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Keybase.io – Crypto for Everyone.

June 14, 2017

By Dimitri Dhuyvetter

I have been talking about online security and encryption and PGP to anyone who wants to (or doesn’t 😉 ) hear it for quite a while now. One of the main things stopping people from adapting it is ease of … Continued

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Kik about to launch Kin token cryptocurrency

June 11, 2017

By Dimitri Dhuyvetter

The Kin token was mentioned in this article on Forbes as one of the new cryptos that uses Ethereum instead of Bitcoin, meant as an example of how Bitcoin is failing in attracting new use cases and losing momentum. I’m … Continued

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Forbes article on the Bitcoin soap

June 11, 2017

By Dimitri Dhuyvetter

I recently posted a bunch of links about what I called the Bitcoin soap opera, now Forbes wrote an article outlining the same issues: Bitcoin Is At An All-Time High, But Is It About To Self-Destruct? Definitely an interesting read … Continued

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The Bitcoin soap opera

June 5, 2017

By Dimitri Dhuyvetter

For those unaware of the politics behind Bitcoin as a protocol / software  (as opposed to as a currency, which gets a lot of attention every time the Bitcoin price soars), here are some links to get you started on … Continued

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Moving to Digital Ocean

May 15, 2017

By Dimitri Dhuyvetter

This website is currently hosted with Greenhost in Amsterdam. I am very happy with their service, but since I have moved to South Africa and am earning Rand instead of Euro, I need to cut costs. So I’ll be moving … Continued

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Website downtime

May 10, 2017

By Dimitri Dhuyvetter

If you tried to visit this site in the last month or so, you saw the WordPress Error establishing a database connection screen, which is never a good thing. It took me a while to figure out, but a table … Continued

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Using ProtonMail

May 8, 2017

By Dimitri Dhuyvetter

I’ve started using ProtonMail with the new e-mail address: dimitri.dhuyvetter(at)protonmail.com. For now I haven’t switched my existing e-mail address to Proton, but I might in the future. If you have ProtonMail, please use the new address if you are using … Continued

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New approaches to PGP key servers

October 6, 2016

By Dimitri Dhuyvetter

I’ve been a long time fan of PGP encryption and played around with it. If you want to send me something encrypted, you can find my key here. As encryption is slowly moving from a geek/paranoid hobby into the mainstream, … Continued

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Bitcoin Africa Conference

May 12, 2015

By Dimitri Dhuyvetter

The first Bitcoin Africa Conference in Cape Town on 16 and 17 April was a big success. It brought together an impressive line-up of speakers, including Gyft co-founder Vinny Lingham and Bitcoin Foundation board member Brick Peirce to name but … Continued

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Building a Bootstrap based WordPress theme

December 26, 2014

By Dimitri Dhuyvetter

At the Brussels WordPress Meetup in November I gave a very short presentation on building a custom WordPress theme based on Bootstrap, using Roots. I think the slides are pretty self explanatory, it is mainly an overview of resources. Included … Continued

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