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As author William Gibson memorably observed, āThe future is already here ā itās just not very evenly distributedā. Todayās clutch of stories attest to that. Blockchain air taxis, dual forks, and digitally scarce pillow cases may not be the future we dreamed of, but itās the one weāve gotten. Welcome to the weekend edition of Bitcoin in Brief.
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From Bitcoin Private to Bitcoin Prime
Bitcoin Private developer Rhett Creighton is Bitcoin Private no more. Heās been booted out of the project, which controversially forked from Bitcoin and Zclassic earlier this year, for tweeting that it should be possible to do the same with Bitcoin and Primecoin. Read like that, it sounds like Rhett was ejected simply for expressing an opinion, but the statement triggered Jackson Palmerās bullshit detector, prompting him to do some digging.
After being put on the spot by ex-Dogecoin developer Jackson, Rhett confessed that heād bought a bunch of Primecoin, which has since pumped just like Zclassic did ahead of the Bitcoin Private fork. Jackson then labeled Rhett the āMartin Shkreli of cryptocurrencyā for price manipulation and hopping from fork to fork, and urged the community to start calling out such behavior. Rhett, for his part, blocked his antagonist on Twitter and merrily urged everyone to join the Bitcoin Prime Telegram group to discuss his latest dual fork. Place your bets on which dying coin Rhett will buy up and fork next.
Uber Air, Anyone?
Youāre probably tired of hearing about ādisruptiveā new ICOs that are āUber for Xā. Well, itās hard to describe Vimana Globalās air taxis as anything other than Uber for air. The vehicles will be making their debut at the Futurama Blockchain Innovators Summit in Dubai, May 3-6. The question is, will anyone be brave enough to step inside and take to the skies? For delegates who arenāt convinced by the prospect of oversized drones, the event also promises camel rides and hot air balloon flights. Blockchain conferences are turning into Burning Man.
Donāt Talk to CZ Unless You Hodl Crypto
Thereās been some debate over whether owning a particular cryptocurrency ā or indeed any crypto ā should prevent a journalist from writing about it. Some publications, such as the New York Times, bar their writers from doing so, while others require full disclosure. Binance boss CZ has taken the opposite approach, complaining that thereās a generation of journalists emerging who āhave never done a single blockchain transaction writing/āteaching the publicā about blockchain.ā Heās got a point.
Digitally Scarce Pillow Cases Are So Hot Right Now
There are those who see the rise of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and digital collectibles as little more than a fad. And then there are others, such as Digital Currency Groupās Barry Silbert, who are bullish on NFTs, and Decentraland in particular. Cryptogoods launched earlier this month as a site where you can have your Cryptokitties printed on mugs, pillowcases, and a bunch of other merch. The USP is that only the token owner is allowed to order designs of their cats. This is the future we chose.
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