25 01, 2018

Bitcoin revisited: “What do you think about bitcoin? Should I ….”

2018-02-01T12:45:11+00:00January 25th, 2018|Categories: Bitcoin, Question of the day|Tags: , , |

Since the meteoric rise of the bitcoin, and especially after it entered "black tulip"-type speculative territory in q4/2017, I have been asked multiple times by family members, friends and work [...]

5 03, 2014

Will the „middle man” disappear?

2016-11-16T10:46:38+00:00March 5th, 2014|Categories: Bitcoin, Electronic Wallet, Interdependency, Marketplaces, Payments|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The removal of the middle man function in an exchange based on the bitcoin protocol does not automatically lead to the disappearance of the companies (and their interests) performing these today. The middle man function will slowly but surely erode with the advent of the bitcoin protocol, the middle man of today (parties) will be the gate(way)keepers of tomorrow.

25 02, 2014

“Will you see Ripple become a reality during your lifetime?”

2016-11-16T10:46:39+00:00February 25th, 2014|Categories: Business Development, Mega Trends, Next Payments, Payments, Question of the day, Updated posts|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Question of the day (III) Let’s be honest; if a long time senior payments professional asks the title question after you have spend an hour explaining the significance of the [...]

17 02, 2014

Trust is key for cryptocurrencies

2016-11-16T10:46:39+00:00February 17th, 2014|Categories: Bitcoin, Collaborability, Human Abilities, Next Payments, Trust, Updated posts|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

The acceptance of Bitcoin protocol currencies and Ripple like networks is dependent on trust even if trust is said not to be necessary for the value to be transferred between two actors. Neglecting this will hamper adoption of the Bitcoin protocol by the masses.

14 02, 2014

Ripple: The “Ultimate Wallet” at todays standards

2016-11-16T10:46:39+00:00February 14th, 2014|Categories: Electronic Wallet, Next Payments, Payments, Standardisation, Updated posts|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

(Utopia Wallet Part III) (3 minutes reading time) In part II of this miniseries on Electronic Wallets I promised to have a look at the contours of the Ultimate “Electronic [...]

31 05, 2013

Half-Baked SEPA CSM interoperability: next steps needed

2016-11-16T10:46:44+00:00May 31st, 2013|Categories: Opinion, Payments, Popular, SEPA, Standardisation|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

For those who are not initiated in SEPA or in CSM interoperability lets first dissect the title of this post. You can find a short synopsis here on: What is [...]

10 04, 2013

What is Digital Currency?

2016-11-16T10:46:50+00:00April 10th, 2013|Categories: Below the surface, Bitcoin, Collaboration Mechanisms, Electronic Wallet, Micro Collaboration, Next Payments, Opinion, Payments|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

(This is part 2 of an article on crypto-currencies at Red Planet Dust. See for Part 1) Many call Bitcoin “digital money” but not all types of digital money are [...]

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