censorship People are stashing irrevocable child porn links, dox, copyright infringement, and leaked state secrets in the blockchain Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Excellent explainer: how consensus algorithms (including Bitcoin/blockchain) work Cory Doctorow

panama papers It's the criminal economy, stupid! Kathi Vian and Mark Frauenfelder

finance Bitcoin transactions could consume as much energy as Denmark by the year 2020 Cory Doctorow

floss How libraries can save the Internet of Things from the Web's centralized fate Jason Griffey