Mark “Rizzn” Hopkins
Partner at Barista.Ventures.
Founder at RogerWilco.Agency.
Creator of TheCUBE.
Futurist at IBM.
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2 ways Blockchain technology could have prevented last week’s massive IoT-launched DynDNS attack
I’m attending IBM’s “World of Watson” event this week in Las Vegas, and one of the most murmured-over topics of conversation is the massive malicious application of IoT to execute one of the world’s biggest distributed denial-of-service attacks in the history of the...
Ask Dr. Bitcoin: What is Dollar Cost Averaging?
The typical cryptocurrency enthusiast goes through a few steps as they continue their journey, particularly if they see any early gains with their crypto investments. Initially, they'll put in some sum of money - usually small - into a cryptocurrency and see some...
Ask Dr. Bitcoin: What does the Bitfinex Heist mean for cryptocurrency?
So last night, as my team was readying itself for one of the most well-attended #BigDNT presentations in memory, my attention was elsewhere, as one of the most precipitous price falls in Bitcoin history was underway. I posted to my Facebook account a quick update at...
Dr. Bitcoin on How to Install the Ethereum Mist wallet.
There's been some interesting positive movement in the world of Ethereum, both locally in DFW as well as for the larger crypto markets. Just yesterday, Coinbase and GDAX announced support for Ethereum wallets and accounts on their web and mobile wallets - and last...
YoCoin, a local Dallas-run cryptocurrency.
On Thursday evening, I was invited to give a brief talk at the meetup for a new cryptocurrency, YoCoin. I was first introduced to the group by happen-stance, when two locals from the marketing team for YoCoin came in to make a Bitcoin purchase. I've had the good...
Roger Daltrey needs money more than he needs to create.
This morning, a story in Rolling Stone circulated quoting The Who frontman Roger Daltrey as saying he "can't see [a new Who album] ever happening." He laid blame squarely on the internet. Daltrey said he and guitarist Pete Townshend have discussed the possibility of...
A Case for Re-organizing America
While going through my morning reading, I found an interview of Parag Khanna in the Washington Post promoting his new book “Connectography: Mapping the Future of Global Civilization,” a book that points to the inevitable future realities of globalization. One map and...
Moving on from SiliconANGLE
Hello, my friends, readers, coworkers and peers. It's been a while since I've done a proper update here, but I wanted to drop everyone a quick note to say that I've officially moved on from SiliconANGLE. As many of you noted on LinkedIN, I've founded a new company...
Fadi Chehade to head a new ‘authoritarian’ governance regime.
Fadhe Chehade, former CEO and President of Internet governance body ICANN, has sent ripples through the community following a recent decision to be the frontman a new Chinese government program to franchise their way of managing internet access to the world. Chehade...
Spotify Mix: “Come Back to Dallas.”
I haven't done one of these in ages. I haven't done much blogging in ages - at least not on my personal website. Either way, I found myself last night poking around on Wikipedia around the history of various Dallas neighborhoods, and of course the old blues references...
Insightful Political Commentary (or not)
This is about the time in the political cycle where everyone gets sucked into talking about the Presidential rat-race. I usually devote my commentary to what the candidates are saying about technology, as politics/tech intersection has been my beat for decades, now. I...
Fallout 4: See you on the other side.
I'm probably not going to be any use to the world until I'm finished playing this game. Watch this stream to monitor my progress / descent into slovenly disorder. Watch live video from actuallyrizzn on...
