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FACT: Satoshi Nakamoto is the name used by the presumed pseudonymous person or persons who developed Bitcoin. However, Satoshi if indeed still alive, has never sold any Bitcoin and the dormant wallet remains untouched.

Based on my Novel, Shadows of Power

What if the three programmers under the pseudonym, Satoshi Nakamoto, that created the Bitcoin network were part of a much bigger plan?

It all began on the 3rd of January 2009 when the first mined starting block of the chain, known as the genesi...

The Mona Lisa, also known as La Gioconda or La Joconde, is one of the most famous paintings in the world. Painted by the Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci between 1503 and 1519, the portrait has captivated audiences for centuries with its enigmatic smile and mysterious subject. But who is the woman in the painting, and what secrets does the Mona Lisa hold? In this blog post, we will take a closer look at the mysteries surrounding the Mona Lisa and the painting’s enduring legacy.

One of the most ...

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Another piece of the puzzle falls into place.

The huge slabs of stone that make up the most iconic structures at Stonehenge came from about 25km away, according to chemical analysis. Since the 1500s, most Stonehenge scholars have assumed the 6- to 7-meter tall, 20-metric-ton sarsen stones came from nearby Marlborough Downs, and a recent study by the University of Brighton archaeologist David Nash and his colleagues has now confirmed that.

But the real question still remains … what was this gia...

In the middle of Western Australia’s vast desert, at a place called Yarrabubba, lies a mound of granite.

On Wednesday, a team of Australian scientists announced they believe the mound was the last remaining trace of a huge meteorite that struck Yarrabubba about 2.229 billion years ago.

It left an impact crater 70 kilometers wide – more than twice the size of Melbourne.

Scientists believe it may have been powerful enough to kick Earth out of an ice age and start the planet on the path to...

After sixteen years working for a large advertising company all the staff were told by the end of the year that they would be let go. So many mixed emotions ran through my head at the time. Do I leave now. Do I try and find a job in the same industry, or venture out and do something completely different. Knowing I would receive a considerable payout when made redundant after serving so many years, I decided to not stress myself and wait it out.

That’s when I started reading Matthew Reilly’s – Se...

Naturally, we wondered why all the Moai on Easter Island face inland instead of the ocean. The story told; the society who built the Moai believed that they were the only people in the whole world. Any invaders or bad people that would be coming would have to come from within the island – not by sea! So the Moai face inwards to protect the community.

There are 887 known Moai Monolithic Statues on the island.

Located in the South Pacific more than 2,000 miles off the Chilean coast, is Easter...

Operation Paperclip

In the chaos following WWII, many of Germany’s remaining resources were divvied up among allied forces. Some of the greatest spoils were the Third Reich’s scientific minds. The minds that made their programs in aerospace and rocketry the best in the world. The United States secretly decided that the value of these former Nazis’ forbidden knowledge outweighed their crimes, and the government formed a covert organization called Operation Paperclip to allow them to work witho...

Legend of the Rock Formations

Hanauma Bay is not without its legends. One popular variation speaks of Princess Keohinani and her father who was a mighty chief and protector of the bay. One day the chief was approached by Chief Koko and Chief Hana, two suitors that came to ask for his daughter’s hand in marriage. The Princess could not decide which of the chiefs she preferred, so her father commissioned them to an arm-wrestling match. The victor would receive Princess Keohinani’s hand in marr...

Cancer … the word you never want to hear

September 23, 2018, I found a lump growing on my wife’s right breast that had suddenly appeared. Marie did the right thing and immediately had an ultrasound which followed a mammogram. These turn of events led us both to a breast surgeon at St George Private Hospital. Marie and I both surmised before going in, that she might need to do some radiotherapy and we prepared ourselves for that outcome.

Then the bombshell was dropped. It was like getting sla...