A tribute to a trailblazer — For the past months the snowline has been creeping down the mountains to the north of Reykjavík. Earlier in November, the city woke up to a few inches snow which have since disappeared, but the white capped mountains to the north confirm that winter is here, and from time to…

Over the weekend a friend of mine sent me a link to a recent article in the Economist, “Flaws in Bitcoin make a lasting revival unlikely”. Reading the article brought about a deep feeling of déjà vu. In the wake of MtGox closing in the winter of 2013–2014, I debated…

For Isaac Newton, it was, allegedly, an apple falling off a tree that provided him with the inspiration to describe the laws of gravity. …