A reminder to everyone: starting with Cryptopia, the Blockpass PASS token has begun to be listed on a number of exchanges, and will be listed on more over the next week, including HitBTC, Lykke and Gatecoin.

Full details will be coming soon.

PASS is sold via official distributors (a list can be found on blockpass.org) who currently require Eth.

An update on the Blockpass project:

Our Token Distribution Event is well underway. You can find the official distributors of PASS tokens on our website www.blockpass.org

We're at a number of events, including this week at the Blockchain Summit in London and the Blockchain Expo in Amsterdam. Come and meet us at these events for more info about Blockpass and the importance of self-sovereign identity.

We also have regular articles on our blog. Two of the most recent ones look at the issues raised in Tezos' retroactive KYC decision and methods to use to identify a good ICO.

Going for a run has yet to fail me!

Try to put things in perspective. Chances are, as bad as things seem, someone else has it harder. The very fact that you have internet access and are literate means that you already have things that many others will never have.

Look for the good things that you can, no matter how small, and appreciate that you have them.

If that doesn't work, go for a jog round somewhere green and rural-looking.

I find it most frustrating when I see a topic I'm really interested in on something like the Serious forum and I can't reply to it 

It's not a scam although many people try to scam around the cryptocurrency space. Those who have educated themselves about how blockchain works get it, others don't. A crypto event telling people crypto isn't a scam isn't exactly surprising 

The Guardians of the Galaxy movies have some great older songs in them so I put the soundtrack on every now and again. Otherwise you can't beat Queen!

Hands down the worst film I've ever watched is 'Happy Go Lucky'. It's the only film I've ever walked out of the cinema on and I've sat through the Russell Crowe Robin Hood remake.

I tried to get my cousin to watch it on DVD (he's studying film and loves to watch and discuss 'bad' movies) but even he can't get through it.

The overpopulation problem would get even more out of hand if no one died of natural causes. Longer? Maybe. Forever? Not a chance.

Small amounts of stress can motivate but I agree. Too much stress sucks and is a huge health concern. People need to learn to relax!

Sometimes it may be reported that China is very anti crypto and blockchain but speakers from China at events are always baffled by this perception as they say it's thriving. Good to hear more news about it!

There are a number of things to check but some particularly key ones are:

- Does the project have merit? i.e. will it have value in the long run?

- Is it just an idea or is there a product? If there's just an idea you're giving money to a team that you hope will deliver.

- What is the team like? Are they active in the space and are they who they say they are?

- Does it promise a return on your investment? If it does it's likely to be a scam.

Scalability is coming in 2018. The bitcoin blockchain is already implementing the Lightning Network, Ethereum isn't far behind from all accounts and everyone else is racing to solve it for their own platform, or prove the claims they have made of already having a scalable solution.

ICOs are required to carry out KYC if they want to operate in a regulated system. If at any point you are raising money, you have to do KYC or you will fall foul of legal regulations. That's the law as it stands.

There is! Check out Blockpass. https://blockpass.org/


Our app is in the app store and google play. It allows a person to have self-sovereign identity which they can distribute to people they trust. The data is stored on the users mobile device and is shared with merchants as currently, legal requirements stipulate that merchants must be able to view the data on you.

However, we have established a partnership with Edinburgh Napier university (https://medium.com/@blockpass/building-the-worlds-first-advanced-blockchain-identity-laboratory-c53842215ccb) to develop blockchain ID solutions that put the user and their privacy first - such as ZKP.

IoT, Blockchain, AI, Big Data etc will all eventually merge into the same thing.

You can't have Big Data analysis without AI, you can't gather enough data without IoT, you can't have a secure IoT without blockchain.

The thing is, it shouldn't matter how complicated it is. As long as the developers create easy-to-use APIs then users will be fine. You don't need to know how the internet works to send an e-mail.

There are some excellent puzzles here: https://www.gchq.gov.uk/puzz

Be confident on what you are speaking about - practice it until you know it almost off-by-heart.

Take notes. Everyone forgets things sometimes.

Speak slowly where possible - remember that you know what you want to say (hopefully) but the audience may need more time to process it.

Speak loudly but don't shout. If you have the option of a microphone try to avoid handheld ones so you can flip through notes or activate remote for slides.

Try to scan your audience where possible so it looks like you are speaking to them, not just reciting.

Always keep in the back of your mind that you judge yourself way more harshly than anyone else will. I've spoken at many events and meetings and I can still remember times I got something wrong or did something I though was embarrassing. I've seen many more people present and I can't remember any specifics of the times they have made mistakes although I know some made errors (I just can't remember when or who). It's human nature to be self-conscious but you can learn to get past it with practice and perspective.