An Analysis of Crypto Scams during the Covid-19 Pandemic 2020-2022
Background This blog post is regarding an academic paper I submitted for the 18th International Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security (ICCWS) that was held from 9-10 March 2023 at Towson University, Towson, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA. The paper can be found...
Bitcoin…Why? What? How? Why does it has value?
Why was it invented? Electronic commerce must rely on financial institutions serving as a third party processing the transactions and payments. This system works well, except for the inherent weaknesses of the trust base model. These systems cannot do completely...
The History of Money (Barter to Bitcoin)
Before one can understand and appreciate the evolution of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency, one needs to look at the history of money, monetary systems, innovations, and the issues they faced as money. This blog post looks at The Barter System, The Bretton Woods Agreement,...
Research on OSINT, Blockchain and Crypto Crimes and Scams
This post is to introduce myself as well as an introduction to the content I will be posting here. My name is Johnny Botha, I have a software development as well as cybersecurity research background. I work full-time at the CSIR and I perform project management as one...