Crypto and Laws
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Cambodia: Plan to Reform Torture Prevention Committee
(Apr. 19, 2016) Although plans have not been made concrete, Cambodia’s Interior Minister, Sar Kheng, has announced that the...
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Austria: State of Emergency Legislation Being Considered to Limit Refugee Numbers
(Apr. 19, 2016) A legal opinion commissioned by the Austrian government and delivered in March 2016 found that the plan of the Austrian...
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Indonesia: Constitutional Amendment to Be Considered
(Apr. 19, 2016) Indonesia’s People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR in Indonesian usage) is considering amending the country’s...
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Macao/WTO: Ratification of Trade Facilitation Agreement
(Apr. 18, 2016) On April 11, 2016, Macao, China deposited with the World Trade Organization (WTO) Secretariat its instrument of acceptance of the...
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Introducing R3 Corda™: A Distributed Ledger Designed for Financial Services
As reported in Bloomberg this morning, I’m delighted to confirm that R3 and our member banks are working on a distributed ledger platform for...
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It’s New Year… Time to change the world
We’re hiring! Are you a talented developer? … who has experience of banking technology and a passion for blockchain...
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Introducing the R3 Technical Leadership Team
I joined R3 in September as our Chief Technology Officer. Regular readers may have noticed a drop-off in my blogging at precisely the same time....
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Free advice can be valuable… but only if you take it
If a client tells you your solution doesn’t solve their problem, it may not be the problem that needs to change… I often argue for the...
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Brief thoughts on the Bitcoin block size debate
I’ve kept well away from the block size debate but the launch of Bitcoin XT is worth a quick mention. My reasons for staying out of the...
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Bitcoin and Blockchain: two revolutions for the price of one?
I gave a brief talk on Bitcoin and blockchain technology to an audience of non-specialists at a dinner last week. It covers many of the themes...
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A Simple Explanation of Balance Sheets (Don’t run away… it’s interesting, really!)
Shared ledgers could be revolutionary but do we need to share a mental model for banking to make sense of it all? What would be your first...
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Quick notes on Sidechains “Elements”
I’ve written a lot recently about the potential of replicated, shared ledgers that are private/semi-private. For example, I suggested that...
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Towards a Unified Model for Replicated, Shared Ledgers
Don’t Say The “B Word”! I’ve come to the conclusion that saying “blockchain” has become unhelpful. It just confuses people. It means too...
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Blockchain is where banks have the most obvious opportunity. But you ignore Bitcoin at your peril
Nasdaq’s recent announcement shows you need a strategy for both I have argued for some time that the world of “blockchains” is actually two...
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Brazil: New Anti-Terrorism Law Enacted
(Apr. 15, 2016) On March 16, 2016, Brazil enacted Law No. 13,260 to regulate section XLIII of article 5 of the Constitution, on terrorism. ( Lei...