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Slava Gomzin is cybersecurity and crypto enthusiast, full-stack technologist and entrepreneur. He is author of multiple publications on information security and technology including books "Hacking Point of Sale: Payment Application Secrets, Threats, and Solutions" (Wiley, 2014) and "Bitcoin for Nonmathematicians: Exploring the Foundations of Crypto Payments" (Universal Publishers, 2016). Slava Gomzin is co-creator of GRAFT and Lyra blockchains. ...more

Why Mainstream Retail Crypto Payments Still Don’t Exist

This essay originally appeared in the RSA Conference Blog

Bitcoin recently celebrated its 16th anniversary with an all-time high price. One of its big promises among others was revolutionizing the way we pay for day-to-day purchases such as groceries. Crypto enthusiasts actively promoted moving away from plastic cards—which were conceived in the 1950s and increased consumer dependency on banks—to m Read more of this blog post »
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