The Grumpy Old Blog

A very good friend paid me a compliment the other day. Well, I felt it was a compliment. Something along the lines of " You know a lot about some mighty strange things. What on earth is this Bitcoin and Blockchain thing? " I have to be honest, despite reading up on it over the past couple of years, I haven't a clue what either Bitcoin or Blockchain is all about. You might as well accuse me of being an arboriculturist who thinks a hedge-fund is something blackbirds save up all their hard-earned twigs to nest in. All a mystery of gargantuan proportions.  To me, bitcoin an d blockchain is something to enable the vaguely technical, otherwise bored and money-greedy who don't themselves like having to work for a living to take as many normal Joe Soaps for an untraceable ride as they can, to pay for their yachts, fancy cars, Rolex watches and designer clothes. Oh, and for the awful teeth that don't suit their face that they pay a fortune for in Turkey. Now, according to ...

I am starting a new digital financial initiative, which I invite you all to be in on the ground floor for, unless you are up on the 4th floor when you read this, where I ask that you take the lift/elevator* down so that you too can be in on the ground floor. (*note the patronising use of the word "elevator" for our American brethren who may otherwise think a lift is something you accept from a passing motorist. Or, er, is that a ride? Which I will be pleased to take you on should you subscribe to this initiative). This new initiative is called Craptocurrency, and is based on Toiletchain technology. Should you join, each time you flush your toilet, I will make sh*t-loads of money, while at the same time, promising that you too will also make sh*t-loads of money, even though you won't. Be advised though, that, when the internet thieves and cons move in, as they are bound to, they will attempt to offer you flushing urinals and bidets - these will not work with ...