Bitcoin has been banned in Russia (maybe the coins are too much "the same"?), and Dogecoin and other cryptocurrencies are being promoted. Canada's recent federal budget mentions that "The New Harperite Government of Canada" (or whatever they are calling themselves this week, flush with a free case of beer) is going to be paying extra attention to digital currencies, trying to find out if criminals are using it.
Meanwhile, another financial instrument is being largely ignored ... http://ht.ly/tKrSB (Hey, it's Friday, and, what with all currency being based on [largely unsubstantiated] trust, I thought it was cute :-) ====================== (quote inserted randomly by Pegasus Mailer) [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Once in our world, a stable had something in it that was bigger than our whole world. - C. S. Lewis, `The Last Battle' victoria.tc.ca/techrev/rms.htm http://www.infosecbc.org/links http://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/author/p1/ http://twitter.com/rslade _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
