Articles by Cory Doctorow
Interview with a cryptocurrency scammer · Aug. 12, 2018 - Fraudsters offers thousands to low-waged telco employees for help with SIM Swap scams · Aug. 3, 2018
- Porn blackmailers supercharge their scam with password dumps, make bank · Jul. 19, 2018
- A hard look at the wastefulness of "proof of work," the idea at the core of the blockchain · May. 23, 2018
- People are stashing irrevocable child porn links, dox, copyright infringement, and leaked state secrets in the blockchain · Mar. 19, 2018
- To do at SXSW: Cypherpunks Strike Back! and Cyborg Pride Parade · Mar. 6, 2018
- Excellent explainer: how consensus algorithms (including Bitcoin/blockchain) work · Feb. 15, 2018
- The true and complete story of Bitcoin · Feb. 5, 2018
- Your early darknet drug buys are preserved forever in the blockchain, waiting to be connected to your real identity · Jan. 26, 2018
- Bitcoin's high valuation has ruined it as a medium of exchange · Jan. 23, 2018
- Financial consultancy says that Bitcoin's value is speculative, and as a currency, it should be worth $810 · Jan. 12, 2018
- "Financial dominatrix" orders the rich men who submit to her to operate a "crypto slave farm" to mine bitcoin · Dec. 21, 2017
- How much energy does Bitcoin consume, and can it improve? · Dec. 6, 2017
- The crooked Secret Service agent who stole Silk Road bitcoins did it again after pleading guilty · Nov. 9, 2017
- Chinese government sources tell the WSJ they're about to shut down all domestic Bitcoin exchanges · Sep. 12, 2017
- A new, dubious "smart" cryptocurrency for prostitution · Aug. 6, 2017
- For sale: any Australian's full health record for a mere $22 · Jul. 5, 2017
- Anarchist bitcoin hacker flies to Syria to join a 4-million person anarchist collective the size of Massachusetts · Mar. 29, 2017
What's up at the W3C: further reading for Reply All listeners · Mar. 3, 2017 - More anti-money laundering measures hit China as top three Bitcoin exchanges freeze withdrawals · Feb. 16, 2017
- 98% of Bitcoin trading volume over the past six months was in Chinese Renminbi · Jan. 12, 2017
- 2600 Magazine offers $10K for Trump's tax return · Sep. 29, 2016
- Snowden explains the Shadow Brokers/Equation Group/NSA hack · Aug. 16, 2016
- Proof-of-concept ransomware for smart thermostats demoed at Defcon · Aug. 8, 2016
- Phishing for Bitcoin with fake 0-days · Jun. 27, 2016
- Projection: by 2020, Bitcoin transactions could consume as much power as Denmark · Mar. 31, 2016
- Free Bitcoin textbook from Princeton · Feb. 9, 2016
- Ransomware decryptor · Apr. 24, 2015
- Random Darknet Shopper: Internet art randomly spends $100/wk of Bitcoin in darknet · Nov. 11, 2014