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What do you buy when you buy an NFT?

On March 23, the technology sections of several news websites reported the same story. “Jack Dorsey’s first ever tweet sells for $2.9m” said the BBC. “Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey sells first tweet as an NFT for $2.9M”, wrote CNET. The Wall Street Journal went with a similar headline, as well Read more…

By Andres Guadamuz, 3 weeks3 weeks ago
Blockchain

Copyfraud and copyright infringement in NFTs

Here we go again. I was seriously planning not to blog again about non-fungible tokens (NFTs), and instead concentrate on writing a full academic paper about the subject, but events have overtaken us, and it seems like a day in NFT-land is like a month in the real world, much Read more…

By Andres Guadamuz, 1 month3 weeks ago
Blockchain

Can copyright teach us anything about NFTs?

If you have been reading any technology and art news in the last week, you may have come across the newest hype in the world of distributed ledgers and cryptocurrencies, and it is the sudden rise of the non-fungible token (NFT). The breakthrough for this technology came in the shape Read more…

By Andres Guadamuz, 1 month3 weeks ago
Bitcoin

The stock market looks like the Bitcoin economy, and that’s not a good thing

I’ll get to the Bitcoin bit soon, but first let me explain what prompted this idea. Thanks to a Twitter thread by Cory Doctorow (archived here), I’ve been listening to this great interview with Greek economist Yanis Varoufakis. In the video, Varoufakis explains the historic decoupling between stock markets and the Read more…

By Andres Guadamuz, 8 months8 months ago
Cryptocurrencies

Libra: A centralised wolf in decentralised sheep’s clothes

It’s been an interesting few weeks in Cryptoland. Facebook finally unveiled it’s rumoured cryptocurrency called Libra, a joint effort with companies such as PayPal, Uber, Visa, Mastercard, and many others. Libra’s stated purpose is to provide a payment system that will be easy to use and cheap, bringing financial services Read more…

By Andres Guadamuz, 2 years2 years ago
Blockchain

Copyright and the blockchain

If we define the blockchain as an immutable decentralised database, then it could be easy to see some potential uses of the technology for copyright, and in particular for the creative industries as a whole.

By Andres Guadamuz, 3 years3 years ago
Bitcoin

Confessions of a Bitcoin sceptic

I could be fabulously wealthy right now. When I first wrote about Bitcoin, the price was $14.65 USD, and as of writing, the price is hovering just above $12,500 after undergoing a few ups and downs since December. If I had bought 10 BTC that day for a $146.50 USD Read more…

By Andres Guadamuz, 3 years3 years ago
Bitcoin

Blockchains and the challenges of decentralization

I haven’t written a blog post about Bitcoin and the blockchain for quite a while, mostly because I spent most of my BTC energies in this First Monday article with Chris Marsden. This blog post will act in part as an introduction to the concepts for those not familiar with Read more…

By Andres Guadamuz, 5 years5 years ago
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