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Ross Chalmers
Operations Manager

Ross first discovered Bitcoin as an undergraduate at the University of Sussex in 2013. Since then, the self-confessed Game of Thrones superfan has travelled extensively before returning to academic studies with Leiden University in the Netherlands to complete his MA. His focus was on the philosophies and groups underpinning the Bitcoin movement, Crypto Anarchy and the CypherPunks.

A simple but brief message: Everyone wants to scam you

Over on our Facebook page, we had our first giveaway scammer yesterday. The giveaway scam began to appear late last year all over Twitter. Fake Twitter profiles were set...

December 6 2018

Understanding the culture and community of crypto

Have you ever browsed through crypto Twitter? It can appear like an odd community. What you might find are many cartoon avatars and grown adults acting like children. It...

December 5 2018

The battle for decentralised storage

The cloud has become one of the most important innovations within the data storage arena. Dropbox, Apple’s iCloud, and Google all use the ability to store our data or...

December 5 2018

The problem with Reddit

When I first started researching cryptocurrencies, I found Reddit a useful tool to learn from. Within are many subreddits for a variety of coins. Not only was it possible...

December 5 2018

Prophets in the crypto space need to be removed

Within the cryptocurrency space, we have created a certain amount of prophets whose words we listen to intently. Unfortunately, these prophets are not as useful as we like to...

December 4 2018

Ethereum Classic is suffering like the rest of the market

Recently, we’ve been giving Ethereum a bit of a hard time. Much in the same way that Bitcoin has been forked, so has Ethereum. The competing chain is known...

December 4 2018

FOMO sapiens: The role of FOMO in human psychology

Last Christmas, there was a weird moment where people who I hadn’t spoken to in years began to ask me what cryptocurrencies to buy and where to buy them....

December 4 2018

Charlie Lee is the greatest trader we’ve ever seen

One year ago this month, Charlie Lee made one of the best trades I’ve seen in a long time. With cryptocurrencies reaching a mania, he chose to sell his...

December 3 2018

The dot-com bubble: Lessons to be learned?

One of the conversations I had many times throughout the MJAC 2018 conference on Friday was with members of the older generation. The topic was my article published on...

December 3 2018

Blockwashing, business, and blockchain

On Friday, I was lucky enough to visit the MJAC 2018 conference in London. Being someone who is rather new to such events, there was a certain amount of...

December 3 2018

Bitcoin subreddit reaches one million subscribers

In spite of the dwindling price of cryptocurrency over the past year, the community is continuing to grow at an unprecedented rate, with Bitcoin’s subreddit hitting a major milestone...

December 3 2018

The office debate: Bitcoin or blockchains

Within the office, a debate has been struck up in recent weeks that continues to rage on. Certain (older) members of the staff are adamant that blockchain technology is...

November 30 2018

The #XRParmy

If you’ve ever gazed on Twitter, you may have seen the hashtags #XRParmy or #XRPthestandard. These come from fans of the XRP token who believe that this is the...

November 30 2018

Is Ethereum in trouble right now?

For the majority of most people in the crypto community, FUD is their least favourite topic. I’m not attempting to add to it here; there’s enough around as it...

November 29 2018

XRP and Ripple: Why are they frowned upon?

You may have read the paradox already. How is the second biggest cryptocurrency by market cap also one of the most unpopular within the space? Surely, the price would...

November 29 2018

Research: Why is it so important within crypto?

Research can be time consuming and to be honest, rather dull. However, within the cyrptocurrency space, research is the most valuable way to spend your time. If you fail to...

November 29 2018

Shilling and ethical behaviour on crypto Twitter

Over on the crazy world of crypto Twitter there are often clear examples of shilling, paid and unpaid. There is a large debate over whether this is ethical. Let’s...

November 24 2018

XRP and Ethereum: A battle for the number two slot

Over the past week the price of many cryptocurrencies has fallen dramatically. With Ethereum dropping in value by approximately 24%, Ripple (or should I say its token XRP?) has...

November 23 2018

Follow Friday: @cointradernik

If you have ever been on Twitter you may have seen the practice of “Follow Friday” where people recommend others to follow. In our Follow Friday feature we speak...

November 23 2018

Bitcoin: Let’s gain some perspective, shall we?

Bitcoin has had a pretty rough week. Not only have we had to deal with a substantial price drop but the hard fork business of BCH hasn’t made the...

November 22 2018

Venezuela’s gold shows use case for Bitcoin

Venezuela has shown why Bitcoin is an essential tool for freedom. Not only for its people but also for the state itself. Now, we are no fans of despot...

November 20 2018

Bitcoin, anarcho-capitalist thought and the general public

Many people involved in Bitcoin would describe themselves as libertarians. They like their money hard and their government minimal. Some would go even further and ascribe to anarcho-capitalist thought....

November 19 2018

Ethereum looking at zk-SNARKS to solve scaling issues

Scaling Ethereum is going to be essential. Especially if they are wanting to be the world’s supercomputer, as they suggest. dAPPS that have been built on Ethereum have already...

November 18 2018

The differences between Ripple and Stellar

In 2014 Jed McCaleb left Ripple (XRP) and forked the XRP network to create Stellar (XLM). Both cryptocurrencies aim to improve the international payment system by making transactions faster...

November 18 2018

Does Vitalik Buterin need to take a step back from Ethereum?

Since the most recent bull run of 2017 Vitalik Buterin has become something of a deity to those ‘hodling’ Ethereum. He recently said at the DevCon conference he might...

November 16 2018

The Influence of Cypherpunks on Bitcoin

Understanding Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies can be difficult at the best of times. Especially if you lack a certain amount of computing literacy. I know this all too well. In...

November 14 2018

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Ross Chalmers Operations Manager

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