Peter Van Valkenburgh

@valkenburgh

Cryptolawyer | Director of Research | Board Member | JD | PGP:

Washington, DC
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    Oct 5

    May He, whom Nature's Laws obey, Who lifts the Poor, and sinks the Proud, Quiet the Raging of the Sea, And still the Madness of the Crowd.

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    Dec 27

    Hang on to your helmets - More Dockless Motorized Scooters and Bicycles coming in 2019

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  3. Retweeted
    Dec 27
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    Agreed, but some "honest" folks who were woefully ignorant of the law and happy to remain so might reasonably be labeled scammers. Ignorance of law is never a defense; & if you take millions of dollars from folks, you should probably have an affirmative duty to inform yourself.

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    Dec 27

    All seem to agree that 1) tattoos copyrightable, yet 2) tattooed person has implied license to walk around in public. But why doesn’t implied license include power to authorize reproduction/distribution of one’s image, w/tats? Isn’t that protected by 1Am?

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  5. Dec 27

    Finally someone with real perspective.

    Want to feel old? We are as far from the late Bronze Age collapse as the late Bronze Age collapse was from the beginning of the Indo-European expansion
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  6. Dec 27

    Zombie cat bounce

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  7. Dec 27

    TFW internet news aggregators highlight financial news from the past four days and each story is alternatively apocalyptic or triumphant.

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    Dec 6

    Just a reminder that as of next month, this is how we're supposed to be dressing.

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    Dec 21

    The shitty thing about these jokes is a major failing of GDPR is how it's full of loopholes specifically designed to allow for mass surveillance.

    2018 - the first year Santa is required by law to send you a GDPR notice for his Naughty & Nice List.
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    Dec 21

    1/ I just published "Philosophical Teachings of Bitcoin", the first part in a three-part series on What I've Learned From Bitcoin.

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  11. Dec 18

    Also, so no one is confused, the Telex type and modem setup is much older than www. By the time the web came round there were monitors and terminal emulators. But, couldn't have gotten there without this primitive interface tech for pre-web networking terminals.

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  12. Dec 18

    And you think early cryptocurrency tech is hard to use...

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  13. Dec 17

    To save us all from Satan's power for we have gone astray.

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    Dec 14

    Another review of my book:

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    Dec 11

    “17. How would the introduction of derivative contracts on Ether potentially change or modify the incentive structures that underlie a proof of stake consensus model?” Those are very well informed and not easy to answer questions. Good to see that quality of discussion.

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    Dec 11

    Are we getting trolled by the CFTC? “In light of Ether’s origins as an outgrowth from the Ethereum Classic blockchain” :P

    The CFTC is seeking public comments to inform them about Ethereum and it's currency, Ether.
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    Dec 6

    In the case of the Paris riots, Buzzfeed again has a simplistic story about Facebook’s role. If you want to really understand how these events unfold and the role of social media, get ’s The Revolt of The Public, out now

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    Dec 6

    2011: of course we know that social media had zero to do with the Arab Spring because something something weak ties 2018: minor algorithm changes explain ALL SOCIAL EVENTS

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    Oct 11

    really worth watching the whole congressional hearing on bitcoin. describing wechat and alipay as the tools dreamed by totalitarians after recommended them was beyond perfect.

    LIVE: "If criminals aren't using your technology, your technology isn't worth using," says
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  20. Dec 7

    Thanks to who took his life in his hands today opening office mail with no return address.

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  21. Dec 7

    Which mail would you rather?

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