We’ve all heard about the fake news problem in the main Facebook platform and its considerable impact on the US elections. But an even bigger fake news problem is arising in countries like India and that too in another one of Facebook’s platforms: WhatsApp. WhatsApp is a considerably more difficult…

If you haven’t heard already, a cryptocurrency called Bitcoin Cash (BCH) has shot up like crazy. It’s nearly quadrupled in value over the weekend to reach its peak of about $2400 about 24 hours back. It’s currently stabilizing around the $1200 mark. …

Ooooh Bitcoin! A word that has divided opinion like no other in 2017. So, what exactly is it? That’s a question a lot of people have asked me after reading my previous post. …

This is my very first blog post and I’ve been inspired to write this in the middle of the night, after attending a thought provoking lecture by Prof. Joseph Bonneau in my ‘Cryptocurrencies and Decentralized Ledgers’ Graduate CS class at NYU Courant. Now for those who are wondering who the…