My twin brother is a banking analyst in the City working for a well known US asset management company.

As you can imagine from the nature of this blog... we have some lively debates....

I wanted to … more

Straight from www.dummies.com we have the following two excellent definitions of money:

<quote>A fiat system is based on a government’s mandate that the paper currency it prints is legal tender for … more

Cryptocurrencies Don't Belong in Central Banks

A great article from Bloomberg. more

I've been asked this question a few times by various people and as it's becoming a more frequent occurrence I thought I'd just post the process here on my blog.

The first thing you have to do is … more

Google to Enforce HSTS on TLDs it Operates

OK. So what does that mean exactly?

In a nutshell, Google is going to get stricter with websites that don't secure themselves with an encrypted … more

Hello again

I'm still on my crypto$ soapbox I'm afraid!

In my opinion, one of the hurdles to general acceptance of crypto$ by the public at large is their seeming inability to be spent on … more

Bitcoin Crashes After Chinese Exchange Says It Will Halt Trading

OK. So I have egg on my face if you read my previous post....!

But as my eldest son likes to say "the monkey's out of the bottle" … more