YouTuber Son of a Tech recently had me on his show to talk about the trademark issues. Was a really good interview, and he helped me understand a lot of the wider cryptocurrency context behind some of the decisions Chia has made and why it makes people nervous. I had no idea the idea of…
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Is Chia as “green” as the marketing?
Ever since the first public rumblings of Chia Networks and Bram Cohen’s new enterprise it has been wrapped in “green” marketing, to the point where if the average person knows one thing about Chia its that it is less wasteful than Bitcoin. It is named after a plant (salvia hispanica) after all, and one that…
Chia Networks drops all claims against The Chia Plot
Last night my lawyer, Paul Levy, received a response to his demand that Chia Networks drop the trademark and other ridiculous claims against this web site. The response was gracious, and polite, and releases my site from their claims. It is excellent to see that Chia Networks has correctly determined that journalism about their company…
Chia price crashes – and keeps crashing
Over the last 24 hours the price of Chia has crashed dramatically. Thanks to ChiaExplorer.com we can see how the price of XCH has taken a veritable nose dive after an otherwise relatively stable week. Those farmers that sold their XCH this week are likely breathing a sigh of relief while those of us still…
Chia Netspace crosses 20EiB
This morning the Chia netspace crossed a major milestone, racking up a full 20 Exbibyte of plotted netspace. This is a really big deal, and will make a lot of people not paying attention to Chia sit up and take notice. This works out to a full 200 000 000 plots in just over a…
Bluebox Timelords and what they mean for you
Right now there are a group of Chia users running Timelord nodes configured as “bluebox timelords” that are spending their CPU cycles to help all of us. What are these special Timelords? Well, what they are is a set of Timelord nodes configured to go through the existing blocks of the blockchain and “compactify it”…
The “0XCH club” and whining about winnings
This is going to be a short post, but the community seriously needs to stop whining at the Dev team about not having won multiple XCH after a month of farming. The #general chat on the Keybase channel is constantly full of people complaining to the developers that they havent won yet and offering “suggestions”…
Chia Netspace crosses 17EiB
The netspace has crossed 17EiB this morning, continuing the meteoric rise. While the rate of growth (percentage increase) is decreasing at this point, its mostly only because the space is getting so big not because the growth is slowing. Even though the past week has been a lot rockier than any other period since mainnet…
The Trademark issue story so far
A friend suggested I take a little bit of time and record a quick YouTube video going over what has happened so far, since its a bit insane. So i have done that, and here it is. Enjoy.
The Chia Plot responds to Chia Networks Legal Threats
Due to the legal threats made towards my blog by their Head of IP, Belle Borovik, I have retained attorney Paul Alan Levy with Public Citizen who is representing me as I defend myself against the trademark and GDPR violation accusations made towards me by Chia Networks. We have sent the following letter to Chia…
