to university in London, and we used to go to Fabric quite regularly. It excelled in providing a reasonably priced, central location for revellers to dance away the night to eclectic, independent

Great article detailing some of the unintentional hilarity on offer (and there was quite a bit of it): "Japanese pole vaulter Hiroki Ogita failed to qualify for the pole vaulting final after it appeared

Great post on how open, decentralised protocols married with blockchains and baked-in programmable financial incentives are a new investing paradigm that will radically force VC's to rethink how they view

Great piece in the Atlantic that looks at the actual evidence as opposed to mere, unsubstantiated conjecture and rumour. There seems to be some evidence that Putin is trying to tilt the scales in Trump's

One gripe that I have is that new users seem to be primarily signing up via FB and Google plug-ins (though given the surge in sign-ups I note that we have now gone invite-only). Going forward, since I

Community, I am unable to power up or down or even move my Steam Dollars into Steem. What's going on? I didn't see any blog notification to that effect. Thanks much. Problem resolved. I had yet to get

The locomotion and the, err, facial expressions are priceless...:). We need to get this dude on to the Steem platform.

The logic of owning BTC as a safe asset when your fiat currency has already declined by 5%+ with more in store over the next few days is incontrovertible. Key is how well the global BTC community can rally

Fred Wilson's comments on Steem were widely picked up ( but there have been several other supportive voices from the higher echelons of the SV tech scene over the last few days. Naval Ravikant (Angellist)

Yes! The Pokemon Go/new AR economy can drive Bitcoin adoption to an unprecedented scale! Bring it on...

The popular view, judging from informal chats with friends and the overwhelming signal on my social media feeds, seems to be that Trump would be the more unpredictable, more erratic, more clueless President

"Recently, VISA and MasterCard pulled out from Backpage.com, the second largest online hub for classified ads behind Craigslist. That left Bitcoin (and two other cryptocurrencies, Litecoin and Dogecoin),

Given how virulently Putin and his entourage have at times vilified BTC in the past, I find this faintly ironic and strangely uplifting and encouraging as well.

" Bitcoin witnessed a slow beginning in India. However, banks are now acknowledging its advantages. According to an analyst, Bitcoin trade in the country has grown rapidly, at an estimated Rs 500

Interesting and pretty thought-provoking.

I have now been on the platform for around a week, and thought it worthwhile to share a few thoughts: The steemit platform has a UI that is far superior to any others out there in the crypto ecosystem.

This is huge news particularly in an important and strategically critical country like Brazil, and underscores Bitcoin's evolving metamorphosis into a credible store of value

Exceptional long-form piece on how social media and real-time, digital tech sometimes leads to a pervasive, vicious cycle of uncorroborated rumour-mongering making truth ever more elusive and less accessible.

Interesting take on the power of belief, conviction, team work and being decisive and alive to the opportunity when it finally does present itself

Timely research. The data needs to be catapulted into mainstream visibility and consciousness as we head into the uncertainty of the post-brexit era, China troubles, and a lose-lose election scenario in