Author Archives: David Birch

xxx Early Warning pushed heavily for a new auth solution (ZelleID) 8 yrs ago (by my good friend Eric Woodward) only to have JPM smash it. From: Keeping Up With Chaos: A Payments Stakeholder Reality Check | Noyes Payments Blog. xxx

xxx Registration works similarly to minting an ERC-721 NFT. Agents sign transactions using a wallet, and each registration incurs gas fees. The process generates an agent-registration.json file. This file includes the agent’s name and image, along with the service description and payment addresses. Contact endpoints allow users to communicate with agents. From: ERC-8004 Mainnet Launch:Continue reading “ERC-8004 Mainnet Launch: What This Agent Protocol Actually Does | Live Bitcoin News”

xxx The Validation Registry manages cryptographic attestations of agent behavior. This element is currently under technical due diligence, and users cannot access it yet. From: ERC-8004 Mainnet Launch: What This Agent Protocol Actually Does | Live Bitcoin News. xxx

xxx This week, ERC-8004 officially launched on the Ethereum mainnet. The protocol allows independent agents to register verifiable identities. Developers can now build applications based on on-chain reputation. From: ERC-8004 Mainnet Launch: What This Agent Protocol Actually Does | Live Bitcoin News. xxx

xxx PSP VAS – Processors need to fundamentally rethink how they create value for merchants beyond just moving money. AI gives them a shot at becoming merchant growth partners (conversion optimization, demand forecasting, inventory management) but they’re still stuck selling payment rails when merchants want business outcomes. The ones who figure out how to tieContinue reading “Keeping Up With Chaos: A Payments Stakeholder Reality Check | Noyes Payments Blog”

There used to be a Journal of E-Finance and Payments Law and Policy (that later became Payments & Fintech Lawyer). Way back in 2009, I wrote a piece on micropayments for them (Vol. 3, No 2, p.11-13, February 2009).   While watching Jon Stewart’s Daily Show recently, my interest was re-kindled by his interview withContinue reading “POST Hash”

xxx And if that LLM has access to any of its user’s private information, the consequences could be dire. “Using something like OpenClaw is like giving your wallet to a stranger in the street,” says Nicolas Papernot, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Toronto. From: Is a secure AI assistantContinue reading “Is a secure AI assistant possible? | MIT Technology Review”

xxx An IDF reservist and a civilian have been indicted for using classified information to place bets regarding military operations on the popular Polymarket prediction market, authorities announce. From: IDF reservist and civilian indicted for using classified info to place bets on Polymarket | The Times of Israel. xxx

xxx Apple, boldly proclaiming that it believes privacy is a fundamental human right, has announced the use of “homomorphic encryption” in its products. This means that a client device (e.g., an iPhone) encrypts a query before sending it to a server (e.g., Apple), then the server operates on the encrypted query and generates an encryptedContinue reading “Witchcraft Or Mathematics, Apple’s New Encryption Tool Is Important”

  xxx Apple is developing an AI-powered wearable pin that could be released as early as 2027, according to people with direct knowledge of the matter. The device would position Apple to compete more effectively with OpenAI, which is planning its own AI-powered devices, and Meta Platforms, which is already selling smart glasses. Apple’s pinContinue reading “POST Looking through the internet”